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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; authorizing the State Regents for Higher Education and the Department of Career and Technology Education to designate a credential of value."
description: "Education; authorizing the State Regents for Higher Education and the Department of Career and Technology Education to designate a credential of value."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2398"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2398 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Reinhardt"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc185f4c-be37-4d4d-9879-a7593ee23f0a"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2398&session=2600"
source_hash: "d77615754ab829fd595311041f3a0075bfdd4e5ac653a70b50d41f50aad543db"
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 2398 (2026) — Education; authorizing the State Regents for Higher Education and the Department of Career and Technology Education to designate a credential of value.
## 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/HB2398 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB2398 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB2398 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB2398 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB2398 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2398 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB2398 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB2398 POLPCS1 BRIAN HILL-AQH.PDF)
## Votes
- Education — **100** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **369** (pass) · upper
- Postsecondary Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **81** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **7020** (pass) · lower
- Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **71** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
- Reinhardt — 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 Hill
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Education Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Postsecondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Postsecondary Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-10** General Order
- **2026-03-10** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 20 `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`
- **2026-04-07** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-15** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-15** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-16** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/17/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc185f4c-be37-4d4d-9879-a7593ee23f0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).