---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; Teacher Effectiveness and Excellence Act; Growth-based Teacher Compensation Program; pilot program; eligibility; bonus program; effective date; emergency."
description: "Education; Teacher Effectiveness and Excellence Act; Growth-based Teacher Compensation Program; pilot program; eligibility; bonus program; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4268"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4268 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johns", "Pugh"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64499fab-a0ce-4e7c-8092-f58e0dfb2fff"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4268&session=2600"
source_hash: "2283df5a2b72da25a24b7749a047fadf354c86d6c0123362cbee052fe4359be3"
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 4268 (2026) — Education; Teacher Effectiveness and Excellence Act; Growth-based Teacher Compensation Program; pilot program; eligibility; bonus program; 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/HB4268 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB4268 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Amendment to Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4268 FULLPCS1-AMD1 TREY CALDWELL-JM.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB4268 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB4268 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB4268 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB4268 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB4268 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB4268 (4-27-26) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB4268 (4-27-26) (PUGH) RT FA1.PDF)
10. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4268 CS.PDF)
11. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4268 FULLPCS1 RONNY JOHNS-AQH.PDF)
12. **Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4268 SUBPCS1 RONNY JOHNS-AQH.PDF)
13. **Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4268 SUBPCS2 RONNY JOHNS-AQH.PDF)
14. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB4268 SCSH.PDF)
15. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4268 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **80–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johns — 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 Johns
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** 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) Waldron
- **2026-03-05** Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-05** Title stricken
- **2026-03-05** Emergency added
- **2026-03-24** General Order
- **2026-03-24** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-25** Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Enacting clause stricken
- **2026-04-07** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2026-04-13** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-28** General Order, Amended
- **2026-04-28** Title restored
- **2026-04-28** Enacting clause restored
- **2026-04-28** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** SA's received
- **2026-05-05** SA's read, adopted
- **2026-05-05** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** 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/64499fab-a0ce-4e7c-8092-f58e0dfb2fff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).