Oklahoma Senate Bill SB2027

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/2/26
• Refer: 2/3/26

Caption

Agriculture; amending Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act. Emergency.

Summary

SB2027 amends the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act to clarify and expand certain exemptions for small-scale, on-farm dairy sales. The bill states that the Act should not be read to include incidental sales of ungraded raw milk or raw milk products sold directly to consumers at the farm where they are produced, and it expressly allows advertising of incidental goat milk sales and advertising of ungraded raw milk or raw milk products. It also adds language stating that the Act does not prohibit a farmer or producer from making cheese from milk or cream produced on their own farm. The bill further changes the definition of incidental goat milk sales by increasing the allowable average monthly volume from 100 gallons to 1,500 gallons. An emergency clause is included, meaning the measure would take effect immediately upon passage and approval rather than waiting for the normal effective date. Overall, the bill would loosen restrictions on certain direct-to-consumer dairy activities and provide more explicit statutory protection for small farm producers engaged in raw milk, goat milk, and farmstead cheese sales.

Impact

If enacted, SB2027 would amend 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-414, within the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act. The practical effect would be to broaden the scope of exempted on-farm dairy sales, permit advertising for specified raw milk and goat milk sales, and increase the volume threshold for incidental goat milk sales. It would affect dairy farmers, goat milk producers, and small-scale farmstead cheese makers by reducing legal uncertainty and potentially expanding direct marketing opportunities.

Sentiment

The available context shows no recorded committee debate or votes, so there is no documented opposition or support in the provided materials. Based on the bill text, the measure appears to be framed as a pro-agriculture, pro-small-farm clarification intended to support direct farm sales and marketing. The inclusion of an emergency clause suggests the sponsor viewed the changes as important enough to take effect immediately.

Contention

The main points of potential contention are the bill’s treatment of raw milk and raw milk products, which can raise food safety and regulatory concerns, and the expansion of advertising permissions for those products. Another likely issue is the substantial increase in the incidental sales threshold for goat milk, which could be seen either as a helpful modernization for small producers or as a loosening of regulatory limits. No specific opposing or supporting stakeholders are identified in the provided transcripts or vote history, but public health regulators and dairy industry interests would be the most likely groups to scrutinize the changes.