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2026 Regular Session

HB2197

Higher education; creating the Making College More Affordable Act; prohibitions; research universities; meal plans; effective date; emergency.

Current disposition
Pending: Senate Education
Last status date
February 23, 2026
Last status update
Coauthored by Senator McIntosh
Pending committee
Education
Author
Max Wolfley
Co-sponsors
Kendal SacchieriJack StewartJulie McIntosh

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 3, 2025 House committee passed February 11, 2025 House committee passed February 26, 2025 House floor substitute March 27, 2025 House passed March 27, 2025 Sent to Senate March 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate March 31, 2025
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Partner positions

👍 2 cumulative active likes

Likes

Ladies for Liberty Oklahoma

prohibits state research universities from requiring students to purchase a meal plan as a condition of enrollment or residing in on-campus housing. The floor sub narrows the focus of the bill to just research universities, instead of all institutions of higher education under the state regents. YES but it should have been left to ALL institutions of higher learning.

Oklahoma Grassroots

Free market principles at risk here. This prohibits additional financial burden on students and meals that might or might not be healthy or suitable for students.

Recorded floor votes

3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

February 11, 2025 · House

House: Postsecondary Education Committee: DO PASS

Passed

8 yea–0 nay

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February 26, 2025 · House

House: Education Oversight Committee: DO PASS

Passed

8 yea–1 nay

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March 27, 2025 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

68 yea–18 nay · 13 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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  1. Senate Coauthored by Senator McIntosh
  2. Senate Coauthored by Senator Stewart
  3. Senate Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
  4. Senate First Reading
  5. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  6. House Referred for engrossment
  7. House Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 18 View roll call
  8. House Title stricken
  9. House Amended
  10. House Amended by floor substitute
  11. House General Order
  12. House Authored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)
  13. House CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee View roll call
  14. House Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education View roll call
  15. House Referred to Postsecondary Education
  16. House Second Reading referred to Education Oversight
  17. House Authored by Representative Wolfley
  18. House First Reading
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2049148
LegiScan session ID
2219
Source file
var/states/oklahoma/source/legiscan/2219-befa0395515d/bill/HB2197.json
Package observed
2026-07-18T22:26:27+00:00