Higher Learning Access Trust Fund; authorizing transfers; effective date; emergency.
This bill amends state law to ensure the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Trust Fund receives necessary funding for student scholarships. It requires state officials to estimate scholarship costs annually and transfer the required amount from the General Revenue Fund to the Trust Fund, rather than leaving it in the general budget. The changes take effect on July 1, 2024, and include a declaration of emergency to allow the law to become active immediately upon signing.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced May 23, 2024
Signed May 30, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2024 · House May 28, 2024
How they voted
43–3
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 48
May 30, 2024
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican40
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 30, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 06/14/2024
lower
May 30, 2024
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 3
upper
May 28, 2024
Introduced
First Reading
upper
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 28, 2024
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0
lower
May 23, 2024
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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