2026 Regular Session
SB1726
Higher education; directing certain institutions of higher education to establish certain training program for graduate instructors. Effective date. Emergency.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
Limited Government Concern: Oklahoma universities already train graduate instructors. SB 1726 creates a statutory mandate where no legal gap exists, shifting routine academic operations into state law and regent rulemaking without evidence of a statewide problem. The emergency clause further undermines the necessity of this bill.
No public reasoning provided.
Recorded floor votes
6 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 10, 2026 · Senate
Senate: Education Committee: DO PASS AMENDED
Passed
9 yea–2 nay
March 25, 2026 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
41 yea–7 nay
April 7, 2026 · House
House: Postsecondary Education Committee: DO PASS
Passed
7 yea–2 nay
April 13, 2026 · House
House: Education Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
7 yea–2 nay
May 6, 2026 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
78 yea–15 nay · 6 absent
May 14, 2026 · Senate
Senate: FOURTH READING
Passed
39 yea–7 nay · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 30, 2026 · House
Postsecondary Education
March 30, 2026 · House
Education Oversight
February 10, 2026 · Senate
Appropriations
February 3, 2026 · Senate
Education
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Approved by Governor 05/22/2026
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Senate Sent to Governor
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House Signed, returned to Senate
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Senate Enrolled, to House
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Senate Referred for enrollment
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Senate Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 7 View roll call
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Senate HAs adopted View roll call
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Senate HAs read
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House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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House Referred for engrossment
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House Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 15 View roll call
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House General Order
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House Title restored
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House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
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House Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education View roll call
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House Referred to Postsecondary Education
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House Second Reading referred to Education Oversight
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House First Reading
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Senate Engrossed to House
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Senate Referred for engrossment
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Senate Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 7 View roll call
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Senate General Order, Considered
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Senate Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Chad) (principal House author)
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Senate Placed on General Order
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Senate Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
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Senate Referred to Appropriations
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Senate Title stricken
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Senate Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed View roll call
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Senate Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
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Senate Authored by Senator Daniels
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Senate First Reading