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OK SB 840

enacted

Teachers; establishing certain micro-credential; establishing minimum requirements for micro-credential. Effective date. Emergency.

Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did OK SB 840 pass?

Yes. OK SB 840 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-29): Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025

What is OK SB 840 about?

OK SB 840 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Teachers; establishing certain micro-credential; establishing minimum requirements for micro-credential. Effective date. Emergency.”.

Who sponsors OK SB 840?

Hicks, Moore are the primary sponsors of OK SB 840.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2025-05-29 — Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Hicksprimary
  • Mooreprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-29

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-22

    Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-05-22

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2025-05-22

    Enrolled, to House

  5. 2025-05-22

    Referred for enrollment

  6. 2025-05-22

    To Senate

  7. 2025-05-22

    Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 0

    passage

  8. 2025-05-22

    CCR adopted

    passage

  9. 2025-05-22

    CCR submitted

  10. 2025-05-22

    Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

    passage

  11. 2025-05-22

    CCR adopted

    passage

  12. 2025-05-21

    Title restored

  13. 2025-05-21

    CCR read

  14. 2025-05-15

    Conference granted, naming GCCA

  15. 2025-05-13

    SCs named Hicks, Pugh, Seifried, Reinhardt, Deevers, Mann

  16. 2025-05-12

    HAs rejected, conference requested

    amendment-failure

  17. 2025-04-30

    HAs read

  18. 2025-04-30

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

    passage

  19. 2025-04-29

    Referred for engrossment

  20. 2025-04-29

    Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 0

    passage,reading-3

  21. 2025-04-29

    Title stricken

  22. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-04-29

    Enacting clause restored

  24. 2025-04-29

    Title restored

  25. 2025-04-29

    Amended by floor substitute

  26. 2025-04-29

    General Order

  27. 2025-04-16

    Enacting clause stricken

  28. 2025-04-16

    Title stricken

  29. 2025-04-16

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

    committee-passage

  30. 2025-04-08

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

    committee-passage

  31. 2025-04-02

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-04-01

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

    reading-2,referral-committee

  33. 2025-03-31

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-03-31

    Engrossed to House

    passage

  35. 2025-03-27

    Referred for engrossment

  36. 2025-03-27

    Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0

    passage

  37. 2025-03-27

    General Order, Amended

  38. 2025-02-24

    Placed on General Order

  39. 2025-02-19

    Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)

  40. 2025-02-19

    Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed

    committee-passage

  41. 2025-02-04

    Second Reading referred to Education

    reading-2,referral-committee

  42. 2025-02-03

    Authored by Senator Hicks

  43. 2025-02-03

    First Reading

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Education

    2025-02-19 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Hines: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • Seifried: yes

  • Third Reading

    2025-03-27 · pass · 47-0

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Alvord: yes
    • Gollihare: yes
    • Jett: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Bergstrom: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Kern: yes
    • Rosino: yes
    • Boren: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Kirt: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Grellner: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Seifried: yes
    • Bullard: yes
    • Guthrie: yes
    • McIntosh: yes
    • Standridge: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Murdock: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Coleman: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Nice: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Haste: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Deevers: yes
    • Hicks: yes
    • Pederson: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hines: yes
    • Prieto: yes
    • Wingard: yes
    • Frix: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Pugh: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Gillespie: yes
    • Jech: yes
    • Rader: yes

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

    2025-04-07 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Banning: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • McCane: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Woolley: yes

  • Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended, Strike The Title

    2025-04-15 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (30)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Blancett: yes
    • Boles: 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
    • Luttrell: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Newton: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Pae: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • Ranson: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Strom: yes
    • West (J): yes
    • West (K): yes
    • West (T): yes

  • Third Reading

    2025-04-29 · pass · 83-0

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Adams: yes
    • Gann: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Archer: yes
    • George: yes
    • May: yes
    • Sneed: yes
    • Banning: yes
    • Gise: yes
    • Maynard: yes
    • Staires: yes
    • Bashore: yes
    • Grego: yes
    • McCane: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Menz: yes
    • Steagall: yes
    • Blair: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Blancett: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Boles: yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Munson: yes
    • Strom: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Hays: yes
    • Newton: yes
    • Townley: yes
    • Caldwell (C): yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Olsen: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cantrell: yes
    • Hildebrant: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Cornwell: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Patzkowsky: yes
    • West (J): yes
    • Crosswhite Hader: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • West (K): yes
    • Culver: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Pittman: yes
    • West (R): yes
    • Deck: yes
    • Kelley: yes
    • Pogemiller: yes
    • West (T): yes
    • Dempsey: yes
    • Kendrix: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • Wilk: yes
    • Dollens: yes
    • Kerbs: yes
    • Ranson: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Eaves: yes
    • Lay: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Wolfley: yes
    • Fetgatter: yes
    • Lepak: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Woolley: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Rosecrants: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • Luttrell: yes
    • Shaw: yes
    • Alonso-Sandoval: excused
    • Duel: excused
    • Lawson: excused
    • Stinson: excused
    • Caldwell (T): excused
    • Humphrey: excused
    • Marti: excused
    • Tedford: excused
    • Chapman: excused
    • Kane: excused
    • Pae: excused
    • Worthen: excused
    • Dobrinski: excused
    • Kannady: excused
    • Schreiber: excused
    • VACANCY:: other
    • 3: other

  • Fourth Reading

    2025-05-22 · pass · 80-0

    Member-level votes (145)
    • Adams: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • Lowe (D): yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Alonso-Sandoval: yes
    • Gann: yes
    • Manger: yes
    • Sneed: yes
    • Archer: yes
    • George: yes
    • May: yes
    • Staires: yes
    • Banning: yes
    • Gise: yes
    • Maynard: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Bashore: yes
    • Grego: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Steagall: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Sterling: yes
    • Blair: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Munson: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Blancett: yes
    • Hasenbeck: yes
    • Newton: yes
    • Strom: yes
    • Boles: yes
    • Hays: yes
    • Osburn: yes
    • Tedford: yes
    • Burns: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Pae: yes
    • Townley: yes
    • Caldwell (T): yes
    • Hildebrant: yes
    • Patzkowsky: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cantrell: yes
    • Humphrey: yes
    • Pfeiffer: yes
    • Waldron: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Pittman: yes
    • West (K): yes
    • Crosswhite Hader: yes
    • Johns: yes
    • Pogemiller: yes
    • West (R): yes
    • Culver: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Provenzano: yes
    • West (T): yes
    • Deck: yes
    • Kelley: yes
    • Ranson: yes
    • Wilk: yes
    • Dempsey: yes
    • Kendrix: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Wolfley: yes
    • Dobrinski: yes
    • Lawson: yes
    • Roe: yes
    • Woolley: yes
    • Eaves: yes
    • Lay: yes
    • Rosecrants: yes
    • Worthen: yes
    • Fetgatter: yes
    • Lepak: yes
    • Shaw: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Caldwell (C): excused
    • Hardin: excused
    • Marti: excused
    • Schreiber: excused
    • Cornwell: excused
    • Hill: excused
    • McCane: excused
    • Stinson: excused
    • Dollens: excused
    • Kannady: excused
    • Menz: excused
    • West (J): excused
    • Duel: excused
    • Kerbs: excused
    • Olsen: excused
    • Williams: excused
    • Ford: excused
    • Luttrell: excused
    • VACANCY:: other
    • 3: other
    • Alvord: yes
    • Gollihare: yes
    • Jett: yes
    • Pugh: yes
    • Bergstrom: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Kern: yes
    • Rader: yes
    • Boren: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Kirt: yes
    • Reinhardt: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Grellner: yes
    • Logan: yes
    • Rosino: yes
    • Bullard: yes
    • Guthrie: yes
    • Mann: yes
    • Sacchieri: yes
    • McIntosh: yes
    • Seifried: yes
    • Coleman: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Murdock: yes
    • Standridge: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Haste: yes
    • Nice: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Deevers: 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
    • Woods: excused

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