SB 2006 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Higher education; allowing certain tuition aid grants to be used at certain institutions participating in certain agreement. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 2006 prohibits Oklahoma public universities from using state funds to provide scholarships, grants, tuition aid, or discounted tuition to foreign national students from countries designated as "countries of particular concern" by the U.S. Department of State. This applies starting with the 2026-2027 academic year and directly affects eligible international students from those specific countries. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education must create rules to implement the law, though private or non-state funding for such aid remains unaffected. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, and is classified as an emergency measure.

Issues: ✗ Education ✗ Immigration

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Mar 5, 2026

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Committee Substitute → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a Committee Substitute version to a Senate Floor version, with the main substantive change being the addition of an emergency clause that allows the act to take effect immediately upon passage rather than waiting until July 1, 2026. The core policy provisions regarding tuition aid grants remain unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding tuition aid eligibility and funding remains the same, but the effective date provision was modified to allow immediate implementation through an emergency clause.

TIMELINE

Added an emergency clause allowing the act to take effect immediately upon passage and approval instead of the original July 1, 2026 effective date

TECHNICAL

Added committee report header and formatting changes indicating this is the Senate Floor version

Removed original page numbering and formatting elements from the Committee Substitute version

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Committee

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors