---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial literacy; alternate diploma; course availability; waiver; coursework; repealers; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial literacy; alternate diploma; course availability; waiver; coursework; repealers; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3021"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3021 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe", "Pugh"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eca6446-bda6-4744-8562-dd63f9b57654"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3021&session=2600"
source_hash: "6cf2817c64739299202ae3547ce208058616025e77a7ff81acad8d727f68d656"
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 3021 (2026) — Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial literacy; alternate diploma; course availability; waiver; coursework; repealers; 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/HB3021 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by LOWE** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3021 FA1 LOWEDI-SW.PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB3021 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3021 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3021 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3021 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3021 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB3021 (4-29-26) (PUGH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3021 (4-29-26) (PUGH) FA1.PDF)
9. **HB3021 (5-04-26) (PUGH) FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3021 (5-04-26) (PUGH) FA2.PDF)
10. **HB3021 (5-04-26) (PUGH) RT FA3.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3021 (5-04-26) (PUGH) RT FA3.PDF)
11. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3021 CS.PDF)
12. **House Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCCS/HB3021 CCS.PDF)
13. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3021 FULLPCS1 DICK LOWE-SW.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **82–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)
- Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Lowe (Dick)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** General Order
- **2026-03-25** Amended by floor substitute
- **2026-03-25** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-30** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Title stricken
- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-05** General Order, Amended
- **2026-05-05** Title restored
- **2026-05-05** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-05-06** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-05-06** SA's received
- **2026-05-06** SA's rejected, conference requested, naming Special Conference Committee on HB 3021
- **2026-05-06** Conference granted, SCs named Pugh, Paxton, Daniels, Haste, Kirt
- **2026-05-06** CCR submitted
- **2026-05-07** CCR adopted
- **2026-05-07** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2026-05-07** To Senate
- **2026-05-14** CCR read
- **2026-05-14** CCR adopted
- **2026-05-14** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2026-05-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-14** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-14** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-14** Approved by Governor 05/19/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eca6446-bda6-4744-8562-dd63f9b57654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).