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OK SB 235

enacted

Teachers; establishing the Grow Your Own Educator Program; providing for grant application process. Effective date. Emergency.

Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did OK SB 235 pass?

Yes. OK SB 235 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-11): Approved by Governor 06/10/2025

What is OK SB 235 about?

OK SB 235 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Teachers; establishing the Grow Your Own Educator Program; providing for grant application process. Effective date. Emergency.”.

Who sponsors OK SB 235?

Pugh, Kerbs are the primary sponsors of OK SB 235.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2025-06-11 — Approved by Governor 06/10/2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pughprimary
  • Kerbsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-11

    Approved by Governor 06/10/2025

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-05-28

    Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-05-28

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2025-05-28

    Enrolled, to House

  5. 2025-05-28

    Referred for enrollment

  6. 2025-05-28

    To Senate

  7. 2025-05-28

    Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 13

    passage

  8. 2025-05-28

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Pogemiller

  9. 2025-05-28

    CCR adopted

    passage

  10. 2025-05-28

    CCR submitted

  11. 2025-05-28

    Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 36 Nays: 10

    passage

  12. 2025-05-28

    CCR adopted, GCCA

    passage

  13. 2025-05-27

    Enacting clause restored

  14. 2025-05-27

    Title restored

  15. 2025-05-27

    CCR read, GCCA

  16. 2025-05-15

    Conference granted, naming GCCA

  17. 2025-05-14

    SCs named GCCA

  18. 2025-05-14

    HAs rejected, conference requested

    amendment-failure

  19. 2025-04-30

    HAs read

  20. 2025-04-30

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

    passage

  21. 2025-04-29

    Referred for engrossment

  22. 2025-04-29

    Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 10

    passage,reading-3

  23. 2025-04-29

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck

  24. 2025-04-29

    General Order

  25. 2025-04-17

    Enacting clause stricken

  26. 2025-04-17

    CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee

    committee-passage

  27. 2025-04-08

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

    committee-passage

  28. 2025-04-02

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-04-01

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

    reading-2,referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-26

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-03-26

    Engrossed to House

    passage

  32. 2025-03-25

    Referred for engrossment

  33. 2025-03-25

    Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 6

    passage

  34. 2025-03-25

    General Order, Considered

  35. 2025-03-18

    Coauthored by Representative Kerbs (principal House author)

  36. 2025-03-10

    Placed on General Order

  37. 2025-03-05

    Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed

    committee-passage

  38. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Appropriations

    referral-committee

  39. 2025-02-19

    Title stricken

  40. 2025-02-19

    Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed

    committee-passage

  41. 2025-02-04

    Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee

    reading-2,referral-committee

  42. 2025-02-03

    Authored by Senator Pugh

  43. 2025-02-03

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Education

    2025-02-19 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Hines: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Pugh: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • Seifried: yes
    • STRIKE THE TITLE - ADOPTED: other
  • Appropriations

    2025-03-05 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Dossett: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Haste: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Jech: yes
    • Kirt: yes
    • Murdock: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Prieto: yes
    • Pugh: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Rosino: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • Seifried: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • Woods: yes
  • Third Reading

    2025-03-25 · pass · 41-6

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

    2025-04-07 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Banning: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • McCane: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Woolley: yes
  • Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Enacting Clause

    2025-04-16 · pass · 27-0

    Member-level votes (27)
    • Bashore: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Blancett: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Caldwell (T): yes
    • Fetgatter: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • Grego: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Kendrix: yes
    • Kerbs: yes
    • Lawson: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Munson: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Pae: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Strom: yes
    • West (J): yes
    • West (K): yes
    • West (T): yes
  • Third Reading

    2025-04-29 · pass · 77-10

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Adams: yes
    • George: yes
    • May: yes
    • Schreiber: yes
    • Archer: yes
    • Gise: yes
    • Maynard: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Bashore: yes
    • Grego: yes
    • McCane: yes
    • Sneed: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Menz: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Blair: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Steagall: yes
    • Blancett: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Boles: yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Munson: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Newton: yes
    • Strom: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Townley: yes
    • Cantrell: yes
    • Humphrey: yes
    • Pae: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cornwell: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Patzkowsky: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Crosswhite Hader: yes
    • Kelley: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • West (J): yes
    • Culver: yes
    • Kendrix: yes
    • Pittman: yes
    • West (K): yes
    • Deck: yes
    • Kerbs: yes
    • Pogemiller: yes
    • West (T): yes
    • Dempsey: yes
    • Lay: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • Wilk: yes
    • Dollens: yes
    • Lepak: yes
    • Ranson: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Eaves: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Wolfley: yes
    • Fetgatter: yes
    • Luttrell: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Worthen: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Rosecrants: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • Banning: no
    • Hildebrant: no
    • Shaw: no
    • West (R): no
    • Gann: no
    • Jenkins: no
    • Staires: no
    • Woolley: no
    • Hays: no
    • Olsen: no
    • Alonso-Sandoval: excused
    • Dobrinski: excused
    • Kannady: excused
    • Stinson: excused
    • Caldwell (T): excused
    • Duel: excused
    • Lawson: excused
    • Tedford: excused
    • Chapman: excused
    • Kane: excused
    • Marti: excused
    • VACANCY:: other
    • 3: other
  • Fourth Reading

    2025-05-28 · pass · 36-10

    Member-level votes (145)
    • Alvord: yes
    • Gillespie: yes
    • Jech: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Boren: yes
    • Gollihare: yes
    • Kern: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Kirt: yes
    • Rosino: yes
    • Bullard: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Logan: yes
    • Seifried: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Coleman: yes
    • Haste: yes
    • McIntosh: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Nice: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hines: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • Frix: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Deevers: no
    • Hamilton: no
    • Prieto: no
    • Standridge: no
    • Grellner: no
    • Jett: no
    • Sacchieri: no
    • Wingard: no
    • Guthrie: no
    • Murdock: no
    • Bergstrom: excused
    • Pugh: excused
    • Adams: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • May: yes
    • Staires: yes
    • Alonso-Sandoval: yes
    • George: yes
    • Maynard: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Bashore: yes
    • Gise: yes
    • Menz: yes
    • Steagall: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Blair: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Blancett: yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Munson: yes
    • Stinson: yes
    • Boles: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Newton: yes
    • Strom: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Pae: yes
    • Townley: yes
    • Caldwell (T): yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Patzkowsky: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cantrell: yes
    • Kannady: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Kelley: yes
    • Pittman: yes
    • West (J): yes
    • Cornwell: yes
    • Kendrix: yes
    • Pogemiller: yes
    • West (K): yes
    • Crosswhite Hader: yes
    • Kerbs: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • West (T): yes
    • Culver: yes
    • Lawson: yes
    • Ranson: yes
    • Wilk: yes
    • Deck: yes
    • Lay: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Dempsey: yes
    • Lepak: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Wolfley: yes
    • Dobrinski: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Rosecrants: yes
    • Worthen: yes
    • Duel: yes
    • Luttrell: yes
    • Schreiber: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Eaves: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Sneed: yes
    • Banning: no
    • Hildebrant: no
    • McCane: no
    • Smith: no
    • Gann: no
    • Humphrey: no
    • Olsen: no
    • West (R): no
    • Grego: no
    • Jenkins: no
    • Shaw: no
    • Woolley: no
    • Hardin: no
    • Archer: excused
    • Fetgatter: excused
    • Hays: excused
    • Marti: excused
    • Dollens: excused
    • Ford: excused
    • VACANCY:: other
    • 3: other

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