Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; opt-out option; removing group insurance; effective date.
House Bill 1187 amends the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act, affecting active state employees eligible for state insurance plans. It allows these employees to opt out of the state's basic health and dental plan, or the entire basic plan, if they are covered by a separate group health insurance plan. Employees opting out must provide annual proof of alternative coverage and an affidavit, and they will receive $150 in lieu of their flexible benefit amount. Any savings realized by the state from employees opting out of health insurance coverage will be retained by the state. This act will become effective on November 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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The bill text was converted from the House floor version to the Senate floor version, including updated page headers, committee report information, and minor formatting adjustments. The substantive legislative content regarding employee insurance opt-out provisions remains unchanged.
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Page headers were updated to reflect 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' instead of 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' with revised date formatting.
Committee report section was added with 'COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND INSURANCE' dated April 10, 2025 - DO PASS, replacing the House committee report.
Minor formatting adjustments including line breaks and spacing were made throughout the document to match Senate floor markup conventions.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/03/2025
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 9
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Insurance
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick West
RRepublican
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