---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission; transferring certain duties to the Commission; authorizing the Commission to appoint Executive Director. Effective date."
description: "Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission; transferring certain duties to the Commission; authorizing the Commission to appoint Executive Director. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1327"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1327 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d79cee6-317b-4299-92e5-927fc0922d7c"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1327&session=2600"
source_hash: "738a80e77f543f481778f74c2c9986419b6bd731216add10307ad8cd2dbfcf94"
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 1327 (2026) — Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission; transferring certain duties to the Commission; authorizing the Commission to appoint Executive Director. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1327 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1327 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1327 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1327 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1327 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB1327 (3-10-26) (JECH) FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1327 (3-10-26) (JECH) FA1.PDF)

## Votes

- Tourism Committee: Do Pass — **3–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **57–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Jech
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
- **2026-02-24** Reported Do Pass Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on General Order
- **2026-03-11** General Order, Amended
- **2026-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 27 Nays: 12 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Tourism `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-28** General Order
- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 57 Nays: 32 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-29** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-04-29** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/01/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d79cee6-317b-4299-92e5-927fc0922d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).