SB 12562024
bill
2024 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 1256
Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency.
Schools (K–12)Budget & taxesPublic sector, tribes & education industry how tagged
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Enacted Last action April 24, 2024: Approved by Governor 04/23/2024
Same number in other sessions: 2026 (bills from 2025 carry over into 2026 within the 60th Legislature).
AI analysis AI-generated
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Authors & coauthors 3
- Principal Senate author
- Adam Pugh R
- House coauthors
- Baker (not matched to a current member)
Principal authors from Open States; coauthors read from “Coauthored by …” actions (removals applied).
Status
- Introduced
- In committee (origin chamber)
- Passed committee (origin chamber)
- Passed origin chamber
- In committee (second chamber)
- Passed committee (second chamber)
- Passed both chambers
- Sent to Governor
- Enacted / adopted
Committee referrals 3
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 6, 2024 | Senate | Education | Passed Feb. 6, 2024 |
| March 25, 2024 | House | Appropriations and Budget | Passed April 11, 2024 |
| March 26, 2024 | House | Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee | Passed April 1, 2024 |
Roll-call votes 5
Feb. 6, 2024SenateEducationPassed11–0
yes (11) Daniels, Dossett, Green, Hicks, Murdock, Paxton, Pemberton, Pugh, Rader, Seifried, Thompson
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 7, 2024SenateThird ReadingPassed42–0 6 excused
yes (42) Alvord, Bergstrom, Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Dahm, Daniels, Deevers, Dossett, Dugger, Floyd, Garvin, Gollihare, Green, Hall, Hamilton, Haste, Hicks, Howard, Jech, Jett, Kidd, Kirt, McCortney, Paxton, Pederson, Pemberton, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Rogers, Rosino, Stanley, Stephens, Stewart, Thompson, Treat, Weaver, Woods, Young
excused (6) Matthews, Murdock, Newhouse, Seifried, Standridge, Thompson
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 1, 2024HouseAppropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do PassPassed12–3
yes (12) Baker, Blancett, Boatman, Fugate, Harris, Hasenbeck, Johns, Lowe, McBride, Osburn, Tedford, Waldron
no (3) Caldwell, Hays, Maynard
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 10, 2024HouseAppropriations And Budget Committee: Do PassPassed35–0
yes (35) Baker, Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Boatman, Boles, Caldwell, Echols, Fetgatter, Ford, Goodwin, Hasenbeck, Hill, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Lepak, Lowe, Luttrell, McBride, McEntire, Miller, Moore, Munson, Newton, Nichols, Osburn, Pfeiffer, Provenzano, Ranson, Sterling, Strom, Vancuren, Wallace, West
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 17, 2024HouseThird ReadingPassed87–5 9 excused
yes (87) Alonso Sandoval, Archer, Baker, Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Boatman, Boles, Burns, Cantrell, Conley, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Davis, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Fetgatter, Ford, Fugate, Gann, George, Grego, Hardin, Harris, Hefner, Hill, Humphrey, Johns, Kane, Kannady, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Lowe, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, May, McBride, McEntire, Menz, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Nichols, ODonnell, Olsen, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pittman, Provenzano, Randleman, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Sims, Smith, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Strom, Swope, Talley, Tedford, Townley, Turner, Vancuren, Waldron, Wallace, West, West, West, West, Williams, Wolfley
no (5) Banning, Caldwell, Lepak, Maynard, Newton
excused (9) Caldwell, Echols, Goodwin, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hilbert, McDugle, Stinson, Worthen
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Enrolled (final version) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
3 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1256&session=2400
Timeline 22 actions
- Feb. 5, 2024SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 5, 2024SenateAuthored by Senator Pugh
- Feb. 6, 2024SenateSecond Reading referred to Education
- Feb. 6, 2024SenateReported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
- March 4, 2024SenateCoauthored by Representative Baker (principal House author)
- March 7, 2024SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- March 7, 2024SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0
- March 7, 2024SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 11, 2024SenateEngrossed to House
- March 11, 2024HouseFirst Reading
- March 25, 2024HouseSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
- March 26, 2024HouseReferred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- April 1, 2024HouseRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- April 11, 2024HouseCR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee
- April 17, 2024HouseGeneral Order
- April 17, 2024HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 5
- April 17, 2024HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- April 17, 2024SenateReferred for enrollment
- April 18, 2024SenateEnrolled, to House
- April 18, 2024HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- April 18, 2024SenateSent to Governor
- April 24, 2024SenateApproved by Governor 04/23/2024
Momentum: 100 of 100
| Stage (Enacted / adopted) | 50 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (37 days before May 31, 2024) | 14 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 4 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 0 / 10 |
| Rule applied | enacted/adopted = 100 |
How this is calculated
- Stage reached — up to 50. 50 × (stage − 1) ÷ 8, where the stages are 1 Introduced · 2 In committee · 3 Passed committee · 4 Passed its first chamber · 5 In committee in the second chamber · 6 Passed that committee · 7 Passed both chambers · 8 Sent to the Governor · 9 Enacted / adopted.
- Recency — up to 20. 20 if the last recorded action was within 14 days of the reference date, falling in a straight line to 0 at 90 days. The reference date is the earlier of the data date (Oct. 1, 2026) and the session's last scheduled day, so a finished session is scored as it stood when it ended.
- Committee progress — up to 10. 5 for each chamber in which a committee reported the bill favourably.
- Coauthors — up to 10. 1 per coauthor (max 7), plus 3 if its authors and coauthors include members of both chambers.
- Bipartisan sponsorship — 10. 10 if the authors and coauthors include at least one Republican and one Democrat.
Rules on top: an enacted bill (signed, law without signature, or veto overridden) or an adopted resolution scores 100. A vetoed bill without an override, or one whose last committee vote failed, has its score halved.
Disclaimer. The momentum score is an automated, rough indicator built only from the public record (stage, dates, authors and committee reports). It is not a prediction, does not measure merit or support, and can be wrong when an action is mis-recorded or an author is mis-matched. Coauthors are read from the action text (“Coauthored by …”). Always check the official record on oklegislature.gov.