---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health and safety; priority of medical costs over all other damages; liens; third-party payer; judgment or settlement amount; effective date."
description: "Public health and safety; priority of medical costs over all other damages; liens; third-party payer; judgment or settlement amount; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1791"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1791 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osburn", "Rosino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3825e7e1-f7a2-4408-a962-b08c72b26b26"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1791&session=2400"
source_hash: "99b2ae005c712484a34ecba4dbccb8d7a679a5e4005fa2d7e4671957f58b2ed9"
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 1791 (2024) — Public health and safety; priority of medical costs over all other damages; liens; third-party payer; judgment or settlement amount; 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/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1791 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1791 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1791 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1791 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1791 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB1791 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-TJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1791 FULLPCS1 MIKE OSBURN-TJ.PDF)
7. **HB1791 FULLPCS2 MIKE OSBURN-TJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1791 FULLPCS2 MIKE OSBURN-TJ.PDF)
8. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1791 CS.PDF)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary - Civil Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Osburn — primary (person)
- Rosino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative Osburn
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Judiciary - Civil `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Civil Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Authored by Senator Rosino (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-20** General Order
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-04-26** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Approved by Governor 05/02/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3825e7e1-f7a2-4408-a962-b08c72b26b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).