---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid; modifying, adding, and removing certain prior authorization requirements for contracted entities; effective date; emergency."
description: "Medicaid; modifying, adding, and removing certain prior authorization requirements for contracted entities; effective date; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1810"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1810 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Newton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c863094e-176d-441f-8eab-92dde7a59790"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1810&session=2600"
source_hash: "a04f4f129278f28200bc22eb98f4689957b77e252ec5bf0e2f82affaad684a49"
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 1810 (2026) — Medicaid; modifying, adding, and removing certain prior authorization requirements for contracted entities; effective date; emergency.

## 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/HB1810 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by NEWTON (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/HB1810 FA1 NEWTONCA-TJ(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/HB1810 SAHB AND ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1810 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1810 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1810 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1810 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1810 SFLR.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1810 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–3** (pass) · lower
- Health & Human Services — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Fourth Reading — **78–3** (pass) · lower
- Public Health Committee: Do Pass — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Newton — 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 Health and Human Services Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-27** General Order
- **2025-03-27** Authored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-27** Amended by floor substitute
- **2025-03-27** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-31** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Emergency added
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-07** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-07** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** SA's received
- **2025-05-15** SA's read, adopted
- **2025-05-15** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 78 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/25/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c863094e-176d-441f-8eab-92dde7a59790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).