---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Authority; making an appropriation. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "Health Care Authority; making an appropriation. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 844 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "Osborn (Leslie)"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-08"
last_action: "2017-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b944f466-3e6d-4e17-860b-06aea61eee70"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB844&session=1800"
source_hash: "599b1cce3e90aa93813cdf586984418bf6b1f86d941fb600b178f8f9b0f56e6b"
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 844 (2017-2018) — Health Care Authority; making an appropriation. 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/2017-18 INT/SB/SB844 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/SB/SB844 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/SB/SB844 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/SB844 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB844 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- Osborn (Leslie) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** Authored by Senator David
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Senator Fields
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Representative Osborn (Leslie) (principal House author)
- **2017-05-08** Coauthored by Representative Wallace
- **2017-05-09** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget committee; JCR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24** JCR adopted
- **2017-05-24** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-05-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2017-05-24** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-05-25** Second Reading, direct to Joint Calendar
- **2017-05-26** General Order
- **2017-05-26** JCR adopted
- **2017-05-26** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-05-26** Enrolled, to House
- **2017-05-26** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2017-05-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-31** Approved by Governor 05/31/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b944f466-3e6d-4e17-860b-06aea61eee70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).