---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; length of school year; increasing minimum days of instruction; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; contingent effective date."
description: "Schools; length of school year; increasing minimum days of instruction; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; contingent effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3151"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3151 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Paxton"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09402cdd-686c-4faf-99d1-bafa9531d49e"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3151&session=2600"
source_hash: "bacc878ef5170c53ee7fe4b3b885009975b3e817b6f218d0d103e6fb64b84cd0"
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 3151 (2026) — Schools; length of school year; increasing minimum days of instruction; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; contingent 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/hB/HB3151 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HILBERT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3151 FA1 HILBERTKY-SW(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amendment to Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3151 SUBREC-AMD1 CHAD CALDWELL-SW.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3151 FULLAMD1 CHAD CALDWELL-SW.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3151 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3151 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3151 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3151 SFLR.PDF)
9. **HB3151 (4-22-26) (PAXTON) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3151 (4-22-26) (PAXTON) FA1.PDF)
10. **HB3151 (4-22-26) (PAXTON) WDFA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB3151 (4-22-26) (PAXTON) WDFA1.PDF)
11. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3151 CS.PDF)
12. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3151 POLPCS1 ROB HALL-SW.PDF)
13. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3151 SUBREC.PDF)

## Votes

- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **62–28** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- Education — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **19–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Paxton — 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 Representative Hall
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Appropriations and Budget `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton, Caldwell (Chad), Moore
- **2026-02-25** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-11** House Rule suspended
- **2026-03-11** General Order
- **2026-03-11** Coauthored by Representative(s) Kerbs, Hilbert
- **2026-03-11** Amended by floor substitute
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 62 Nays: 28 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-17** Coauthored by Senator Jech
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2026-04-20** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 17 `passage`
- **2026-04-27** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-27** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-04** Approved by Governor 05/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09402cdd-686c-4faf-99d1-bafa9531d49e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).