---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and occupations; construction skilled trade education; modifying contract terms; effective date."
description: "Professions and occupations; construction skilled trade education; modifying contract terms; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1256 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87402b60-010b-4f75-985b-2614fddc3348"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1256&session=2600"
source_hash: "d147bd2fea4610930c525a12d3b423a9df2e561bc06607a5161a4dff15120eb7"
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 1256 (2026) — Professions and occupations; construction skilled trade education; modifying contract terms; effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1256 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1256 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1256 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1256 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1256 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1256 (4-17-25) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1256 (4-17-25) (THOMPSON) RT FA1.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1256 CS.PDF)
8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1256 POLREC.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1256 POLPCS1 JUDD STROM-TKR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–6** (pass) · upper
- Trade Education; Modifying Contract Terms; — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–4** (pass) · lower
- Business Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strom — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Strom
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Business `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** General Order
- **2025-03-03** Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-03** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-04** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-04** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Title stricken
- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
- **2025-04-28** General Order, Amended
- **2025-04-28** Title restored
- **2025-04-28** Amendment restored bill to engrossed version `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87402b60-010b-4f75-985b-2614fddc3348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).