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HB1232 • 2026

Education; school districts; volunteer chaplains; certification requirements; prohibitions; effective date.

Education; school districts; volunteer chaplains; certification requirements; prohibitions; effective date.

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Sponsor
West (Kevin)
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Education; school districts; volunteer chaplains; certification requirements; prohibitions; effective date.

Education; school districts; volunteer chaplains; certification requirements; prohibitions; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Education; school districts; volunteer chaplains; certification requirements; prohibitions; effective date.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  3. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative West (Kevin)

Official Summary Text

Education; school districts; volunteer chaplains; certification requirements; prohibitions; effective date.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1232 By: West (Kevin)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to education; permitting school
districts to employ or accept volunteer chaplains;
clarifying certification requirements; prohibiting
certain individuals involved in certain cases;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.205 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A school district may employ or accept one or more volunteer
chaplains to provide support, services, and programs for students as
assigned by the governing body of the school. A chaplain employed
or volunteering under this act is not required to be certified by
the State Department of Education.
B. A school district may not employ or accept as a volunteer a
chaplain who has been convicted of or is a defendant for an offense
that requires the defendant to register as a sex offender.

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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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