---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance; chronic conditions; validity period; prior authorization; inpatient; non-inpatient; timeframe; effective date."
description: "Insurance; chronic conditions; validity period; prior authorization; inpatient; non-inpatient; timeframe; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1811"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1811 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jech", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc28fa9-57ec-409b-9911-4d377d613bbc"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1811&session=2600"
source_hash: "1e861e196df1d8c5cc6aab6d4f2364f6dcfa14512cd563d2bb86657a97907d56"
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 1811 (2026) — Insurance; chronic conditions; validity period; prior authorization; inpatient; non-inpatient; timeframe; 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/HB1811 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1811 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1811 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1811 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1811 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Insurance Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Commerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do Pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **82–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jech — 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 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 Insurance `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Authored by Senator Jech (principal Senate author)
- **2025-03-13** General Order
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-17** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Placed on General Order
- **2025-05-06** General Order, Considered
- **2025-05-06** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2025-05-07** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2025-05-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/14/2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dc28fa9-57ec-409b-9911-4d377d613bbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).