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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1782: Higher education; prohibiting the governing boards of certain institutions of higher education from establishing and maintaining tenure plans after certain date. Effective date.

In committee 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

SB 1782 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Higher education; prohibiting the governing boards of certain institutions of higher education from establishing and maintaining tenure plans after certain date. Effective date. Primary sponsor: Randy Grellner (Republican), Molly Jenkins (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): 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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Randy GrellnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Molly JenkinsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse33

“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. Coauthored by Representative Jenkins (principal House author)
  3. Title stricken
  4. Reported Do Pass as amended Education committee; CR filed
  5. Coauthored by Senator McIntosh
  6. Coauthored by Senator Bergstrom
  7. Coauthored by Senator Jett
  8. Coauthored by Senator Guthrie
  9. Second Reading referred to Education
  10. Authored by Senator Grellner
  11. First Reading

Sources

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