---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scholarships; Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award; renaming; eligibility; awards; waivers; effective date; emergency."
description: "Scholarships; Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award; renaming; eligibility; awards; waivers; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1282"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1282 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Rader"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a10c96-9691-430d-91be-bdb7ef1ff240"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1282&session=2600"
source_hash: "9fe4362c79c3944c4019d9241f579e3e6fcf99ff35618c4e7653e2cf6e9dabd8"
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 1282 (2026) — Scholarships; Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award; renaming; eligibility; awards; waivers; 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/HB1282 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1282 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1282 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1282 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1282 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1282 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1282 CS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1282 SUBPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-AQH.PDF)
9. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1282 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **86–4** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **76–5** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Rader — 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`
- **2025-02-11** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-06** Title stricken
- **2025-03-13** General Order
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 5 `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`
- **2025-04-08** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Enacting clause stricken
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-08** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-12** SA's received
- **2025-05-14** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2025-05-15** HC's named: GCCA
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, GCCA
- **2025-05-27** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-27** Title restored
- **2025-05-27** Enacting clause restored
- **2025-05-28** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-28** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2025-05-28** To Senate
- **2025-05-28** CCR read, GCCA
- **2025-05-28** CCR adopted, GCCA
- **2025-05-28** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-28** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-28** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Approved by Governor 06/10/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5a10c96-9691-430d-91be-bdb7ef1ff240`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).