---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; transfer credits; report; score; president determination; policy; campus websites; effective date; emergency."
description: "Higher education; transfer credits; report; score; president determination; policy; campus websites; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2989"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2989 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanley", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5a880b-200f-40d9-8e7c-cb2d0fa724ad"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2989&session=2400"
source_hash: "59da6afd63c2b3f25a8c3bee399ecab2e0cd5b953491b0d8dacc8c9e9fd19af0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma HB 2989 (2024) — Higher education; transfer credits; report; score; president determination; policy; campus websites; effective date; emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/hB/HB2989 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB2989 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB2989 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB2989 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB2989 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education And Career Tech Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanley — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative West (Josh)
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Higher Education and Career Tech `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** CR; Do Pass Higher Education and Career Tech Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Authored by Senator Stanley (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-04** General Order
- **2024-03-04** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-23** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-23** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** Approved by Governor 04/29/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5a880b-200f-40d9-8e7c-cb2d0fa724ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).