HB 1484 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

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

HB 1484, known as "Rain's Law," requires Oklahoma public schools to provide annual, research-based instruction on fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades 6 through 12. The bill mandates that this instruction cover suicide prevention, fentanyl abuse and addiction prevention, local resource access, and health education about fentanyl use. Schools must incorporate this content into health classes, and the State Department of Education will develop curriculum standards and resources to support implementation. The law also designates a week for "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week" to align with National Red Ribbon Week, with age-appropriate instruction determined by each school district.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed Feb 25, 2026
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What changed between versions

Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to reflect Senate floor changes, primarily updating the agency responsible for adopting curriculum standards from the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education. The text also includes formatting updates to indicate the Senate version and the date of amendment.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding which agency sets curriculum standards was modified from the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education.
REQUIREMENT

Changed the requirement for curriculum adoption from the State Department of Education to the State Board of Education.

TECHNICAL

Updated headers and footers to reflect the Senate Floor Version and added the amendment date.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2026 · House Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

490
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Feb 11, 2026
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican41
40 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Feb 25, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 02/25/2026
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 1
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
SA's read, adopted
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Common Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Oversight
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors