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type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher preparation; directing the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish TeachForwardOK."
description: "Teacher preparation; directing the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish TeachForwardOK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 212 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Chad)", "Seifried"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8bb234-e8c3-48ad-9511-020028829880"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB212&session=2600"
source_hash: "03b711be476c37f111502ab6aaffd8203bf4fe98b47278636cb05377e7e5feb4"
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 212 (2026) — Teacher preparation; directing the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish TeachForwardOK.
## 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/SB212 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB212 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB212 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB212 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB212 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB212 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB212 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB212 SFLR.PDF)
## Votes
- Fourth Reading — **3410** (pass) · upper
- Education — **100** (pass) · upper
- Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Enacting Clause — **262** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass — **82** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **220** (pass) · upper
- Emergency — **430** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **3410** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **5928** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **5129** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Caldwell (Chad) — primary (person)
- Seifried — 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 Seifried
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Title stricken
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03** Placed on General Order
- **2025-03-04** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
- **2025-03-13** General Order, Considered
- **2025-03-13** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Enacting clause stricken
- **2025-05-06** General Order
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 59 Nays: 28; Ayes: 59 Nays: 28 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** HAs read
- **2025-05-13** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-13** SCs named GCCA
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2025-05-21** CCR read, GCCA
- **2025-05-21** Title restored
- **2025-05-21** Emergency clause restored
- **2025-05-21** Enacting clause restored
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted, GCCA
- **2025-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
- **2025-05-22** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 29; Ayes: 51 Nays: 29 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** To Senate
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c8bb234-e8c3-48ad-9511-020028829880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).