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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools; student communications; school personnel; administrative leave; investigation; effective date; emergency."
description: "Schools; student communications; school personnel; administrative leave; investigation; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1937"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1937 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Kannady"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a01761-ef05-4ca3-9a9a-126199e72622"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1937&session=2600"
source_hash: "26928354ee66f5f165fcf1fb10eddeb2d9131c69b7f72591de00a4e8c70be540"
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 1937 (2026) — Schools; student communications; school personnel; administrative leave; investigation; 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/hB/HB1937 INT.PDF)
2. **Amendment to Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1937 FULLPCS1-AMD1 CHAD CALDWELL-AQH.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1937 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1937 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1937 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1937 SFLR.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1937 CS.PDF)
8. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1937 FULLPCS1 DANNY STERLING-AQH.PDF)
9. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1937 FULLPCS2 DANNY STERLING-AQH.PDF)
10. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1937 FULLPCS3 CHRIS KANNADY-AQH.PDF)
## Votes
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **80** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **847** (pass) · lower
- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **85** (pass) · lower
- Education — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kannady — 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 Representative Sterling
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Education Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Common Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) Lowe (Dick)
- **2026-02-17** Remove Representative Sterling as principal House author and substitute with Representative Kannady
- **2026-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Authored by Senator Green (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-10** General Order
- **2026-03-10** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-11** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Remove as author Senator Green; authored by Senator Howard
- **2026-04-21** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2026-05-05** General Order, Considered
- **2026-05-05** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-05-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0a01761-ef05-4ca3-9a9a-126199e72622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).