SB 5532026
bill
2026 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 553
Schools; directing revocation of certification and dismissal for failure to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Effective date. Emergency.
Schools (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 12, 2025: Approved by Governor 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
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Authors & coauthors 4
- Principal House author
- Danny Sterling R
- Principal Senate author
- Adam Pugh R
- Senate coauthors
- Kristen Thompson R, Nikki Nice D
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 (committee substitute) March 4, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Education Oversight | Passed April 3, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Common Education | Passed April 23, 2025 |
Roll-call votes 5
March 4, 2025SenateEducationPassed10–0
yes (10) Deevers, Dossett, Hicks, Hines, Mann, Pederson, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Seifried
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 24, 2025SenateThird ReadingPassed47–0
yes (47) Alvord, Bergstrom, Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Daniels, Deevers, Dossett, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Goodwin, Green, Grellner, Guthrie, Hall, Hamilton, Haste, Hicks, Hines, Howard, Jech, Jett, Kern, Kirt, Mann, McIntosh, Murdock, Nice, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Rosino, Sacchieri, Seifried, Standridge, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Wingard, Woods
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 2, 2025HouseCommon Education Committee: Do PassPassed11–0
yes (11) Banning, Caldwell, Hall, Jenkins, Johns, Lowe, Maynard, Pogemiller, Rosecrants, Sterling, Tedford
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 23, 2025HouseEducation Oversight Committee: Do PassPassed9–0
yes (9) Caldwell, Hasenbeck, Kane, Kerbs, Lowe, Provenzano, Waldron, West, Wolfley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
May 1, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed78–0 20 excused
yes (78) Adams, Alonso Sandoval, Banning, Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Boles, Caldwell, Caldwell, Cantrell, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Duel, Eaves, Fetgatter, Fugate, Gann, George, Gise, Grego, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hildebrant, Hill, Humphrey, Jenkins, Johns, Kane, Kelley, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lepak, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, Maynard, McCane, Menz, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Newton, Olsen, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Ranson, Roberts, Schreiber, Shaw, Smith, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stewart, Strom, Turner, Waldron, West, West, West, Wilk, Williams, Wolfley
excused (20) Archer, Blair, Burns, Chapman, Dollens, Ford, Kannady, Lawson, Marti, May, Pittman, Roe, Rosecrants, Sneed, Stinson, Tedford, Townley, West, Woolley, Worthen
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Committee Amendment · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Committee Substitute · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- 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
- Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
3 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB553&session=2600
Timeline 25 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Pugh
- Feb. 4, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Education
- March 3, 2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Thompson
- March 4, 2025SenateReported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed
- March 6, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- March 17, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Sterling (principal House author)
- March 24, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- March 24, 2025SenateMeasure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
- March 24, 2025SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 25, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
- March 25, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Education Oversight
- April 1, 2025HouseReferred to Common Education
- April 3, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education
- April 3, 2025HouseCoauthored by Senator(s) Nice
- April 23, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
- May 1, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- May 1, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 0
- May 1, 2025HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- May 1, 2025SenateReferred for enrollment
- May 5, 2025SenateEnrolled, to House
- May 5, 2025HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- May 5, 2025SenateSent to Governor
- May 12, 2025SenateApproved by Governor 05/08/2025
Momentum: 100 of 100
| Stage (Enacted / adopted) | 50 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (382 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 5 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 10 / 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.