HB 1540 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Appropriations; Oklahoma Workforce Education Partnership Revolving Fund; effective date; emergency.

House Bill 1540 establishes the Oklahoma Workforce Education Partnership Revolving Fund in the State Treasury. This fund will be managed by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education to expand career technology education, guided by critical occupation data. It will receive money from legislative appropriations, gifts, donations, and bequests. The fund is designed as a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limits, and its provisions are set to expire on July 1, 2030. The bill is slated to become effective on July 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2025

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to reflect its progression from the House to the Senate floor, with changes primarily related to formatting, committee reporting, and the addition of specific expenditure procedures. The core purpose of creating the Oklahoma Workforce Education Partnership Revolving Fund remains unchanged, but the Senate version adds details about how funds will be disbursed and sets a sunset date for the fund's provisions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same regarding the creation of the revolving fund, but the Senate version adds specific requirements for how expenditures must be processed and introduces a sunset provision ending the fund's legal authority on July 1, 2030.

TIMELINE

Added a sunset provision stating that the fund's provisions will cease to have legal effect on July 1, 2030.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific requirements for fund expenditures, including warrants issued by the State Treasurer and claims processed through the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

TECHNICAL

Changed the effective date from July 1, 2025 to 'passage and approval' for the emergency clause, while keeping the main effective date as July 1, 2025.

Removed House-specific formatting and committee report information, replacing it with Senate floor version formatting and a new committee report from the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 17

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors