---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student communication; requiring certain communication with student to include student's parent or guardian; effective date; emergency."
description: "Student communication; requiring certain communication with student to include student's parent or guardian; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 3958"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3958 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Pugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a916ab70-d640-41fe-850a-a3a772b1beb3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3958&session=2400"
source_hash: "2c8c578c01a1e02e74fd08b5dc7f5c3037322cc26bc9cd53f95d94fd5c0bec8c"
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 3958 (2024) — Student communication; requiring certain communication with student to include student's parent or guardian; 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/HB3958 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB3958 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3958 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3958 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3958 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3958 SFLR.PDF)
7. **HB3958 (4-23-24) (PUGH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3958 (4-23-24) (PUGH) FA1.PDF)
8. **HB3958 (4-23-24) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3958 (4-23-24) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **85–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conley — 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 Conley
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** General Order
- **2024-03-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Banning
- **2024-03-06** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09** Title stricken
- **2024-04-25** General Order, Amended
- **2024-04-25** Title restored
- **2024-04-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-29** SA's received
- **2024-05-07** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate, Davis
- **2024-05-07** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/13/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a916ab70-d640-41fe-850a-a3a772b1beb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).