HB 21972026
bill
2026 Regular Session · House bill
HB 2197
Higher education; creating the Making College More Affordable Act; prohibitions; research universities; meal plans; effective date; emergency.
Higher education & workforceBudget & taxesSchools (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.
In Senate committee Last action Feb. 23, 2026: Coauthored by Senator McIntosh
The 2026 regular session's scheduled last day was May 29, 2026. Measures not passed by then did not become law this session.
Same number in other sessions: 2025 · 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 4
- Principal House author
- Max Wolfley R
- Principal Senate author
- Kendal Sacchieri R
- Senate coauthors
- Jack Stewart R, Julie McIntosh 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 4
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Education Oversight | Passed Feb. 26, 2025 |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Postsecondary Education | Passed Feb. 11, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Education | — |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Appropriations | — |
Roll-call votes 3
Feb. 11, 2025HousePostsecondary Education Committee: Do PassPassed8–0
yes (8) Bashore, Hasenbeck, Johns, McCane, Osburn, Ranson, Townley, Wolfley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Feb. 26, 2025HouseEducation Oversight Committee: Do PassPassed8–1
yes (8) Caldwell, Hasenbeck, Kane, Kerbs, Lowe, Provenzano, West, Wolfley
no (1) Waldron
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 27, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed68–18 13 excused
yes (68) Adams, Archer, Banning, Bashore, Blair, Boles, Caldwell, Cantrell, Chapman, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Dempsey, Duel, Eaves, Fetgatter, Ford, Fugate, Gann, George, Gise, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Hildebrant, Hill, Jenkins, Kane, Kannady, Kelley, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Lay, Lepak, Lowe, Luttrell, Marti, May, Maynard, Miller, Newton, Olsen, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pittman, Provenzano, Roberts, Roe, Schreiber, Shaw, Sneed, Stark, Sterling, Strom, Tedford, Townley, Turner, West, West, West, West, Wilk, Williams, Wolfley, Woolley, Worthen
no (18) Alonso Sandoval, Bennett, Blancett, Burns, Caldwell, Deck, Grego, Johns, Menz, Moore, Munson, Osburn, Pogemiller, Ranson, Rosecrants, Smith, Stewart, Waldron
excused (13) Dobrinski, Dollens, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Humphrey, Lowe, Manger, McCane, Staires, Steagall, Stinson
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- 1 Floor Amendment by WOLFLEY (UNTIMELY FILED) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 2 Floor Amendment by WOLFLEY (UNTIMELY FILED) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 3 Floor Amendment by OSBURN · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Committee Amendment 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
2 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2197&session=2600
Timeline 18 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Wolfley
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Education Oversight
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseReferred to Postsecondary Education
- Feb. 11, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education
- Feb. 26, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
- Feb. 26, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)
- March 27, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- March 27, 2025HouseAmended by floor substitute
- March 27, 2025HouseAmended
- March 27, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- March 27, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 18
- March 27, 2025HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 31, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 31, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
- Feb. 17, 2026SenateCoauthored by Senator Stewart
- Feb. 23, 2026SenateCoauthored by Senator McIntosh
Momentum: 35 of 100
| Stage (In committee (second chamber)) | 25 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (95 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 5 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 5 / 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.