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Oklahoma · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2197: Higher education; creating the Making College More Affordable Act; prohibitions; research universities; meal plans; effective date; emergency.

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 2197 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Higher education; creating the Making College More Affordable Act; prohibitions; research universities; meal plans; effective date; emergency. Primary sponsor: Kendal Sacchieri (Republican), Max Wolfley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2025): Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee.

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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kendal SacchieriPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate43
Max WolfleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse95

“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. Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee
  2. First Reading
  3. Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  4. Referred for engrossment
  5. Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 18
  6. Title stricken
  7. Amended
  8. Amended by floor substitute
  9. General Order
  10. Authored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)
  11. CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
  12. Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary 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