---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; creating the Donald J. Trump Physical Fitness Act. Effective date."
description: "Schools; creating the Donald J. Trump Physical Fitness Act. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1437"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1437 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pugh", "Sterling"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23a3c530-9bb8-44d4-8efe-a1ed6f0af4e4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1437&session=2600"
source_hash: "6553925ff4722b36255632a1e94fc3957597de9a67cd3d81fba4d86bcee29d22"
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 SB 1437 (2026) — Schools; creating the Donald J. Trump Physical Fitness Act. 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/SB/SB1437 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB1437 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1437 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1437 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1437 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1437 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1437 HCS.PDF)
8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1437 POLREC.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1437 POLAMD1 DANNY STERLING-SW.PDF)
10. **SB1437 (3-11-26) (PRIETO) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1437 (3-11-26) (PRIETO) FA1.PDF)
11. **SB1437 (3-23-26) (PUGH) FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1437 (3-23-26) (PUGH) FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **38–7** (pass) · upper
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Amendment — **33–9** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pugh — primary (person)
- Sterling — 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 Senator Pugh
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Stinson (principal House author)
- **2026-03-23** Remove as principal author Representative Stinson and substitute with Representative Sterling
- **2026-03-23** Coauthored by Representative Stinson
- **2026-03-24** General Order, Amended
- **2026-03-24** Emergency removed
- **2026-03-24** Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
- **2026-03-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-05-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-06** HAs read
- **2026-05-14** HAs adopted
- **2026-05-14** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2026-05-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-14** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-29** Approved by Governor 05/21/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23a3c530-9bb8-44d4-8efe-a1ed6f0af4e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).