HB 26962026
bill
2026 Regular Session · House bill
HB 2696
Open records; educational records; requiring schools to release certain records; specifying certain information cannot be omitted; effective date.
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Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
Passed Senate committee Last action April 9, 2026: Placed on General Order
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
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Authors & coauthors 2
- Principal House author
- Ross Ford R
- Principal Senate author
- Dave Rader 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 | Rules | Passed (committee substitute) Feb. 26, 2025 |
| Feb. 5, 2025 | House | Education Oversight | Passed (committee substitute) Feb. 24, 2025 |
| Feb. 5, 2025 | House | Common Education | — |
| April 1, 2026 | Senate | Judiciary | Passed April 7, 2026 |
Roll-call votes 4
Feb. 19, 2025HouseCommon Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed12–0
yes (12) Banning, Caldwell, Hall, Jenkins, Johns, Lowe, Maynard, Moore, Pogemiller, Rosecrants, Sterling, Tedford
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Feb. 26, 2025HouseEducation Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed9–0
yes (9) Caldwell, Hasenbeck, Kane, Kerbs, Lowe, Provenzano, Waldron, West, Wolfley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 25, 2026HouseThird ReadingPassed95–1 3 excused
yes (95) Adams, Alonso Sandoval, Archer, Banning, Bashore, Blair, Blancett, Boles, Caldwell, Caldwell, Cantrell, Chapman, Clinton, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Eaves, Ford, Fugate, George, Gise, Grego, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hildebrant, Hill, Humphrey, Jenkins, Johns, Kane, Kannady, Kelley, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lay, Lepak, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, May, Maynard, McCane, Menz, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Newton, Norwood, Olsen, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Shaw, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stewart, Stinson, Strom, Timmons, Townley, Travis, Turner, Waldron, West, West, West, West, Wilk, Williams, Wolfley, Woolley, Worthen
excused (3) Fetgatter, Lawson, Tedford
no (1) Gann
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 7, 2026SenateJudiciaryPassed6–0
yes (6) Gollihare, Howard, Jech, Jett, Rosino, Standridge
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- 1 Amendment to Amendment by FORD · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 1 Floor Amendment by FORD · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- House Committee Substitute · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Policy Committee Recommendation · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
3 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2696&session=2600
Timeline 20 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Ford
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb. 5, 2025HouseWithdrawn from Rules Committee
- Feb. 5, 2025HouseReferred to Education Oversight
- Feb. 5, 2025HouseReferred to Common Education
- Feb. 24, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
- Feb. 24, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- Feb. 26, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
- March 25, 2026HouseGeneral Order
- March 25, 2026HouseLaid over
- March 25, 2026HouseConsidered
- March 25, 2026HouseAmended by floor substitute
- March 25, 2026HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 1
- March 25, 2026HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 26, 2026HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 26, 2026SenateFirst Reading
- April 1, 2026SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
- April 7, 2026SenateReported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
- April 9, 2026SenatePlaced on General Order
Momentum: 55 of 100
| Stage (Passed committee (second chamber)) | 31 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (50 days before May 29, 2026) | 11 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 3 / 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.