New Oklahoma laws taking effect July 1, 2027
3 laws take effect July 1, 2027.
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.
Defense (1)
SB893 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Property and critical infrastructure; creating the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2025. Effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective July 1, 2027.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Finance (1)
HB3781 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Insurance; rate may not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory; expiration; effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective July 1, 2027.
Healthcare (1)
HB1687 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Advance health care directives; creating the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act of 2026; establishing requirements for certain health care directives; effective date.
How we got this date
This act shall become effective July 1, 2027.
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 July 1, 2027 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