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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education; removing language regarding the promulgation of rules and the presidential search process for the Board of Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Higher education; removing language regarding the promulgation of rules and the presidential search process for the Board of Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1593"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1593 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gollihare", "Moore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05bdb62-0421-444e-b1ac-822db6e2d6d2"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1593&session=2600"
source_hash: "e107f5c474ea8a807205150542e541633a21fb20dad4fe89bc87eb221b452adf"
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 1593 (2026) — Higher education; removing language regarding the promulgation of rules and the presidential search process for the Board of Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. 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/SB1593 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1593 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1593 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1593 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1593 SFLR.PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **870** (pass) · lower
- Education — **100** (pass) · upper
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **100** (pass) · lower
- Postsecondary Education Committee: Do Pass — **60** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gollihare — primary (person)
- Moore — 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 Senator Gollihare
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2026-03-03** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-11** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-11** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Postsecondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-13** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a05bdb62-0421-444e-b1ac-822db6e2d6d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).