---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; transfers; military dependent transfers; requirements; continuous transfers; definitions; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; transfers; military dependent transfers; requirements; continuous transfers; definitions; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2259"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2259 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Pugh"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c907ff-26e8-4719-a8a2-34c8b11220ae"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2259&session=2600"
source_hash: "dfb44bbf394f40f8394bbb46b83fded50bee4b40ccc9295a53c0b7c34feaf61c"
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 2259 (2026) — Schools; transfers; military dependent transfers; requirements; continuous transfers; definitions; 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/HB2259 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB2259 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2259 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2259 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2259 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2259 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2259 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2259 CS.PDF)
9. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB2259 CCS.PDF)
10. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2259 POLREC.PDF)
11. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2259 POLAMD1 NICOLE MILLER-SW.PDF)
12. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2259 POLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-SW.PDF)
13. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 - Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2259 POLPCS1-AMD1 NICOLE MILLER-SW.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Advance — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Pugh — 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 Miller
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order
- **2025-03-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) CrosswhiteHader
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-01** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-01** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-05** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-05** SA's received
- **2025-05-14** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2025-05-15** HC's named: Conference Committee on Education Oversight
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, SCs named Pugh, Seifried, Rader, Reinhardt, Daniels, Dossett
- **2025-05-20** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-21** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-21** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** To Senate
- **2025-05-21** CCR read
- **2025-05-21** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-21** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **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/d9c907ff-26e8-4719-a8a2-34c8b11220ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).