SB 7962025
bill
2025 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 796
Higher education; prohibiting certain activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Effective date. Emergency.
Higher education & workforceSchools (K–12)Public sector, tribes & education industry how tagged
Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
Enacted Last action May 13, 2025: Approved by Governor 05/10/2025
Same number in other sessions: 2026 · 2024 (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 12
- Principal House author
- Denise Crosswhite Hader R
- Principal Senate author
- Adam Pugh R
- House coauthors
- Chad Caldwell R, Cody Maynard R, Jonathan Wilk R, Kevin West R, Nicole Miller R, Stacy Jo Adams R
- Senate coauthors
- David Bullard R, Kelly Hines R, Shane Jett R, Warren Hamilton R
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. 4, 2025 | Senate | Education | Passed March 4, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Education Oversight | Passed April 16, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Postsecondary Education | Passed April 8, 2025 |
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=SB796&session=2500
Timeline 30 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Pugh
- Feb. 4, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Education
- March 4, 2025SenateReported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
- March 6, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- March 17, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative CrosswhiteHader (principal House author)
- March 27, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- March 27, 2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Bullard
- March 27, 2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Hines
- March 27, 2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Jett
- March 27, 2025SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 8
- March 27, 2025SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 31, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
- March 31, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Education Oversight
- April 1, 2025HouseReferred to Postsecondary Education
- April 8, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education
- April 8, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Wilk
- April 8, 2025HouseCoauthored by Senator(s) Hamilton
- April 16, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
- May 6, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- May 6, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Maynard, Adams, West (Kevin), Caldwell (Chad)
- May 6, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 18; Ayes: 76 Nays: 17
- May 6, 2025HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- May 6, 2025SenateReferred for enrollment
- May 6, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Miller
- May 7, 2025SenateEnrolled, to House
- May 7, 2025HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- May 7, 2025SenateSent to Governor
- May 13, 2025SenateApproved by Governor 05/10/2025
On committee agendas 3
- Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 10:00 a.m. — Senate Education · Room 535
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 10:30 a.m. — House Postsecondary Education
- Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 9:00 a.m. — House Education Oversight
Momentum: 100 of 100
| Stage (Enacted / adopted) | 50 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (17 days before May 30, 2025) | 19 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 10 / 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.