HB 1177 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Property; Prohibition of Unfair Service Agreements Act; recording; notice; residential real estate owners; title companies; void if recorded; effective date.

HB 1177 prohibits recording "unfair service agreements" related to residential real estate transactions. It requires county clerks to refuse such recordings, and any agreement mistakenly recorded becomes void with no legal effect against buyers, creditors, or title companies. The law directly protects residential property buyers and title companies from being bound by these agreements. The bill takes effect November 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Floor (House) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from an Engrossed version to a Floor version for the House of Representatives. The substantive policy language remains largely the same, though some wording was slightly adjusted for clarity. The bill prohibits recording unfair service agreements in Oklahoma and requires county clerks to refuse such recordings.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and version status were updated.

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to reflect the bill's current stage in the legislative process.

The bill's title was slightly reworded to clarify that recorded unfair service agreements provide no notice against bona fide purchasers or title companies.

Page headers were updated to show 'HB1177 HFLR' instead of 'ENGR. H. B. NO. 1177' to indicate the House Floor version.

A committee report note was added indicating the bill was passed by the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee on March 6, 2025.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 25, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Judiciary

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors