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HB2986 • 2026

Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.

Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.

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Sponsor
Rosecrants
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Referred to Common Education
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.

Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2986 (House): Introduced (3/2/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Education Oversight

  2. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Common Education

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  4. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Rosecrants

Official Summary Text

Schools; prohibiting the State Department of Education from using public resources to produce or share political propaganda; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2986 (House): Introduced (3/2/2026)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

HOUSE BILL 2986 By: Rosecrants

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; prohibiting the State
Department of Education from using public resources
to produce or share political propaganda; defining
term; 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 24-166 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
No agency resources, including public funds, shall be used by
the State Department of Education to disseminate, develop, organize,
administer, engage in, promote, or endorse propaganda. For purposes
of this section, "propaganda" means any communication, material, or
messaging produced, distributed, or transmitted by the Department
that is primarily intended to influence public opinion, political
beliefs, or civic behavior regarding a political party, candidate,
ballot measure, public officeholder, or public policy, rather than

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to provide neutral, factual, or educational information within the
agency's statutory duties.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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