republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2024/sb-1256.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency.	Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2024	SB 1256	Oklahoma SB 1256 (2024)	bill		enacted	Baker Pugh	5	22	5	2024-02-05	2024-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/90123809-4d50-4b69-9023-54afdf16350b	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1256&session=2400	a033525c3ebce9dce8ca58efd99645877570f04476a10577cb325a2891050267	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma SB 1256 (2024) — Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency.

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/SB/SB1256 INT.PDF)
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB1256 ENGR.PDF)
3. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB1256 ENR.PDF)
4. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB1256 HFLR.PDF)
5. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB1256 SFLR.PDF)

Votes

• Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 87–5 (pass) · lower
• Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• Education — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• Pugh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-05 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-05 Authored by Senator Pugh
• 2024-02-06 Second Reading referred to Education reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Coauthored by Representative Baker (principal House author)
• 2024-03-07 General Order, Considered
• 2024-03-07 Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 passage
• 2024-03-07 Referred for engrossment
• 2024-03-11 Engrossed to House passage
• 2024-03-11 First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2024-03-25 Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee committee-passage
• 2024-04-11 CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee committee-passage
• 2024-04-17 General Order
• 2024-04-17 Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 5 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-17 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2024-04-17 Referred for enrollment
• 2024-04-18 Enrolled, to House
• 2024-04-18 Signed, returned to Senate
• 2024-04-18 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 Approved by Governor 04/23/2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90123809-4d50-4b69-9023-54afdf16350b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).