New Oklahoma laws taking effect January 1, 2026
11 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
Of the 961 bills enacted since 2025, 958 have an effective date and 3 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 4, 2026 at 7:44 p.m. EST.
Government (4)
HB2117 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Civil procedure; enacting the Uniform Collaborative Law Act; effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
HB2258 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Statutes and reports; enacting the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act; effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
SB1028 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Notaries public; requiring certain national criminal history record check; increasing certain fees and bond requirements for commission. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
SB987 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Oklahoma Department of Commerce; creating the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board; providing for qualifications for Board members. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
Crime (2)
HB2104 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Classification of felony offenses; designating classification for certain offenses; effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
HB2105 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Felony reclassification; modifying classifications for certain crimes; effective date.
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This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
Taxes (2)
HB2610 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Revenue and taxation; nonrecurring adoption expenses credit; modifying amount; effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
SB1112 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Lodging tax; excluding discounted or comped rooms or lodging from gross receipts upon which a lodging tax is levied. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
Healthcare (1)
SB1067 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Health insurance; ambulance service provider; providing for establishment of certain database; modifying reimbursement rates and criteria for certain ambulance services. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
Technology (1)
SB626 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Security Breach Notification Act; requiring notice of security breach of certain information; modifying provisions. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
Traffic (1)
SB713 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Wind energy facilities; requiring newly-established facilities to apply for certain technology system by certain date; providing for certain cost recovery. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
Enacted, but not yet dated (3)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB3151ContingentSchools; length of school year; increasing minimum days of instruction; requiring parent-teacher conferences to have an in-person option; contingent effective date.Total appropriations to the State Department of Education for fiscal year ending June 30, 2028 must be at least $175,000,000 greater than for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026
- SB552ContingentPublic safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology. Effective date.Enactment of a federal law prohibiting entities that receive federal funds from using biotechnology from a company associated with a foreign adversary
- SB988ContingentUniform Commercial Code; secured transactions; transferring certain authority from Secretary of State to Oklahoma County Clerk. Effective date.180 days after USDA certification of the central filing system