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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; paraprofessionals; teachers; exemption; effective date; emergency."
description: "Education; paraprofessionals; teachers; exemption; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2893"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2893 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pederson", "Townley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d56d078c-1f64-4e42-b764-c2e986536952"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2893&session=2600"
source_hash: "63f367c2a78ebcdf02b8044e18749509a81ac4dcf124b7330f68676d9b3a665d"
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 2893 (2026) — Education; paraprofessionals; teachers; exemption; 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/hB/HB2893 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2893 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2893 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2893 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2893 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2893 CS.PDF)
7. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2893 FULLPCS1 TAMMY TOWNLEY-AQH.PDF)
## Votes
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **90** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **920** (pass) · lower
- Education — **100** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pederson — primary (person)
- Townley — 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 Representative Townley
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Authored by Senator Pederson (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-11** General Order
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Coauthored by Representative Rosecrants
- **2025-03-13** Coauthored by Representative Waldron
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-15** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-15** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/17/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d56d078c-1f64-4e42-b764-c2e986536952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).