---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; creating the Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act; providing fee waiver for children of certain individuals; effective date."
description: "Higher education; creating the Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act; providing fee waiver for children of certain individuals; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1795"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1795 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Thompson (Kristen)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5f6bc13-463a-41e2-8769-6a7eeddcefde"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1795&session=2400"
source_hash: "f0937dbc5f97e014d0ab7d8328040ae898e63ffd1d052bfa462db340cb012a11"
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 1795 (2024) — Higher education; creating the Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act; providing fee waiver for children of certain individuals; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1795 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1795 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1795 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1795 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1795 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1795 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1795 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Title — **30–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Thompson (Kristen) — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Osburn
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Coauthored by Representative(s) George, Stinson, Roberts, Miller, Duel
- **2024-02-22** Authored by Senator Thompson (Kristen) (principal Senate author)
- **2024-02-22** Title stricken
- **2024-03-05** General Order
- **2024-03-05** Coauthored by Representative(s) Roe
- **2024-03-05** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
- **2024-03-06** Coauthored by Representative Harris
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Coauthored by Senator Hicks
- **2024-04-02** Coauthored by Senator Treat
- **2024-04-18** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Enacting clause stricken
- **2024-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-24** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
- **2024-04-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-25** SA's received
- **2024-04-29** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2024-05-16** HC's named: GCCA
- **2024-05-20** Conference granted, SCs named Thompson (Kristen), Pugh, Seifried, Rader, Hicks
- **2024-05-28** CCR submitted
- **2024-05-28** Coauthored by Representative(s) Wolfley
- **2024-05-28** Title restored
- **2024-05-28** Enacting clause restored
- **2024-05-29** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-29** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-29** To Senate
- **2024-05-29** CCR read
- **2024-05-30** CCR adopted
- **2024-05-30** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Approved by Governor 06/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5f6bc13-463a-41e2-8769-6a7eeddcefde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).