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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1396: Schools; Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act; prohibiting private schools from requiring parent to participate.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1396 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Schools; Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act; prohibiting private schools from requiring parent to participate. Primary sponsor: Melissa Provenzano (Democratic), Mark Mann (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2025): Placed on General Order.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Melissa ProvenzanoPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Mark MannPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Placed on General Order
  2. Reported Do Pass Revenue and Taxation committee; CR filed
  3. Second Reading referred to Revenue and Taxation
  4. First Reading
  5. Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  6. Referred for engrossment
  7. Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 61 Nays: 26; Ayes: 60 Nays: 23
  8. Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck
  9. General Order
  10. Authored by Senator Mann (principal Senate author)
  11. CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
  12. Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source