---
type: "Bill"
title: "Career and technology education; State Board of Career and Technology Education; high school equivalency credential; criteria; effective date."
description: "Career and technology education; State Board of Career and Technology Education; high school equivalency credential; criteria; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3234"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3234 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Lawson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288fe3c0-1ef3-4f84-a27a-46641b92d996"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3234&session=2400"
source_hash: "25bc8a0125be9db6fc06515536e2f6a5db5a4fc6fc1a186295d39cf7adb8b5e9"
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 3234 (2024) — Career and technology education; State Board of Career and Technology Education; high school equivalency credential; criteria; effective date.

## 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/HB3234 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by LAWSON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3234 FA1 LAWSONMA-MJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3234 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3234 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3234 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3234 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Higher Education And Career Tech Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Lawson — 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 Lawson
- **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** Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck
- **2024-02-19** Authored by Senator Green (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-05** General Order
- **2024-03-05** House Rule suspended
- **2024-03-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-06** 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`
- **2024-04-17** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-17** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/288fe3c0-1ef3-4f84-a27a-46641b92d996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).