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type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; directing revocation of certification and dismissal for failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Schools; directing revocation of certification and dismissal for failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 553 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pugh", "Sterling"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/372ced78-a297-43a6-a227-0fab1fe2521d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB553&session=2500"
source_hash: "3e025be1a34d5aca87da59a09e8445d9ca9c5360bfa6c37abe30818dd45b63bd"
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 553 (2025) — Schools; directing revocation of certification and dismissal for failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect. 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/SB553 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB553 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB553 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB553 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB553 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB553 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB553 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB553 FULLPCS1 DANNY STERLING-AQH.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Pugh — primary (person)
- Sterling — 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 Pugh
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Coauthored by Senator Thompson
- **2025-03-04** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-17** Coauthored by Representative Sterling (principal House author)
- **2025-03-24** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Coauthored by Senator(s) Nice
- **2025-04-23** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** General Order
- **2025-05-01** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-05** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-05** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Approved by Governor 05/08/2025 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/372ced78-a297-43a6-a227-0fab1fe2521d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).