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OK SB796 (2025)
Higher education; prohibiting certain activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Effective date. Emergency.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Approved by Governor 05/10/2025
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
DEI Ban
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Jan 15, 2025) at webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Introduced text (Jan 15, 2025) at www3.oklegislature.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Introduced text (Jan 15, 2025) at oklegislature.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Amended text (Mar 5, 2025) at oklegislature.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Engrossed text (Mar 31, 2025) at oklegislature.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Amended text (Apr 17, 2025) at oklegislature.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Enrolled text (May 7, 2025) at oklegislature.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | First Reading | |
| Senate | Authored by Senator Pugh | |
| Senate | Second Reading referred to Education | |
| Senate | Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed | |
| Senate | Placed on General Order | |
| Senate | Coauthored by Representative CrosswhiteHader (principal House author) | |
| Senate | General Order, Considered | |
| Senate | Coauthored by Senator Bullard | |
| Senate | Coauthored by Senator Hines | |
| Senate | Coauthored by Senator Jett | |
| Senate | Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 8 | |
| Senate | Referred for engrossment | |
| Senate | Engrossed to House | |
| House | First Reading | |
| House | Second Reading referred to Education Oversight | |
| House | Referred to Postsecondary Education | |
| House | Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education | |
| House | Coauthored by Representative(s) Wilk | |
| House | Coauthored by Senator(s) Hamilton | |
| House | CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee | |
| House | General Order | |
| House | Coauthored by Representative(s) Maynard, Adams, West (Kevin), Caldwell (Chad) | |
| House | Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 18; Ayes: 76 Nays: 17 | |
| House | Signed, returned to Senate | |
| Senate | Referred for enrollment | |
| Senate | Coauthored by Representative Miller | |
| Senate | Enrolled, to House | |
| House | Signed, returned to Senate | |
| Senate | Sent to Governor | |
| Senate | Approved by Governor 05/10/2025 |
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