Education; Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act; adding grants; definition of a scholarship-granting organization; defining capital improvement grant; information to be submitted to Tax Commission; effective date; emergency.
HB 3708 modifies Oklahoma's tax credit system to expand education-related incentives. It creates three tax credit options: 50% of contributions (up to $1,000 for individuals, $2,000 for joint filers, or $100,000 for businesses) to scholarship-granting organizations, educational improvement grant organizations, or public school foundations/districts. A 75% credit is available for donors who commit to contributing the same amount for two consecutive years. Organizations receiving funds must annually submit audited financial reports to the Oklahoma Tax Commission and publicly share program outcomes. The bill directly affects individual taxpayers, businesses, and eligible education-focused nonprofits.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Last action Apr 14, 2026
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Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1
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House Committee Substitute
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2 edits
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This diff reflects a procedural transition of HB 3708 from a Proposed Subcommittee Substitute to a House Committee Substitute. The only substantive text change is a minor grammatical correction in the act's title (removing 'the' before 'education'). All policy provisions, credit amounts, caps, definitions, and eligibility criteria remain unchanged.
TECHNICAL
The bill's designation changed from 'Proposed Subcommittee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute,' indicating it advanced from subcommittee to full committee consideration.
Minor grammatical fix in the act title: 'An Act relating to the education' was changed to 'An Act relating to education.'
Floor votes · House Mar 24, 2026
How they voted
74–25
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Mar 24, 2026
D
Democratic18
94% Nay
R
Republican82
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 24
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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