---
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).