HB 2778 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Children; sunset; creating the Teacher Recrutiment and Retention Program; income exemption; child care subsidy program; notice to Department of Human Services; effective date.

HB 2778 creates the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program (expiring November 1, 2028) to support child care workers at licensed facilities. It directly affects child care employees who work at least 20 hours weekly and meet income limits: $120,000 annual household income for two-parent households or $60,000 for single-parent households. Key provisions waive co-payments for eligible employees and exempt their income from subsidy program cost-sharing calculations, while requiring providers to notify the Department of Human Services if an employee leaves. The program operates under Oklahoma’s Child Care Subsidy Program rules, with all other eligibility conditions remaining unchanged.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Vetoed May 28, 2025
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House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 2 edits
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The bill text was converted from a House Committee Substitute version to the official House Floor version, primarily changing the document header and page numbering. No substantive policy changes, eligibility criteria, funding amounts, or effective dates were altered in the text of the bill itself.
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The document title was updated to reflect the 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' instead of the 'Committee Substitute'.

Page headers and footers were updated to reflect the floor version numbering and added a note indicating that bold face text denotes committee amendments.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House May 20, 2025

How they voted

3312
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 50
May 22, 2025
D Democratic9
7 Yea 2
77% Yea
R Republican41
26 Yea 12 Nay 3
63% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
3
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary of State
lower
May 29, 2025
Vetoed
Veto overridden: Ayes: 36 Nays: 9
upper
May 29, 2025
Vetoed
Veto overridden: Ayes: 69 Nays: 17
lower
May 28, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed 05/28/2025
lower
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 12
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
JCR adopted
upper
May 20, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 20, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 67 Nays: 19
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR adopted
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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