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Oklahoma · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 706: School funding; removing limitations on school district general fund carryover and penalties for exceeding limitations. 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

SB 706 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School funding; removing limitations on school district general fund carryover and penalties for exceeding limitations. Effective date. Emergency. Primary sponsor: Dick Lowe (Republican), Adam Pugh (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee.

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
Dick LowePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
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. Referred to Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee
  2. Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
  3. First Reading
  4. Engrossed to House
  5. Referred for engrossment
  6. Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
  7. General Order, Considered
  8. Coauthored by Representative Lowe (Dick) (principal House author)
  9. Placed on General Order
  10. Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed
  11. Second Reading referred to Education
  12. Authored by Senator Pugh

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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