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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher education; requiring all academic programs be reviewed on a five-year cycle for quality and currency; review; low-producing programs; emergency."
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description: "Higher education; requiring all academic programs be reviewed on a five-year cycle for quality and currency; review; low-producing programs; emergency."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
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legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 3701"
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citation: "Oklahoma HB 3701 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Seifried"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be26769-d4c2-43f5-9247-da4073efde5a"
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source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3701&session=2600"
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source_hash: "02a889ce967b10343b0fc9bb99d225889bb19af478086f723a865e37942cdc3e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
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---
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# Oklahoma HB 3701 (2026) — Higher education; requiring all academic programs be reviewed on a five-year cycle for quality and currency; review; low-producing programs; emergency.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB3701 INT.PDF)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB3701 ENGR.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB3701 ENR.PDF)
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4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB3701 HFLR.PDF)
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5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB3701 SFLR.PDF)
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6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3701 CS.PDF)
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7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB3701 POLREC.PDF)
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8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB3701 SUBPCS1 CHAD CALDWELL-AQH.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **81–13** (pass) · lower
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- Education — **10–1** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
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- Postsecondary Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
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- Seifried — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Authored by Representative Caldwell (Chad)
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- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Education Oversight `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Postsecondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Postsecondary Education `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Authored by Senator Seifried (principal Senate author)
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- **2026-02-17** Emergency added
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- **2026-02-26** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** General Order
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- **2026-03-10** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 13 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Referred for engrossment
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- **2026-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
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- **2026-04-29** General Order, Considered
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- **2026-04-29** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 `passage`
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- **2026-04-29** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
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- **2026-04-29** Referred for enrollment
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- **2026-04-30** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
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- **2026-04-30** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
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- **2026-04-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor 05/05/2026 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4be26769-d4c2-43f5-9247-da4073efde5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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