---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Education; providing reasons for which a license or certificate may be revoked or suspended; providing for notice; effective date; emergency."
description: "State Board of Education; providing reasons for which a license or certificate may be revoked or suspended; providing for notice; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1277 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Seifried"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37c5a6fe-5a49-4b2b-b343-5ee0cae49cc3"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1277&session=2600"
source_hash: "59cb5f6e56ab34f235742feddb516f4f68eb882d4136212e54d3cf35a47fb7c6"
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 1277 (2026) — State Board of Education; providing reasons for which a license or certificate may be revoked or suspended; providing for notice; effective date; emergency.

## 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/HB1277 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1277 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1277 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1277 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1277 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1277 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1277 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB1277 (4-29-25) (SEIFRIED) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1277 (4-29-25) (SEIFRIED) FS FA1.PDF)
9. **HB1277 (4-29-25) (SEIFRIED) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1277 (4-29-25) (SEIFRIED) RT FA2.PDF)
10. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1277 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Title — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Education — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **78–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Seifried — 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 Caldwell (Chad)
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04** Title stricken
- **2025-03-04** Authored by Senator Seifried (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-13** General Order
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 56 Nays: 23; Ayes: 56 Nays: 23 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Emergency added
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-07** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2025-05-07** Title restored
- **2025-05-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** SA's received
- **2025-05-21** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-21** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37c5a6fe-5a49-4b2b-b343-5ee0cae49cc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).