Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3261: Schools; requiring State Department of Education to create certain database; requiring school districts to annually submit certain information to the Department; effective date.
Status: Failed, April 23, 2026
Schools; requiring State Department of Education to create certain database; requiring school districts to annually submit certain information to the Department; effective date.
What the bill says
From the engrossed text, April 22, 2026:
SENATE FLOOR VERSION April 21, 2026 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 3261 By: Hildebrant, Hill, and Wolfley of the House and Reinhardt of the Senate [ schools - database - information - updates - codification - effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-103.16 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. The State Department of Education shall create and manage a database for registering all school support employees as defined in Section 1-116 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The database may be administered within or integrated with existing educator certification or personnel tracking systems of the Department. B. For each school support employee, the database shall SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3261 SFLR Page (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 2. The name of the employing school district and school site including the employee's position or role; and 3. A unique, permanent identification number issued by the Department that shall be used to identify the support employee for employment verification and record continuity across school districts and other employment records maintained by the Department. The identification number shall not be reassigned or altered due to …
Sponsors
- Brian Hill (R, HD-047)
- Max Wolfley (R, HD-095)
- Derrick Hildebrant (R, HD-023) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Placed on General Order
- : Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- : Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
- : Referred to Appropriations
- : Title stricken
- : Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education committee; CR filed
- : Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
- : First Reading
- : Engrossed, signed, to Senate
- : Referred for engrossment
Votes
- Senate Education Committee (April 21, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third Reading (March 23, 2026): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (March 4, 2026): 23 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (February 9, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Education
Common questions
- What is HB3261?
- HB3261 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (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.
- What does HB3261 do?
- Schools; requiring State Department of Education to create certain database; requiring school districts to annually submit certain information to the Department; effective date.
- What is the status of HB3261?
- Failed as of April 23, 2026. Latest action: Placed on General Order (April 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB3261?
- Derrick Hildebrant (R, HD-023), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3261?
- On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3261&Session=2600
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