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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Schools; requiring students in the third through fifth grades to receive instruction in cursive handwriting; effective date; emergency."
+description: "Schools; requiring students in the third through fifth grades to receive instruction in cursive handwriting; effective date; emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 3727"
+citation: "Oklahoma HB 3727 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lowe (Jason)", "Matthews"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-05"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc459175-4113-4ebf-b36a-8987da6e428e"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB3727&session=2400"
+source_hash: "ba670cdf8a644b2d5590dcd5aef4bd0ed90a5683e100b737cb7cf591d5fa7912"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
+---
+
+# Oklahoma HB 3727 (2024) — Schools; requiring students in the third through fifth grades to receive instruction in cursive handwriting; effective date; emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/hB/HB3727 INT.PDF)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB3727 ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB3727 ENR.PDF)
+4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB3727 HFLR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB3727 SFLR.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **90–8** (pass) · lower
+- Common Education Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **38–8** (pass) · upper
+- Education — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lowe (Jason) — primary (person)
+- Matthews — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-02-05** Authored by Representative Lowe (Jason)
+- **2024-02-06** Second Reading referred to Common Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-20** CR; Do Pass Common Education Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-20** Authored by Senator Matthews (principal Senate author)
+- **2024-03-06** General Order
+- **2024-03-06** Coauthored by Representative(s) West (Tammy)
+- **2024-03-06** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 8 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-06** Referred for engrossment
+- **2024-03-07** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** Coauthored by Representative Goodwin
+- **2024-03-19** Second Reading referred to Education `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-09** Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-16** General Order, Considered
+- **2024-04-16** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 8 `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 5
+- **2024-04-16** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Senator Floyd
+- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Senator Stephens
+- **2024-04-16** Coauthored by Senator Jett
+- **2024-04-16** Referred for enrollment
+- **2024-04-17** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
+- **2024-04-17** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
+- **2024-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-23** Approved by Governor 04/22/2024 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc459175-4113-4ebf-b36a-8987da6e428e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+