Bill Commons

OK HB 1485

enacted

Teachers; temporary contracts; teachers with emergency or provisional certificates; effective date; emergency.

Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did OK HB 1485 pass?

Yes. OK HB 1485 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-06): Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025

What is OK HB 1485 about?

OK HB 1485 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Teachers; temporary contracts; teachers with emergency or provisional certificates; effective date; emergency.”.

Who sponsors OK HB 1485?

Johns, Reinhardt are the primary sponsors of OK HB 1485.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2025-05-06 — Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Johnsprimary
  • Reinhardtprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-06

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2025

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-29

    Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-04-29

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  4. 2025-04-29

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  5. 2025-04-28

    Referred for enrollment

  6. 2025-04-28

    Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

    passage

  7. 2025-04-28

    Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 3

    passage

  8. 2025-04-28

    General Order, Considered

  9. 2025-04-24

    Placed on General Order

  10. 2025-04-22

    Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed

    committee-passage

  11. 2025-04-01

    Second Reading referred to Education

    reading-2,referral-committee

  12. 2025-03-13

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

  13. 2025-03-13

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

    passage

  14. 2025-03-12

    Referred for engrossment

  15. 2025-03-12

    Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 1

    passage,reading-3

  16. 2025-03-12

    General Order

  17. 2025-03-05

    Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)

  18. 2025-03-05

    CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee

    committee-passage

  19. 2025-02-17

    Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education

    committee-passage

  20. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Common Education

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Education Oversight

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-02-05

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  23. 2025-02-04

    Second Reading referred to Rules

    reading-2,referral-committee

  24. 2025-02-03

    Authored by Representative Johns

  25. 2025-02-03

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Common Education Committee: Do Pass

    2025-02-12 · pass · 10-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Banning: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Maynard: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Pogemiller: no
    • Rosecrants: no

  • Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass

    2025-03-05 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Kerbs: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • West (T): yes
    • Wolfley: yes

  • Third Reading

    2025-03-12 · pass · 83-1

    Member-level votes (101)
    • Hays: yes
    • George: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Sneed: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Gise: yes
    • May: yes
    • Staires: yes
    • Alonso-Sandoval: yes
    • Grego: yes
    • Maynard: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Archer: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • McCane: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Banning: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Menz: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Bashore: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Stinson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Munson: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Blair: yes
    • Hildebrant: yes
    • Olsen: yes
    • Townley: yes
    • Boles: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Humphrey: yes
    • Pae: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Caldwell (T): yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Patzkowsky: yes
    • West (J): yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • West (K): yes
    • Cornwell: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Pittman: yes
    • West (R): yes
    • Crosswhite Hader: yes
    • Kelley: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • West (T): yes
    • Culver: yes
    • Kendrix: yes
    • Ranson: yes
    • Wilk: yes
    • Deck: yes
    • Lawson: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Dempsey: yes
    • Lay: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Wolfley: yes
    • Dobrinski: yes
    • Lepak: yes
    • Rosecrants: yes
    • Woolley: yes
    • Duel: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Schreiber: yes
    • Worthen: yes
    • Eaves: yes
    • Lowe (J): yes
    • Shaw: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Gann: yes
    • Luttrell: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Fugate: no
    • Blancett: excused
    • Fetgatter: excused
    • Kerbs: excused
    • Pogemiller: excused
    • Caldwell (C): excused
    • Ford: excused
    • Marti: excused
    • Steagall: excused
    • Cantrell: excused
    • Hefner: excused
    • Miller: excused
    • Strom: excused
    • Dollens: excused
    • Kannady: excused
    • Newton: excused
    • VACANCY:: other
    • 2: other

  • Education

    2025-04-22 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Hines: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Pugh: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • Seifried: yes

  • Third Reading

    2025-04-28 · pass · 41-3

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Alvord: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Kirt: yes
    • Rosino: yes
    • Bergstrom: yes
    • Grellner: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • Bullard: yes
    • Guthrie: yes
    • McIntosh: yes
    • Seifried: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Murdock: yes
    • Standridge: yes
    • Coleman: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Hines: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Deevers: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Prieto: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Jech: yes
    • Pugh: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • Frix: yes
    • Jett: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Wingard: yes
    • Gillespie: yes
    • Kern: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Gollihare: yes
    • Boren: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Nice: no
    • Brooks: excused
    • Hall: excused
    • Haste: excused

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1485&session=2600

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