SB 362024
bill
2024 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 36
Education; permitting school districts to employ or accept volunteer chaplains; certification requirements. Effective date.
Schools (K–12)Courts & civil lawState government & agencies how tagged
Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
Passed both chambers Last action April 25, 2024: HAs read
Same number in other sessions: 2026 · 2025 (bills from 2025 carry over into 2026 within the 60th Legislature).
AI analysis AI-generated
AI-generated · may be inaccurate or incomplete. Written by a language model (Workers AI, llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) from the bill's official title, actions, votes, sponsors, committee referrals and hearings in our database — not from the bill text. Check the official text on oklegislature.gov before relying on it. Not legal advice.
Authors & coauthors 4
- Principal House author
- Kevin West R
- House coauthors
- Echols (not matched to a current member), Randleman (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 2
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2023 | Senate | Judiciary | Passed Feb. 28, 2023 |
| March 29, 2023 | House | General Government | Passed (committee substitute) April 9, 2024 |
Roll-call votes 4
Feb. 28, 2023SenateCommittee On JudiciaryPassed12–0
yes (12) Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Daniels, Floyd, Gollihare, Hall, Howard, Jech, Standridge, Stewart, Weaver
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 23, 2023SenateThird ReadingPassed45–0 3 excused
yes (45) Alvord, Bergstrom, Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Dahm, Dossett, Dugger, Floyd, Garvin, Gollihare, Green, Hall, Hamilton, Haste, Hicks, Howard, Jech, Jett, Kidd, Kirt, Matthews, McCortney, Montgomery, Murdock, Newhouse, Paxton, Pederson, Pemberton, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Rogers, Rosino, Seifried, Stanley, Stephens, Stewart, Thompson, Treat, Weaver, Woods, Young
excused (3) Daniels, Standridge, Thompson
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 9, 2024HouseGeneral Government Committee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed6–2
yes (6) Archer, Maynard, Smith, Steagall, West, Wolfley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 24, 2024HouseThird ReadingPassed54–37 10 excused
no (37) Alonso Sandoval, Bennett, Blancett, Burns, Davis, Deck, Dollens, Fetgatter, Fugate, Gann, Goodwin, Harris, Hefner, Johns, Kannady, Lepak, Lowe, Luttrell, Marti, May, McEntire, Munson, Nichols, Pae, Provenzano, Ranson, Roberts, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Smith, Sterling, Strom, Swope, Turner, Waldron, West, West
yes (54) Archer, Baker, Banning, Bashore, Boatman, Boles, Caldwell, Cantrell, Conley, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Dempsey, Duel, Echols, George, Grego, Hays, Hilbert, Hill, Humphrey, Kane, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Lowe, Manger, Maynard, McBride, McDugle, Miller, Mr. Speaker, Newton, ODonnell, Olsen, Osburn, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Randleman, Roe, Sims, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Talley, Tedford, Townley, Vancuren, West, West, Williams, Wolfley, Worthen
excused (10) Caldwell, Dobrinski, Ford, Hardin, Hasenbeck, Menz, Moore, Pittman, Stinson, Wallace
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- 1 Amendment to Amendment by WALDRON · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 1 Floor Amendment by FUGATE · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 2 Amendment to Amendment by FUGATE · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 2 Floor Amendment by WALDRON · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 3 Floor Amendment by WEST · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Amended And Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB36 FULLPCS1 KEVIN WEST-MJ.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
2 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB36&session=2400
Timeline 21 actions
- Feb. 6, 2023SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 6, 2023SenateAuthored by Senator Dahm
- Feb. 7, 2023SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
- Feb. 28, 2023SenateReported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
- March 8, 2023SenateCoauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- March 23, 2023SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- March 23, 2023SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
- March 23, 2023SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 27, 2023SenateEngrossed to House
- March 27, 2023HouseFirst Reading
- March 29, 2023HouseSecond Reading referred to General Government
- April 9, 2024HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government Committee
- April 9, 2024HouseEmergency removed
- April 15, 2024HouseRemove Representative Echols as principal House author and substitute with Representative West (Kevin)
- April 24, 2024HouseGeneral Order
- April 24, 2024HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Randleman
- April 24, 2024HouseAmended by floor substitute
- April 24, 2024HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 54 Nays: 37
- April 24, 2024HouseReferred for engrossment
- April 25, 2024HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- April 25, 2024SenateHAs read
Momentum: 64 of 100
| Stage (Passed both chambers) | 38 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (36 days before May 31, 2024) | 14 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 2 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 0 / 10 |
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.