HB 3261 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Schools; requiring State Department of Education to create certain database; requiring school districts to annually submit certain information to the Department; effective date.

HB 3261 requires Oklahoma school districts to submit detailed information about all school support staff (including their full name, school district, position, and a permanent state-issued ID) to the State Department of Education by October 1, 2026. The law creates a centralized database to track support staff employment across districts, using a unique ID that remains consistent if an employee changes schools. School districts must update the database within 30 days of hiring or terminating support staff. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, and directly affects school districts (as data submitters) and support staff (whose records are maintained in the database).

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

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

MINOR

The bill was amended to include a new Senate sponsor and updated the committee report to reflect Senate floor approval. The substantive policy requirements for creating a school support employee database remain unchanged, though the effective date for annual data submission was delayed from October 1, 2026, to October 1, 2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the database creation and data submission requirements remains the same; only the legislative process metadata was altered.

TIMELINE

The deadline for school districts to submit initial database information was moved from October 1, 2026, to October 1, 2027.

TECHNICAL

Added 'Wolfley' and 'Reinhardt' as co-authors of the House bill and added 'ENGROSSED' to the bill title.

Changed the committee report date from March 5, 2026, to April 21, 2026, and updated the committee name from Appropriations and Budget to Education.

Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2026

How they voted

93–0

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 100

Mar 23, 2026

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican82

75 Yea 7

91% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 21, 2026

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors