Representative Miller introduced House Bill 2260 and told the Transportation A and B Subcommittee the measure is intended to keep civil engineering students already studying in Oklahoma in-state and to attract additional students to support the state's economy.

"Our goal here is to keep the civil engineering students in Oklahoma that we already have and grow our economy to hopefully attract new ones," Representative Miller said, and then moved for passage. Committee members recorded their votes in favor and the clerk declared the bill passed out of the subcommittee.

The committee record shows a unanimous roll call: Representative Rosecrans, Representative Archer, Representative Mins, Representative Miller and Representative Blair were among the members recorded as voting "aye," and the clerk announced "Representative Miller with 8 ayes and 0 nays, I declare your bill has passed." The hearing included no discussion of specific funding mechanisms, program design, or implementation details; the sponsor described the measure as identical to an earlier subcommittee-passed version and yielded for questions without further elaboration.

No authorities, grants, or other statutory citations were referenced in the committee discussion during the hearing. The bill now proceeds from the subcommittee to the next stage in the legislative process.