---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency child placement; defining term. Effective date."
description: "Emergency child placement; defining term. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 27 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore", "Stanley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7046af8-affa-4fb9-9038-e412c041558b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB27&session=2100"
source_hash: "71191b59042ed0b21d72b1dcab77b8db83966f1a184dc2562467624ed46debcd"
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 SB 27 (2021) — Emergency child placement; defining term. Effective date.

## 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/2021-22 INT/SB/SB27 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB27 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB27 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB27 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB27 HFLR.PDF)
6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB27 SFLR.PDF)
7. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB27 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Stanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator Stanley
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
- **2021-02-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-01** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Children, Youth and Family Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CR; Do Pass Children, Youth and Family Services Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** General Order
- **2021-04-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-14** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-04-15** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 04/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7046af8-affa-4fb9-9038-e412c041558b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).