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type: "Bill"
title: "School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 843"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 843 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobrinski", "Murdock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a7a5c5b-d723-4fa7-8696-fa396b59b033"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB843&session=2600"
source_hash: "ce01f71d780f948ade9d713807729ec97deeac5f6287f71950fcd3827a9802f2"
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 843 (2026) — School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. 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/SB843 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB843 CA1.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB843 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB843 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB843 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB843 SFLR.PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **774** (pass) · lower
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **100** (pass) · lower
- Education — **110** (pass) · upper
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **90** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dobrinski — primary (person)
- Murdock — 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 Murdock
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-02** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2026-03-25** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-25** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-26** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Remove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Dobrinski
- **2026-04-06** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton
- **2026-04-13** CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** General Order
- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-04** Approved by Governor 04/30/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a7a5c5b-d723-4fa7-8696-fa396b59b033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).