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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 242: Higher education; creating the Veterans Entering Teaching (VET) Act to provide certain tuition and fee assistance. Effective date. Emergency.

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 242 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Higher education; creating the Veterans Entering Teaching (VET) Act to provide certain tuition and fee assistance. Effective date. Emergency. Primary sponsor: Adam Pugh (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Adam PughPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate41

“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. Authored by Senator Pugh
  3. First Reading

Sources

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