---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; modifying graduation curriculum requirements beginning in certain school year; emergency."
description: "Schools; modifying graduation curriculum requirements beginning in certain school year; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3278"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3278 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Pugh"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f264d36c-ad31-449e-9ef0-26261b7d4897"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3278&session=2400"
source_hash: "e1491aac6e2a0fa4155797e9b867c170c1c9584b463c7238c5ac3e3993634cab"
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 3278 (2024) — Schools; modifying graduation curriculum requirements beginning in certain school year; 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/HB3278 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by BAKER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3278 FA1 BAKERRH-EK.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB3278 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3278 CA1.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3278 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3278 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3278 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3278 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB3278 (4-17-24) (PUGH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3278 (4-17-24) (PUGH) FA1.PDF)
10. **HB3278 FULLPCS1 RHONDA BAKER-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3278 FULLPCS1 RHONDA BAKER-EK.PDF)
11. **HB3278 FULLPCS2 RHONDA BAKER-EK.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3278 FULLPCS2 RHONDA BAKER-EK.PDF)
12. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3278 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Education — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **73–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Baker
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Sterling, Caldwell (Chad), McBride
- **2024-02-28** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2024-02-28** Emergency added
- **2024-03-13** General Order
- **2024-03-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pae, West (Tammy), Moore, Sims
- **2024-03-13** Amended by floor substitute
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15** Coauthored by Senator Seifried
- **2024-04-15** Coauthored by Senator Thompson (Kristen)
- **2024-04-15** Coauthored by Representative Davis
- **2024-04-22** General Order, Amended
- **2024-04-22** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 11 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-23** SA's received
- **2024-05-09** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-09** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 14 `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-13** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-13** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Approved by Governor 05/15/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f264d36c-ad31-449e-9ef0-26261b7d4897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).