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SB1248 • 2026

Higher education; prohibiting certain individuals from enrolling in certain institutions of higher education. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; prohibiting certain individuals from enrolling in certain institutions of higher education. Effective date. Emergency.

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Sponsor
Bergstrom
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Higher education; prohibiting certain individuals from enrolling in certain institutions of higher education. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; prohibiting certain individuals from enrolling in certain institutions of higher education.

What This Bill Does

  • Higher education; prohibiting certain individuals from enrolling in certain institutions of higher education.
  • Effective date.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1248 (Senate): Introduced (12/15/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1248 (Senate): SB1248 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Bergstrom

Official Summary Text

Higher education; prohibiting certain individuals from enrolling in certain institutions of higher education. Effective date. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1248 (Senate): Introduced (12/15/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1248 (Senate): SB1248 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1248 By: Bergstrom

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to higher education; prohibiting
certain individuals from being eligible to enroll in
certain institutions; providing for promulgation of
rules; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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 3242.4 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. An individual who is not lawfully present in the United
States shall not be eligible to enroll in an institution of higher
education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall
promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby

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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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