---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; creating the Ensuring Transparency in Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization Act; determination; consultation; prior authorization; effective date."
description: "Health insurance; creating the Ensuring Transparency in Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization Act; determination; consultation; prior authorization; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1808"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1808 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton", "Rader"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/174e8e99-ed78-4929-b6ea-3dd34f863492"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1808&session=2600"
source_hash: "ae7aaf50624659e4a68ca7ab5cd411ba9b4acd6f5df8f45e26531bbfae05f386"
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 1808 (2026) — Health insurance; creating the Ensuring Transparency in Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization Act; determination; consultation; prior authorization; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/hB/HB1808 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1808 FA1 NEWTONCA-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **2 Floor Amendment by KANE** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1808 FA2 KANEJO-CC.PDF)
4. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1808 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1808 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1808 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1808 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1808 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1808 CS.PDF)
10. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1808 POLREC.PDF)
11. **Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1808 FULLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-TJ.PDF)
12. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1808 POLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-TJ.PDF)

## Votes

- Insurance Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **80–7** (pass) · lower
- Appropriations — **21–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Rader — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Newton
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Insurance `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25** Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-10** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck
- **2025-03-24** General Order
- **2025-03-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pae, Miller, Munson, Dempsey, Lawson
- **2025-03-24** Amended by floor substitute
- **2025-03-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Title stricken
- **2025-03-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Coauthored by Senator Stanley
- **2025-04-10** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Enacting clause stricken
- **2025-04-28** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-08** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 1 `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-12** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-12** SA's received
- **2025-05-14** SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- **2025-05-15** HC's named: Conference Committee on Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
- **2025-05-15** Conference granted, GCCA
- **2025-05-21** CCR submitted
- **2025-05-21** Coauthored by Representative(s) Menz, Alonso-Sandoval
- **2025-05-21** Title restored
- **2025-05-21** Enacting clause restored
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 7 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** To Senate
- **2025-05-22** CCR read, GCCA
- **2025-05-22** CCR adopted, GCCA
- **2025-05-22** Measure passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/174e8e99-ed78-4929-b6ea-3dd34f863492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).