---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education; Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; requiring certain meeting in certain time period; evaluations; exceptions; eligibility; calculation of scholarship; effective date."
description: "Special education; Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; requiring certain meeting in certain time period; evaluations; exceptions; eligibility; calculation of scholarship; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3718"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3718 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Daniels"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a5a747-8230-4f96-9ca4-44d0d2e41ca2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3718&session=2600"
source_hash: "50a2f37695df8e476e288f3e60b8d222c30705b127994d12dd005a875ef33872"
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 3718 (2026) — Special education; Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; requiring certain meeting in certain time period; evaluations; exceptions; eligibility; calculation of scholarship; 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/HB3718 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB3718 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Amendment to Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3718 SUBREC-AMD1 CHAD CALDWELL-SW.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3718 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3718 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3718 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3718 SFLR.PDF)
8. **HB3718 (4-29-26) (DANIELS) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3718 (4-29-26) (DANIELS) FA1.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3718 CS.PDF)
10. **Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3718 SUBPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-SW.PDF)
11. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3718 POLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-SW.PDF)
12. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3718 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- Rules — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–19** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **19–5** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Daniels — 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 Caldwell (Chad)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) CrosswhiteHader
- **2026-03-05** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-11** General Order
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-05** General Order, Amended
- **2026-05-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 13 `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 read, adopted
- **2026-05-06** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 19 `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9a5a747-8230-4f96-9ca4-44d0d2e41ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).