---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; exempting certain school districts from imposing certain tuition fee on out-of-state students. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; exempting certain school districts from imposing certain tuition fee on out-of-state students. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1651"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1651 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patzkowsky", "Pederson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ae7cca-f344-43c5-948d-dd77013d3c12"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1651&session=2400"
source_hash: "fb646bb53c2b49a1a54d27e13f3a89d5e27f5a71bcdb26b8780a5fc2d5f67119"
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 SB 1651 (2024) — Schools; exempting certain school districts from imposing certain tuition fee on out-of-state students. 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/SB/SB1651 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1651 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1651 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1651 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1651 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Education — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **77–3** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patzkowsky — primary (person)
- Pederson — 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 Senator Pederson
- **2024-02-05** Coauthored by Representative Patzkowsky (principal House author)
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** General Order, Considered
- **2024-03-04** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-03-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-25** General Order
- **2024-04-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2024-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2024-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5ae7cca-f344-43c5-948d-dd77013d3c12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).