From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon Mar 4 09:03:35 2019 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 15:03:35 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_1=2C?= =?windows-1252?q?_2019?= In-Reply-To: <1f54e2b315254a238e96f82bb5e615c2@osrhe.edu> References: <1f54e2b315254a238e96f82bb5e615c2@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: <66ec82037ca54a6086f9101216c801a9@osrhe.edu> The bills shown in red text below did not pass the committee process by the deadline last Thursday and are considered dead for the session. One of the bills that died was SB 211 related to tuition waivers for certain disabled veterans. While the bill passed the Senate Education Committee, it was also dually assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee and was not heard in the Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 211 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Prohibits resident tuition from being charged by institutions with the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education to state residents presenting proper certification from the United States Veterans Administration or the Armed Forces of the United States that the veteran has a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or more. It limits the resident tuition waiver to a period of five years. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-2 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Four Oklahoma’s Promise bills remain alive. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 80 (Senator Roger Thompson) Expands Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility to students who have completed schooling other than at a private or public school (home school students) and performed at a proficient level on statewide student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Thursday, February 28. Senate Bill 581 (Senator Joseph Silk) Provides Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program eligibility for students adopted while in the custody of an out-of-state public child welfare agency and who is a resident of Oklahoma at the time eligibility is determined. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2018 (Representative Monroe Nichols) expands eligibility for participation in OKPromise for a student whose parent is employed as a certified classroom. Update: Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ) Provides eligibility for a child of a teacher for the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program if the adjusted gross income of the student's parents does not exceed $150,000 per year. [Note – this bill was amended in committee and no longer relates to children of teachers. The bill is now about potential eligibility of 11th and 12th grade students whose parents die during the student’s 11th or 12th grade year.] Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. Bryce Fair OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 01, 2019 Subject: Legislative Update – March 1, 2019 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of February 25, 2019 through March 1, 2019. Shell bills and bills marked “dormant“ will be removed from future bill lists. These bills can be brought up next session or in Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget (JCAB) meetings through special circumstances but are currently considered inactive. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report March 1, 2019 Agency Administration Senate Bill 1 (Senator Greg Treat) Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources deemed necessary. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 90 (Senator Adam Pugh) Extends the sunset date for the State Accrediting Agency to July 1, 2024. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 93 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires state agency itemized budget requests, beginning with FY2020 and every four years thereafter, to justify every dollar requested, including the base appropriation amount, as well as any additional funds requested for the ensuing fiscal year. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 om Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 121 (Senator Julia Kirt) Creates a state shared leave program. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 124 (Senator Larry Boggs) Requires annual audit of all state agency revolving funds. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 127 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Requires state agencies appropriated more than $75 million to present measures to allocate funds appropriately. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 128 (Senator Bill Coleman) Authorizes state agencies to pay employees for the periods of time when the employee is off work premises but required to remain at, near or able to return to work when called upon. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February, 21. Dormant. Senate Bill 161 (Senator Rob Standridge) Creates the Right Side Up Government Act of 2019. Moves 70% of legislative liaison salaries and 100% of the cost of registered executive or legislative lobbyists that are under contract with or otherwise compensated by any appropriated state agency to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) created by SB 1. The bill requires that the process of moving employees not result in any net gain in full-time equivalent employees. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 21. Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp) Requires all state agencies to make available on their website, or on a general website if a state agency uses a general website, each fiscal year, a balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 21. Senate Bill 179 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for certain state employees as financial managers, including any employees who oversee purchasing, finance and other vital fiscal functions of state agencies. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-1 on Wednesday, February 13. Senate Bill 191 (Senator Rob Standridge) Creates the Oklahoma Workforce and Economic Development Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development as a division of the Department of Labor, beginning July 1, 2020, and continuing until July 1, 2026, to administer federal grant funding allocations from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other federal grants and sources of funding relating to state workforce development programs. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive online behavior. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 209 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for state financial managers. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 210 (Senator Roger Thompson and Senator Wayne Shaw) Creates the Pay for Success Act, which allows pay-for-success for agency contracts. Update: Laid over in Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 214 (Senator Larry Boggs) Requires the positions of the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Director of Corrections, Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Director of the Department of Transportation, and the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education be gubernatorial appointments, contingent upon Senate approval. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 247 (Senator Ron Sharp) Requires that no increase in salary for state agency heads will commence until such increase has been approved according to requirements established by the bill. It requires the board or commission overseeing an agency to submit proposed salary increases for state agency heads to the subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Appropriations and Budget Committee under whose jurisdiction the state agency resides. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant Senate Bill 254 (Senator Julia Kirt) Modifies the minimum salary requirement for state employees. It changes the minimum salary requirement to the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a four-person household from a three-person household. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 263 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires state agencies to publish their exempt rules on their website. The bill modifies the deadline for agencies to respond to requests from the governor, the Legislature and small businesses to review certain rules. It reduces the deadline to 30 days for requests from the governor and the Legislature and implements a 90-day deadline for small business requests. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant Senate Bill 270 (Senator Julie Daniels) Permits the governor to remove any gubernatorially appointed officer or appointments on any agency, board or commission. It exempts appointments to any agency, board or commission if the appointing authority is provided for in the Constitution. It requires vacancies created by the removal of an appointee to be filled as provided by law. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are used by distinct expenditure categories. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 277 (Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the “Oklahoma Information Services Department Act” consolidating the information services division of OMES into its own department. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 306 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires state agencies to provide advance notice to the State Treasurer of all disbursements that could negatively impact state cash flow requirements. It requires daily total submissions for disbursement equal to or in excess of $25 million to be deemed to have the potential to negatively impact state cash flow. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Senate Bill 315 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires the Chief Information Officer to maintain a website for all open meeting agendas for state agencies. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 with title stricken on Thursday, February 21. Dormant. Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department or any organization receiving appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off of the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm) During each regular session of the Legislature, any member may request, by proper passage of a resolution introduced by either the Senate or the House of Representatives, a statement of legal authority for a specific facet of operations of the agency. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee as amended to change time limit from 10 days to 15 days 9-2 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 329 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Upon receipt by a state agency of a requirement for an agency to adopt, that agency shall send the federal rule or regulation by electronic mail to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 342 (Senator Nathan Dahm) No state agency shall use any state funding available, including but not limited to state appropriations, to employ a number of full-time-equivalent employees in excess of the number of full-time-equivalent state-funded employees actually employed by such agency on January 1, 2019. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 343 (Senator Casey Murdock) Gives the Governor appointing power over the agency head of the Department of Environmental Quality, Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Pardon and Parole Board, the Department of Corrections, the State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The act states the Governor must make these appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 350 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Creates the Red Tape Repealer Act requiring rule replacement requests for any proposed new agency rules. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 356 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Prohibits the use or authorization of the use of public funds, property or time to engage in legislative or executive lobbying, as defined by the rules of the Ethics Commission, except as provided in the Whistleblower Act or in connection with individual rights set forth in the U.S. and Oklahoma Constitutions. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 366 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Makes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) Administrator a gubernatorial appointee, subject to Senate confirmation. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 367 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires all rules promulgated by every agency, board and commission to sunset once every four years. It requires the House and Senate to form a joint review committee during the year preceding the sunset of each agency, board or commission's rules. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 368 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Changes the date by which agencies, boards and commissions must file administrative rules with the Legislature to February 1 from April 1. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 478 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Creates the Paid Family Leave Act. It requires the Department of Labor to establish a family temporary disability insurance program. It requires the insurance provide up to six weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 531 (Senator Ron Sharp) Increases the state's contribution to the Oklahoma State Employees Deferred Savings Incentive Plan to $50 from $25 per month for qualifying employees beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 577 (Senator Darrell Weaver ) Creates additional longevity pay schedule for employees who do not receive at least a "meet standards" rating on their most current performance rating. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 587 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Limits the purposes for which state agencies are required to make payroll deductions. It deletes a payroll deduction for Oklahoma Today magazine. It prohibits school districts from making payroll deductions for political contributions. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 592 (Senator Mark Allen) Requires any organization or group of 100 or more persons that engages in an organized protest at the State Capitol building to post a bond of $50,000 with the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority in order to offset the cost of additional security, clean up and repairs. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 631 (Senator Mark Allen) Requires all events or exhibits properly scheduled and approved for individuals or groups in locations designated in the Oklahoma State Capitol or any of its public spaces or plazas eligible for events or exhibits to be honored in the location and on the specific date and time so approved. It requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to provide any personnel or items required for controlling the location for the specified time and location reservation. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 655 (Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies requirements for a statewide assistance telework program. It deletes a section requiring requests for additional office space for a state agency to be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 684 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting to establish a mandatory training program to identify and certify certain Oklahoma state agency employees as financial managers. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings. Update: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28. Senate Bill 778 (Senator Joseph Silk) Creates the Life Appropriation Act prohibiting an agency or instrumentality of the State from awarding a grant to pay the direct or indirect costs of performing, inducing, referring or counseling in favor of abortions. It prohibits any agency or instrumentality of the State from funding an individual or entity that performs or counsels in favor of convenience abortions or is an affiliate of a person or entity that performs or provides referrals to convenience abortions. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 883 (Senator Dave Rader) Requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission to contract with out-of-state private auditors and audit firms, specifically to perform audit functions related to sales and use tax collections and collections of other unpaid taxes owed by out-of-state individuals. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 913 (Senator Kay Floyd) Renames the Oklahoma Career Service Act from the Oklahoma Personnel Act. The act states the intent is to allow agencies flexibility in human resource management within a framework of consistent best practices across all the state agencies and entities, retaining employees based on performance, counseling inadequate performance and unacceptable conduct, and assuring employees are protected against coercion from partisan political purposes. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 918 (Senator Paul Rosino) Allows state employees to donate administrative hours of labor toward a charitable organization or public school. It also sets regulations on how much time employees may donate per calendar year. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 934 (Senator John Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Sooner Choice Trust Act requiring every employer in the state to collect a 3 percent contribution amount from the paycheck for every employee provided the pretax dollars shall be collected after all other deductions and remit such funds to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 949 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires the director of each state agency to notify the Legislature in every instance in which a state employee receives a salary increase greater than 2 percent. It requires written notice be provided to the Senate President Pro Tempore and House Speaker no fewer than 30 business days prior to the authorization of any such pay increase. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Joint Resolution 6 (Senator Gary Stanislawksi) Puts to a vote of the people allowing the governor to appoint the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of Higher Education. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Senator Kay Floyd) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that prohibits members of the Legislature from engaging in certain activities during the term for which elected and, in some cases, for two years afterwards. The amendment would prohibit being appointed or elected to any office or commission in the state during the term, receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term, or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. These provisions would not prohibit an employee of a school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. The Legislature could enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 27. . House Bill 1034 (Representative Collin Walke) Requires the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan to provide coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals less than 18 years of age. Update: Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Placed on General Order. House Bill 1117 (Representative Kevin West) Exempts Oklahoma from the federal daylight saving time. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1176 (Representative David Perryman) Requires all full-time employees who were employed by the state on the last working day of June 2019, to be awarded an annualized salary increase of $2,400, effective July 1, 2019. It defines applicable terms. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1201 (Representative Tom Gann) Limits the rulemaking authority of state agencies to implementing law or policy as specifically set by the Legislature. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 1357 (Representative Kelly Albright) Requires each state agency that employs at least 25 employees to maintain a private lactation room that is not a restroom that may be used by employees and members of the public to nurse a child or express breast milk, and, if practical, it is to include a refrigerator. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1361 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Requires any bill or joint resolution related to education be accompanied by a fiscal analysis estimating the increase or decrease in revenues, expenditures and actual cost of updating materials or providing new training or instruction and the present and future fiscal impact of the proposed legislation. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor) Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills) Requires the employees of agency contractors in positions with access to federal tax information and data to be subjected to a criminal history search and fingerprint search by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1886 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader) Requires an agency proposing an administrative rule that mentions or refers to another state agency to notify the affected agency at least 30 days prior to the hearing for adoption of the rule. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 1945 (Representative Mark Lepak) Prohibits any state employee, employee of a school district, or any other person from knowingly or willfully using a state or school district telephone, electronic mail or other state or school district equipment, property or services for political advocacy. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1953 (Representative Dustin Roberts) Authorizes state agencies, at their discretion, up to two times annually, to offer their employees an option to voluntarily elect to be paid for a maximum of 200 hours of unused accrued annual leave. It requires the program to be optional for all eligible employees, and the agency can choose the monthly pay period in which to provide such payment. It requires the employee to retain 120 hours of annual leave after the payment is made. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday. February 27. House Bill 2017 (Representative Kelly Albright) Requires all new construction state or municipal buildings open to the public after Jan. 1, 2020, include at least one baby changing table and if a renovation or replacement exceeds 50 percent of the value of the state or municipal building. The act states if the one table is not accessible to men and women then a table must be made accessible to men and another table made accessible to women. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. House Bill 2082 (Representative Mickey Dollens) Creates the Fair Scheduling Act which requires specific employers to supply written good-faith estimates of the employee's work schedule at the time of hire, stating the median number of hours the employee can expect to work in an average one-month period and whether or not an employee who is not on a voluntary standby list can expect to work on-call shifts and, if so, set forth an objective standard for when an employee not listed on the voluntary standby list may be expected to be available to work on-call shifts. Update: Assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2086 (Representative Mickey Dollens) Provides rates of compensation for on-call classified state employees and sets requirements for state agencies to classify job classes of individual positions within the agency subject to on-call duty. Update: Laid over in House Government Efficiency Committee on Wednesday, February 11. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 2133 (Representative. Cyndi Munson) Modifies the minimum annualized salary for state employees. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2136 (Representative Cyndi Munson) Creates the Oklahoma Council on Access to Transportation. It provides the duties of the Council. It provides for Council membership. It requires the Council to appoint an Advisory Committee to assist the Council in evaluating Oklahoma's passenger transportation services and in formulating recommendations for their improvement. It requires these members to serve the Council for a three-year term beginning upon appointment and can be reappointed at the discretion of the Council. Update: Assigned to House Transportation Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2335 (Representative Sean Roberts) Prohibits expenditure of public monies for publicity or propaganda opposing Second Amendment Rights. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2438 (Representative Sean Roberts) Adjusts the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund appropriations. The bill lowers the amount Oklahoma State System of Higher Education construction projects and capital outlay projects can receive from Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund appropriations to $1.00. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success contracts and authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall not prohibit the use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 2673 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Gives full-time and part-time state officers and employees an annualized salary increase, though no salary increase is to exceed salary limitations provided in an agency's annual appropriation or salary limits set by statue. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Budget & Taxes Senate Bill 132 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Sunsets on July 1, 2022, unless reauthorized by the Legislature, the $0.16 per gallon credit against the tax imposed on all gasoline, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas and all diesel fuel. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 169 (Senator George Young) Makes the earned income tax credit refundable for tax years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2019. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 180 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Modifies the limits on credits claimed under the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 390 (Senator Bill Coleman) Requires an economic development or industrial development authority to make an annual in lieu of tax payment equal to the amount of ad valorem tax which would otherwise be assessed on property in that county if that land is utilized for commercial purposes by an entity engaged in electric power generation by wind. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 395 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Sunsets the corporate income tax on Dec. 31, 2019. The bill also updates statutory and date references related to the individual income tax. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 404 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Repeals language related to income tax incentives. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 406 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Deletes obsolete language and modifies qualifying dates for an incentive or increment district as related to the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 478 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Creates the Paid Family Leave Act. It requires the Department of Labor to establish a family temporary disability insurance program. It requires the insurance provide up to six weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kimberly David) Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Corporation Commission or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 549 (Senator Casey Murdock) Requires the first $15 million from the 7 percent gross production tax on natural gas and/or casinghead gas be deposited in the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Fund. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 557 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Extends the sunset on the gross production tax levied on natural gas or casinghead gas to June 30, 2023. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 657 (Senator John Montgomery and Representative Trey Caldwell) Adds a category of exemption for which reimbursement may be claimed under the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 681 (Senator John Montgomery) Modifies apportionments of the gross production and sales tax. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 932 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Requires the first $10 million collected from the tax levied on natural gas at a rate of 4 percent to be deposited in the Oklahoma Quick Action Closing Fund. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Proposes a vote of the people to raise the balance cap on the Rainy Day Fund to 30 percent of the amount certified for the General Revenue Fund for the prior fiscal year from 15 percent of the amount certified for the General Revenue Fund for the prior fiscal year. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Joint Resolution 9 (Senator Kevin Matthews) Puts to a vote of the people requiring any bill that lowers a tax rate to receive a 3/4ths vote. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Joint Resolution 10 (Senator Kevin Matthews) Puts to a vote of the people changing the required 3/4ths margin on raising taxes to a 60% margin. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1160 (Representative Rande Worthen) Requires a taxpayer be allowed an income tax credit for qualifying educational expenses incurred during the tax year for any child who is eligible to be enrolled in a public school in this state free of charge and who qualifies as the taxpayer's dependent for federal tax purposes, for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2018. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 19-11 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1404 (Representative Justin Humphrey) Places a 7 percent gross production tax on natural resources mined for the purpose of producing aggregate within an unincorporated area of a county or municipality with the revenue from the tax directed at compensating those government jurisdictions for costs associated with damage to local roads and bridges. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 5-2 on Monday, February 18. House Bill 1455 (Representative Emily Virgin) Modifies eligibility for the capital gains deduction. It creates capital gains deduction tiers. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2202 (Representative Kyle Hilbert) Requires the apportionments to counties and school districts impacted by the deposit of gross production tax revenues to the Redbud Future Fund as provided in a House Joint Resolution to be adjusted to compensate such jurisdictions and other governmental entities or funds from modifications to the apportionments provided by law. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2489 (Representative Charles McCall) Creates the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund Amendments Act of 2019. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2530 ( Representative Melodye Blancett) Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal purpose is to provide community access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing personalized products. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 Wednesday, February 27. House Joint Resolution 1003 (Representative Kelly Albright) Puts to a vote of the people lowering the 3/4ths margin requirement to a 3/5ths margin for any revenue raising bill. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Joint Resolution 1005 (Representative Mark Lepak) Puts to a vote of the people raising the maximum amount of funds for deposit in the constitutional reserve from 15% to 30%. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 6-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 26-0 on Thursday, February 21. House Joint Resolution 1015 (Representative Mark Lepak) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment related to ad valorem taxes. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Common Education Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means Update: Passed Senate Education Committee. 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 748 (Senator Jason Smalley) Requires the State Board of Education beginning July 1, 2020 to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, including approval and accreditation of teacher education programs and assessment of candidates for licensure and certification. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 776 (Senator Carri Hicks) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate. The bill removes the requirement to include general education and professional education portions on competency examinations provided by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1067 (Representative Daniel Pae) Modifies language related to public school teacher and administrator professional development programs concerning child abuse and neglect. It permits the program to also include training on recognition of victims of human trafficking. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley) Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley) Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed. Update: Passed House Higher Ed & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1959 (Representative Melissa Provenzano) Exempts certified teachers from individual annual evaluation if during the first nine weeks of the year the teacher works in a district exceeding class size limitations and district requests the teacher cover an additional class. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1990 (Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts for an alternative teacher certification pilot program. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit applications to the State Department of Education. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-3 on Tuesday, February 26. Career Tech Senate Bill 15 (Senator Ron Sharp) Eliminates the ability for technology centers or higher education institutions to sponsor charter schools. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 22 (Senator Ron Sharp) Allows certain technology schools to be examiners for driver's licenses after an application and approval process through the Department of Public Safety. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 432 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to the availability of funds, which may include but not be limited to state appropriations, grant funds, foundation funds and other funds, to establish a statewide aerospace training facility to provide education and training in the aerospace sector. It requires the board to promulgate rules that include but are not limited to criteria for enrollment in the statewide aerospace training facility; curriculum requirements; minimum courses of study and testing requirements for the statewide aerospace training facility; minimum qualifications for instructors at the statewide aerospace training facility; and tuition for courses offered by the statewide aerospace training facility. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 741 (Senator Jason Smalley) Requires the Department of Career and Technology Education, in collaboration with the Department of Labor, prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year to review and approve career readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials that measure and document foundational workplace skills. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 996 (Senator Kim David) Requires that a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) block course, whether taught at a comprehensive high school or technology center school, when taken in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade, be taught by a certified teacher and approved by the State Board of Education and the independent district board of education to the list of courses eligible to meet the mathematics requirement and the laboratory sciences requirement for high school graduation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-Assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor) Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from receiving a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider valid convictions. Update: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday, February 13. House Bill 2026 (Representative Mark Lepak) Modifies the State Board of Career and Technology Education to be an advisory board to the Director of Career and Technology Education. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Bill 2027 (Representative Kelly Albright) Modifies the State Board of Career and Technology Education to be an advisory board to the Director of Career and Technology Education. It transfers all duties and powers of the Board to the Director. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Bill 2279 (Representative Josh West) Requires the court to waive outstanding fines, court costs and fees if the person has secured admission to and is enrolled in an institution that is a technology center school or workforce training program. The bill requires the court to waive the fines upon the completion of each 40-hour work week. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 1109 (Representative Kevin West) Requires the Commissioners of the Land Office to transfer from the permanent school funds to the State Department of Education the monies necessary to fund concurrent enrollment in college or university courses for eligible high school students for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter. It requires the State Board of Education to determine the amount of funds necessary to fund concurrent enrollment based on the performance of the revenues generated by the permanent school fund which are not already allocated for the use and benefit of the common schools. Update: Laid over in House Rules Committee on Tuesday, February 12. Passed House Rules Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 2043 (Representative Dean Davis) Expands the concurrent enrollment tuition waiver eligibility to all high school students. Update: Assigned to House Higher Ed and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2312 (Representative T.J. Marti) Entitles students other than high school seniors who meet the eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment to receive a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount of resident tuition for a maximum of nine credit hours per year. The bill also permits courses offered at the undergraduate level through the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Schusterman Center, Northeastern State University, Langston University and Oklahoma State University/Tulsa to duplicate those offered by Tulsa Community College. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Re-Assigned to House Higher Ed and Career Tech Committee. Laid over on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. Healthcare Senate Bill 40 (Senator Paul Scott) Ends the Soon-to-be-Sooner benefits program. Update: Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February 13. Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Modifies qualifications for advance practice registered nurses, permitting them to have a degree higher than a master's degree. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 139 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Requires in vitro fertilization coverage for any health benefit plan that provides pregnancy-related benefits for individuals covered under the plan. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 146 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Requires a health care facility that requires immunizations to grant a religious exemption to any employee who objects to an immunization against influenza on religious grounds. Update: Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 218 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Creates the “Oklahoma Right to Shop Act” in which enrollees are directly incentivized to shop, before and after their out-of-pocket limit has been met, for lower-cost participating health care providers or health care entities for comparable health care services. It allows incentives to include cash payments, gift cards or credits, or reductions of premiums, copayments, cost-sharing or deductibles. Requires a carrier offering a health plan in Oklahoma in the individual or small group insurance market to comply with provided requirements, beginning upon approval of the next health insurance rate filing in 2020. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 434 (Senator Adam Pugh) Authorizes the Physician Manpower Training Commission to use its physician training subsidy program for specialist physicians training. Update: Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 605 (Senator Greg. McCortney) Requires the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish the Oklahoma Plan within the Insure Oklahoma program. It requires the Oklahoma Plan to be a health insurance premium assistance program administered by the Authority which will provide coverage through one or more commercial health insurers to any person who meets the requirements set forth therein and enrolls in the plan. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 1017 (Senator Marty Quinn) Clarifies language related to mandated health insurance coverage related to the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan. The bill defines the term "mandated." Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 1036 (Senator Kay Floyd) Creates the Expand Medicaid Now Act. The bill requires the state to expand the Medicaid program to provide assistance to all persons who apply and who are determined to be eligible for such assistance and for whom federal matching funds are available to the state under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 15. House Bill 1035 (Representative Collin Walke) Requires any health benefit plan that is offered, issued or renewed in Oklahoma after Nov. 1, 2019, to provide coverage for evidence-based pain management treatment. Update: Assigned to House Insurance Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1058 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Updates language in Oklahoma public employee insurance policies, including from State and Education Oklahoma Employees Group Insurance Board to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Insurance committee. Laid over on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. House Bill 1082 (Representative Shane Stone) Directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek Medicaid waiver authority so SoonerCare recipients under the age of 18 will be universally covered and will not have to meet income guidelines, contingent on approval from federal Medicare and Medicaid Services and available state funding. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1098 (Representative Kevin West) Prohibits discrimination against unvaccinated employees. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1140 (Representative Danny Sterling) Requires any state and education employee group health insurance plan to provide coverage for annual preventative health examinations without limiting or diminishing diagnostic benefits. Update: Assigned to House Insurance Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1327 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Creates the Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1457 (Representative Emily Virgin) Creates the Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1869 (Representative Andy Fugate) Creates the Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2441 (Representative Sean Roberts) Requires a contracted hospital or inpatient facility to provide notice to an enrollee at the time they schedule a procedure whether or not the enrollee's insurance carrier covers the service at that facility and provide a noncontracted provider with a good-faith estimate of charges and certain disclosures. The act sets further conditions for facilities carrying for noncontracted enrollees. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. Higher Education Senate Bill 90 (Senator Adam Pugh) Extends the sunset date for the State Accrediting Agency to July 1, 2024. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 103 (Senator George Young) Encourages the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to utilize appropriated funds to support entrepreneurship, with special emphasis upon providing support to minority communities in the state. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 152 (Senator Allison Ikley-Freeman) Prohibits Oklahoma State System of Higher Education institutions from charging a fee to a person who is enrolled in the institution or who was previously enrolled in the institution, regardless of whether they graduated from the institution, for the first two copies of a person's college transcript. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 159 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Creates the Kansas State University License Plate. Update: Assigned to Senate Transportation Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 183 (Senator Brent Howard) Requires governing boards of two-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education be consolidated if: 1) the governing boards of two or more two-year colleges propose a plan to voluntarily consolidate and submit the plan, and 2) the voluntary consolidation plan is affirmatively approved by the Legislature by adoption of a joint resolution. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller) Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 211 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Prohibits resident tuition from being charged by institutions with the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education to state residents presenting proper certification from the United States Veterans Administration or the Armed Forces of the United States that the veteran has a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or more. It limits the resident tuition waiver to a period of five years. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-2 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 348 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Removes the requirement for a tenant in a Small Business Incubator to make at least 75% of its gross sales constituting the principal business activity of the business to buyers located outside the state or to buyers whose principal business activity is conducted outside the state to qualify for the income tax exemption. The measure also repeals the tax exemption given to sponsors. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels) Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones" or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 391 (Senator Kevin Matthews) Appropriates $300,000 from the FY2020 General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to be transferred to Oklahoma State University and Langston University for the purpose of funding urban agriculture and farmers' market programs for food deserts. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 407 (Senator Dave Rader) Modifies provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 15-7 on Wednesday, February 13. Senate Bill 409 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Requires a court to waive outstanding fines, court costs and fees if the offender has secured admission to, is enrolled in and is actively pursuing completion in a program of study in an institution which is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or technology center school or a workforce training program intended to expand further employment opportunities. It requires the court to waive the fines, court costs and fees based on the equivalent value of the potential gross income of the offender as established by the minimum wage rate of the state upon the offender's completion of each 40-hour work week during the length of the program. Update: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 439 (Senator Marty Quinn) Requires a terminal degree granted by a college recognized by the State Board of Education be granted equal recognition as a doctorate degree for teacher salary determinations. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Withdrawn by Author. Dormant. Senate Bill 464 (Senator Michael Brooks) Requires Oklahoma State System of Higher Education institutions to grant a waiver equivalent to the amount of resident tuition and fees incurred by a student, beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, who is a resident of this state; has satisfied the admission standards as determined by The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for first-time entering students for the appropriate type of institution; and is the child of a parent or legal guardian who has vested in the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 465 (Senator Michael Brooks) Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy which allows a student to enroll in an institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as an undergraduate student and allows the student to be eligible for resident tuition if the student graduated from a public high school in this state with a grade point average in the top 10 percent of the student's high school graduating class. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday February, 12. Passed off the House Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 491 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Creates the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Modernization Act of 2019. It provides the purpose of the act to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on the Future of Higher Education established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to improve the structure of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education through modernization and efficiency. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 597 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates a task force to study how four-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education can assist two-year colleges to save money. It provides for membership. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 602 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education until July 1, 2020. It provides for membership. It requires appointments to be made within 30 days after the effective date and for the task force to conduct an organization meeting not later than Aug. 31, 2019. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Allows a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 939 (Senator Adam Pugh) Adds accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing or the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education to requirements for advanced practice registered nursing education programs and requires an advanced practice registered nursing program show evidence of periodic on-campus attendance for assessment and evaluation of students' progress and competence in addition to completing a minimum 1,000 clinical hours in the graduate program. Update: Assigned to Senate General Health and Human Services Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1190 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Requires the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry appoint all Oklahoma State University county cooperative extension service personnel. The bill also requires the agency be involved in conducting farm demonstration work and home demonstration work. Update: Assigned to House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1448 (Representative Tom Gann) Recreates the State Accrediting Agency. Update: Assigned to House Administrative Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher) Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2042 (Representative Dean Davis) Allows courses offered at the undergraduate level through Northeastern State University to duplicate those offered by Tulsa Community College. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Laid Over Tuesday February 26. Dormant. House Bill 2064 (Representative Mark Lepak) Creates the “Oklahoma Accrediting Agency Reauthorization Act." Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2225 (Representative Todd Russ) Prohibits any alcoholic beverages being stored, sold, dispensed, served or consumed on the premises of an Oklahoma State System of Higher Education institution. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2228 (Representative Todd Russ) Requires the board of regents for each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to adopt a student housing policy that prohibits coeducational housing in dorms, halls or other student housing. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2261 (Representative Kenton Patzkowsky) Creates the Teacher Incentive Program. The bill requires The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to exempt up to 202 persons annually from the payment of tuition, dues and fees up to $5,000 and establishes eligibility. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2438 (Representative Sean Roberts) Adjusts the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund appropriations. The bill lowers the amount Oklahoma State System of Higher Education construction projects and capital outlay projects can receive from Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund appropriations to $1.00. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2643 (Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Modernization Act of 2019. It provides the purpose of the act to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on the Future of Higher Education established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to improve the structure of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education through modernization and efficiency. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2672 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Removes certain requirements for appointed members of the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Joint Resolution 1008 (Representative Mark Lepak) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment related to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw) Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge) Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 213 (Senator Larry Boggs) Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified. Update: Assigned to Senate Health & Human Services Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 11. Senate Bill 242 (Senator Rob Standridge) Providing for registration and regulation of pain-management clinics. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 305 (Senator Julie Daniels) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, disciplining, discharging or otherwise penalizing an applicant or employee solely on the basis of such applicant's or employee's status as a medical marijuana licensee or on the basis of a positive test for marijuana components. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-0 on Thursday February 21. Title stricken. Senate Bill 307 (Senator Julie Daniels) Levies an excise tax on retail medical marijuana sales at the rate of 7 percent of the gross sales by the seller. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 325 (Representative Casey Murdock) A county may, by vote of a majority of the registered voters in the county, restrict or prohibit the possession, consumption, transport, sale, cultivation or manufacture of marijuana or marijuana products, or any combination thereof. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 421 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Modifies prohibited acts under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It modifies the penalties for those found in violation of the acts prohibited therein. It requires a person in possession of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for marijuana, involving one-quarter of a gram or more of the Schedule I or II substance, upon conviction, to be guilty of a felony, and to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Senate Bill 554 (Senator Casey Murdock) Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act. It requires the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 555 (Senator Marty Quinn) Modifies the definition of "hemp" under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 754 (Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also modifies the apportionment of revenue from the gross receipts tax on medical marijuana. It changes the apportionment of 25 percent of the revenue to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from the State Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 755 (Senator Greg McCortney) Prohibits all marijuana advertising and labels of usable marijuana and marijuana products sold from containing any statement or illustration that is false or misleading; promotes overconsumption; represents that the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects; or depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana; or includes objects such as toys, cartoon or other characters, which suggest the presence of a child, or any other depiction designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 756 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products shall be packaged in child resistant packages as required by the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 758 (Senator Greg McCortney) Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to issue guidance to all allopathic physicians on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 759 (Senator Greg McCortney) Provides that a physician who recommends use of medical marijuana cannot accept, solicit or offer any form of pecuniary remuneration from or to a caregiver, dispensary, processor, or commercial grower; offer a discount or any other thing of value to a patient who uses or agrees to use a particular caregiver or dispensary; examine a patient for the purposes of recommending medical marijuana at a location where medical marijuana is dispensed; or hold any economic interest in an enterprise that grows, transports, processes, or dispenses medical marijuana. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 760 (Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill requires a short-term medical marijuana license application be made available on the State Department of Health's website that will be granted to any applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical marijuana license, but whose physician recommendation for medical marijuana is only valid for 60 days. It requires the fee for a short-term license and the procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be determined by the Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 763 (Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also permits a physician, when providing a medical marijuana recommendation to set, at his or her discretion, a maximum amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the patient may purchase each month. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 764 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires the State Department of Health to create a medical marijuana use registry for physicians, patients and caregivers. It requires the handling of any records maintained in the registry be compliant with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday February 18. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 767 (Senator Greg McCortney) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, promulgating rules relating to the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research and the use of and sale of medical marijuana as outlined in State Question No. 788 Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 768 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a medical marijuana testing program to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for contaminants and for concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and any other chemicals deemed necessary by the department. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley) Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11. Senate Bill 863 (Senator Mark Allen) Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act to require the Department of Agriculture to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production in collaboration with the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Attorney General. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for grower licenses. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 887 (Senator Kim David) Allows counties to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person resides, exceeds the maximum possession limits. The act only authorizes the person to exceed the set limits of possession within the borders of the county. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 911 (Senator Paul Scott) Authorizes the Oklahoma Tax Commission to review applicable statutes, agency rules and procedures to determine if the excise tax levies on the sale of marijuana may be remitted electronically in the form of virtual currency, then make a recommendation to the Governor, State Senate and State House of Representatives by Dec. 31, 2019. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon the status of an employee as a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25. House Bill 1100 (Representative Robert Manger) Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be present. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 1389 (Representative Tammy Townley) Adds lighted marijuana or electronic cigarettes or similar devices to the definition of "smoking" in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 1932 (Representative Robert Manger) Specifies the measurement in grams and ounces of medical marijuana product a licensee can possess. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 2309 (Representative Avery Frix) Modifies language related to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It makes it unlawful to manufacture or distribute any synthetic controlled substance, except when authorized by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or to transport with intent to distribute or dispense, possess with intent to distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance, a synthetic controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only within the borders of that county. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2612 (Representative John Echols) It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana. Update: Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 2614 (Representative John Echols) Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 80 (Senator Roger Thompson) Expands Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility to those who have completed schooling other than private or public and performed at a proficient level on statewide student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Thursday, February 28. Senate Bill 581 (Senator Joseph Silk) Provides Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program eligibility for students adopted while in the custody of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an out-of-state public child welfare agency and is a resident of Oklahoma at the time eligibility is determined. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2018 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Includes the child of a person who is employed as a certified teacher as a student qualified for an award which includes payment of an amount equivalent to resident tuition or other tuition for participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. Update: Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ) Provides eligibility for a child of a teacher to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program if the adjusted gross income of the student's parents does not exceed $150,000 per year. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 2293 (Representative Harold Wright) Allows student agreements to be witnessed by an adult with physical custody of the student as verified by the school district. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. OneNet/Information Technology Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright) Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. It prohibits cross-subsidization between a rural electric cooperative electricity services and the provision or operation of emerging communications technologies by such rural electric cooperative or through an affiliate of such rural electric cooperative. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 21. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 12 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Constitutional Carry: permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other weapons based on barrel length. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Senate Bill 34 (Senator Wayne Shaw) Requires OSBI to check the National Instant Criminal Background Check System prior to issuing a Self-Defense Act license. Gives a 90-day window from the date establishing a residence to apply for an Oklahoma handgun license if bringing a license from another state. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 38 (Senator David Bullard) Authorizes the carrying of firearms in the State Capitol. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 46 (Senator Paul Scott) Removes the restriction for convicted felons to ride in a car with a concealed weapon. Removes the phrases “machine-gun, sawed-off shotgun or rifle” and “dangerous or deadly” from the convicted felons and delinquents restrictions. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 87 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Permits a person to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun without a license if they are 18 to 21 years of age and a member of the United States Armed Forces, the Reserves or National Guard. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 19. Senate Bill 345 (Senator Casey Murdock) Constitutional carry bill: allows anyone who is over the age of 21 or over the age of 18 if they are a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was honorably discharged from one of those services to carry a firearm, whether concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. The bill precludes anyone who was convicted of assault and battery, stalking, violation of a domestic abuse protection order, or a violation relating to illegal drug use or possession under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. The act states a person can have a firearm on property set aside for parking by a college, university or technology center school. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 364 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Prohibits any person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from maintaining, establishing or enforcing any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting any person or employee, except a convicted felon, from transporting, carrying or storing firearms or ammunition in a locked motor vehicle on any property set aside for any motor vehicle or a motor vehicle owned, leased or rented by the person or employee to conduct business for the business entity. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 431 (Senator Marty Quinn) Modifies the notification requirement to law enforcement for an individual in possession of a concealed or unconcealed handgun. It removes the requirement that they notify the law enforcement officer when they come in contact with them and replaces it with language that requires the notification on demand of the law enforcement officer. It removes the requirement that the notification be made at the first opportunity. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 619 (Senator James Leewright) Deletes a section on notification procedures related to unlawful carry of firearms on colleges, universities or technology centers. It updates statutory reference. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 671 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Sean Roberts) Allows the board of education of a school district to adopt a policy to authorize the carrying of a handgun onto school property by school personnel specifically designated by the board of education, provided such personnel meet specified criteria therein. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David ) Allows the city council or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard training program or a reserve peace officer certification program. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 775 (Senator Paul Scott) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 781 (Senator Paul Scott) Prohibits any person or business entity from establishing or enforcing any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting any person or employee, except a convicted felon, from carrying or storing firearms or ammunition in a motor vehicle owned, leased or rented by the person or employee while conducting business for the business entity. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 796 (Senator Joseph Silk) Exempts sale of a firearm beginning January 1, 2020 from the tax levied by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 834 (Senator John Haste) Creates a felony conviction for a person who buys or receives a stolen or embezzled firearm. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, February 18. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 866 (Senator Joseph Silk) Modifies penalties for misdemeanor firearm violations. The bill requires a first conviction to be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 and/or imprisonment of not more than 30 days. It requires second and subsequent convictions to be punishable of a fine not more than $500 and/or imprisonment of not more than 90 days. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 894 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 897 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires the state to prove without reasonable doubt immunity is not applicable in order to criminally prosecute a person who claims to have used defensive deadly force. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 959 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Makes it illegal for a person under the influence of marijuana to carry or use shotguns, rifles or pistols unless they have medical marijuana license. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Joint Resolution 16 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Kevin West) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would prevent infringement of the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. The amendment would not prevent the Legislature from prohibiting possession of firearms by a convicted felon, a person adjudicated as mentally incompetent or an individual involuntarily committed in any mental institution. The amount amendment would prohibit the imposition of registration or special taxation upon the keeping of arms or ammunition. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1001 (Representative Jim Olsen) Removes the prohibition on felons riding in a vehicle where a firearm is present. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 7. House Bill 1002 (Representative Jim Olsen) Reduces penalty for unlawfully carrying firearm. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 13-4 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 1111 (Representative Kevin West) Prohibits a person from carrying or possessing a firearm in any establishment where beer or alcoholic beverages, as defined by statute, are consumed. It exempts an owner or, proprietor or employee of the establishment having a firearm, provided, the employee has permission from the owner or proprietor of the establishment. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. House Bill 1142 (Representative Tammy Townley) Removes the "open and unconcealed" language from the statute concerning the conditions under which firearms may be carried. Update: Passed House Wildlife Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 13. House Bill 1197 (Representative Tom Gann) Adds zoos, botanical gardens, bus stations, bus terminals, bus stops, any vehicle operated by a transportation service for public use, and any property held by a public trust having a governmental entity as a beneficiary to the allowed open carry location list. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton) Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1258 (Representative Kyle Hilbert) Allows any person issued an armed private investigator license or armed security guard license to carry a concealed or unconcealed firearm when on and off duty, provided the person is in possession of a valid driver’s license and either a valid armed private investigator license or valid armed security guard license. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House floor 94-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 2335 (Representative Sean Roberts) Prohibits expenditure of public monies for publicity or propaganda opposing Second Amendment Rights. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2336 (Representative Sean Roberts) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy authorizing persons possessing a valid handgun license to carry a handgun onto school property, provided the individual possess a valid armed security guard license and holds a valid reserve peace officer certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-2 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 2376 (Representative Chris Kannady) Requires training for armed security guards to include how to prepare and respond to an active shooter crises. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2457 (Representative Jason Dunnington and Representative Melissa Provenzano) Creates the Oklahoma Extreme Risk Protective Order Act, setting a process for someone to seek a firearms restraining order with the petitioner filing an affidavit or verified pleading alleging the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to themselves or another by having custody of a controlled firearm or firearms. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2597 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader, Representative Garry Mize, Representative Jay Steagall, Representative Jim Olsen, Representative Jon Echols, Representative Kevin McDugle, Representative Kevin West, Representative Sean Roberts, Representative Tammy Townley, and Representative Tom Gann) Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. Scholarships Senate Bill 360 (Senator Julie Daniels) Makes students who have at least one parent who is incarcerated eligible for the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. It requires a parent or legal guardian who requests a Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for a public school student who has at least one parent who is incarcerated to provide the State Board of Education documentation verifying a parent is incarcerated in the custody of the Department of Corrections, another state's prison system or the Federal Bureau of Prisons including, but not limited to, the active Department of Corrections inmate number. Update: Laid over in Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 19. Dormant. Senate Bill 424 (Sen Stephanie Bice) Requires a court to waive outstanding fines, court costs and fees if the offender has secured admission to, is enrolled in and is actively pursuing completion in a program of study in an institution which is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or technology center school or a workforce training program intended to expand further employment opportunities. It requires the court to waive the fines, court costs and fees based on the equivalent value of the potential gross income of the offender as established by the minimum wage rate of the state upon the offender's completion of each 40-hour work week during the length of the program. Update: Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1247 (Representative Mark McBride) Adds the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the list of entities to which scholarship-granting organizations and educational improvement granting organizations are required to submit an audited financial statement for the organization along with information detailing the benefits, successes or failures of the program. The bill also requires the commission to make publicly available on its website the financial statement and information submitted. The bill requires a scholarship-granting organization to submit certain information annually to the Tax Commission in order to maintain registration. Update: Committee substitute added operative language. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1857 (Representative Andy Fugate) Revises the household income limitations for the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship to $60,000 per year from taxable and nontaxable sources. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. House Bill 1942 (Representative Judd Strom) Requires the State Treasurer to transfer an amount from the Unclaimed Property Fund equal to the lesser of $30 million or 30 percent of the monies in the Unclaimed Property Fund which are in excess of the amount determined by the State Treasurer to be required to the Oklahoma Post-Secondary Education and Training Expenses Revolving Fund for the purposes of providing assistance to persons in obtaining an associate degree from a community college or other institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, or attending classes at a career-technology center or for the provision of scholarships in order to offset the costs of attending an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. It creates in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to be designated the Oklahoma Post-Secondary Education and Training Expenses Revolving Fund. It provides for expenditures. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. House Bill 1974 (Representative Ross Ford) Authorizes the court to defer payment of all outstanding fines, courts costs and fees in a criminal case for specified persons beginning Nov. 1, 2019. It authorizes a court to waive or reduce all outstanding fines, court costs and fees owed by the person in every felony or misdemeanor case filed in a district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court in Oklahoma upon successful graduation or completion of training and course work required for certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 26, House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright) Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February. 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 2521 (Representative Tammy West) Creates the Oklahoma Educator Loan Repayment Program. It requires the State Department of Education to administer the program. It requires the program, depending upon and limited to available funding, to provide educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma certified teachers who agree to work in a school district located in the state designated as a comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) school or targeted support and improvement (TSI) school. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Teachers Retirement System Senate Bill 352 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Provides for an 8 percent increase in retirement benefits for certain retirees in the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System. It establishes certain offsets. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 504 (Senator Michael Brooks) Authorizes any employee, other than an education employee, who retires pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System or who has a vested benefit pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, to continue in force the health and dental insurance benefits authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 676 (Senator John Montgomery) Modifies apportionment to the Teacher's Retirement System Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 697 (Senator Jason Smalley) Requires a retired member of the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System who is employed by the State Department of Education for the first time on or after November 1, 2020, to have the option to remain a member of the Teachers' Retirement System, subject to the limitations prescribed therein, or choose to participate in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System as an active member. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before Aug. 2, 1969. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 850 (Senator Darrell Weaver) Requires any person receiving benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma as of June 30, 2020 to receive a 7 percent increase in benefits. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 852 (Senator Kim David) Requires a 7 percent increase in benefits beginning July 1, 2020 for any person receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 889 (Senator John Montgomery) Increases the amount paid to beneficiaries of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to $50.00 per month on Jan. 1, 2021. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 11. Senate Bill 941 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton, Senator Brenda Stanley, and Representative Avery Frix) Requires public retirement systems to make a one-time distribution to members who have been retired for more than five years as of Oct. 1, 2019, of either the lesser of 2 percent or $1,000 if the funded ratio of the public retirement system would not be less than 60 percent. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1090 (Representative Mike Osburn) Allows the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to purchase service credits. Update: Laid over in House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1307 (Representative Matt Meredith) Requires a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for people receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges, the Oklahoma law Enforcement Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. Update: Assigned to House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1358 (Representative David Smith) Requires a 4 percent cost-of-living adjustment for the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System as well as the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. OTRS is not included Update: Assigned to House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee. Dormant. House Bill 1426 (Representative Ben Loring) Provides for membership to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System by specified full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers employed by federally recognized Native American tribes. Update: Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 2396 (Representative Chris Kannady) Includes nonfiscal agreement allowing members of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to purchase service credit at actuarial costs in the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act. The act allows prior military service to be considered in a public employee retirement system. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2398 (Representative Chris Kannady) Gives an 8 percent increase in public employee retirement benefits on July 1, 2019. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Dormant. Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget (JCAB) House Bill 2738 (Representative Kevin Wallace, Representative Kyle Hilbert Senator Dave Rader, and Senator Roger Thompson) Repeals the statute creating the State Accrediting Agency. This agency was scheduled for sunset as of July 1, 2018, and is in the one year wind down period. HB 2738 would end the agency immediately. The duties of the agency and federal funding for the agency, according to federal law, are assignable by the Governor. The agency has an FY-19 budget of approximately $570,620. Upon reassignment of the agencies duties and funding, presumably to another state agency, the receiving agency should receive federal funding adequate to support the additional duties. Update: Passed out of House and Senate JCAB on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House floor 94-0 on Thursday, February 21. Shell Bills Appropriations: HB2684, HB2685, HB2686, HB2687, HB2688, HB2689, HB2690, HB2691, HB2692, HB2693, HB2694, HB2695, HB2696, HB2697, HB2698, HB2699, HB2700, HB2701, HB2702, HB2703, HB2704, HB2705, HB2706, HB2707, HB2708, HB2709, HB2710, HB2711, HB2712, HB2713, HB2714, HB2715, HB2716, HB2717, HB2718, HB2719, HB2720, HB2721, HB2722, HB2723, HB2724, HB2725, HB2726, HB2727, HB2728, HB2729, HB2730, HB2731, HB2732, HB2733 Revenue: HB1016, HB1017, HB1238, HB1239, HB1363, HB1371, HB2080, HB2102, HB2125, HB2162, HB2163, HB2164, HB2165, HB2682, HB2501, HB2503, HB2504, HB2551, HB2559, HB2565, HB2573, HB2574 Education: HB1021, HB1049, HB1086, HB1139, HB1187, HB1195, HB1227, HB1256, HB1267, HB1324, HB1331, HB1362, HB1779, HB1782, HB1783, HB1906, HB1907, HB1908, HB1958, HB1980, HB1981, HB2003, HB2004, HB2005, HB2006, HB2007, HB2063, HB2069, HB2070, HB2124, HB2181, HB2198, HB2199, HB2204, HB2243, HB2244, HB2247, HB2319, HB2322, HB2342, HB2447, HB2526, HB2527, HB2540, HB2633, HB2585 Government: HB1794, HB1795, HB1796, HB1797, HB1798, HB1799, HB1800, HB1801, HB1802, HB1803, HB1922, HB2034, HB2122, HB2127, HB2283, HB2617, HB2620, HB2567 Healthcare: HB1087, HB1314, HB1325, HB1327, HB1329, HB1333, HB1336, HB1337, HB1338, HB1339, HB1340, HB1344, HB1345, HB1869, HB2541, HB2542, HB2543, HB2544, HB2552, HB2654, HB2656 Economic Development: HB1080, HB1081, HB1350, HB1351, HB1125 Marijuana/Industrial Hemp: HB1122, HB1172, HB1174, HB2054, HB2055, HB2056, HB2057, HB2058, HB2059, HB2085, HB2611, HB2615, HB2627 Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons: HB2266, HB2678, HB2546 Thank you. 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This session will be presented by Kelli Kelnar from OCAP OASFAA members can register for this training for $10; non-members will be charged $20. Lunch will be provided. You can register and pay for the training at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Deadline to register is Friday, March 29, 2019. Audra Main, MLS Financial Aid Coordinator Moore Norman Technology Center (405) 801-5046 (405) 366-2864 www.mntc.edu [mntc_4c_sec_rgb] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This is presented by Denise Childress, MS, LMFT The afternoon session will be FAFSA Fundamentals 101, providing an overview of the FAFSA, federal and state aid programs, and scholarship resources available to students. This session will be presented by Kelli Kelnar from OCAP OASFAA members can register for this training for $10; non-members will be charged $20. Lunch will be provided. You can register and pay for the training at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Deadline to register is Friday, March 29, 2019. Audra Main, MLS Financial Aid Coordinator Moore Norman Technology Center (405) 801-5046 (405) 366-2864 www.mntc.edu [mntc_4c_sec_rgb] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Associate Director, Client Services Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid Oklahoma State University 119 Student Union | Stillwater, OK 74078 405-744-7568 financialaid.okstate.edu OSU OFFICE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID Graduate Research Assistant - Special Programs Job Description Preferred Start Date: May 13, 2019 Responsibilities: * Assist in coordination of OSU Community Service Federal Work-Study (FWS) program: o Interview and hire reading/math tutors to fill needs in area public schools o Coordinate posting of Community Service FWS positions with OSU Career Services o Assist Community Service FWS students in completing payroll paperwork o Maintain regular communication with agencies, schools, and FWS students to ensure deadlines for time submission are adhered to and that OSU and agencies are adhering to federal regulations related to Community Service FWS * Assist in developing and maintaining Scholarships and Financial Aid web and email communications * Other duties as assigned Reporting Relationship: * This individual will report to the Assistant Director of Communications & Special Programs. Length of Assistantship: * The assistantship shall be for an academic year, with the option of summer employment (highly encouraged) and renewal for a second year if agreeable to both the Graduate Research Assistant and the Assistant Director of Communications & Special Programs. Compensation: * The compensation for this position shall be $1040 per month for 20 hours per week of employment. * In- and Out-of-State tuition may be waived for qualified individuals. * Optional health insurance program. Qualifications: * Minimum Qualifications: o Bachelor's Degree; admitted to an OSU Graduate Program o Customer Service Experience Preferred o Excellent communication (written and oral) skills o Ability to work independently and responsibly o Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills * This is NOT a technical position; this person will have daily interaction with OSU students and will represent the office and Oklahoma State University in interactions with community agencies and public schools. * Preference will be given to those students pursuing advanced degrees in business administration, communications, education or human sciences. Submit your completed Part-Time Application, Cover Letter, Resume, and References to susan.dale at okstate.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D4D408.C5734600] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Additionally, the position works directly with students to ensure they meet scholarship requirements and apply for scholarships annually. To apply, log onto jobs.ou.edu and refine search to Job Listing #190587 Have a great weekend. Trish Koonce ESFS Compliance & Quality Assurance Officer 1000 Asp Avenue, Room 330 Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-7548 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lori.boyd at okstate.edu Mon Mar 11 09:33:33 2019 From: lori.boyd at okstate.edu (Boyd, Lori) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:33:33 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] OASFAA Spring Conference Reminder Message-ID: The 2019 OASFAA Conference- “Live from the Red Carpet”- will be held April 10th-12th at the Marriott Tulsa Hotel: Southern Hills. The conference registration deadline is March 29th. Registrations submitted after March 29th will be assessed a $25 late fee. The deadline to secure a room at the Marriot Tulsa Hotel (Southern Hills) at the $93 rate is March 26th. You may register for the conference and link to the hotel registration at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. I look forward to seeing you at the conference in April! Sincerely- Lori Boyd OASFAA Conference Chair 405-744-8730 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon Mar 11 09:54:13 2019 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:54:13 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_8=2C?= =?windows-1252?q?_2019?= In-Reply-To: <4c0d8e05a6314f388310b65d634d1090@osrhe.edu> References: <4c0d8e05a6314f388310b65d634d1090@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: <90071e41f0d54b5ba40a98408acaba73@osrhe.edu> One more OKPromise bill, SB 581, was deleted from the list. While the bill passed the Senate Education Committee, it was also dually assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee and was not heard in the Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 581 (Senator Joseph Silk) Provides OKPromise Program eligibility for a student who was adopted while in the custody of an out-of-state public child welfare agency and who is a resident of Oklahoma at the time eligibility is determined. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 08, 2019 Subject: Legislative Update – March 8, 2019 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 4, 2019 – March 8, 2019. Dormant and failed bills have been removed from this list. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report March 8, 2019 Agency Administration Senate Bill 1 (Senator Greg Treat) Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources deemed necessary. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 161 (Senator Rob Standridge) Creates the Right Side Up Government Act of 2019. Moves 70% of legislative liaison salaries and 100% of the cost of registered executive or legislative lobbyists that are under contract with or otherwise compensated by any appropriated state agency to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) created by SB 1. The bill requires that the process of moving employees not result in any net gain in full-time equivalent employees. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 21. Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp) Requires all state agencies to make available on their website, or on a general website if a state agency uses a general website, each fiscal year, a balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 21. Senate Bill 179 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for certain state employees as financial managers, including any employees who oversee purchasing, finance and other vital fiscal functions of state agencies. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-1 on Wednesday, February 13. Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive online behavior. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 210 (Senator Roger Thompson and Senator Wayne Shaw) Creates the Pay for Success Act, which allows pay-for-success for agency contracts. Update: Laid over in Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14. Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are used by distinct expenditure categories. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 277 (Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the “Oklahoma Information Services Department Act” consolidating the information services division of OMES into its own department. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February26. Senate Bill 306 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires state agencies to provide advance notice to the State Treasurer of all disbursements that could negatively impact state cash flow requirements. It requires daily total submissions for disbursement equal to or in excess of $25 million to be deemed to have the potential to negatively impact state cash flow. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department or any organization receiving appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm) During each regular session of the Legislature, any member may request, by proper passage of a resolution introduced by either the Senate or the House of Representatives, a statement of legal authority for a specific facet of operations of the agency. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee as amended to change time limit from 10 days to 15 days 9-2 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings. Update: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28. Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Senator Kay Floyd) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that prohibits members of the Legislature from engaging in certain activities during the term for which elected and, in some cases, for two years afterwards. The amendment would prohibit being appointed or elected to any office or commission in the state during the term, receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term, or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. These provisions would not prohibit an employee of a school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. The Legislature could enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1034 (Representative Collin Walke) Requires the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan to provide coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals less than 18 years of age. Update: Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Placed on General Order. House Bill 1198 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Marty Quinn) Requires each agency, board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government to report its fiscal year financial information to the State Auditor and Inspector within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year along with a signed attestation from the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of entity. It requires the chief executive officer of said entities to sign and attest to the accuracy of all financial statements. Update: Passed Housed Government Efficiency Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 6. Passed off House Floor 76-22 on Monday, March 4. House Bill 1201 (Representative Tom Gann) Limits the rulemaking authority of state agencies to implementing law or policy as specifically set by the Legislature. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off House Floor 83-15 on Monday, March 4. House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor) Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills) Requires the employees of agency contractors in positions with access to federal tax information and data to be subjected to a criminal history search and fingerprint search by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, March 5. House Bill 1886 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader) Requires an agency proposing an administrative rule that mentions or refers to another state agency to notify the affected agency at least 30 days prior to the hearing for adoption of the rule. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 1953 (Representative Dustin Roberts) Authorizes state agencies, at their discretion, up to two times annually, to offer their employees an option to voluntarily elect to be paid for a maximum of 200 hours of unused accrued annual leave. It requires the program to be optional for all eligible employees, and the agency can choose the monthly pay period in which to provide such payment. It requires the employee to retain 120 hours of annual leave after the payment is made. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 93-1 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 2017 (Representative Kelly Albright) Requires all new construction state or municipal buildings open to the public after Jan. 1, 2020, include at least one baby changing table and if a renovation or replacement exceeds 50 percent of the value of the state or municipal building. The act states if the one table is not accessible to men and women then a table must be made accessible to men and another table made accessible to women. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. House Bill 2086 (Representative Mickey Dollens) Provides rates of compensation for on-call classified state employees and sets requirements for state agencies to classify job classes of individual positions within the agency subject to on-call duty. Update: Laid over in House Government Efficiency Committee on Wednesday, February11. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success contracts and authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall not prohibit the use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 2673 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Gives full-time and part-time state officers and employees an annualized salary increase, though no salary increase is to exceed salary limitations provided in an agency's annual appropriation or salary limits set by statue. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Budget & Taxes Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 478 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Creates the Paid Family Leave Act. It requires the Department of Labor to establish a family temporary disability insurance program. It requires the insurance provide up to six weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kimberly David) Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Corporation Commission or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1160 (Representative Rande Worthen) Requires a taxpayer be allowed an income tax credit for qualifying educational expenses incurred during the tax year for any child who is eligible to be enrolled in a public school in this state free of charge and who qualifies as the taxpayer's dependent for federal tax purposes, for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2018. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 19-11 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1404 (Representative Justin Humphrey) Places a 7 percent gross production tax on natural resources mined for the purpose of producing aggregate within an unincorporated area of a county or municipality with the revenue from the tax directed at compensating those government jurisdictions for costs associated with damage to local roads and bridges. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 5-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 68-25 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 2530 ( Representative Melodye Blancett) Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal purpose is to provide community access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing personalized products. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 91-4 on Thursday, March 7. House Joint Resolution 1005 (Representative Mark Lepak) Puts to a vote of the people raising the maximum amount of funds for deposit in the constitutional reserve from 15% to 30%. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 6-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 26-0 on Thursday, February 21. House Joint Resolution 1015 (Representative Mark Lepak) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment related to ad valorem taxes. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Common Education Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 748 (Senator Jason Smalley) Requires the State Board of Education beginning July 1, 2020 to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, including approval and accreditation of teacher education programs and assessment of candidates for licensure and certification. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Senate Bill 776 (Senator Carri Hicks) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate. The bill removes the requirement to include general education and professional education portions on competency examinations provided by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley) Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley) Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed. Update: Passed House Higher Education & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 91-2 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 1959 (Representative Melissa Provenzano) Exempts certified teachers from individual annual evaluation if during the first nine weeks of the year the teacher works in a district exceeding class size limitations and district requests the teacher cover an additional class. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 95-2 on Tuesday, March 5. House Bill 1990 (Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts for an alternative teacher certification pilot program. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit applications to the State Department of Education. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-3 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2655 (Representative Ajay Pittman) Creates an advisory consortium dedicated to recruiting, retaining and placing teachers of color within the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. The act also requires teacher education programs prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies and deadlines for the recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of teachers of color. The act further defines training given to these teachers. Update: Passed House Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26 as amended by committee substitute. Career Tech Senate Bill 432 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to the availability of funds, which may include but not be limited to state appropriations, grant funds, foundation funds and other funds, to establish a statewide aerospace training facility to provide education and training in the aerospace sector. It requires the board to promulgate rules that include but are not limited to criteria for enrollment in the statewide aerospace training facility; curriculum requirements; minimum courses of study and testing requirements for the statewide aerospace training facility; minimum qualifications for instructors at the statewide aerospace training facility; and tuition for courses offered by the statewide aerospace training facility. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 741 (Senator Jason Smalley) Requires the Department of Career and Technology Education, in collaboration with the Department of Labor, prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year to review and approve career readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials that measure and document foundational workplace skills. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 996 (Senator Kim David) Requires that a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) block course, whether taught at a comprehensive high school or technology center school, when taken in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade, be taught by a certified teacher and approved by the State Board of Education and the independent district board of education to the list of courses eligible to meet the mathematics requirement and the laboratory sciences requirement for high school graduation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor) Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from receiving a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider valid convictions. Update: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed off House floor 96-2 on Monday, March 4. Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 1109 (Representative Kevin West) Requires the Commissioners of the Land Office to transfer from the permanent school funds to the State Department of Education the monies necessary to fund concurrent enrollment in college or university courses for eligible high school students for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter. It requires the State Board of Education to determine the amount of funds necessary to fund concurrent enrollment based on the performance of the revenues generated by the permanent school fund which are not already allocated for the use and benefit of the common schools. committee substitute2for HB1109addsjunior colleges to the list of educational entities that is apportioned proceeds accruing to the Section Thirteen and Indemnity Lands (New College) Fund. Update: Laid over in House Rules Committee on Tuesday, February 12. Passed House Rules Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 19. Healthcare Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Modifies qualifications for advance practice registered nurses, permitting them to have a degree higher than a master's degree. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 605 (Senator Greg. McCortney) Requires the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish the Oklahoma Plan within the Insure Oklahoma program. It requires the Oklahoma Plan to be a health insurance premium assistance program administered by the Authority which will provide coverage through one or more commercial health insurers to any person who meets the requirements set forth therein and enrolls in the plan. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 1017 (Senator Marty Quinn) Clarifies language related to mandated health insurance coverage related to the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan. The bill defines the term "mandated." Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 15. House Bill 1058 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Updates language in Oklahoma public employee insurance policies, including from State and Education Oklahoma Employees Group Insurance Board to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Insurance committee. Laid over on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-0 on Thursday, March 7. Higher Education Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller) Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels) Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones" or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 407 (Senator Dave Rader) Modifies provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 15-7 on Wednesday, February 13. Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February. 20. Senate Bill 491 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Creates the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Modernization Act of 2019. It provides the purpose of the act to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on the Future of Higher Education established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to improve the structure of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education through modernization and efficiency. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 597 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates a task force to study how four-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education can assist two-year colleges to save money. It provides for membership. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 602 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education until July 1, 2020. It provides for membership. It requires appointments to be made within 30 days after the effective date and for the task force to conduct an organization meeting not later than Aug. 31, 2019. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Allows a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14. House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher) Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2738 (Representative Kevin Wallace, Representative Kyle Hilbert Senator Dave Rader, and Senator Roger Thompson) Repeals the statute creating the State Accrediting Agency, a federally funded state agency to serve Oklahoma veterans after the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Upon reassignment of the agencies duties and funding, presumably to another state agency, the receiving agency should receive federal funding adequate to support the additional duties. Update: Passed out of House and Senate JCAB on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, February 21. Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw) Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge) Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off Senate Floor 42-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 242 (Senator Rob Standridge) Providing for registration and regulation of pain-management clinics. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 305 (Senator Julie Daniels) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, disciplining, discharging or otherwise penalizing an applicant or employee solely on the basis of such applicant's or employee's status as a medical marijuana licensee or on the basis of a positive test for marijuana components. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-0 on Thursday February 21. Title stricken. Senate Bill 307 (Senator Julie Daniels) Levies an excise tax on retail medical marijuana sales at the rate of 7 percent of the gross sales by the seller. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 421 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Modifies prohibited acts under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It modifies the penalties for those found in violation of the acts prohibited therein. It requires a person in possession of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for marijuana, involving one-quarter of a gram or more of the Schedule I or II substance, upon conviction, to be guilty of a felony, and to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Senate Bill 554 (Senator Casey Murdock) Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act. It requires the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 754 (Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also modifies the apportionment of revenue from the gross receipts tax on medical marijuana. It changes the apportionment of 25 percent of the revenue to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from the State Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 755 (Senator Greg McCortney) Prohibits all marijuana advertising and labels of usable marijuana and marijuana products sold from containing any statement or illustration that is false or misleading; promotes overconsumption; represents that the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects; or depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana; or includes objects such as toys, cartoon or other characters, which suggest the presence of a child, or any other depiction designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday February 18. Senate Bill 756 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products shall be packaged in child resistant packages as required by the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 758 (Senator Greg McCortney) Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to issue guidance to all allopathic physicians on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 759 (Senator Greg McCortney) Provides that a physician who recommends use of medical marijuana cannot accept, solicit or offer any form of pecuniary remuneration from or to a caregiver, dispensary, processor, or commercial grower; offer a discount or any other thing of value to a patient who uses or agrees to use a particular caregiver or dispensary; examine a patient for the purposes of recommending medical marijuana at a location where medical marijuana is dispensed; or hold any economic interest in an enterprise that grows, transports, processes, or dispenses medical marijuana. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 760 (Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill requires a short-term medical marijuana license application be made available on the State Department of Health's website that will be granted to any applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical marijuana license, but whose physician recommendation for medical marijuana is only valid for 60 days. It requires the fee for a short-term license and the procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be determined by the Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 763 (Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also permits a physician, when providing a medical marijuana recommendation to set, at his or her discretion, a maximum amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the patient may purchase each month. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 764 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires the State Department of Health to create a medical marijuana use registry for physicians, patients and caregivers. It requires the handling of any records maintained in the registry be compliant with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 767 (Senator Greg McCortney) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, promulgating rules relating to the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research and the use of and sale of medical marijuana as outlined in State Question No. 788 Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 768 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a medical marijuana testing program to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for contaminants and for concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and any other chemicals deemed necessary by the department. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley) Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11. Senate Bill 863 (Senator Mark Allen) Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act to require the Department of Agriculture to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production in collaboration with the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Attorney General. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for grower licenses. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 887 (Senator Kim David) Allows counties to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person resides, exceeds the maximum possession limits. The act only authorizes the person to exceed the set limits of possession within the borders of the county. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon the status of an employee as a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25. House Bill 1100 (Representative Robert Manger) Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be present. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 1389 (Representative Tammy Townley) Adds lighted marijuana or electronic cigarettes or similar devices to the definition of "smoking" in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 1932 (Representative Robert Manger) Specifies the measurement in grams and ounces of medical marijuana product a licensee can possess. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only within the borders of that county. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2612 (Representative John Echols) It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana. Update: Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor 93-5 on Thursday, February 28. Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 5. House Bill 2614 (Representative John Echols) Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 80 (Senator Roger Thompson) Expands Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility to those who have completed schooling other than private or public and performed at a proficient level on statewide student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Thursday, February 28. House Bill 2018 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Includes the child of a person who is employed as a certified teacher as a student qualified for an award which includes payment of an amount equivalent to resident tuition or other tuition for participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. Update: Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ) Provides Oklahoma Promise eligibility for a child of a parent who died after their tenth grade year and meets adjusted income limits. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. OneNet/Information Technology Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 27. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright) Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. It prohibits cross-subsidization between a rural electric cooperative electricity services and the provision or operation of emerging communications technologies by such rural electric cooperative or through an affiliate of such rural electric cooperative. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 21. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other weapons based on barrel length. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 34 (Senator Wayne Shaw) Requires OSBI to check the National Instant Criminal Background Check System prior to issuing a Self-Defense Act license. Gives a 90-day window from the date establishing a residence to apply for an Oklahoma handgun license if bringing a license from another state. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 87 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Permits a person to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun without a license if they are 18 to 21 years of age and a member of the United States Armed Forces, the Reserves or National Guard. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 19. Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David ) Allows the city council or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard training program or a reserve peace officer certification program. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 897 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires the state to prove without reasonable doubt immunity is not applicable in order to criminally prosecute a person who claims to have used defensive deadly force. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Senate Bill 959 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Makes it illegal for a person under the influence of marijuana to carry or use shotguns, rifles or pistols unless they have medical marijuana license. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. House Bill 1001 (Representative Jim Olsen) Removes the prohibition on felons riding in a vehicle where a firearm is present. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 7. House Bill 1002 (Representative Jim Olsen) Reduces penalty for unlawfully carrying firearm. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 13-4 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 1111 (Representative Kevin West) Prohibits a person from carrying or possessing a firearm in any establishment where beer or alcoholic beverages, as defined by statute, are consumed. It exempts an owner or, proprietor or employee of the establishment having a firearm, provided, the employee has permission from the owner or proprietor of the establishment. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. House Bill 1142 (Representative Tammy Townley) Removes the "open and unconcealed" language from the statute concerning the conditions under which firearms may be carried. Update: Passed House Wildlife Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 13. House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton) Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-2 on Tuesday, March 4. House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 2336 (Representative Sean Roberts) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy authorizing persons possessing a valid handgun license to carry a handgun onto school property, provided the individual possess a valid armed security guard license and holds a valid reserve peace officer certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-2 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 2597 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader, Representative Garry Mize, Representative Jay Steagall, Representative Jim Olsen, Representative Jon Echols, Representative Kevin McDugle, Representative Kevin West, Representative Sean Roberts, Representative Tammy Townley, and Representative Tom Gann) Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. Scholarships House Bill 1247 (Representative Mark McBride) Adds the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the list of entities to which scholarship-granting organizations and educational improvement granting organizations are required to submit an audited financial statement for the organization along with information detailing the benefits, successes or failures of the program. The bill also requires the commission to make publicly available on its website the financial statement and information submitted. The bill requires a scholarship-granting organization to submit certain information annually to the Tax Commission in order to maintain registration. Update: Committee substitute added operative language. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1974 (Representative Ross Ford) Authorizes the court to defer payment of all outstanding fines, courts costs and fees in a criminal case for specified persons beginning Nov. 1, 2019. It authorizes a court to waive or reduce all outstanding fines, court costs and fees owed by the person in every felony or misdemeanor case filed in a district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court in Oklahoma upon successful graduation or completion of training and course work required for certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 26, House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright) Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 2521 (Representative Tammy West) Creates the Oklahoma Educator Loan Repayment Program. It requires the State Department of Education to administer the program. It requires the program, depending upon and limited to available funding, to provide educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma certified teachers who agree to work in a school district located in the state designated as a comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) school or targeted support and improvement (TSI) school. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 91-2 on Thursday, March. 7. Teachers Retirement System Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before Aug. 2, 1969. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 889 (Senator John Montgomery) Increases the amount paid to beneficiaries of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to $50.00 per month on Jan. 1, 2021. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 11. House Bill 1090 (Representative Mike Osburn) Allows the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to purchase service credits. Update: Laid over in House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Banking Financial Services, Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Thursday, March 7. House Bill 1426 (Representative Ben Loring) Provides for membership to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System by specified full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers employed by federally recognized Native American tribes. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Thank you. Glen Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D4D5D0.5AC5E6E0][cid:image002.png at 01D4D5D0.5AC5E6E0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2706 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From: OASFAA [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Isaacs, Becky A. Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 5:22 PM To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: [Oasfaa] Nominations for 2019 Greetings OASFAA members, It is that time of year again to honor those who have made contributions to the association and to the profession. Please review the award criteria below and submit nominations for each award to me by March 14, 2019. The recipients will be announced at the Spring 2019 conference in Tulsa! Philo Brasher Emerging Leadership Award: This award was established by SWASFAA in honor of Philo Brasher who served many years in the association. The OASFAA Board of Directors selects a member, which is announced at the spring conference. The recipient should be an individual that has served OASFAA and made a contribution to the Association. OASFAA will pay the registration fee to the SWASFAA annual conference on behalf of the Oklahoma award winner. OASFAA will also match the $250 that SWASFAA donates to the general scholarship fund of the recipients' school. Honorary Membership Award: Honorary Membership in OASFAA is the highest honor that the Association can bestow on a person who is neither a member nor affiliated with a member organization. Since this is the highest award that OASFAA can give, the individual receiving it must have made truly outstanding contributions to the Association and to the profession over a sustained period of time. It is not expected that honorary membership will be granted in recognition of a single accomplishment, but for continued efforts over a period of time. Honorary membership will be conferred only with the approval of the majority of the Board of Directors. Honorary members are extended the same membership privileges as Associate members. Distinguished Service Award: This award is intended to recognize a practicing student financial aid professional at an institution. He/she should have contributed unique and long lasting efforts to the association, the profession, or the cause of financial aid in Oklahoma. In general, presentation of the awards will occur at the spring conference of the association. Partner Award - The Partner Award may be made by the Association to another individual, not a practicing aid administrator, whose efforts are important to advancing the profession or the needs of students in Oklahoma. The following guidelines should be observed in selecting recipients of the award: 1. A solicitation for nominees for the award should be made to all members through a posting on the OASFAA website and through the listserv. 2. Nominations must be made by active members and must be supported by two other members of the association. 3. Only active members of the association are eligible for nomination. 4. The Advisory Committee shall evaluate nominations for the award and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the final decision regarding the selection of recipients. 5. No current member of the Advisory Committee or voting member of the Board of Directors is eligible for the award. Please e-mail your nominees for the Philo Brasher, Honorary Membership, Distinguished Service, and Partner Awards, to me with the reasons you believe the person should be chosen to receive the award by Thursday, March 14, 2019. Thank you for your continued support of OASFAA. If you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Becky Isaacs Becky Isaacs, M.S.A. Director of Financial Aid East Central University Financial Aid Office 1100 E. 14th Street Ada, OK 74820 580-559-5242 FAX - 580-559-5638 We educate and empower students to understand and transform our world -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alumni at swcu.edu Tue Mar 12 10:15:16 2019 From: alumni at swcu.edu (Southwestern Christian University) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:15:16 -0700 Subject: [Oasfaa] Beloved Professor and Administrator Dr. Orin Wilkins Passes Away Message-ID: <7a6.166220.23691.310199.1552403716.5647995.HeY@a2plmmsworker06.prod.iad2.gdg.mail> Beloved Professor and Administrator Dr. Orin Wilkins Passes Away ========== Dr. Orin Wilkins, former professor and Dean of Academics for Southwestern, passed away on March 3, 2019 at the age of 86. President Dr. Murray stated, "Dr. Wilkins worked tirelessly during his tenure at Southwestern College (Southwestern Christian University) to move the college forward during the early years of regional accreditation and the development of faculty and programs. Orin was a true servant leader and honored alumnus." Our deepest sympathies go out to the family of this man who served admirably and influenced the lives of so many. ORIN'S OBITUARY Orin Lee Wilkins, 86, of Bethany, OK, participated in his final graduation to glory Sunday, March 3, 2019 at home. Orin was a child of God of impeccable character and uncommonly quiet strength. He has been husband, dad, granddad, and g-daddy to those of us who love him most. Orin was born January 14, 1933, to Hubert & Velma (Watterson) Wilkins, and raised in the small town of Kingston, OK. Known as Sonny to his family and community, Orin graduated from Kingston High School in 1951 and moved to Del City to work. He began attending OKC Southwestern College where he met a young work-study co-ed named Patsy Robinson. As God directed, they married in 1953 just before the US Army sent him to Europe for 16 months as part of the post-World War II occupational troops where he served as an ambulance driver. After his release from service, Orin resumed his education while working at Tinker Air Force Base. He and Patsy also began a family. Their first child, David, was born in 1956, Rebecca in 1958, and 10 days shy of a year later, Kenneth in 1959. During those years Orin completed a Bachelor of Theology degree from Southwestern and followed it with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethany Nazarene College. With those in hand he started his career in secondary education, serving not only as a college professor but eventually as Dean of Academics for Southwestern, one of his alma maters. Later he added both a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Education degree from Oklahoma State University to his resume. He taught for over 35 years combined, 20 at Southwestern, two as a graduate assistant at OSU, and 15 at Rose State College, influencing innumerable students. Orin and Patsy’s family has grown in the 65 years of marriage: son, David and his wife Diane, grandchildren – Alicia (husband Kevin) and Brian (wife Jennifer), great grandchildren – Ryann, Carolyn, Adrienne, Robert, David, and Olivia; son, Ken and his wife Brenda, grandchildren - Renee (husband Dustin) and Amanda (husband Kevin), great grandchildren – Blake, Brooklyn, and Natalie. Daughter Rebecca chose a career path and succumbed to cancer three years ago after providing lots of love and attention to her nieces and nephews. In his “spare” time, Orin tended a family garden plot, purchased a pickup/camper combo for family get-a-ways, and added a new master bedroom, bath, and two-car garage to the back of their house. He taught his children to trout fish while wading Colorado rivers, skied with them and grandchildren down mountain slopes, rode bike trails, ran half-marathons, and entertained children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren on his knees. His life has been full, but ours has been fuller of the divine blessing pouring out through Orin’s love for us. Heaven got sweeter for us this week and we look forward to reuniting with him when our time on earth has ended. Visitation were Friday, March 8, and a Memorial service was held Saturday, March 9, at Christ’s Legacy Church, Yukon, OK. Memorial gifts may be made in Orin’s memory to Christ’s Legacy Forward-n-Faith. To share thoughts and memories with the family, please visit (https://sable.madmimi.com/c/166220?id=310199.776.1.ef6d78533e874271027f4fd4486a45fb ( https://sable.madmimi.com/c/166220?id=310199.763.1.2c007be5f1dc944107af47c5e1e7d64f ). 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URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Mar 15 17:22:13 2019 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:22:13 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_15?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2019?= In-Reply-To: <7f7b9286902e4226b7699732bb0d723e@osrhe.edu> References: <7f7b9286902e4226b7699732bb0d723e@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: <466270c573e44a97ab1be2741b140baa@osrhe.edu> Bills that did not survive yesterday’s legislative deadline for floor action are shown in red and will be deleted from the list. Two more OKPromise bills will be deleted because they were not considered on the floor. That means we are down to just one remaining OKPromise bill related to students whose parents die in the 11th or 12th grade. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 80 (Senator Roger Thompson) Expands Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility to those who have completed schooling other than private or public school (home school students) and performed at a proficient level on statewide student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Thursday, February 28. Dormant. House Bill 2018 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Includes the child of a person who is employed as a certified teacher as a student qualified for an award which includes payment of an amount equivalent to resident tuition or other tuition for participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. Update: Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Ron Sharp) Provides Oklahoma Promise eligibility for a child of a parent who died after their tenth grade year and meets adjusted income limits. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off House Floor 85-0 on Tuesday, March 12. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 15, 2019 Subject: Legislative Update – March 15, 2019 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 11, 2019- March 15, 2019. Dormant and failed bills have been highlighted in red. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report March 15, 2019 Agency Administration Senate Bill 1 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Charles McCall) Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources deemed necessary. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 38-10 on Monday, March 11. Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Ryan Martinez) Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative John Pfeiffer) Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 161 (Senator Rob Standridge) Creates the Right Side Up Government Act of 2019. Moves 70% of legislative liaison salaries and 100% of the cost of registered executive or legislative lobbyists that are under contract with or otherwise compensated by any appropriated state agency to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) created by SB 1. The bill requires that the process of moving employees not result in any net gain in full-time equivalent employees. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 21. Dormant. Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp) Requires all state agencies to make available on their website, or on a general website if a state agency uses a general website, each fiscal year, a balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 21. Dormant. Senate Bill 179 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Mark McBride) Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for certain state employees as financial managers, including any employees who oversee purchasing, finance and other vital fiscal functions of state agencies. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-1 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Monday, March 11. Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Kevin McDugle) Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive online behavior. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 26-15 on Tuesday, March 12. Senate Bill 210 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Pay for Success Act, which allows pay-for-success for agency contracts. Update: Laid over in Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Monday, March 11. Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are used by distinct expenditure categories. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-13 on Tuesday, March 12. Senate Bill 306 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires state agencies to provide advance notice to the State Treasurer of all disbursements that could negatively impact state cash flow requirements. It requires daily total submissions for disbursement equal to or in excess of $25 million to be deemed to have the potential to negatively impact state cash flow. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Tom Gann) Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department or any organization receiving appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25. Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) During each regular session of the Legislature, any member may request, by proper passage of a resolution introduced by either the Senate or the House of Representatives, a statement of legal authority for a specific facet of operations of the agency. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee as amended to change time limit from 10 days to 15 days 9-2 on Wednesday, February 27. Dormant. Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 11. Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Tammy West) Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings. Update: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Chris Kannady) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that prohibits members of the Legislature from engaging in certain activities during the term for which elected and, in some cases, for two years afterwards. The amendment would prohibit being appointed or elected to any office or commission in the state during the term, receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term, or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. These provisions would not prohibit an employee of a school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. The Legislature could enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1034 (Representative Collin Walke) Requires the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan to provide coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals less than 18 years of age. Update: Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Placed on General Order. Dormant. House Bill 1198 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Marty Quinn) Requires each agency, board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government to report its fiscal year financial information to the State Auditor and Inspector within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year along with a signed attestation from the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of entity. It requires the chief executive officer of said entities to sign and attest to the accuracy of all financial statements. Update: Passed Housed Government Efficiency Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 6. Passed off the House Floor 76-22 on Monday, March 4. House Bill 1201 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Limits the rulemaking authority of state agencies to implementing law or policy as specifically set by the Legislature. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 83-15 on Monday, March 4. House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator John Montgomery) Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 94-3 on Wednesday, February 14. House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Joe Newhouse) Removes two specific positions within the Office of the Secretary of State from unclassified service and in their place lists, "Administrative Officers." In its current form modifies the list of positions at the Office of the Secretary of State that are unclassified for purposes of the merit system. Such action allows the agency greater flexibility regarding the salary paid to such unclassified positions. Whether the change provided by HB 1391 results in increased or decreased compensation costs for the agency will be determined by the employee compensation choices made by the agency Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, March 5. House Bill 1886 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader and Senator Casey Murdock) Requires an agency proposing an administrative rule that mentions or refers to another state agency to notify the affected agency at least 30 days prior to the hearing for adoption of the rule. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1953 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Ron Sharp) Authorizes state agencies, at their discretion, up to two times annually, to offer their employees an option to voluntarily elect to be paid for a maximum of 200 hours of unused accrued annual leave. It requires the program to be optional for all eligible employees, and the agency can choose the monthly pay period in which to provide such payment. It requires the employee to retain 120 hours of annual leave after the payment is made. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 93-1 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 2017 (Representative Kelly Albright) Requires all new construction state or municipal buildings open to the public after Jan. 1, 2020, include at least one baby changing table and if a renovation or replacement exceeds 50 percent of the value of the state or municipal building. The act states if the one table is not accessible to men and women then a table must be made accessible to men and another table made accessible to women. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Dormant. House Bill 2086 (Representative Mickey Dollens and Senator Bill Coleman) Provides rates of compensation for on-call classified state employees and sets requirements for state agencies to classify job classes of individual positions within the agency subject to on-call duty. Update: Laid over in House Government Efficiency Committee on Wednesday, February 11. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 84-7 on Wednesday, March 14. House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success contracts and authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall not prohibit the use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. House Bill 2673 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Gives full-time and part-time state officers and employees an annualized salary increase, though no salary increase is to exceed salary limitations provided in an agency's annual appropriation or salary limits set by statue. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off House Floor 96-1 on Tuesday, March 12. Budget & Taxes Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 478 (Senator J.J. Dossett) Creates the Paid Family Leave Act. It requires the Department of Labor to establish a family temporary disability insurance program. It requires the insurance provide up to six weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Corporation Commission or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 46-2 on Monday, March 11. House Bill 1160 (Representative Rande Worthen and Senator Julie Daniels) Requires a taxpayer be allowed an income tax credit for qualifying educational expenses incurred during the tax year for any child who is eligible to be enrolled in a public school in this state free of charge and who qualifies as the taxpayer's dependent for federal tax purposes, for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2018. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 19-11 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Dormant. House Bill 1404 (Representative Justin Humphrey and Senator David Bullard) Places a 7 percent gross production tax on natural resources mined for the purpose of producing aggregate within an unincorporated area of a county or municipality with the revenue from the tax directed at compensating those government jurisdictions for costs associated with damage to local roads and bridges. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 5-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 68-25 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 2530 ( Representative Melodye Blancett and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal purpose is to provide community access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing personalized products. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 91-4 on Thursday, March 7. House Joint Resolution 1005 (Representative Mark Lepak) Puts to a vote of the people raising the maximum amount of funds for deposit in the constitutional reserve from 15% to 30%. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 6-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 26-0 on Thursday, February 21. House Joint Resolution 1015 (Representative Mark Lepak) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment related to ad valorem taxes. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Common Education Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 407 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Jon Echols) Modifies provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act. Increases the total authorized credits for taxpayers making a contribution to an eligible scholarship-granting organization, currently capped at $3.5 million annually, or to an eligible educational improvement grant organization, currently capped at $1.5 million annually. Beginning tax year 2019, the measure increases the cap for total credits authorized for all taxpayers to $10 million for each type of contribution. The measure also amends the definition of “eligible school” to include public schools located in any public school district that has less than 4,500 students. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 15-7 on Wednesday, February 13. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 27-20 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 748 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Board of Education beginning July 1, 2020 to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, including approval and accreditation of teacher education programs and assessment of candidates for licensure and certification. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 776 (Senator Carri Hicks and Representative Tammy West) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate. The bill removes the requirement to include general education and professional education portions on competency examinations provided by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-1 on Wednesday, March 14. House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Kim David) Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed. Update: Passed House Higher Education & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 91-2 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 1959 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts certified teachers from individual annual evaluation if during the first nine weeks of the year the teacher works in a district exceeding class size limitations and district requests the teacher cover an additional class. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 95-2 on Tuesday, March 5. House Bill 1990 (Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts for an alternative teacher certification pilot program. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit applications to the State Department of Education. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-3 on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. House Bill 2625 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Replaces Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. Deletes the requirement that traditionally certified public school superintendents, and alternatively certified public school superintendents receive a passing score on the subject area competency examination. The measure also deletes the mandate that alternative certifications for superintendents and principals can only last three years and cannot be renewed. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Common Education Committee, Laid over. Passed House Common Education Committee with committee substitute 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Wednesday, March 14. House Bill 2655 (Representative Ajay Pittman and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates an advisory consortium dedicated to recruiting, retaining and placing teachers of color within the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. The act also requires teacher education programs prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies and deadlines for the recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of teachers of color. The act further defines training given to these teachers. Update: Passed House Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26 as amended by committee substitute. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Wednesday, March 13. Career Tech Senate Bill 432 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to the availability of funds, which may include but not be limited to state appropriations, grant funds, foundation funds and other funds, to establish a statewide aerospace training facility to provide education and training in the aerospace sector. It requires the board to promulgate rules that include but are not limited to criteria for enrollment in the statewide aerospace training facility; curriculum requirements; minimum courses of study and testing requirements for the statewide aerospace training facility; minimum qualifications for instructors at the statewide aerospace training facility; and tuition for courses offered by the statewide aerospace training facility. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 741 (Senator Jason Smalley) Requires the Department of Career and Technology Education, in collaboration with the Department of Labor, prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year to review and approve career readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials that measure and document foundational workplace skills. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant. Senate Bill 996 (Senator Kim David and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires that a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) block course, whether taught at a comprehensive high school or technology center school, when taken in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade, be taught by a certified teacher and approved by the State Board of Education and the independent district board of education to the list of courses eligible to meet the mathematics requirement and the laboratory sciences requirement for high school graduation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Jason Smalley) Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Julie Daniels) Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from receiving a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider valid convictions. Update: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed off House floor 96-2 on Monday, March 4. Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 1109 (Representative Kevin West) Requires the Commissioners of the Land Office to transfer from the permanent school funds to the State Department of Education the monies necessary to fund concurrent enrollment in college or university courses for eligible high school students for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter. It requires the State Board of Education to determine the amount of funds necessary to fund concurrent enrollment based on the performance of the revenues generated by the permanent school fund which are not already allocated for the use and benefit of the common schools. committee substitute2for HB1109addsjunior colleges to the list of educational entities that is apportioned proceeds accruing to the Section Thirteen and Indemnity Lands (New College) Fund. Update: Laid over in House Rules Committee on Tuesday, February 12. Passed House Rules Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 19. Dormant. Healthcare Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Title Stricken Referred to full Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February 13. Passed full Senate Appropriations Wednesday February 20.. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 6. Title restored. Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Carl Newton) Requires all information acquired during an investigation into possible violations of the Oklahoma Nursing Act to be kept confidential unless the state introduces the information in administrative proceedings. Public records maintained by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing are to be classified as administrative records. The measure also states that public records maintained by the Board are not subject to discovery or subpoena in any civil or criminal proceedings. The Board may disclose this information to law enforcement and other state agencies as necessary and appropriate in the discharge of the duties of that agency. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 11. Senate Bill 605 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish the Oklahoma Plan within the Insure Oklahoma program. It requires the Oklahoma Plan to be a health insurance premium assistance program administered by the Authority which will provide coverage through one or more commercial health insurers to any person who meets the requirements set forth therein and enrolls in the plan. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Dormant. Senate Bill 1017 (Senator Marty Quinn and Representative Harold Wright) Clarifies language related to mandated health insurance coverage related to the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan. The bill defines the term "mandated." Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Dormant. House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire and Senator Adam Pugh) Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 5. Passed off the House Floor 76-19 on Thursday, February 14. House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-0 on Thursday, March 7. Higher Education Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller) Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Mark Lepak) Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones" or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February. 20. Senate Bill 491 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Creates the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Modernization Act of 2019. It provides the purpose of the act to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on the Future of Higher Education established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to improve the structure of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education through modernization and efficiency. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. Senate Bill 597 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates a task force to study how four-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education can assist two-year colleges to save money. It provides for membership. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-14 on Wednesday March 13. Senate Bill 602 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education until July 1, 2020. It provides for membership. It requires appointments to be made within 30 days after the effective date and for the task force to conduct an organization meeting not later than Aug. 31, 2019. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Marcus McEntire) Allows a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, March 11. House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher and Senator Julie Daniels) Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2738 (Representative Kevin Wallace, Representative Kyle Hilbert Senator Dave Rader, and Senator Roger Thompson) Repeals the statute creating the State Accrediting Agency, a federally funded state agency to serve Oklahoma veterans after the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Upon reassignment of the agencies duties and funding, presumably to another state agency, the receiving agency should receive federal funding adequate to support the additional duties. Update: Passed out of House and Senate JCAB on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, February 21. Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Ben Loring) Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti) Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti) Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off Senate Floor 42-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 242 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Chad Caldwell) Providing for registration and regulation of pain-management clinics. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 305 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Tammy West) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, disciplining, discharging or otherwise penalizing an applicant or employee solely on the basis of such applicant's or employee's status as a medical marijuana licensee or on the basis of a positive test for marijuana components. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-0 on Thursday February 21. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 35-12 on Thursday, March 14. Title restored. Senate Bill 307 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Carol Bush) Levies an excise tax on retail medical marijuana sales at the rate of 7 percent of the gross sales by the seller. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Failed on the Senate Floor 20-23 on Wednesday, March 13. Reconsidered and passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 421 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Garry Mize) Modifies prohibited acts under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It modifies the penalties for those found in violation of the acts prohibited therein. It requires a person in possession of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for marijuana, involving one-quarter of a gram or more of the Schedule I or II substance, upon conviction, to be guilty of a felony, and to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-4 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 554 (Senator Casey Murdock) Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act. It requires the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Dormant. Senate Bill 754 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also modifies the apportionment of revenue from the gross receipts tax on medical marijuana. It changes the apportionment of 25 percent of the revenue to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from the State Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 755 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits all marijuana advertising and labels of usable marijuana and marijuana products sold from containing any statement or illustration that is false or misleading; promotes overconsumption; represents that the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects; or depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana; or includes objects such as toys, cartoon or other characters, which suggest the presence of a child, or any other depiction designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 756 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products shall be packaged in child resistant packages as required by the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 758 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to issue guidance to all allopathic physicians on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 759 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits physicians recommending medical marijuana from providing discounts, examining patients at, holding any economic interest in an enterprise associated with, or accepting any form of pay or reward from or to any entity engaged in the medical marijuana industry. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 760 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill requires a short-term medical marijuana license application be made available on the State Department of Health's website that will be granted to any applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical marijuana license, but whose physician recommendation for medical marijuana is only valid for 60 days. It requires the fee for a short-term license and the procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be determined by the Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 763 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also permits a physician, when providing a medical marijuana recommendation to set, at his or her discretion, a maximum amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the patient may purchase each month. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 764 (Senator Greg McCortney) Requires the State Department of Health to create a medical marijuana use registry for physicians, patients and caregivers. It requires the handling of any records maintained in the registry be compliant with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Title stricken. Dormant. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 767 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, promulgating rules relating to the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research and the use of and sale of medical marijuana as outlined in State Question No. 788 Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 768 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a medical marijuana testing program to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for contaminants and for concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and any other chemicals deemed necessary by the department. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Mark McBride) Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 863 (Senator Mark Allen) Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act to require the Department of Agriculture to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production in collaboration with the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Attorney General. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Dormant. Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Jon Echols) Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for grower licenses. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 887 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Allows counties to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person resides, exceeds the maximum possession limits. The act only authorizes the person to exceed the set limits of possession within the borders of the county. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 898 (Senator Brent Howard and Representative Charles Ortega) Requires licensed dispensaries enter each medical marijuana license's 24-character identifier into the license verification system at the point of sale to ensure the license is valid and if the license is invalid the sale won't occur. The act also clarifies language. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Carol Bush) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon the status of an employee as a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1100 (Representative Gary Mize and Senator Stephanie Bice) Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be present. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-5 on Monday, March 11. House Bill 1389 (Representative Tammy Townley and Senator J.J Dossett) Adds lighted marijuana or electronic cigarettes or similar devices to the definition of "smoking" in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1932 (Representative Robert Manger and Senator Wayne Shaw) Specifies the measurement in grams and ounces of medical marijuana product a licensee can possess. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the House Floor 84-2 on Tuesday, March 12. House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only within the borders of that county. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 90-3 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 2612 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana. Update: Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor 93-5 on Thursday, February 28. Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Sent to Governor Stitt. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, March 14. House Bill 2614 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies the penalty provision contained in State Question 788 regarding possession of up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana by a person without a medical marijuana license. It clarifies that the penalty is a citation for an amount not to exceed $400. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-1 on Tuesday, March 12. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 80 (Senator Roger Thompson) Expands Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility to those who have completed schooling other than private or public and performed at a proficient level on statewide student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Thursday, February 28. Dormant. House Bill 2018 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Includes the child of a person who is employed as a certified teacher as a student qualified for an award which includes payment of an amount equivalent to resident tuition or other tuition for participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. Update: Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Ron Sharp) Provides Oklahoma Promise eligibility for a child of a parent who died after their tenth grade year and meets adjusted income limits. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off House Floor 85-0 on Tuesday, March 12. OneNet/Information Technology Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. It prohibits cross-subsidization between a rural electric cooperative electricity services and the provision or operation of emerging communications technologies by such rural electric cooperative or through an affiliate of such rural electric cooperative. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 21.Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Thursday, March 14. Title restored. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other weapons based on barrel length. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 34 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Harold Wright) Requires OSBI to check the National Instant Criminal Background Check System prior to issuing a Self-Defense Act license. Gives a 90-day window from the date establishing a residence to apply for an Oklahoma handgun license if bringing a license from another state. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 6. Senate Bill 87 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative Sean Roberts) Permits a person to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun without a license if they are 18 to 21 years of age and a member of the United States Armed Forces, the Reserves or National Guard. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 19. Dormant. Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Allows the city council or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard training program or a reserve peace officer certification program. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-4 on Tuesday, March 12. Senate Bill 897 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kevin West) Requires the state to prove without reasonable doubt immunity is not applicable in order to criminally prosecute a person who claims to have used defensive deadly force. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Dormant. Senate Bill 959 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) Makes it illegal for a person under the influence of marijuana to carry or use shotguns, rifles or pistols unless they have medical marijuana license. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Dormant. House Bill 1001 (Representative Jim Olsen) Removes the prohibition on felons riding in a vehicle where a firearm is present. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 7. Dormant. House Bill 1111 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Prohibits a person from carrying or possessing a firearm in any establishment where beer or alcoholic beverages, as defined by statute, are consumed. It exempts an owner or, proprietor or employee of the establishment having a firearm, provided, the employee has permission from the owner or proprietor of the establishment. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Dormant. House Bill 1142 (Representative Tammy Townley) Removes the "open and unconcealed" language from the statute concerning the conditions under which firearms may be carried. Update: Passed House Wildlife Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 13. Dormant. House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton and Representative Stephanie Bice) Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-2 on Tuesday, March 4. House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize and Senator Kim David) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 2336 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy authorizing persons possessing a valid handgun license to carry a handgun onto school property, provided the individual possess a valid armed security guard license and holds a valid reserve peace officer certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-2 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 72-25 on Wednesday, March 14. House Bill 2597 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader, Representative Garry Mize, Representative Jay Steagall, Representative Jim Olsen, Representative Jon Echols, Representative Kevin McDugle, Representative Kevin West, Representative Sean Roberts, Representative Tammy Townley, and Representative Tom Gann) Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. Scholarships House Bill 1247 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Adds the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the list of entities to which scholarship-granting organizations and educational improvement granting organizations are required to submit an audited financial statement for the organization along with information detailing the benefits, successes or failures of the program. The bill also requires the commission to make publicly available on its website the financial statement and information submitted. The bill requires a scholarship-granting organization to submit certain information annually to the Tax Commission in order to maintain registration. Update: Committee substitute added operative language. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1974 (Representative Ross Ford and Senator Darrell Weaver) Authorizes the court to defer payment of all outstanding fines, courts costs and fees in a criminal case for specified persons beginning Nov. 1, 2019. It authorizes a court to waive or reduce all outstanding fines, court costs and fees owed by the person in every felony or misdemeanor case filed in a district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court in Oklahoma upon successful graduation or completion of training and course work required for certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 12. House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright and Senator Darcy Jech) Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20. House Bill 2521 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Chris Kidd) Creates the Oklahoma Educator Loan Repayment Program. It requires the State Department of Education to administer the program. It requires the program, depending upon and limited to available funding, to provide educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma certified teachers who agree to work in a school district located in the state designated as a comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) school or targeted support and improvement (TSI) school. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 91-2 on Thursday, March. 7. Teachers Retirement System Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before Aug. 2, 1969. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18. Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Sean Roberts) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 889 (Senator John Montgomery) Increases the amount paid to beneficiaries of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to $50.00 per month on Jan. 1, 2021. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 11. Dormant. House Bill 1090 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to purchase service credits. Update: Laid over in House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Banking Financial Services, Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Thursday, March 7. House Bill 1426 (Representative Ben Loring and Senator Greg McCortney) Provides for membership to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System by specified full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers employed by federally recognized Native American tribes. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Thursday, March 14. Thank you. Glen Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D4DB50.B070B4F0][cid:image002.png at 01D4DB50.B070B4F0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The next legislative deadline is Thursday, April 11 for bills to get out of committee in the opposite house of the legislature. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 Subject: Legislative Update – March 22, 2019 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 18, 2019 - March 22, 2019. Dormant and failed bills have been removed from this list. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report March 22, 2019 Agency Administration Senate Bill 1 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources deemed necessary. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 38-10 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Ryan Martinez) Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, February 25. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative John Pfeiffer) Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Senate Bill 179 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Mark McBride) Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for certain state employees as financial managers, including any employees who oversee purchasing, finance and other vital fiscal functions of state agencies. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-1 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Kevin McDugle) Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive online behavior. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 26-15 Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 210 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Pay for Success Act, which allows pay-for-success for agency contracts. Update: Laid over in Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget,General Government Subcommittee. Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are used by distinct expenditure categories. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-13 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 306 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires state agencies to provide advance notice to the State Treasurer of all disbursements that could negatively impact state cash flow requirements. It requires daily total submissions for disbursement equal to or in excess of $25 million to be deemed to have the potential to negatively impact state cash flow. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Tom Gann) Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department or any organization receiving appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Tammy West) Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings. Update: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Chris Kannady) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that prohibits members of the Legislature from engaging in certain activities during the term for which elected and, in some cases, for two years afterwards. The amendment would prohibit being appointed or elected to any office or commission in the state during the term, receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term, or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. These provisions would not prohibit an employee of a school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. The Legislature could enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1198 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Marty Quinn) Requires each agency, board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government to report its fiscal year financial information to the State Auditor and Inspector within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year along with a signed attestation from the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of entity. It requires the chief executive officer of said entities to sign and attest to the accuracy of all financial statements. Update: Passed Housed Government Efficiency Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 6. Passed off the House Floor 76-22 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to Senate Rules Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1201 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Limits the rulemaking authority of state agencies to implementing law or policy as specifically set by the Legislature. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 83-15 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 94-3 on Wednesday, February 14. House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Joe Newhouse) Removes two specific positions within the Office of the Secretary of State from unclassified service and in their place lists, "Administrative Officers." In its current form, modifies the list of positions at the Office of the Secretary of State that are unclassified for purposes of the merit system. Such action allows the agency greater flexibility regarding the salary paid to such unclassified positions. Whether the change provided by HB 1391 results in increased or decreased compensation costs for the agency will be determined by the employee compensation choices made by the agency. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 20. House Bill 1886 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader and Senator Casey Murdock) Requires an agency proposing an administrative rule that mentions or refers to another state agency to notify the affected agency at least 30 days prior to the hearing for adoption of the rule. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1953 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Ron Sharp) Authorizes state agencies, at their discretion, up to two times annually, to offer their employees an option to voluntarily elect to be paid for a maximum of 200 hours of unused accrued annual leave. It requires the program to be optional for all eligible employees, and the agency can choose the monthly pay period in which to provide such payment. It requires the employee to retain 120 hours of annual leave after the payment is made. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 93-1 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 2086 (Representative Mickey Dollens and Senator Bill Coleman) Provides rates of compensation for on-call classified state employees and sets requirements for state agencies to classify job classes of individual positions within the agency subject to on-call duty. Update: Laid over in House Government Efficiency Committee on Wednesday, February11. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House floor 84-7 on Wednesday March 14. House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success contracts and authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall not prohibit the use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 20. House Bill 2673 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Gives full-time and part-time state officers and employees an annualized salary increase, though no salary increase is to exceed salary limitations provided in an agency's annual appropriation or salary limits set by statue. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off House Floor 96-1 Tuesday, March 12. Budget & Taxes Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Corporation Commission or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 46-2 on Monday March 11. Assigned to House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. House Bill 1404 (Representative Justin Humphrey and Senator David Bullard) Places a 7 percent gross production tax on natural resources mined for the purpose of producing aggregate within an unincorporated area of a county or municipality with the revenue from the tax directed at compensating those government jurisdictions for costs associated with damage to local roads and bridges. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 5-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 68-25 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 2530 ( Representative Melodye Blancett and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal purpose is to provide community access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing personalized products. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 91-4 on Thursday, March 7. Common Education Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Senate Bill 407 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Jon Echols) Modifies provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act. Increases the total authorized credits for taxpayers making a contribution to an eligible scholarship-granting organization, currently capped at $3.5 million annually, or to an eligible educational improvement grant organization, currently capped at $1.5 million annually. Beginning tax year 2019, the measure increases the cap for total credits authorized for all taxpayers to $10 million for each type of contribution. The measure also amends the definition of “eligible school” to include public schools located in any public school district that has less than 4,500 students. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 15-7 on Wednesday, February 13. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 27-20 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 748 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Board of Education beginning July 1, 2020 to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, including approval and accreditation of teacher education programs and assessment of candidates for licensure and certification. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 776 (Senator Carri Hicks and Representative Tammy West) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate. The bill removes the requirement to include general education and professional education portions on competency examinations provided by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-1 on Wednesday March 14. House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Kim David) Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed. Update: Passed House Higher Education & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 91-2 on Wednesday, March 6. House Bill 1959 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts certified teachers from individual annual evaluation if during the first nine weeks of the year the teacher works in a district exceeding class size limitations and district requests the teacher cover an additional class. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 95-2 on Tuesday, March 5. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2625 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Replaces Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. Deletes the requirement that traditionally certified public school superintendents, and alternatively certified public school superintendents receive a passing score on the subject area competency examination. The measure also deletes the mandate that alternative certifications for superintendents and principals can only last three years and cannot be renewed. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Common Education Committee, Laid over. Passed House Common Education Committee with committee substitute 17-0 Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Wednesday March 14. House Bill 2655 (Representative Ajay Pittman and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates an advisory consortium dedicated to recruiting, retaining and placing teachers of color within the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. The act also requires teacher education programs prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies and deadlines for the recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of teachers of color. The act further defines training given to these teachers. Update: Passed House Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26 as amended by committee substitute. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Wednesday, March 13. Career Tech Senate Bill 432 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to the availability of funds, which may include but not be limited to state appropriations, grant funds, foundation funds and other funds, to establish a statewide aerospace training facility to provide education and training in the aerospace sector. It requires the board to promulgate rules that include but are not limited to criteria for enrollment in the statewide aerospace training facility; curriculum requirements; minimum courses of study and testing requirements for the statewide aerospace training facility; minimum qualifications for instructors at the statewide aerospace training facility; and tuition for courses offered by the statewide aerospace training facility. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Senate Bill 996 (Senator Kim David and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires that a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) block course, whether taught at a comprehensive high school or technology center school, when taken in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade, be taught by a certified teacher and approved by the State Board of Education and the independent district board of education to the list of courses eligible to meet the mathematics requirement and the laboratory sciences requirement for high school graduation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Jason Smalley) Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 12. House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Julie Daniels) Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from receiving a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider valid convictions. Update: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed off House floor 96-2 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Healthcare Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Title Stricken Referred to full Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February 13. Passed full Senate Appropriations Wednesday February 20.. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 6. Title restored. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Carl Newton) Requires all information acquired during an investigation into possible violations of the Oklahoma Nursing Act to be kept confidential unless the state introduces the information in administrative proceedings. Public records maintained by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing are to be classified as administrative records. The measure also states that public records maintained by the Board are not subject to discovery or subpoena in any civil or criminal proceedings. The Board may disclose this information to law enforcement and other state agencies as necessary and appropriate in the discharge of the duties of that agency. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire and Senator Adam Pugh) Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 5. Passed off the House Floor 76-19 Thursday, February 14. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-0 on Thursday, March 7. Higher Education Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller) Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Mark Lepak) Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones" or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February. 20. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 597 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates a task force to study how four-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education can assist two-year colleges to save money. It provides for membership. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-14 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Senate Bill 602 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education until July 1, 2020. It provides for membership. It requires appointments to be made within 30 days after the effective date and for the task force to conduct an organization meeting not later than Aug. 31, 2019. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Marcus McEntire) Allows a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher and Senator Julie Daniels) Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. House Bill 2738 (Representative Kevin Wallace, Senator Roger Thompson) Repeals the statute creating the State Accrediting Agency, a federally funded state agency to serve Oklahoma veterans after the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Upon reassignment of the agencies duties and funding, presumably to another state agency, the receiving agency should receive federal funding adequate to support the additional duties. Update: Passed out of House and Senate JCAB on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, February 21. Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Ben Loring) Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February18. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti) Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-1 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti) Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Passed off Senate Floor 42-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 242 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Chad Caldwell) Providing for registration and regulation of pain-management clinics. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 305 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Tammy West) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, disciplining, discharging or otherwise penalizing an applicant or employee solely on the basis of such applicant's or employee's status as a medical marijuana licensee or on the basis of a positive test for marijuana components. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-0 on Thursday February 21. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 35-12 on Thursday, March 14. Title restored. Senate Bill 307 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Carol Bush) Levies an excise tax on retail medical marijuana sales at the rate of 7 percent of the gross sales by the seller. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Failed on the Senate Floor 20-23 on Wednesday, March 13. Reconsidered, passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 421 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Garry Mize) Modifies prohibited acts under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It modifies the penalties for those found in violation of the acts prohibited therein. It requires a person in possession of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for marijuana, involving one-quarter of a gram or more of the Schedule I or II substance, upon conviction, to be guilty of a felony, and to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-4 on Thursday, March 15. Senate Bill 754 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also modifies the apportionment of revenue from the gross receipts tax on medical marijuana. It changes the apportionment of 25 percent of the revenue to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from the State Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 755 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits all marijuana advertising and labels of usable marijuana and marijuana products sold from containing any statement or illustration that is false or misleading; promotes overconsumption; represents that the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects; or depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana; or includes objects such as toys, cartoon or other characters, which suggest the presence of a child, or any other depiction designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 756 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products shall be packaged in child resistant packages as required by the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 758 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to issue guidance to all allopathic physicians on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 759 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits physicians recommending medical marijuana from providing discounts, examining patients at, holding any economic interest in an enterprise associated with, or accepting any form of pay or reward from or to any entity engaged in the medical marijuana industry. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 760 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill requires a short-term medical marijuana license application be made available on the State Department of Health's website that will be granted to any applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical marijuana license, but whose physician recommendation for medical marijuana is only valid for 60 days. It requires the fee for a short-term license and the procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be determined by the Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 763 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also permits a physician, when providing a medical marijuana recommendation to set, at his or her discretion, a maximum amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the patient may purchase each month. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-2 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 767 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, promulgating rules relating to the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research and the use of and sale of medical marijuana as outlined in State Question No. 788 Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 768 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a medical marijuana testing program to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for contaminants and for concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and any other chemicals deemed necessary by the department. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Mark McBride) Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Jon Echols) Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for grower licenses. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 14. Senate Bill 887 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Allows counties to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person resides, exceeds the maximum possession limits. The act only authorizes the person to exceed the set limits of possession within the borders of the county. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 898 (Senator Brent Howard and Representative Charles Ortega) Requires licensed dispensaries enter each medical marijuana license's 24-character identifier into the license verification system at the point of sale to ensure the license is valid and if the license is invalid the sale won't occur. The act also clarifies language. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Carol Bush) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon the status of an employee as a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Bill 1100 (Representative Gary Mize and Senator Stephanie Bice) Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be present. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-5 on Monday, March 11. House Bill 1389 (Representative Tammy Townley and Senator J.J Dossett) Adds lighted marijuana or electronic cigarettes or similar devices to the definition of "smoking" in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1932 (Representative Robert Manger and Senator Wayne Shaw) Specifies the measurement in grams and ounces of medical marijuana product a licensee can possess. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the House floor 84-2 on Tuesday, March 12. House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only within the borders of that county. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 90-3 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 2612 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana. Update: Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor 93-5 on Thursday, February 28. Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Sent to Governor Stitt. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, March 14. House Bill 2614 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies the penalty provision contained in State Question 788 regarding possession of up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana by a person without a medical marijuana license. It clarifies that the penalty is a citation for an amount not to exceed $400. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 92-1 on Tuesday, March 12. Oklahoma’s Promise House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Ron Sharp) Provides Oklahoma Promise eligibility for a child of a parent who died after their tenth grade year and meets adjusted income limits. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off House floor 85-0 Tuesday, March 12. OneNet/Information Technology Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget, General Government Subcommittee. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. It prohibits cross-subsidization between a rural electric cooperative electricity services and the provision or operation of emerging communications technologies by such rural electric cooperative or through an affiliate of such rural electric cooperative. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce, and Tourism Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 21.Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Thursday, March 14. Title restored. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other weapons based on barrel length. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 34 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Harold Wright) Requires OSBI to check the National Instant Criminal Background Check System prior to issuing a Self-Defense Act license. Gives a 90-day window from the date establishing a residence to apply for an Oklahoma handgun license if bringing a license from another state. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Allows the city council or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard training program or a reserve peace officer certification program. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-4 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton and Representative Stephanie Bice) Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-2 on Tuesday, March 4. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize and Senator Kim David) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2336 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy authorizing persons possessing a valid handgun license to carry a handgun onto school property, provided the individual possess a valid armed security guard license and holds a valid reserve peace officer certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-2 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House floor 72-25 on Wednesday, March 14. House Bill 2597 (Representative Jon Echols, and Senator Scott Paul) Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. Scholarships House Bill 1247 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Adds the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the list of entities to which scholarship-granting organizations and educational improvement granting organizations are required to submit an audited financial statement for the organization along with information detailing the benefits, successes or failures of the program. The bill also requires the commission to make publicly available on its website the financial statement and information submitted. The bill requires a scholarship-granting organization to submit certain information annually to the Tax Commission in order to maintain registration. Update: Committee substitute added operative language. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1974 (Representative Ross Ford and Senator Darrell Weaver) Authorizes the court to defer payment of all outstanding fines, courts costs and fees in a criminal case for specified persons beginning Nov. 1, 2019. It authorizes a court to waive or reduce all outstanding fines, court costs and fees owed by the person in every felony or misdemeanor case filed in a district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court in Oklahoma upon successful graduation or completion of training and course work required for certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off House floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 12. House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright and Senator Darcy Jech) Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2521 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Chris Kidd) Creates the Oklahoma Educator Loan Repayment Program. It requires the State Department of Education to administer the program. It requires the program, depending upon and limited to available funding, to provide educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma certified teachers who agree to work in a school district located in the state designated as a comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) school or targeted support and improvement (TSI) school. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 91-2 on Thursday, March. 7. Teachers Retirement System Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before Aug. 2, 1969. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18. Assigned to House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee. Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Sean Roberts) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. House Bill 1090 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to purchase service credits. Update: Laid over in House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Banking Financial Services, Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Thursday, March 7. House Bill 1426 (Representative Ben Loring and Senator Greg McCortney) Provides for membership to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System by specified full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers employed by federally recognized Native American tribes. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Thursday, March 14. Thank you. Glen Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D4E0AF.F06D98C0][cid:image002.png at 01D4E0AF.F06D98C0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Preference for the scholarship is given to applicants who have earned at least 12 credit hours towards a graduate degree, worked at least three years in a higher education institution, and intend to pursue a career in higher education. The scholarship was established to be a minimum $500 award, with the recipient encouraged to present at an OKWHE conference, and the opportunity to attend one career development workshop (fee waived) in the next three years when offered. As donations allow, the scholarships have ranged from $500 to $1,000. If you would like to donate to the scholarship fund, please go to: https://www.okwhe.org/scholarships.php Scholarship recipients will be notified in June and recognized at the annual conference scheduled for Friday, November 22, 2019 at the University of Central Oklahoma. Registration information will be available on our website: www.okwhe.org Please share this with others that might have interest. Thank you! Irala K. 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I've done this several times before, and while sometimes it has meant just a quick check-in with that first time attendee at the conference to see how the conference experience is going, with others I have maintained a relationship since that conference, expanding my own personal network of friends and colleagues in financial aid. It can be a high impact opportunity to volunteer with a rather small time commitment. Like any volunteer opportunity, it is what you make of it. Volunteers Needed for NASFAA's 2019 Conference Mentor Task Force Attending the NASFAA National Conference for the first time can be an overwhelming experience, even more so if you are attending alone. We are in need of NASFAA members to help these first-time attendees have a great time and come back year after year. While NASFAA has always hosted a welcome reception for first-time attendees and other networking events, we continue to look for creative ways to help first-time attendees connect with colleagues. 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OASFAA Spring Training will be Friday, April 5, 2019 at Moore Norman Technology Center, Franklin Road Campus: When: Friday, April 5, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Where: Moore Norman Technology Center, Franklin Road Campus The morning session will be Demystifying Mental Illness, with the goals to increase understanding, reduce fear, and provide tips in helping those with mental illness. This is presented by Denise Childress, MS, LMFT The afternoon session will be FAFSA Fundamentals 101, providing an overview of the FAFSA, federal and state aid programs, and scholarship resources available to students. This session will be presented by Kelli Kelnar from OCAP OASFAA members can register for this training for $10; non-members will be charged $20. Lunch will be provided. You can register and pay for the training at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Deadline to register is Friday, March 29, 2019. Audra Main, MLS Financial Aid Coordinator Moore Norman Technology Center (405) 801-5046 (405) 366-2864 www.mntc.edu [mntc_4c_sec_rgb] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11150 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Mar 29 16:56:49 2019 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:56:49 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_29?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2019?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7abd20af3d454a90a48404196b25662b@osrhe.edu> Below is the legislative update for this week. Fairly quiet this week. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 29, 2019 Subject: Legislative Update – March 29, 2019 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 25 – March 29, 2019. Dormant and failed bills have been removed from this list. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report March 29, 2019 Agency Administration Senate Bill 1 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources deemed necessary. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 38-10 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Ryan Martinez) Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, February 25. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative John Pfeiffer) Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 179 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Mark McBride) Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for certain state employees as financial managers, including any employees who oversee purchasing, finance and other vital fiscal functions of state agencies. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-1 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Monday, March 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 5-2 on Monday, March 25. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Kevin McDugle) Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive online behavior. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 26-15 Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, March 27. Senate Bill 210 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Pay for Success Act, which allows pay-for-success for agency contracts. Update: Laid over in Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Monday, March 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget, General Government Subcommittee 5-2 on Monday, March 25. Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday March 12. Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 4-3 on Monday, March 25. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Lundy Kiger) Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 27. Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are used by distinct expenditure categories. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-13 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 306 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires state agencies to provide advance notice to the State Treasurer of all disbursements that could negatively impact state cash flow requirements. It requires daily total submissions for disbursement equal to or in excess of $25 million to be deemed to have the potential to negatively impact state cash flow. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, March 27. Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Tom Gann) Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department or any organization receiving appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Tammy West) Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings. Update: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, March 27. Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Chris Kannady) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that prohibits members of the Legislature from engaging in certain activities during the term for which elected and, in some cases, for two years afterwards. The amendment would prohibit being appointed or elected to any office or commission in the state during the term, receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term, or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. These provisions would not prohibit an employee of a school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. The Legislature could enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 27. House Bill 1198 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Marty Quinn) Requires each agency, board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government to report its fiscal year financial information to the State Auditor and Inspector within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year along with a signed attestation from the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of entity. It requires the chief executive officer of said entities to sign and attest to the accuracy of all financial statements. Update: Passed Housed Government Efficiency Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 6. Passed off the House Floor 76-22 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to Senate Rules Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1201 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Limits the rulemaking authority of state agencies to implementing law or policy as specifically set by the Legislature. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 83-15 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator John Montgomery) Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 94-3 on Wednesday, February 14. Assigned to Senate Appropriations General Government and Transportation Subcommittee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Joe Newhouse) Removes two specific positions within the Office of the Secretary of State from unclassified service and in their place lists, "Administrative Officers." In its current form modifies the list of positions at the Office of the Secretary of State that are unclassified for purposes of the merit system. Such action allows the agency greater flexibility regarding the salary paid to such unclassified positions. Whether the change provided by HB 1391 results in increased or decreased compensation costs for the agency will be determined by the employee compensation choices made by the agency Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 20. Passed off Senate floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 28. House Bill 1886 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader and Senator Casey Murdock) Requires an agency proposing an administrative rule that mentions or refers to another state agency to notify the affected agency at least 30 days prior to the hearing for adoption of the rule. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. House Bill 1953 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Ron Sharp) Authorizes state agencies, at their discretion, up to two times annually, to offer their employees an option to voluntarily elect to be paid for a maximum of 200 hours of unused accrued annual leave. It requires the program to be optional for all eligible employees, and the agency can choose the monthly pay period in which to provide such payment. It requires the employee to retain 120 hours of annual leave after the payment is made. Update: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 93-1 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2086 (Representative Mickey Dollens and Senator Bill Coleman) Provides rates of compensation for on-call classified state employees and sets requirements for state agencies to classify job classes of individual positions within the agency subject to on-call duty. Update: Laid over in House Government Efficiency Committee on Wednesday, February11. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House floor 84-7 on Wednesday, March 14. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success contracts and authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall not prohibit the use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 20. House Bill 2673 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Gives full-time and part-time state officers and employees an annualized salary increase, though no salary increase is to exceed salary limitations provided in an agency's annual appropriation or salary limits set by statue. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off House Floor 96-1 Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Budget & Taxes Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Corporation Commission or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 46-2 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. House Bill 1404 (Representative Justin Humphrey and Senator David Bullard) Places a 7 percent gross production tax on natural resources mined for the purpose of producing aggregate within an unincorporated area of a county or municipality with the revenue from the tax directed at compensating those government jurisdictions for costs associated with damage to local roads and bridges. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 5-2 on Monday, February18. Passed off the House Floor 68-25 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 2530 ( Representative Melodye Blancett and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal purpose is to provide community access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing personalized products. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 91-4 on Thursday, March 7. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Common Education Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 27. Referred to Full House Appropriations And Budget Committee. Senate Bill 407 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Jon Echols) Modifies provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act. Increases the total authorized credits for taxpayers making a contribution to an eligible scholarship-granting organization, currently capped at $3.5 million annually, or to an eligible educational improvement grant organization, currently capped at $1.5 million annually. Beginning tax year 2019, the measure increases the cap for total credits authorized for all taxpayers to $10 million for each type of contribution. The measure also amends the definition of “eligible school” to include public schools located in any public school district that has less than 4,500 students. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 15-7 on Wednesday, February 13. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 27-20 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 748 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Board of Education beginning July 1, 2020 to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, including approval and accreditation of teacher education programs and assessment of candidates for licensure and certification. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 14. Assigned to House Common Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 776 (Senator Carri Hicks and Representative Tammy West) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate. The bill removes the requirement to include general education and professional education portions on competency examinations provided by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-1 on Wednesday, March 14. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Kim David) Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed. Update: Passed House Higher Education & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 91-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Laid over on Tuesday, March 26. House Bill 1959 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts certified teachers from individual annual evaluation if during the first nine weeks of the year the teacher works in a district exceeding class size limitations and district requests the teacher cover an additional class. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 95-2 on Tuesday, March 5. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2625 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Replaces Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. Deletes the requirement that traditionally certified public school superintendents, and alternatively certified public school superintendents receive a passing score on the subject area competency examination. The measure also deletes the mandate that alternative certifications for superintendents and principals can only last three years and cannot be renewed. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Common Education Committee, Laid over. Passed House Common Education Committee with committee substitute 17-0 Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Wednesday, March 14. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2641 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Kim David) The bill creates a task force to make recommendations to the Legislature for changes in high school graduation requirements, including curricular requirements, alignment with college readiness and access to concurrent enrollment. Update: Passed House Common Education 14-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off House Floor 86-5 on Thursday, March 7. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2655 (Representative Ajay Pittman and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates an advisory consortium dedicated to recruiting, retaining and placing teachers of color within the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. The act also requires teacher education programs prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies and deadlines for the recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of teachers of color. The act further defines training given to these teachers. Update: Passed House Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26 as amended by committee substitute. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Career Tech Senate Bill 432 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to the availability of funds, which may include but not be limited to state appropriations, grant funds, foundation funds and other funds, to establish a statewide aerospace training facility to provide education and training in the aerospace sector. It requires the board to promulgate rules that include but are not limited to criteria for enrollment in the statewide aerospace training facility; curriculum requirements; minimum courses of study and testing requirements for the statewide aerospace training facility; minimum qualifications for instructors at the statewide aerospace training facility; and tuition for courses offered by the statewide aerospace training facility. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Wednesday, March 13. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 26. Referred to full House Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 996 (Senator Kim David and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires that a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) block course, whether taught at a comprehensive high school or technology center school, when taken in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade, be taught by a certified teacher and approved by the State Board of Education and the independent district board of education to the list of courses eligible to meet the mathematics requirement and the laboratory sciences requirement for high school graduation. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Laid over on Tuesday, March 27. House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Jason Smalley) Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Julie Daniels) Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from receiving a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider valid convictions. Update: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed off House floor 96-2 on Monday, March 4. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 10-0 on Thursday, March 28. Healthcare Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Title Stricken Referred to full Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February 13. Passed full Senate Appropriations Wednesday February 20.. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 6. Title restored. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, March 27. Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Carl Newton) Requires all information acquired during an investigation into possible violations of the Oklahoma Nursing Act to be kept confidential unless the state introduces the information in administrative proceedings. Public records maintained by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing are to be classified as administrative records. The measure also states that public records maintained by the Board are not subject to discovery or subpoena in any civil or criminal proceedings. The Board may disclose this information to law enforcement and other state agencies as necessary and appropriate in the discharge of the duties of that agency. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire and Senator Adam Pugh) Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 5. Passed off the House Floor 76-19 Thursday, February 14. Assigned to Senate Education then Senate Appropriations Committees. Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, March 27. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Jason Smalley) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-0 on Thursday, March 7. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Higher Education Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller) Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Mark Lepak) Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones" or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February. 20. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Senate Bill 597 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates a task force to study how four-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education can assist two-year colleges to save money. It provides for membership. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-14 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Second reading rescinded. Senate Bill 602 (Senator Gary Stanislawski amd Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education until July 1, 2020. It provides for membership. It requires appointments to be made within 30 days after the effective date and for the task force to conduct an organization meeting not later than Aug. 31, 2019. It requires the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Second reading rescinded Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Marcus McEntire) Allows a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher and Senator Julie Daniels) Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence. Update: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2738 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Repeals the statute creating the State Accrediting Agency, a federally funded state agency to serve Oklahoma veterans after the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Upon reassignment of the agencies duties and funding, presumably to another state agency, the receiving agency should receive federal funding adequate to support the additional duties. Update: Passed out of House and Senate JCAB on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, February 21. Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Ben Loring) Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February18. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti) Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti) Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Passed off Senate Floor 42-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 242 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Chad Caldwell) Providing for registration and regulation of pain-management clinics. Update: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 305 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Tammy West) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, disciplining, discharging or otherwise penalizing an applicant or employee solely on the basis of such applicant's or employee's status as a medical marijuana licensee or on the basis of a positive test for marijuana components. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-0 on Thursday February 21. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 35-12 on Thursday, March 14. Title restored. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 307 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Carol Bush) Levies an excise tax on retail medical marijuana sales at the rate of 7 percent of the gross sales by the seller. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Failed on the Senate Floor 20-23 on Wednesday March 13. Reconsidered, passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 Thursday, March 14. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 421 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Garry Mize) Modifies prohibited acts under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It modifies the penalties for those found in violation of the acts prohibited therein. It requires a person in possession of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for marijuana, involving one-quarter of a gram or more of the Schedule I or II substance, upon conviction, to be guilty of a felony, and to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0on Monday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-4 on Thursday, March 14. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Senate Bill 754 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also modifies the apportionment of revenue from the gross receipts tax on medical marijuana. It changes the apportionment of 25 percent of the revenue to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from the State Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 755 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits all marijuana advertising and labels of usable marijuana and marijuana products sold from containing any statement or illustration that is false or misleading; promotes overconsumption; represents that the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects; or depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana; or includes objects such as toys, cartoon or other characters, which suggest the presence of a child, or any other depiction designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 756 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products shall be packaged in child resistant packages as required by the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 758 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to issue guidance to all allopathic physicians on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 759 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits physicians recommending medical marijuana from providing discounts, examining patients at, holding any economic interest in an enterprise associated with, or accepting any form of pay or reward from or to any entity engaged in the medical marijuana industry. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 760 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill requires a short-term medical marijuana license application be made available on the State Department of Health's website that will be granted to any applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical marijuana license, but whose physician recommendation for medical marijuana is only valid for 60 days. It requires the fee for a short-term license and the procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be determined by the Department of Health. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 763 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also permits a physician, when providing a medical marijuana recommendation to set, at his or her discretion, a maximum amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the patient may purchase each month. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-2 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 767 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, promulgating rules relating to the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research and the use of and sale of medical marijuana as outlined in State Question No. 788 Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 768 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Jon Echols) Requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a medical marijuana testing program to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for contaminants and for concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and any other chemicals deemed necessary by the department. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Mark McBride) Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Thursday, March 14. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Jon Echols) Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for grower licenses. Update: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 14. Assigned to House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Senate Bill 887 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Allows counties to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person resides, exceeds the maximum possession limits. The act only authorizes the person to exceed the set limits of possession within the borders of the county. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 898 (Senator Brent Howard and Representative Charles Ortega) Requires licensed dispensaries enter each medical marijuana license's 24-character identifier into the license verification system at the point of sale to ensure the license is valid and if the license is invalid the sale won't occur. The act also clarifies language. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Carol Bush) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon the status of an employee as a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Bill 1100 (Representative Gary Mize and Senator Stephanie Bice) Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be present. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-5 on Monday. March 11. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1389 (Representative Tammy Townley and Senator J.J Dossett) Adds lighted marijuana or electronic cigarettes or similar devices to the definition of "smoking" in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 1932 (Representative Robert Manger and Senator Wayne Shaw) Specifies the measurement in grams and ounces of medical marijuana product a licensee can possess. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the House floor 84-2 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only within the borders of that county. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 90-3 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 2612 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana. Update: Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor 93-5 on Thursday, February 28. Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Sent to Governor Stitt. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, March 14. House Bill 2614 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney) Clarifies the penalty provision contained in State Question 788 regarding possession of up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana by a person without a medical marijuana license. It clarifies that the penalty is a citation for an amount not to exceed $400. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-1 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Oklahoma’s Promise House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Ron Sharp) Provides Oklahoma Promise eligibility for a child of a parent who died after their tenth grade year and meets adjusted income limits. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off House floor 85-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. OneNet/Information Technology Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 Tuesday, March 12. Passed House Appropriations and Budget, General Government Subcommittee 4-3 on Monday, March 25. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. It prohibits cross-subsidization between a rural electric cooperative electricity services and the provision or operation of emerging communications technologies by such rural electric cooperative or through an affiliate of such rural electric cooperative. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 21.Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Thursday, March 14. Title restored. Assigned to House Utilities Committee. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other weapons based on barrel length. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, March 6. Passed House Judiciary Committee 15-1 on Tuesday, March 26. Senate Bill 34 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Harold Wright) Requires OSBI to check the National Instant Criminal Background Check System prior to issuing a Self-Defense Act license. Gives a 90-day window from the date establishing a residence to apply for an Oklahoma handgun license if bringing a license from another state. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Allows the city council or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard training program or a reserve peace officer certification program. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-4 on Tuesday March 12. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Laid over on Thursday, March 28. House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton and Representative Stephanie Bice) Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-2 on Tuesday, March 4. Title stricken. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-2 on Monday, March 25. House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize and Senator Kim David) Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components. Update: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2336 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy authorizing persons possessing a valid handgun license to carry a handgun onto school property, provided the individual possess a valid armed security guard license and holds a valid reserve peace officer certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-2 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House floor 72-25 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2597 (Representative Jon Echols, and Senator Kim David) Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. Scholarships House Bill 1247 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Adds the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the list of entities to which scholarship-granting organizations and educational improvement granting organizations are required to submit an audited financial statement for the organization along with information detailing the benefits, successes or failures of the program. The bill also requires the commission to make publicly available on its website the financial statement and information submitted. The bill requires a scholarship-granting organization to submit certain information annually to the Tax Commission in order to maintain registration. Update: Committee substitute added operative language. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 1974 (Representative Ross Ford and Senator Darrell Weaver) Authorizes the court to defer payment of all outstanding fines, courts costs and fees in a criminal case for specified persons beginning Nov. 1, 2019. It authorizes a court to waive or reduce all outstanding fines, court costs and fees owed by the person in every felony or misdemeanor case filed in a district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court in Oklahoma upon successful graduation or completion of training and course work required for certification. Update: Passed House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 26. Title Stricken. Passed off House floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright and Senator Darcy Jech) Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, March 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Thursday, March 28. House Bill 2521 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Chris Kidd) Creates the Oklahoma Educator Loan Repayment Program. It requires the State Department of Education to administer the program. It requires the program, depending upon and limited to available funding, to provide educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma certified teachers who agree to work in a school district located in the state designated as a comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) school or targeted support and improvement (TSI) school. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 91-2 on Thursday, March. 7. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Teachers Retirement System Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before Aug. 2, 1969. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 27. Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Sean Roberts) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. House Bill 1090 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to purchase service credits. Update: Laid over in House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Banking Financial Services, Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Thursday, March 7. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. House Bill 1426 (Representative Ben Loring and Senator Greg McCortney) Provides for membership to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System by specified full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers employed by federally recognized Native American tribes. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Thursday, March 14. Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget (JCAB) Senate Bill 1042 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriations - making an appropriation to the State Board of Education. Update: Filed and assigned to JCAB Monday, March 25 Senate Bill 1043 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriations – making an appropriation to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Update: Filed and assigned to JCAB Monday, March 25 Thank you. Glen Glen D. 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