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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2961"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2961 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hildebrant", "Woods"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20e88242-5cae-4358-bb7d-a8b51dedf4a6"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2961&session=2600"
source_hash: "83e1014d6a6952e7300ee8069020b56f3761cef6408c77569dedb1403b02711d"
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 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 — **100** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **480** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **290** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **850** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **900** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **100** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20e88242-5cae-4358-bb7d-a8b51dedf4a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).