SB 2442026
bill
2026 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 244
Higher education; establishing the Program of American Civic Thought and Leadership at the University of Oklahoma; making an appropriation. 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.
Passed House committee Last action May 7, 2026: Laid over
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 3
- Principal House author
- Mark Lepak R
- Principal Senate author
- Julie Daniels R
- Senate coauthors
- 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 | Senate | Education | Passed Feb. 25, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Appropriations and Budget | Passed April 16, 2025 |
| April 2, 2025 | House | Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee | Passed (committee substitute) April 8, 2025 |
Roll-call votes 4
Feb. 25, 2025SenateEducationPassed6–3
yes (6) Deevers, Dossett, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Seifried
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 27, 2025SenateThird ReadingPassed34–13
yes (34) Alvord, Bergstrom, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Daniels, Dossett, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Green, Grellner, Guthrie, Hall, Hamilton, Haste, Hines, Howard, Jech, Kern, Murdock, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Rosino, Seifried, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Woods
no (13) Boren, Brooks, Deevers, Goodwin, Hicks, Jett, Kirt, Mann, McIntosh, Nice, Sacchieri, Standridge, Wingard
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 7, 2025HouseAppropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed8–3
no (3) Banning, McCane, Waldron
yes (8) Caldwell, Hasenbeck, Johns, Lowe, Moore, Osburn, Tedford, Woolley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 15, 2025HouseAppropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Enacting ClausePassed25–5
no (5) Bennett, Blancett, Fugate, Provenzano, Ranson
yes (25) Boles, Burns, Caldwell, Caldwell, Fetgatter, Ford, Grego, Hill, Kane, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Luttrell, Manger, Miller, Moore, Newton, Osburn, Pae, Pfeiffer, Sterling, Strom, West, West, West
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- 1 Floor Amendment by LEPAK · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Committee Amendment 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB244 (3-26-25) (DANIELS) FS FA1.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Sub Committee Recommendation · PDF on oklegislature.gov
3 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB244&session=2600
Timeline 21 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Pugh
- Feb. 4, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Education
- Feb. 25, 2025SenateReported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed
- Feb. 25, 2025SenateTitle stricken
- Feb. 27, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- March 5, 2025SenateRemove as author Senator Pugh; authored by Senator Daniels
- March 5, 2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Pugh
- March 17, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Lepak (principal House author)
- March 27, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- March 27, 2025SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 13
- March 27, 2025SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 31, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
- March 31, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
- April 2, 2025HouseReferred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- April 8, 2025HouseRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- April 16, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee
- April 16, 2025HouseEnacting clause stricken
- May 7, 2026HouseGeneral Order
- May 7, 2026HouseLaid over
Momentum: 63 of 100
| Stage (Passed committee (second chamber)) | 31 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (22 days before May 29, 2026) | 18 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 4 / 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.