---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance benefits; providing coverage and benefits for prescription eyedrops under certain conditions; effective date."
description: "Health insurance benefits; providing coverage and benefits for prescription eyedrops under certain conditions; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1819"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1819 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bice", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a289be41-041d-478b-a700-24daf387fbec"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1819&session=1800"
source_hash: "925d94c241c18e92145dbe7bc3a4b018f2d1d168a605aba48d300661bc5a42dd"
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 1819 (2017-2018) — Health insurance benefits; providing coverage and benefits for prescription eyedrops under certain conditions; effective date.

## 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/hB/HB1819 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1819 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1819 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1819 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1819 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bice — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Authored by Representative Kannady
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Health Services and Long-Term Care `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** CR; Do Pass Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Authored by Senator Bice (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-07** General Order
- **2017-03-07** Remove Representative Kannady as principal House author and substitute with Representative Newton
- **2017-03-07** Coauthored by Representative(s) Kannady, Babinec
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-08** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Coauthored by Senator Griffin
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-05** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-11** Approved by Governor 04/11/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a289be41-041d-478b-a700-24daf387fbec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).