---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; Parental Choice Tax Credit Program; increasing the amount of credits authorized."
description: "Schools; Parental Choice Tax Credit Program; increasing the amount of credits authorized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 3705"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 3705 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilbert", "Paxton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a293a44-95bc-43e6-833d-0495a4b304eb"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3705&session=2600"
source_hash: "d49e7151d500fdd81f6a171413447a30766cd23e80754741bf69fea139cf52a3"
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 3705 (2026) — Schools; Parental Choice Tax Credit Program; increasing the amount of credits authorized.

## 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/HB3705 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by HILBERT (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB3705 FA1 HILBERTKY-AO(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3705 FULLAMD1 TREY CALDWELL-MKS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3705 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3705 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3705 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3705 SFLR.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3705 CS.PDF)
9. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3705 FULLPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-AO.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **70–19** (pass) · lower
- Rules — **13–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **18–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilbert — 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 Caldwell (Chad)
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-05** Title stricken
- **2026-03-05** Emergency removed
- **2026-04-06** Remove Representative Caldwell (Chad) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Hilbert
- **2026-04-09** General Order
- **2026-04-09** Coauthored by Representative(s) Caldwell (Chad)
- **2026-04-09** Remove Senator Daniels as principal Senate author and substitute with Senator Paxton
- **2026-04-09** Coauthored by Senator(s) Daniels
- **2026-04-09** Amended by floor substitute
- **2026-04-09** Title restored
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-04-13** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-13** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-27** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-27** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 9 `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/8a293a44-95bc-43e6-833d-0495a4b304eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).