---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; permitting certain classes in certain order of priority to make health care decisions for patient; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; permitting certain classes in certain order of priority to make health care decisions for patient; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1894"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1894 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvey", "Sykes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8cdd3ba-7cd6-4fa6-a186-ae07e5927867"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1894&session=1800"
source_hash: "f70f9344e9743d5187be209ab2554f32ea6472f4c701819b1c26cf1099cafe82"
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 1894 (2017-2018) — Public health and safety; permitting certain classes in certain order of priority to make health care decisions for patient; 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/HB1894 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB1894 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB1894 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB1894 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB1894 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1894 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **72–18** (pass) · lower
- THIRD READING — **33–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvey — primary (person)
- Sykes — 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 Calvey
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil and Environmental `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil and Environmental Committee `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Authored by Senator Sykes (principal Senate author)
- **2017-03-21** General Order
- **2017-03-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Bennett (John)
- **2017-03-21** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 72 Nays: 18 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Referred for engrossment
- **2017-03-22** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** General Order, Considered
- **2017-04-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 33 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor 05/01/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8cdd3ba-7cd6-4fa6-a186-ae07e5927867`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).