---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; modifying mandated coverage for mental health and substance use disorders; requiring health plans to submit annual report. Effective date."
description: "Health insurance; modifying mandated coverage for mental health and substance use disorders; requiring health plans to submit annual report. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1718"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1718 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Echols", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed00a016-b052-45b1-b4d3-901dd343eb39"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1718&session=2000"
source_hash: "9117610cae31c0367fb27e03a0aac94603b91ebb22f0245387327b0a07f12bbc"
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 1718 (2020) — Health insurance; modifying mandated coverage for mental health and substance use disorders; requiring health plans to submit annual report. 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/2019-20 INT/SB/SB1718 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENGR/SB/SB1718 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 ENR/SB/SB1718 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/HFLR/SB1718 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLR/SFLR/SB1718 SFLR.PDF)
6. **SB1718 (3-09-20) (MONTGOMERRY) FS FA1.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1718 (3-09-20) (MONTGOMERRY) FS FA1.PDF)
7. **SB1718 (3-09-20) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA2.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1718 (3-09-20) (MONTGOMERY) RT FA2.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Echols — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Authored by Senator Montgomery
- **2020-02-03** Coauthored by Senator Haste
- **2020-02-04** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2020-02-06** coauthored by West (Josh)
- **2020-02-06** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Title stricken
- **2020-02-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Title stricken
- **2020-03-11** General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- **2020-03-11** Title restored
- **2020-03-11** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2020-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-05-06** Second Reading, direct to Calendar
- **2020-05-13** General Order
- **2020-05-13** Coauthored by Representative(s) Steagall, Roe
- **2020-05-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 100 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-13** Referred for enrollment
- **2020-05-13** coauthored by Pittman
- **2020-05-13** Enrolled, to House
- **2020-05-13** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2020-05-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-19** Approved by Governor 05/19/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed00a016-b052-45b1-b4d3-901dd343eb39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).