---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; directing certain model policy established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to include certain tiered system of ownership. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Higher education; directing certain model policy established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to include certain tiered system of ownership. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1670"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1670 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Reinhardt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d4229f3-59f6-409d-8822-8e1bdb6a9a8d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1670&session=2600"
source_hash: "d2b1326f6ba3c09a391dc2c3cc2ed1863296adfe3f61bac196bdb56e73226ded"
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 1670 (2026) — Higher education; directing certain model policy established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to include certain tiered system of ownership. 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/SB1670 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1670 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1670 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1670 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1670 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB1670 (3-11-26) (REINHARDT) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1670 (3-11-26) (REINHARDT) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **82–1** (pass) · lower
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Postsecondary Education Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reinhardt Higher Education; Directing Certain Model Policy — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Reinhardt — 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 Reinhardt
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Technology and Telecommunications `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported Do Pass Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2026-02-24** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-12** General Order, Amended
- **2026-03-12** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-16** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Postsecondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-13** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer, Blancett, Deck
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** 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/1d4229f3-59f6-409d-8822-8e1bdb6a9a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).