OK HB 2696

died on adjournment

Open records; educational records; requiring schools to release certain records; specifying certain information cannot be omitted; effective date.

Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did OK HB 2696 pass?

No. OK HB 2696 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): Placed on General Order

What is OK HB 2696 about?

OK HB 2696 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Open records; educational records; requiring schools to release certain records; specifying certain information cannot be omitted; effective date.”.

Who sponsors OK HB 2696?

Ford, Rader are the primary sponsors of OK HB 2696.

Introduced: 2025-02-03
Latest action: 2026-04-09 — Placed on General Order
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-09
Placed on General Order
2026-04-07
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
committee-passage
2026-04-01
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-26
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
2026-03-26
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
passage
2026-03-25
Referred for engrossment
2026-03-25
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 1
passage,reading-3
2026-03-25
Amended by floor substitute
2026-03-25
Considered
2026-03-25
Laid over
2026-03-25
General Order
2025-02-26
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
committee-passage
2025-02-24
Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
2025-02-24
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
committee-passage
2025-02-05
Referred to Common Education
referral-committee
2025-02-05
Referred to Education Oversight
referral-committee
2025-02-05
Withdrawn from Rules Committee
2025-02-04
Second Reading referred to Rules
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-03
Authored by Representative Ford
2025-02-03
First Reading
introduction,reading-1

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Common Education Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs
2025-02-19 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Banning: yes
- Caldwell (C): yes
- Hall: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Johns: yes
- Lowe (D): yes
- Maynard: yes
- Moore: yes
- Pogemiller: yes
- Rosecrants: yes
- Sterling: yes
- Tedford: yes
Education Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs
2025-02-26 · 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
2026-03-25 · pass · 95-1
Member-level votes (101)
- Adams: yes
- George: yes
- Marti: yes
- Sneed: yes
- Alonso-Sandoval: yes
- Gise: yes
- May: yes
- Staires: yes
- Archer: yes
- Grego: yes
- Maynard: yes
- Stark: yes
- Banning: yes
- Hall: yes
- McCane: yes
- Steagall: yes
- Bashore: yes
- Hardin: yes
- Menz: yes
- Sterling: yes
- Blair: yes
- Harris: yes
- Miller: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Blancett: yes
- Hasenbeck: yes
- Moore: yes
- Stinson: yes
- Boles: yes
- Hays: yes
- Munson: yes
- Strom: yes
- Caldwell (C): yes
- Hefner: yes
- Newton: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Caldwell (T): yes
- Hildebrant: yes
- Norwood: yes
- Townley: yes
- Cantrell: yes
- Hill: yes
- Olsen: yes
- Travis: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Humphrey: yes
- Osburn: yes
- Turner: yes
- Clinton: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Pae: yes
- Waldron: yes
- Cornwell: yes
- Johns: yes
- Patzkowsky: yes
- West (J): yes
- Crosswhite Hader: yes
- Kane: yes
- Pfeiffer: yes
- West (K): yes
- Culver: yes
- Kannady: yes
- Pogemiller: yes
- West (R): yes
- Deck: yes
- Kelley: yes
- Provenzano: yes
- West (T): yes
- Dempsey: yes
- Kendrix: yes
- Ranson: yes
- Wilk: yes
- Dobrinski: yes
- Kerbs: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Williams: yes
- Dollens: yes
- Lay: yes
- Roe: yes
- Wolfley: yes
- Duel: yes
- Lepak: yes
- Rosecrants: yes
- Woolley: yes
- Eaves: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Schreiber: yes
- Worthen: yes
- Ford: yes
- Luttrell: yes
- Shaw: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Manger: yes
- Smith: yes
- Gann: no
- Fetgatter: excused
- Lawson: excused
- Tedford: excused
- VACANCY:: other
- 2: other
Judiciary
2026-04-07 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Gollihare: yes
- Howard: yes
- Jech: yes
- Jett: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Standridge: yes

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2696&session=2600

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