---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definitions. Effective date."
description: "Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definitions. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1827"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1827 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Howard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16f74e74-2fe4-4704-81f8-19aaa951a04b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1827&session=2600"
source_hash: "9e9444d575c35772c643d99d06a8a7044ba0980ea2a202cf2dc48b3a007332c4"
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 1827 (2026) — Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definitions. 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/SB1827 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1827 PCS.PDF)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB1827 CS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1827 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1827 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1827 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1827 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Civil Judiciary Committee: Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **31–11** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Howard — 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 Howard
- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Placed on General Order
- **2026-02-23** Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)
- **2026-03-23** General Order, Considered
- **2026-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 11 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2026-03-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Referred to Civil Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** General Order
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-05-06** Enrolled, to House
- **2026-05-06** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2026-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-13** Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16f74e74-2fe4-4704-81f8-19aaa951a04b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).