---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strong Readers Act; modifying number of screening instruments to be approved by the State Board of Education beginning in certain school year. Emergency."
description: "Strong Readers Act; modifying number of screening instruments to be approved by the State Board of Education beginning in certain school year. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1778"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1778 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilbert", "Pugh"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888840aa-2eed-4d09-9af4-0985a687139f"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1778&session=2600"
source_hash: "0da376ca005c8f0080b8614d95976363a320fe24171fed7e69177ec0ca43c8ce"
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 1778 (2026) — Strong Readers Act; modifying number of screening instruments to be approved by the State Board of Education beginning in certain school year. 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/SB1778 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB1778 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1778 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1778 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1778 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1778 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1778 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1778 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1778 HCS.PDF)
10. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1778 FULLPCS1 KYLE HILBERT-SW.PDF)
11. **SB1778 (3-24-26) (PUGH) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1778 (3-24-26) (PUGH) FS FA1.PDF)
12. **SB1778 (3-24-26) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1778 (3-24-26) (PUGH) RT FA2.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hilbert — 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 Senator Pugh
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Title stricken
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
- **2026-03-04** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-16** Coauthored by Representative Staires
- **2026-03-16** Coauthored by Representative Hasenbeck
- **2026-03-25** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2026-03-25** Title restored
- **2026-03-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-08** Coauthored by Representative(s) Caldwell (Chad)
- **2026-04-13** General Order
- **2026-04-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Wolfley, Roberts, Hill, Williams
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14** HAs read
- **2026-04-20** HAs adopted
- **2026-04-20** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-20** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/888840aa-2eed-4d09-9af4-0985a687139f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).