HB 29032026
bill
2026 Regular Session · House bill
HB 2903
Higher education; Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; student advisory board; repealers; 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 8, 2025: Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025
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 2
- Principal House author
- Tammy Townley R
- Principal Senate author
- Adam Pugh 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 | House | Education Oversight | Passed March 4, 2025 |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Postsecondary Education | Passed Feb. 11, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Education | Passed April 22, 2025 |
Roll-call votes 5
Feb. 11, 2025HousePostsecondary Education Committee: Do PassPassed8–0
yes (8) Bashore, Hasenbeck, Johns, McCane, Osburn, Ranson, Townley, Wolfley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 3, 2025HouseEducation Oversight Committee: Do PassPassed9–0
yes (9) Caldwell, Hasenbeck, Kane, Kerbs, Lowe, Provenzano, Waldron, West, Wolfley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 26, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed81–5 13 excused
yes (81) Adams, Alonso Sandoval, Banning, Bashore, Blair, Blancett, Boles, Burns, Caldwell, Caldwell, Chapman, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Eaves, Fugate, George, Gise, Grego, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hildebrant, Hill, Humphrey, Jenkins, Johns, Kane, Kannady, Kelley, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lay, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, May, Maynard, McCane, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Newton, Olsen, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Smith, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stewart, Strom, Tedford, Townley, Turner, Waldron, West, West, West, Wilk, Williams, Wolfley
excused (13) Archer, Bennett, Cantrell, Fetgatter, Lawson, Lepak, Lowe, Marti, Menz, Munson, Osburn, Pittman, Stinson
no (5) Gann, Shaw, West, Woolley, Worthen
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 22, 2025SenateEducationPassed10–0
yes (10) Dossett, Hicks, Hines, Mann, Pederson, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Sacchieri, Seifried
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 30, 2025SenateThird ReadingPassed43–0 4 excused
yes (43) Alvord, Bergstrom, Boren, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Deevers, Dossett, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Goodwin, Grellner, Guthrie, Hall, Hamilton, Haste, Hicks, Hines, Howard, Jech, Kern, Kirt, Mann, McIntosh, Murdock, Nice, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Rosino, Sacchieri, Seifried, Standridge, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Wingard, Woods
excused (4) Brooks, Daniels, Green, Jett
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=HB2903&session=2600
Timeline 23 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Townley
- 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
- March 4, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
- March 4, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
- March 26, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- March 26, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 5
- March 26, 2025HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 26, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 26, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Education
- April 22, 2025SenateReported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
- April 24, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- April 30, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- April 30, 2025SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
- April 30, 2025SenateEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
- April 30, 2025HouseReferred for enrollment
- May 1, 2025HouseEnrolled, signed, to Senate
- May 1, 2025SenateEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
- May 1, 2025HouseSent to Governor
- May 8, 2025HouseBecomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025
Momentum: 100 of 100
| Stage (Enacted / adopted) | 50 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (386 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 3 / 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.