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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 843: School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. Effective date. Emergency.

Enacted 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 843 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School district boards of education; modifying exception to certain prohibition on certain relationships between board members and school district employees. Effective date. Emergency. Primary sponsor: Casey Murdock (Republican), Mike Dobrinski (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 4, 2026): Approved by Governor 04/30/2026.

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
Casey MurdockPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Mike DobrinskiPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“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. Approved by Governor 04/30/2026
  2. Sent to Governor
  3. Signed, returned to Senate
  4. Enrolled, to House
  5. Referred for enrollment
  6. Signed, returned to Senate
  7. Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 4
  8. General Order
  9. CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
  10. Coauthored by Representative(s) Newton
  11. Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education
  12. Remove Representative Newton as principal House author and substitute with Representative Dobrinski

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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