Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB4158: Higher education; Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap; effective date; emergency.
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 2632, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 129, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2632), which relates to eligibility requirements for the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap from Fifty Thousand Dollars to Eighty Thousand Dollars; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, January 15, 2026:
An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 2632, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 129, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2632), which relates to eligibility requirements for the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap from Fifty Thousand Dollars to Eighty Thousand Dollars; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 2632, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 129, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2632), is amended to read as follows: Section 2632. A. To be eligible for an Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant, a student shall: 1. Be an Oklahoma resident as defined by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; 2. Have enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student in an eligible institution of higher education as prescribed in subsection D of this section; Req. No. 15863 Page 3. Meet the income eligibility level, which is the student's parents' income from taxable sources which shall not be more than Fifty Eighty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) ($80,000.00) per year or the student's income if the student is independent and selfsupporting as determined by the State Regents consistent with federal financial aid regulations; 4. Pay more tuition than is required at a comparable public institution of higher …
Sponsors
- Toni Hasenbeck (R, HD-065) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- : Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
- : Referred to Appropriations and Budget
- : Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- : Second Reading referred to Rules
- : Authored by Representative Hasenbeck
- : First Reading
Votes
- Floor Vote (February 18, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Education
Common questions
- What is HB4158?
- HB4158 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Higher education; Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap; effective date; emergency.
- What does HB4158 do?
- In its own words: An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 2632, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 129, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2632), which relates to eligibility requirements for the Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap from Fifty Thousand Dollars to Eighty Thousand Dollars; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB4158?
- In committee as of February 19, 2026. Latest action: Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee (February 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB4158?
- Toni Hasenbeck (R, HD-065).
- Where is the official record for HB4158?
- On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4158&Session=2600
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