OK SB 1696
in committeeState government; creating certain revolving fund; creating the Oklahoma Talent Recruitment Program; specifying certain eligibility requirements. Effective date. Emergency.
Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · upper
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-06 — Remove Representative Caldwell (Trey) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Lawson
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Colemanprimary
- Lawsonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-02
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
2026-02-02
Authored by Senator Coleman
2026-02-03
Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-17
Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed
committee-passage
2026-02-17
Title stricken
2026-02-17
Emergency added
2026-02-17
Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-02-25
Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey) (principal House author)
2026-03-04
Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed
committee-passage
2026-03-09
Placed on General Order
2026-03-10
General Order, Considered
2026-03-10
Measure failed: Ayes: 17 Nays: 30
2026-03-10
Notice served to reconsider vote on measure Coleman
2026-03-12
Motion to reconsider vote adopted: Ayes: 29 Nays: 11
passage
2026-03-12
Measure passed: Ayes: 29 Nays: 14
passage
2026-03-12
Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 2
2026-03-12
Referred for engrossment
2026-03-16
Engrossed to House
passage
2026-03-16
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
2026-03-30
Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-06
Remove Representative Caldwell (Trey) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Lawson
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Votes
Do Pass Amended Cs
2026-02-17 · pass · 5-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Coleman: yes
- Frix: yes
- Gillespie: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Woods: yes
- Goodwin: no
- Guthrie: no
- Kirt: no
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- AMD SB1696 PCS - ADOPTED (Request No: 3570): other
Appropriations
2026-03-04 · pass · 21-4
Member-level votes (25)
- Brooks: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Gollihare: yes
- Green: yes
- Hall: yes
- Haste: yes
- Howard: yes
- Jech: yes
- Murdock: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Pederson: yes
- Pugh: yes
- Rader: yes
- Reinhardt: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Seifried: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Weaver: yes
- Woods: yes
- Goodwin: no
- Hicks: no
- Kirt: no
- Sacchieri: no
Third Reading
2026-03-10 · fail · 17-30
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvord: yes
- Green: yes
- Howard: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Coleman: yes
- Hall: yes
- Jech: yes
- Rader: yes
- Daniels: yes
- Haste: yes
- Kern: yes
- Reinhardt: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hines: yes
- Murdock: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Gillespie: yes
- Bergstrom: no
- Grellner: no
- McIntosh: no
- Standridge: no
- Boren: no
- Guthrie: no
- Nice: no
- Stanley: no
- Brooks: no
- Hamilton: no
- Pederson: no
- Stewart: no
- Bullard: no
- Hicks: no
- Prieto: no
- Thompson: no
- Burns: no
- Jett: no
- Pugh: no
- Weaver: no
- Deevers: no
- Kirt: no
- Sacchieri: no
- Wingard: no
- Gollihare: no
- Logan: no
- Seifried: no
- Woods: no
- Goodwin: no
- Mann: no
- Frix: excused
Reconsider
2026-03-12 · pass · 29-11
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvord: yes
- Green: yes
- Jech: yes
- Pederson: yes
- Bergstrom: yes
- Hall: yes
- Kern: yes
- Rader: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Kirt: yes
- Reinhardt: yes
- Coleman: yes
- Haste: yes
- Logan: yes
- Seifried: yes
- Daniels: yes
- Hicks: yes
- Murdock: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hines: yes
- Nice: yes
- Wingard: yes
- Gillespie: yes
- Howard: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Woods: yes
- Gollihare: yes
- Boren: no
- Deevers: no
- Jett: no
- Sacchieri: no
- Bullard: no
- Grellner: no
- McIntosh: no
- Standridge: no
- Burns: no
- Guthrie: no
- Prieto: no
- Frix: excused
- Mann: excused
- Rosino: excused
- Thompson: excused
- Goodwin: excused
- Pugh: excused
- Stewart: excused
- Weaver: excused
Third Reading
2026-03-12 · pass · 29-14
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvord: yes
- Green: yes
- Kern: yes
- Pugh: yes
- Boren: yes
- Hall: yes
- Kirt: yes
- Rader: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Haste: yes
- Logan: yes
- Reinhardt: yes
- Coleman: yes
- Hicks: yes
- Murdock: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Daniels: yes
- Hines: yes
- Nice: yes
- Seifried: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Howard: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Gillespie: yes
- Jech: yes
- Pederson: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Gollihare: yes
- Bergstrom: no
- Grellner: no
- McIntosh: no
- Standridge: no
- Bullard: no
- Guthrie: no
- Prieto: no
- Wingard: no
- Burns: no
- Hamilton: no
- Sacchieri: no
- Woods: no
- Deevers: no
- Jett: no
- Frix: excused
- Mann: excused
- Thompson: excused
- Weaver: excused
- Goodwin: excused
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