republic-os/legislation/us/states/ok/2026/hb-2961.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	Higher education; TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act; career and technology education; waiver of tuition and fees for the spouse and children of a Gold Star recipient; effective date.	Higher education; TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act; career and technology education; waiver of tuition and fees for the spouse and children of a Gold Star recipient; effective date.	us/states/ok	Oklahoma Legislature	2026	HB 2961	Oklahoma HB 2961 (2026)	bill		enacted	Hildebrant Woods	10	38	6	2026-02-02	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/20e88242-5cae-4358-bb7d-a8b51dedf4a6	http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2961&session=2600	83e1014d6a6952e7300ee8069020b56f3761cef6408c77569dedb1403b02711d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ok

Oklahoma HB 2961 (2026) — Higher education; TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act; career and technology education; waiver of tuition and fees for the spouse and children of a Gold Star recipient; 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/HB2961 INT.PDF)
2. 1 Floor Amendment by HILDEBRANT (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB2961 FA1 HILDEBRANTDE-AQH.PDF)
3. Amended And Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB2961 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. Committee Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2961 FULLAMD1 TREY CALDWELL-JM.PDF)
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2961 ENGR.PDF)
6. Enrolled (final version) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2961 ENR.PDF)
7. Floor (House) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2961 HFLR.PDF)
8. Floor (Senate) (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2961 SFLR.PDF)
9. HB2961 (4-23-26) (WOODS) RT FA1.PDF (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB2961 (4-23-26) (WOODS) RT FA1.PDF)
10. House Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2961 CS.PDF)

Votes

• Education — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — 29–0 (pass) · lower
• Fourth Reading — 85–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hildebrant — primary (person)
• Woods — 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 Hildebrant
• 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 Woods (principal Senate author)
• 2026-03-05 Title stricken
• 2026-03-05 Emergency removed
• 2026-03-11 General Order
• 2026-03-11 Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck, Menz, Fugate
• 2026-03-11 Amended by floor substitute
• 2026-03-11 Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 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
• 2026-03-12 Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
• 2026-03-24 Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
• 2026-04-01 Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-04-14 Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed committee-passage
• 2026-04-14 Enacting clause stricken
• 2026-04-14 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-20 Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
• 2026-04-20 Placed on General Order
• 2026-04-27 General Order, Amended
• 2026-04-27 Title restored
• 2026-04-27 Enacting clause restored
• 2026-04-27 Measure passed: Ayes: 48 Nays: 0 passage
• 2026-04-27 Referred for engrossment
• 2026-04-28 Engrossed to House passage
• 2026-04-28 SA's received
• 2026-05-05 SA's read, adopted
• 2026-05-05 Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 passage
• 2026-05-05 Referred for enrollment
• 2026-05-06 Enrolled, signed, to Senate
• 2026-05-06 Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
• 2026-05-06 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 Approved by Governor 05/11/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20e88242-5cae-4358-bb7d-a8b51dedf4a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).