HB 18372026
bill
2026 Regular Session · House bill
HB 1837
Poor persons; Achieving a Better Life Experience Program account; exemption; effective date.
Children, families & social servicesBudget & taxesHealth & mental healthHealth 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 3
- Principal House author
- Ellyn Hefner D
- Principal Senate author
- Avery Frix R
- House coauthors
- Jared Deck 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 | Appropriations and Budget | Passed Feb. 27, 2025 |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee | Passed Feb. 10, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Health and Human Services | — |
Roll-call votes 3
Feb. 10, 2025HouseAppropriations And Budget Human Services Subcommittee: Do PassPassed5–0
yes (5) Dobrinski, Gise, Pae, Pogemiller, Williams
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Feb. 26, 2025HouseAppropriations And Budget Committee: Do PassPassed27–0
yes (27) Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Burns, Caldwell, Fetgatter, Ford, Fugate, Grego, Hill, Kane, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Manger, Miller, Munson, Newton, Osburn, Pfeiffer, Provenzano, Ranson, Sterling, Strom, West, West, West
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 26, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed87–3 9 excused
yes (87) Adams, Alonso Sandoval, Archer, Banning, Bashore, Bennett, Blair, Blancett, Boles, Caldwell, Caldwell, Cantrell, Chapman, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Eaves, Fetgatter, Ford, Fugate, George, Gise, Grego, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hildebrant, Hill, Humphrey, Johns, Kane, Kelley, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lay, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, May, Maynard, McCane, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Newton, Olsen, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pittman, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Shaw, Smith, Sneed, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stewart, Stinson, Strom, Tedford, Townley, Turner, Waldron, West, West, West, Wilk, Williams, Wolfley, Woolley
excused (9) Burns, Kannady, Lawson, Lepak, Lowe, Lowe, Menz, Staires, Worthen
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
2 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1837&session=2600
Timeline 14 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Hefner
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseReferred to Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee
- Feb. 10, 2025HouseRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee
- Feb. 27, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee
- Feb. 27, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Frix (principal Senate author)
- March 26, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- March 26, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Deck
- March 26, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 3
- March 26, 2025HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 27, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 27, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services
Momentum: 44 of 100
| Stage (In committee (second chamber)) | 25 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (423 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 5 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 4 / 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.