---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; requiring certain schools to provide students in certain grades with certain amount of recess per day. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; requiring certain schools to provide students in certain grades with certain amount of recess per day. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1481"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1481 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Seifried"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a308f54c-e967-4a09-a961-b05732d89212"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1481&session=2600"
source_hash: "97cb28fa3ae145c3602571801a0d3eb4eb5c19395230ba9a38cfb56051e48dcf"
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 1481 (2026) — Schools; requiring certain schools to provide students in certain grades with certain amount of recess per day. 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/SB/SB1481 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1481 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1481 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1481 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1481 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Seifried — 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 Seifried
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-17** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-17** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-23** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-23** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** General Order
- **2026-04-16** Coauthored by Representative(s) Wolfley
- **2026-04-16** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-16** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Approved by Governor 04/22/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a308f54c-e967-4a09-a961-b05732d89212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).