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HB2895 • 2026

Children; Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; time period; appoint; required; teachers; effective date.

Children; Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; time period; appoint; required; teachers; effective date.

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Sponsor
Townley
Last action
2025-04-23
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Children; Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; time period; appoint; required; teachers; effective date.

Children; Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; time period; appoint; required; teachers; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Children; Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; time period; appoint; required; teachers; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2895 (House): Introduced (2/19/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 2895 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 2, Line 3, by deleting after the word “have” and before the word “days”, the words “sixty (60)” and inserting the words “thirty (30) business”; and 2.
Filed

Plain English: Filed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-23 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed

  3. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Title stricken

  4. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services

  5. 2025-03-13 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  6. 2025-03-13 Senate

    First Reading

  7. 2025-03-12 House

    General Order

  8. 2025-03-12 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0

  9. 2025-03-12 House

    Referred for engrossment

  10. 2025-02-26 House

    CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee

  11. 2025-02-26 House

    Authored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)

  12. 2025-02-20 House

    Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services

  13. 2025-02-06 House

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  14. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Health and Human Services Oversight

  15. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Children, Youth and Family Services

  16. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  17. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  18. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Townley

Official Summary Text

Children; Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; time period; appoint; required; teachers; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2895 (House): Introduced (2/19/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2895 By: Townley of the House

and

Gillespie of the Senate

An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
405.4, which relates to the Oklahoma Child Care
Facilities Licensing Act; providing time period to
appoint certain teacher; providing that certain
children be excluded when determining required number
of certain teachers; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 405.4, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 405.4. A. Any person with a bachelor's degree or
postgraduate degree shall be considered as having met the
educational requirements for a director of a full-time child care
center required by the Department of Human Services. Nothing in
this section shall be construed as to affect annual continuing
education requirements. The director of a child care center may
also qualify as a master teacher for children of all ages.
B. 1. Any person replacing a master teacher at a child care
center shall be granted a one-year probationary period to fulfill
the educational qualifications required by the Department for a

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master teacher. The Department may extend the probationary period
an additional year as long as the person is actively pursuing that
goal.
2. Directors shall have sixty (60) days to appoint a
probationary master teacher.
C. Licensed child care facilities opened or expanded before
November 1, 2016, shall have thirty-five (35) square feet of floor
area per infant in rooms occupied only by infants. New construction
and existing space not previously licensed for child care after
November 1, 2016, shall have forty (40) square feet of floor area
per infant in rooms occupied only by infants.
D. In determining the number of master teachers required based
on license capacity and desired Star level, after school care
children shall not be counted toward the license capacity.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate