HB 18312026
bill
2026 Regular Session · House bill
HB 1831
Community health workers; creating the Oklahoma Community Health Workers Act; definitions; establishment of certificate; voluntary certification; powers; rules; fees; effective date.
Health & mental healthChildren, families & social servicesHealth care & pharma industry how tagged
Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
In Senate committee Last action April 1, 2025: Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services
The 2026 regular session's scheduled last day was May 29, 2026. Measures not passed by then did not become law this session.
Same number in other sessions: 2025 · 2024 (bills from 2025 carry over into 2026 within the 60th Legislature).
AI analysis AI-generated
AI-generated · may be inaccurate or incomplete. Written by a language model (Workers AI, llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) from the bill's official title, actions, votes, sponsors, committee referrals and hearings in our database — not from the bill text. Check the official text on oklegislature.gov before relying on it. Not legal advice.
Authors & coauthors 4
- Principal House author
- Ellyn Hefner D
- Principal Senate author
- Christi Gillespie R
- House coauthors
- Erick Harris R, Trish Ranson D
Principal authors from Open States; coauthors read from “Coauthored by …” actions (removals applied).
Status
- Introduced
- In committee (origin chamber)
- Passed committee (origin chamber)
- Passed origin chamber
- In committee (second chamber)
- Passed committee (second chamber)
- Passed both chambers
- Sent to Governor
- Enacted / adopted
Committee referrals 3
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Health and Human Services Oversight | Passed (committee substitute) March 5, 2025 |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Public Health | Passed (committee substitute) Feb. 25, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Health and Human Services | — |
Roll-call votes 3
Feb. 24, 2025HousePublic Health Committee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed6–1
yes (6) Hilbert, Moore, Pogemiller, Roe, Sterling, West
no (1) Stark
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 5, 2025HouseHealth And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed13–1
yes (13) Cantrell, Culver, Hefner, Hildebrant, Marti, Munson, Newton, Pae, Ranson, Roe, Smith, Stinson, Williams
no (1) Stark
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 13, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed60–24 15 excused
no (24) Adams, Banning, Boles, Cantrell, Crosswhite Hader, Gann, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Hildebrant, Humphrey, Jenkins, Kendrix, Lowe, Maynard, Olsen, Shaw, Smith, Staires, Stark, West, West, Wilk, Wolfley
yes (60) Alonso Sandoval, Bashore, Bennett, Blair, Burns, Chapman, Cornwell, Culver, Deck, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Eaves, George, Gise, Grego, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hefner, Hill, Johns, Kane, Kannady, Kelley, Kerbs, Lawson, Lay, Lepak, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, May, McCane, Menz, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Newton, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Sterling, Stewart, Stinson, Strom, Townley, Turner, Waldron, West, West, Williams, Worthen
excused (15) Archer, Blancett, Caldwell, Caldwell, Dempsey, Fetgatter, Ford, Fugate, Hays, Lowe, Miller, Pittman, Sneed, Steagall, Tedford
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- House Committee Substitute · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Policy Committee Recommendation · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
2 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1831&session=2600
Timeline 15 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Hefner, Stinson, Roe
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseReferred to Public Health
- Feb. 25, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health
- March 5, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
- March 5, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Harris
- March 5, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)
- March 13, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- March 13, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Ranson
- March 13, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 60 Nays: 24
- March 13, 2025HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 17, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 17, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services
Momentum: 45 of 100
| Stage (In committee (second chamber)) | 25 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (423 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 5 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 5 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 10 / 10 |
How this is calculated
- Stage reached — up to 50. 50 × (stage − 1) ÷ 8, where the stages are 1 Introduced · 2 In committee · 3 Passed committee · 4 Passed its first chamber · 5 In committee in the second chamber · 6 Passed that committee · 7 Passed both chambers · 8 Sent to the Governor · 9 Enacted / adopted.
- Recency — up to 20. 20 if the last recorded action was within 14 days of the reference date, falling in a straight line to 0 at 90 days. The reference date is the earlier of the data date (Oct. 1, 2026) and the session's last scheduled day, so a finished session is scored as it stood when it ended.
- Committee progress — up to 10. 5 for each chamber in which a committee reported the bill favourably.
- Coauthors — up to 10. 1 per coauthor (max 7), plus 3 if its authors and coauthors include members of both chambers.
- Bipartisan sponsorship — 10. 10 if the authors and coauthors include at least one Republican and one Democrat.
Rules on top: an enacted bill (signed, law without signature, or veto overridden) or an adopted resolution scores 100. A vetoed bill without an override, or one whose last committee vote failed, has its score halved.
Disclaimer. The momentum score is an automated, rough indicator built only from the public record (stage, dates, authors and committee reports). It is not a prediction, does not measure merit or support, and can be wrong when an action is mis-recorded or an author is mis-matched. Coauthors are read from the action text (“Coauthored by …”). Always check the official record on oklegislature.gov.