Education; meetings of the State Board of Education; authorizing members to add items to agendas; procedure for adding; emergency.
HB 1491 modifies the grounds for removing members of Oklahoma's State Board of Education. It replaces vague terms like "incompetency" and "neglect of professional duty" with specific requirements: board members can now be removed for convictions related to offenses listed in Sections 3-104 and 3-104.1 of Oklahoma law. This directly affects State Board of Education members who face criminal convictions for specified offenses. The bill streamlines the removal process by defining clear legal triggers for termination.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Apr 15, 2025
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House Committee Substitute
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Floor (House)
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The bill was renumbered and reorganized from a Committee Substitute version to a Floor version for the House of Representatives. The substantive policy content regarding the State Board of Education meeting procedures remains unchanged, with no new requirements, funding, or eligibility criteria added.
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Header information was updated to reflect the Floor version of the bill, including changing the document title and adding co-sponsor information for a Senate member.
Page numbering and footer information were updated to reflect the Floor version format.
Line breaks and formatting were adjusted throughout the document to accommodate the Floor version layout.
Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2025
How they voted
81–16
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Mar 26, 2025
D
Democratic19
89% Yea
R
Republican81
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 16
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Common Education
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Oversight
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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