---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health; relating to the tumor registry; making the reporting of certain data and information relating to tumor patients mandatory; effective date."
description: "Public health; relating to the tumor registry; making the reporting of certain data and information relating to tumor patients mandatory; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2843"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 2843 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meredith", "Pemberton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60248200-bdff-44d4-b309-41505b407252"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2843&session=1800"
source_hash: "5bdfa09482e01924ad9ad6b8072a717cd61f2f6751da69da7f129e58081b73b3"
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 2843 (2017-2018) — Public health; relating to the tumor registry; making the reporting of certain data and information relating to tumor patients mandatory; 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/HB2843 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENGR/hB/HB2843 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 ENR/hB/HB2843 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/HFLR/HB2843 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18 FLR/SFLR/HB2843 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- THIRD READING — **34–9** (pass) · upper
- THIRD READING — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND HOUSE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meredith — primary (person)
- Pemberton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Authored by Representative Meredith
- **2018-02-06** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** CR; Do Pass Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-15** General Order
- **2018-03-15** Authored by Senator Pemberton (principal Senate author)
- **2018-03-15** House Rule suspended
- **2018-03-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Referred for engrossment
- **2018-03-19** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** General Order, Considered
- **2018-04-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 34 Nays: 9 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2018-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-25** Approved by Governor 04/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60248200-bdff-44d4-b309-41505b407252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).