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type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers; establishing certain micro-credential; establishing minimum requirements for micro-credential. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Teachers; establishing certain micro-credential; establishing minimum requirements for micro-credential. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 840 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Moore"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135ce2ff-ead1-465e-93f0-691db6504f56"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB840&session=2600"
source_hash: "c6183a5a6abb07c71a50fa8e21ad3a9bb410f01b4726e0f73e39bb0c45c1f997"
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 SB 840 (2026) — Teachers; establishing certain micro-credential; establishing minimum requirements for micro-credential. Effective date. Emergency.
## 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/SB/SB840 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by MOORE** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB840 FA1 MOOREAN-MKS.PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by OSBURN** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB840 FA2 OSBURNMI-CC.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB840 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB840 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB840 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB840 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB840 SFLR.PDF)
9. **Proposed Committee Amendment (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB840 SUBAMD1 ANTHONY MOORE-AQH.PDF)
10. **SB840 (2-25-25) (HICKS) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB840 (2-25-25) (HICKS) FA1.PDF)
11. **Sub Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB840 SUBREC.PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **830** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **800** (pass) · lower
- Education — **90** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Title — **300** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hicks — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Senator Hicks
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2025-02-24** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-27** General Order, Amended
- **2025-03-27** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-31** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Title stricken
- **2025-04-16** Enacting clause stricken
- **2025-04-29** General Order
- **2025-04-29** Amended by floor substitute
- **2025-04-29** Title restored
- **2025-04-29** Enacting clause restored
- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Title stricken
- **2025-04-29** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-04-30** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-30** HAs read
- **2025-05-12** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-13** SCs named Hicks, Pugh, Seifried, Reinhardt, Deevers, Mann
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2025-05-21** CCR read
- **2025-05-21** Title restored
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** To Senate
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135ce2ff-ead1-465e-93f0-691db6504f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).