Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 212 — Teacher preparation; directing the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish TeachForwardOK.

Last action — Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025

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

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 03, 2025. It awaits signature.

Signed by Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) on May 22, 2025.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

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

Advancing 46% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

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

  2. Sent to Governor

  3. Signed, returned to Senate

  4. Enrolled, to House

  5. Referred for enrollment

  6. To Senate

  7. Fourth Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 51 Nays: 29; Ayes: 51 Nays: 29

  8. CCR adopted

  9. CCR submitted

  10. Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0

  11. Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10

  12. CCR adopted, GCCA

  13. Enacting clause restored

  14. Emergency clause restored

  15. Title restored

  16. CCR read, GCCA

  17. Conference granted, naming GCCA

  18. SCs named GCCA

  19. HAs rejected, conference requested

  20. HAs read

  21. Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  22. Referred for engrossment

  23. Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 59 Nays: 28; Ayes: 59 Nays: 28

  24. General Order

  25. Enacting clause stricken

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

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

  28. Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

  29. Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  30. First Reading

  31. Engrossed to House

  32. Referred for engrossment

  33. Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 10

  34. General Order, Considered

  35. Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)

  36. Placed on General Order

  37. Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed

  38. Referred to Appropriations

  39. Title stricken

  40. Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed

  41. Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  42. Authored by Senator Seifried

  43. 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

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 212?
SB 212 is sponsored by Chad Caldwell (Republican) and Ally Seifried (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 212?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 03, 2025. It awaits signature.
Where can I track SB 212?
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