HB 1980 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Higher education; Oklahoma Higher Education Fair Admissions Act; criminal history inquiries; State Regents for Higher Education; emergency.

HB 1980, the Oklahoma Higher Education Fair Admissions Act, prohibits Oklahoma public institutions of higher education from asking online students about their criminal history if they will not reside on campus during enrollment. It also bans inquiries about juvenile behavioral conduct during admissions. The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education will enforce compliance, with violations potentially resulting in fines or loss of state funding. This bill specifically affects online students who do not plan to live on campus, aiming to remove barriers to admission based on certain criminal records.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2025

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Introduced → Floor (House) · 3 edits

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The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a floor version, with page headers and metadata updated. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the prohibition on higher education institutions inquiring about criminal history for online students not residing on campus and the ban on asking about juvenile behavioral conduct.

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Page headers and metadata were updated from 'Req. No. 11163' to 'HB1980 HFLR' to reflect floor version status.

Title page formatting was adjusted to show 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' and updated co-author information.

Committee report section was updated to reflect committee oversight and passage recommendation dated 03/05/2025.

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Committee

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Postsecondary Education

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Postsecondary Education

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors