HB 1484: Schools; creating Rain's Law; requiring certain instruction on fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness; effective date; emergency. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education for adopting curriculum standards, and adjusted formatting and committee attribution details for the Senate floor version.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on fentanyl abuse prevention education in schools, but the entity responsible for adopting curriculum standards was changed from the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education for the responsibility of identifying and adopting curriculum standards for fentanyl awareness instruction.

TECHNICAL

Updated header information to reflect Senate Floor Version with amended date of April 15, 2025, and adjusted committee report attribution.

Reformatted the bill title and section headers to align with Senate floor version conventions.

House Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a House Committee Substitute version to a Floor version, with the header updated to reflect it is now the official floor version. The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged, including the creation of Rain's Law, requirements for fentanyl abuse prevention instruction in grades 6-12, and designation of Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week. The changes are primarily formatting and structural rather than substantive policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

Header updated from 'House Committee Substitute' to 'Floor (House)' version with updated page numbering and formatting

Page footers changed from committee tracking numbers to floor version identifiers

Committee report section updated to reflect floor version with committee oversight designation

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to update its title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' and to change the request number from 12258 to 13092, reflecting procedural changes as the bill moved through the legislative process. No substantive policy content regarding Rain's Law, fentanyl education requirements, or curriculum standards was altered.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill title designation from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' to reflect the current legislative stage.

Changed the request number from 12258 to 13092 to match the new committee tracking number.

Updated the date stamp from 01/28/25 to 03/04/25 to reflect the latest amendment date.

Engrossed → Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from an 'Engrossed' version to a 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' version, indicating it has been amended by the House Policy Committee. The substantive policy language remains identical to the original version, with only formatting, page numbering, and document headers changed.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; this is a procedural revision of the document format.

TECHNICAL

Document title and headers changed from 'Engrossed House Bill' to 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to reflect committee amendments.

Page numbering and formatting markers were updated to reflect the new committee substitute version.

Committee amendment notation and adoption signatures were added to the document header.

Introduced → Engrossed · 6 edits · Mar 27, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended from its original introduced version to its engrossed version, primarily updating the bill title to create 'Rain's Law' and adding new requirements for the State Department of Education to adopt curriculum standards and provide resources for fentanyl awareness instruction. The substantive policy content regarding fentanyl prevention instruction in schools remains largely the same, though the bill now explicitly requires the Department of Education to create standards and assist schools with resources.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include new responsibilities for the State Department of Education to adopt curriculum standards and provide resources for fentanyl awareness instruction, in addition to the existing requirement for school districts to provide instruction.

DEFINITION

Bill title changed from 'Oklahoma Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Life Skills Education Act' to 'Rain's Law' to honor a specific victim.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for State Department of Education to identify and adopt curriculum standards for fentanyl awareness instruction that reflect the required instruction areas.

Added requirement for State Department of Education to provide resources to assist schools and teachers in providing fentanyl awareness instruction.

Added requirement that fentanyl awareness curriculum be included in the drug awareness unit for health education classes in grades six through twelve.

Added requirement that Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week be correlated with National Red Ribbon Week.

TECHNICAL

Changed codification status from 'to be codified' to 'not to be codified' in Section 1, though Section 2 still indicates the law should be codified as Section 1210.229-8.

Schools; creating Rain's Law; requiring certain instruction on fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness; effective date; emergency.

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