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OK HB 4149

died on adjournment

Strong Readers Act; references; legislative findings; declaring intent of the Legislature; reading screenings; reading deficiencies; parent notifications; State Department of Education; reading panel; alternate reading assessments; promotion to fourth grade; retaining third grade; good-cause exemptions; intensive reading instruction; intensive acceleration class; reporting requirements; teacher training requirements; eighth-grade reading level; driver license; remedial reading for driver licenses; alternative reading proficiency tests; motorcycle licenses; testing site requirements; documentation requirements; out of state test results; school enrollment, completion, or lawful excuse for minors to obtain a driver license; violations; alternate route to obtain driver license; employer fines; attendance officers; Department of Public Safety; license cancellation; definitions; exceptions; forms; effective date; emergency.

Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did OK HB 4149 pass?

No. OK HB 4149 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 (2026-02-19): Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

What is OK HB 4149 about?

OK HB 4149 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Strong Readers Act; references; legislative findings; declaring intent of the Legislature; reading screenings; reading deficiencies; parent notifications; State Department of Education; reading panel; alternate reading assessments; promotion to fourth grade; retaining third grade; good-cause exemptions; intensive reading instruction; intensive acceleration class; reporting requirements; teacher training requirements; eighth-grade reading level; driver license; remedial reading for driver licenses; alternative reading proficiency tests; motorcycle licenses; testing site requirements; documentation requirements; out of state test results; school enrollment, completion, or lawful excuse for minors to obtain a driver license; violations; alternate route to obtain driver license; employer fines; attendance officers; Department of Public Safety; license cancellation; definitions; exceptions; forms; effective date; emergency.”.

Who sponsors OK HB 4149?

Hasenbeck, Bullard are the primary sponsors of OK HB 4149.

Introduced
2026-02-02
Latest action
2026-02-19 — Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Hasenbeckprimary
  • Bullardprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-02-19

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

    committee-passage

  2. 2026-02-16

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-16

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-16

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  5. 2026-02-03

    Second Reading referred to Rules

    reading-2,referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-02

    Authored by Representative Hasenbeck

  7. 2026-02-02

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Appropriations And Budget Education Subcommittee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs

    2026-02-18 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Banning: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • McCane: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Woolley: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4149&session=2600

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