Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House 2 R cosponsors

HB 1491 — Education; meetings of the State Board of Education; authorizing members to add items to agendas; procedure for adding; emergency.

Last action — Remove as author Senator Reinhardt; authored by Senator Paxton

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Signed by Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) on March 27, 2025.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 30% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Remove as author Senator Reinhardt; authored by Senator Paxton

  2. Second Reading referred to Education

  3. First Reading

  4. Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  5. Referred for engrossment

  6. Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 16

  7. Emergency added

  8. Amended by floor substitute

  9. Coauthored by Representative(s) Moore, Provenzano, Munson, Waldron

  10. General Order

  11. House Rule suspended

  12. Emergency removed

  13. Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)

  14. CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee

  15. Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education

  16. Referred to Common Education

  17. Referred to Education Oversight

  18. Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  19. Second Reading referred to Rules

  20. Authored by Representative Johns

  21. First Reading

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1491?
HB 1491 is sponsored by Lonnie Paxton (Republican) and Ronny Johns (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1491?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 03, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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