From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri May 1 16:37:40 2020 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 21:37:40 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_May_1=2C_2?= =?windows-1252?q?020?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <28fc0f221a4843dcbce128f9a0a7884d@osrhe.edu> No action by the Legislature this week but it appears they may be back at the capitol next week. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Higher Education Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, May 01, 2020 Subject: Legislative Update – May 1, 2020 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of April 27, 2020 – May 1, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report May 1, 2020 Special Session House Concurrent Resolution 1001 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Greg Treat) Affirms Governor’s declaration of a health care emergency and powers given to the Governor for 30 days. Update Passed off the House Floor 99-1 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. House Concurrent Resolution 1002 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Allows special session to adjourn for longer than 3 days. Update: approved by unanimous consent on Monday, April 6, 2020. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. COVID-19 Senate Bill 661 (Senator Brent Howard and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows teleconference meetings for all public body meetings until November 15, 2020 or until the Governor declares the state of emergency to be terminated, whichever occurs first (amended by Floor substitute). Update: Rules suspended to direct to calendar and amend through Floor substitute. Passed off the House Floor as amended 69-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, March 18. House Bill 3888 (Representative Chad Caldwell and Senator Brent Howard) Amends the Open Meeting Act. The bill modifies the definition of the term "videoconference." It defines the term "teleconference." It permits public bodies to hold meetings by teleconference or videoconference where each member is audible or visible to the public until March 1, 2021. Update: Direct to calendar as amended by Floor substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Engrossed to the House. Senate amendments received. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) The resolution removes the April 23rd deadline for bills and joint resolutions to be heard on the Floor of the opposite chamber. Update: Direct to calendar. Adopted by unanimous consent on Monday, March 16. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 77-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Resolution 17 (Senator Kim David) authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to place any bill or joint resolution on General Order on the same day a committee report is filed or is referred directly to the calendar. The President may also allow an amendment to be heard on the same day it is filed, authorize the consideration of a measure on the same day it is placed on General Order provided Second Reading has previously occurred on a separate legislative day, and waive distribution requirements provided electronic copies are made available. The provisions of this resolution shall remain in effect until the expiration of the Governor’s Health Emergency Declaration. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Enrolled. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Amends LOFT rules to require them to submit an annual work plan to the LOFT Oversight Committee for approval. No member of the Legislature shall be authorized to use LOFT resources to conduct investigations, evaluations or audits except as otherwise approved by the LOFT Oversight Committee or allowed by law. The LOFT Oversight Committee shall also conduct an annual evaluation of the Office’s Executive Director and recommend his or her retention or removal to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 199 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) The measure appropriates $302,339,481 from the Constitutional Reserve (“Rainy Day”) Fund to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. (Amended Carryover) Update: Amended, Passed off House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. SB 199 became effective on Saturday, April 11. The Board of Equalization met on Monday, April 20. Senate Bill 617 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Kyle Hilbert) The measure provides the conditions and procedures for withdrawal of funds from the Revenue Stabilization Fund (RSF) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 to offset reductions to agencies in the General Revenue Fund and certain common education funds. The Director of OMES may withdraw amounts up to one half of the highest balance during FY20. Update: Amended. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Senate Bill 1053 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates from the Constitutional Reserve Fund of the State Treasury the sum of $201,559,654.00 to the Revenue Stabilization Fund (Amended by Committee Substitute) Update: Amended by committee substitute. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Ad Valorem Taxes Senate Bill 1563 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Dustin Roberts) Clarifies that under the Ad Valorem Tax Code, “transmission company” and “public service corporation” will not be construed to include cable television companies or fixed wireless Internet service companies that operate over Federal Communications Commission unlicensed frequencies. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3191 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Modifies the definition of the term “cost approach” in the Ad Valorem Tax Code. The bill modifies the duties of the Oklahoma Tax Commission's Ad Valorem Division to include providing, from year to year, schedules containing estimated replacement cost or reproduction cost, depreciation tables and instructions for the valuation of personal property in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) requirements to aid county assessors in the assessment of personal property. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Reassigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 82-9 with title stricken on Tuesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Agency Administration Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Daniel Pae) 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 pursuant to the standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, beginning Jan. 1, 2020. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 39-5 on Wednesday, February 19. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) Permits any member of the Legislature during each regular session to 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 an agency. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed the Senate Rules Committee 9-2 with title stricken on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1163 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Johnny Tadlock) Requires the Archeological Survey of the State of Oklahoma, also known as the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, to relocate artifacts found on private property after a flood for assessment and preservation within 30 days of the property owner providing notice to the survey, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. Update: Passed the Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1167 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Chris Sneed) Permits the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to release certain information to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 43-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Business and Commerce Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1284 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega) Removes the requirement that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting superintend the recovery of all debts due state government and that it certifies every requisition by a duly accredited disbursing officer for an advance of funds from the State Treasury to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval. Update: Passed the Senate Finance Committee with title stricken 8-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1405 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Charles Ortega) Grants the Governor the authority to remove any officers appointed by him, notwithstanding any provision of law. It grants the Governor the authority to remove any gubernatorial appointments on any agency, board or commission at any time, subject to the provisions therein and notwithstanding any other provision of law or any appointments created by expiring terms or vacancies provided by law. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-9 with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1434 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative Nicole Miller) Entitles a state employee hired on or after Nov. 1, 2020, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to additional credit without limit for sick leave with pay for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment, including mental health treatment, for his or her service-connected disability, in addition to any other sick leave with pay. Update: Assigned to the Senate General Government Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate General Government Committee 10-0 with title stricken on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 with title restored on Monday, March 9. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1501 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Matt Miller) Requires an agency’s report to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services of all funds available to the agency for expenditure to include, but not be limited to, information on federal funds that are under the agency’s control and subject to certain disclosure requirements. Also requires all political subdivisions to report federal funding. Update: Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee as amended with title stricken 16- 4 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 with title restored. on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1820 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Modifies language related to state agencies and officials hiring legal representation. It requires the list of attorneys and firms desiring to furnish services and a schedule of fees for each attorney and firm be maintained and made available to the public. It establishes a schedule of fees for legal representation. It adds requirements to contracts between state agencies and officials and their legal representatives. Update: Laid over in the Senate General Government Committee on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1840 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Requires all state agencies, boards and commissions that desire to apply for a grant of more than $50,000, excluding those of the federal government, to obtain written approval of the appropriate cabinet secretary prior to beginning the grant application process. It requires the cabinet secretary to communicate the details of the grant application to the Secretary of Budget, if approved. Update: Laid over in the Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee on Wednesday, February 19, Passed Senate Appropriations 16-4, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. House Bill 3040 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Protects information about personal electronic communication devices of current and former public employees from public inspection without the permission of the current or former public employee or an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3068 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Changes the penalty for state employee’s punishment for being in violation of state income taxes to wage garnishment instead of termination of employment. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 23-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 3390 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) The bill requires the list of attorneys and firms desiring to furnish services and a schedule of fees for each attorney and firm be maintained and made available to the public. It permits an agency or official to agree to deviate from the schedule of fees only with the approval of the Attorney General if the new schedule of fees would not violate a fee schedule established by the bill. Update: Passed the House Judiciary Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25 Passed off the House Floor 83-9 with title stricken on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3613 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) Creates the Personal Privacy Protection Act. It defines terms used therein. It prohibits a public agency from: requiring any individual to provide the public agency with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information and requiring any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information. Makes personal affiliation information exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 77-13 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. House Bill 3819 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires any contract or agreement made by any state agency to be open for inspection to any member of the Legislature. It prohibits any state agency to prohibit any person or entity from communicating with any member of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Reassigned to House Rules Committee. Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Rules Committee. House Bill 4025 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires each agency or institution of the state to regularly transmit to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency raw datasets as requested by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency for the purpose of creating a data clearinghouse to aid in the work of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. It requires the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency to adopt policies and procedures pursuant to which a state agency must be required to comply with the provisions therein, including the format in which the data is transmitted, how the data is organized and such other matters as the Office prescribes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 4050 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires the director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to ensure state agencies are charged no more than the actual cost of the services provided by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The bill provides such charges not include costs related to administration, overhead, insurance or any other additional costs indirectly related to the services provided. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 4058 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Marty Quinn) Modifies the appointing authority for the five members of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Three members would be appointed by the Governor, one by the Speaker of the House, and one by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. It requires each member to serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. It gives the Governor appointing authority over the Executive Director of the Commission, with advice and consent of the Senate. It requires the Executive Director to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, but may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the Legislature. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-1 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 72-25 with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Budget and Taxation Senate Bill 1562 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission to, upon written notification of expenditure approval from the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training, distribute from the agency special account the approved amount, if available, to the Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government Technology or the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service County Training Program, as applicable. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 17-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. House Bill 3968 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the maximum amount of outstanding principal with respect to obligations of the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to $250 million for the purpose of funding the backlog of the Endowed Chairs program. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 25-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 88-3 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. CareerTech House Bill 3378 (Representative Mickey Dollens and Senator James Leewright) Creates an income tax credit, for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2021, and ending not later than Dec. 31, 2025, for qualifying apprenticeship programs. The bill defines applicable terms. It caps the total annual amount of the credit at $3 million. It makes the credit non-refundable. It permits Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development, in coordination with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, to adopt rules necessary to establish standards for participation and eligibility and to implement and administer the tax credit program. It requires the Council to consult with the Oklahoma Tax Commission to coordinate implementation and administration of the program. The bill requires the Council to report annually to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee and Senate Finance Committee chairs the effectiveness of the apprenticeship program no later than January 31st each year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 72-21 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Charter Schools Senate Bill 1098 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Carol Bush) Prohibits persons who are related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity from serving simultaneously on the same board of education of any charter school. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Engrossed to House. Senate Bill 1203 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Clarifies that charter school attendance is separate from the sponsor membership and attendance. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-1, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 with title restored on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1313 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring a charter school unless the State Department of Education has made a determination and recommendation that the board has the capacity, both in financial and personnel resources, to sponsor a charter school and the capacity to adhere to the contractual requirements and follow the sponsor contract guidelines outlined therein. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1365 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Jay Steagall) Requires the State Board of Education to deduct 5 percent the State Aid Allocation for statewide virtual charter schools sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board that have an average daily membership (ADM) of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) students. This funding would be deposited into the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1541 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Changes the name of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to the Oklahoma Commission for Digital Learning. The bill increases the terms of office for commission members to five years. The bill adds the Chancellor of Higher Education and the Director of the Department of Career and Technology Education as members of the commission and makes them, as well as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education, voting members, rather than non-voting ex officio members. The bill removes outdated language. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 46-1 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to House. House Bill 3369 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Prohibits a sponsor of a charter school from retaining any additional State Aid Allocation or charging the charter school any additional fee above the amounts allowed therein unless the additional fees are for additional services rendered. It requires the charter school sponsor to provide to the State Department of Education financial records documenting any state funds retained by the sponsor for administrative services rendered for the previous year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-3 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3640 (Representative Cyndi Munson and Senator Darrell Weaver) Requires the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to offer instruction on how to alert a school district or a charter school about the presence of a minor child or a child who has reached 18 years of age and continues to be enrolled in high school if that child has been identified at the scene of a traumatic event or an event involving a response from an emergency 911 service. The bill only allows the peace officer to release the student’s name directly to the school district or charter school and state that the child was present at the scene of a traumatic event. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 88-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Common Education Senate Bill 1283 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires all persons appointed to fill board of education or technology center school districts serve only until the next succeeding election, at which time the office which they hold shall be placed on the ballot for the balance of the unexpired term. It removes the limitation that only those vacancies filled in the first half of the term be placed on the ballot for the balance of the unexpired term. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3389 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Regents for Higher Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to conduct a study and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding possible changes to the units or sets of competencies required for students to graduate with a standard diploma. It states the purpose of the study. The bill establishes requirements for the study. The bill requires the board to submit any recommendations prior to the start of the 2021 Legislative Session and may continue the study and to make recommendations thereafter as needed. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-2 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3398 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires any person employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to the effective date of this act who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as well as a national criminal history record check on file with his or her employing district as required have until July 1, 2022, to complete the criminal history record checks. It exempts any person eligible to retire from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3400 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires all public high schools, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to make a minimum of four Advanced Placement courses available to students. It provides options for access. It requires the State Department of Education to provide information to all local boards of education, to be distributed to their students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment process for students to take Advanced Placement courses. It requires the Department to retain records of which options local boards of education selected for their students and make the information available on the Department's website. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee as amended by committee substitute 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed of the House Floor 81-7 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 3255 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Changes the waiver amounts that high school students concurrently enrolled in college courses are entitled to receive. Instead of receiving a tuition waiver for the actual amount of resident tuition, a high school student would receive the lesser of: 1) the actual amount of resident tuition for the credit hours enrolled, or 2) the average amount of resident tuition of all the community junior colleges in the state. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 9-3 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 69-30 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. FAFSA Senate Bill 1120 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study a requirement for high school students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off Senate Floor 35-10 on Monday, February 24. Engrossed to the House. Healthcare Senate Bill 1201 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Marcus McEntire) Requires all health care entities to report data to the statewide health information exchange and to utilize the system. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1276 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Increases from not less than 50 percent to not less than 75 percent of the subsidy for residency programs provided by the Physician Manpower Training Commission be used in the training of primary health care and family practice physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of the state. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 with title restored on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1290 (Senator Darrell Weaver and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies the definition of Medical Care Provider as it relates to assault and batters to include: laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers, pharmacists, nursing students, medical students and any other employees of a healthcare facility. Update: Passed the Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 2870 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Creates the Small Oklahoma Hospital Survival Act, which guarantees a minimum reimbursement rate between health care insurers and small Oklahoma hospitals of at least 150 percent of the published Medicare reimbursement rate of 100 percent of the prevailing market rate for test, procedures and similar services paid to urban hospitals, and if the prevailing market rate is disputed, then it will be defined as 165 percent of the published Medicare reimbursement rate. The bill states payment for services rendered by a small Oklahoma hospital pursuant to prior authorization cannot be denied by an insurance company for any reason. Update: Withdrawn from the House Insurance Committee. Re-assigned to the House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee by unanimous consent on Thursday, February 27. Representative David Perryman removed as House author and substituted with Representative Lundy Kiger. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Higher Education House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would repeal the requirement that appropriations made by the Legislature for all State Regents of Higher Education institutions be made in consolidated form without reference to any particular institution. It would also eliminate the requirement that the Board of Regents allocate to each institution according to its needs and functions. Update. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Failed to meet deadline. Senate Bill 1181 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Adds exemptions to the definition of private vocational school which include: a school that “offers only a degree(s) and has and maintains proper approval by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,” and “an entity that is based outside of Oklahoma, maintains regional or national accreditation by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education, does not offer degrees and provides all of its training through mechanism(s) of distance education.” Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday. February 25. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1182 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Authorizes the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to promulgate rules to maintain student records and professional license and occupational certifications. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1379 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Modifies eligibility for in-state status for students who were discharged or released from a period of not fewer than 90 days of active duty uniformed services less than 15 years before the date of enrollment in the course concerned. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations. Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 13-0 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 18-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1453 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations regarding the current and future concurrent enrollment needs of the state and pathways for awarding degrees and certificates through concurrent enrollment. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 16-3 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1752 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Josh West) Modifies the purpose of the Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund to include supporting viticulture programs and research at universities and colleges. Update: Passed the Senate Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 14-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1835 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Mike Osburn) Requires continued education credits for licensed behavioral practitioners earned from courses on empirically validated procedures be taught by instructors certified by the Chair of the Department of Psychology of the University of Central Oklahoma, rather than the North American Association of Masters in Psychology, its designees or successors. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 24. Emergency added. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar House Bill 1907 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires all institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to grant priority enrollment and course registration to students who are active members of the military and to students who are eligible to receive educational financial assistance from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 13-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 83-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2922 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Michael Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower’s Bill of Rights Act, directing the Attorney General to prepare a written statement for student loan borrowers listing their rights. Update: Passed House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 7-3 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 84-8 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. House Bill 2970 (Representative Josh West and Senator James Leewright) Removes the requirement that money accruing to the Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund for the benefit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry be used to establish a Viticulture and Enology Center on the campus of Redlands Community College. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 92-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3188 (Representative Tommy Hardin and Senator David Bullard) Creates the Cooperative Extension Revolving Fund for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. It requires money in the fund to be expended by the Department for the purpose of supporting Cooperative Extension Service offices. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 6-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 17-8, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 70-23 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3223 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows school, colleges and designated people to retain tissue from bodies distributed to them and to donate the tissue to a person or entity with the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed off the House Floor 96-1 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 3255 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Changes the waiver amounts that high school students concurrently enrolled in college courses are entitled to receive. Instead of receiving a tuition waiver for the amount of resident tuition, a high school student would receive the lesser of: The actual amount of resident tuition for the credit hours enrolled, or the average amount of resident tuition of all the community junior colleges in the state. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 9-3 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 69-30 with title stricken on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3454 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates the Oklahoma Sex Trafficking Prevention Act authorizes a school district board of education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs for students. The measure provides that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are to allow nonprofit organizations that specialize in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and exploitation to present a series of in-depth prevention and education programs regarding sex trafficking and exploitation to all freshmen students. Update: Passed House Children Youth and Family Services 14-1 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 69-25 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 4026 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. It allows any eligible two-year institution within the state to establish a career technology district, with the purpose of allowing the two-year institution to generate additional sources of local revenue, and provides the procedure for doing so. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-0 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 1528 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 with title stricken on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1783 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Modifies the definition of industrial hemp as used in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It requires industrial hemp to be grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program and allows it to be shipped intrastate and interstate. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3786 (Representative Scott Fetgatter and Senator Roland Pederson) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 18-0 on Monday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. OneNet/Information Technology House Bill 4018 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Rural Broadband Expansion Council, which is directed to conduct a study of rural broadband access in Oklahoma. The study will divide the state into separate geographic areas based on existing broadband capability, cost of service, estimated costs for improving access, likelihood of changes in access in the future, and other information as deemed relevant by the council. The council is further directed to use the geographic areas it establishes to develop policy recommendations conducive to establishing or improving rural broadband access. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 with emergency added on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Senate Bill 1898 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Mike Osburn) Removes the requirement that the Chief Information Officer also serve as Secretary of Information Technology and Telecommunications. It also removes the salary requirement and the position’s employment qualifications. Update: Passed the Senate Finance Committee 6-1 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 16-4 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-12 with title restored on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 781 (Senator Paul Scott and Senator Jay Steagall) Prohibits any person or business entity from establishing or enforcing and 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. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 36-7 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1081 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) Creates an Anti-Red flag Act to preemptively void any federal Red Flag law that would seek to limit gun ownership. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-2 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1399 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Carl Newton) Authorizes individuals with a valid handgun license issued under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to enter the State Capitol building with a handgun. Update: Passed Senate Education Committ.ee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1610 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Harold Wright) Modifies the completed application procedure specified therein under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 with title stricken, on Monday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. 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. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 37-7 on Wednesday, February 12. Referred for engrossment. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2546 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator Julie Daniels) Brings multiple gun laws under a single title, The Oklahoma Self Defense act of 2020. (Carryover) Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee as amended by committee substitute 10-0 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 77-20 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2547 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Allows municipalities, by ordinance, to authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. The employee must have been issued a valid handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. The measure provides immunity to civil and criminal liability to the employee. The measure prohibits carrying in firearm-prohibited locations and defines such location. (Carryover) Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee as amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 77-21 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 3010 (Representative Tom Gann) Removes references to a handgun license and brings consistency to the state’s firearm statues. The bill requires a person disclose they are in possession of a concealed or unconcealed firearm at the request of law enforcement. The bill describes how to safely carry a firearm in public. Update: Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to the House Public Safety Committee. Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Scholarships/ Oklahoma’s Promise House Bill 2927 (Representative Chelsey Branham and Senator Paul Rosino) Permits the Department of Human Services to issue administrative power of attorney to a qualified youth services agency for the care and custody of a child though the administrative power of attorney does not extend to the power to consent to marriage or adoption of the child, performance or inducement of an abortion on or for the child or termination of the parental rights of the child. Qualifies these children for Oklahoma’s Promise. Update: Assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Passed the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 4 by a vote of 16-0. Passed off the House Floor 93-2 on Thursday, February 13. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Special Education Senate Bill 1436 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Nicole Miller) Creates a comprehensive special education subject area certification. The bill requires the State Board of Education to issue a two-year provisional certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities to any individual who has obtained a standard certificate in the area of mild-moderate disabilities; been recommended for a certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities by a school district board of education; and submitted an application and payment of the required certification fee. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Teacher Certification/Education Senate Bill 1115 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Danny Sterling) Allows an employing board of education to renew an emergency or provisional certificate. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1125 (Senator Adam Pugh and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows out-of-state teaching certificates to qualify a person for an Oklahoma teaching certificate. These certified teachers do not have to take competency exam. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1127 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Created the Teacher Retention Act of 2020, which would provide an annual bonus to a teacher who has National Board Certification and is teaching in the classroom full-time in an Oklahoma public school; received a district evaluation rating of "superior" under the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System during the previous school year; has been appointed as a mentor teacher; and has been recommended for a bonus by the school principal. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 11. Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 15-5 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1128 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1168 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Establishes a microcredential program for STEM subjects for any teachers who have a teaching certificate or other teaching credentials. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Engrossed to the House. Senate Bill 1337 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires that a teacher whose certificate was suspended by the State Board of Education under circumstances specified therein to remain employed by the school district while proceedings for revocation or other action are pending before the State Board of Education. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. House Bill 2923 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Carri Hicks) Gives teachers who graduate from accredited or approved teacher education programs after Nov. 1, 2020, a credit for one year of teaching experience in the minimum salary schedule. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee, 26-0 with title stricken on Tuesday February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3142 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts those with a master’s degree in education from having to complete an education administration program as part of the requirements for a school principal position. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3143 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator John Haste) Creates the Teacher Mandatory Professional Development Reduction Act, which standardizes professional development and continuing education schedules for teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 75-9 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3257 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator J.J. Dossett) Defines instructional expenditures as expenditures for instruction and instructional staff support services, including those that directly relate to providing instruction and for activities that assist with classroom instruction. The bill includes salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians, library aids and in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student assessments, technology for students, supplies and purchased services as related to expenditures referenced elsewhere in the act as instructional expenditures. Update: Laid over in the House Common Education Committee on Tuesday, February 11. Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3320 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Chris Kidd) Requires teacher candidates in early childhood, elementary, and special education to study dyslexia characteristics in students and classroom instruction techniques. It requires the program to provide for training that includes, but is not limited to, methods to identify potential manifestations and issues associated with dyslexia in students in order to recognize, meet or both recognize and meet the needs of students with dyslexia. Update: Laid over in the House Common Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Re-assigned to the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3326 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Chris Kidd) Requires teacher candidates for the preservice program approved by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to study the cognitive science of reading and evidence-based instructional practices. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 11-1 on Tuesday February, 18. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3379 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies requirements for an alternative teaching certificate. It removes the clock hours component of professional development and requires that it come from an institution of higher education program whose accreditation is recognized by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. It requires the professional education coursework include at least one college credit course addressing pedagogical principles and at least one college credit course addressing classroom management. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3382 (Representative John Waldron and Senator John Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Program, which will be in effect from the 2020-2021 school year through the 2025-2026 school year. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to administer the program. It requires the program, dependent upon funding, to provide educational loan repayment awards to individuals that meet the specified requirements. It limits the amount of the award to no more than $4,000. It permits the State Regents to accept donations of public or private funds to assist in funding the program. It permits the State Regents to contract with other public entities and nonprofit corporations for the endowment, management and administration of such funds. It creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Revolving Fund. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 25-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 with title stricken on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3434 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the State Board of Education to issue a one-year alternative teacher certificate, renewable for up to three years, to teach early childhood education or elementary education to any qualified candidate and establishes qualifications. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 92-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education committee. House Bill 3805 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Advanced Roles for Teachers and School Leaders Act, which establishes a three-year pilot program for advanced teaching roles and organization models in Oklahoma schools. The purpose of the program is to support advanced roles for teachers who wish to stay in the classroom, recognize teachers who demonstrate advanced roles in the classroom through increased compensation, provide personalized professional development, increase recruitment and retention of teachers, allow principals to expand leadership capabilities, and support improved student outcomes. The bill establishes the program’s standards and requirements. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 10-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and budget committee 26-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-1 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3966 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Brenda Stanley) Authorizes the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (OEQA) and the State Board of Education to establish the Education Leadership Oklahoma program. It requires the OEQA to select not more than 300 applicants to participate in the renewal program each fiscal year for which the OEQA will pay a portion of the fee for National Board certification renewal. It requires the total amount paid by the OEQA to not exceed $1,000 per applicant. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Retirement Systems Senate Bill 1445 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires, for a period of three years beginning July 1, 2020, Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System members who have retired as of July 1, 2019, who have been retired and receiving a benefit for at least one year, and who have not been employed by any public school during that one-year period, be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school districts, with no limitations on earnings. Update: Passed the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 title stricken, on Monday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. House Bill 3330 (Representative David Perryman and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Requires that if an injury to a member of a public retirement system results from a violent act as defined therein while in the performance of their duties as a police officer, the State Board will make a determination that the member has sustained a one-hundred-percent disability and shall make the benefit award in accordance with that standard. Update: Passed the House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 10-1 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. House Bill 3350 (Representative Avery Frix and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Authorizes a cost of living adjustment (COLA) between two and four percent for retirees of the following pension systems: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; and Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute 8-0 on Thursday, February 27. Rules suspended to direct to the calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. House Bill 3599 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Requires no additional contribution by the member of the Teachers Retirement System or their employer will be required or allowed because of any other nonfederal source of funds. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-1 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 4029 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies post-retirement earnings limitations for members of the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System. It provides that the statutory minimum salary schedule for teachers is not applicable to teachers who have retired the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. It modifies the safe harbor clause therein, allowing amendments related to the minimum salary schedule to be treated as nonfiscal changes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Workforce Development Senate Bill 1891 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates the Universal Occupational License Recognition Act. It requires an occupational license or certificate be issued, in the discipline applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the regulating entity, to a person who establishes residency in this state or is married to an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States and who is accompanying the member to an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state when certain criteria are met. Update: Assigned to the Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-1 on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate Appropriations 14-4, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 as amended by Floor substitute on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. House Bill 3096 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Adam Pugh) Defines the state average unemployment rate as the average of the three months of the most recent third calendar year quarter or the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates as published by the state department or agency responsible for collecting and publishing unemployment rate data. Update: Laid over in the House Business and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, February 19. Passed House Business and Commerce on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House floor 63-34, with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3192 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Chuck Hall) Modifies the income tax credit with respect to certain software or cybersecurity employees. It removes engineering or software engineering from the definition of the term “accredited program” and replaces it with computer engineering. The bill removes language that permits qualified employers to participate in the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act, the Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act, and the 21st Century Quality Jobs Incentive Act. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed House Appropriations and Budget 25-1, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-14 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3887 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Act. It establishes Legislative intent that the State provide appropriate incentives to attract growth industries and sectors that employ remote workers to Oklahoma through a policy of rewarding businesses with a highly skilled, knowledge-based workforce. The bill allows a proxy establishment that facilitates the attraction of remote workers and allows for quarterly incentive payments for a ten-quarter period to be made to the establishment. It establishes the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Payment Fund and allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to withhold a portion of taxes levied and collected to be deposited into the fund. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. 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URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon May 11 09:12:38 2020 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 14:12:38 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_May_8=2C_2?= =?windows-1252?q?020?= In-Reply-To: <03fdbedd0eb74e85b4146301f2ab5336@osrhe.edu> References: <03fdbedd0eb74e85b4146301f2ab5336@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: The Legislature passed a number of FY2021 budget bills last week that are now pending consideration by the Governor. The FY2021 funding level passed for higher education was a reduction of about $32 million or almost 4% from $802 million in FY2020 to $770 million in FY2021 (this does not include funding for Oklahoma’s Promise which has a separate funding process and is already fully funded for FY2021). We will see what the Governor’s decisions are this week. Bryce Fair Bryce Fair Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education P.O. Box 108850 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850 Phone: 405-225-9162 Email: bfair at osrhe.edu OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Higher Education Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, May 8, 2020 Subject: Legislative Update – May 8, 2020 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of May 4 2020 - May 8, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report May 8, 2020 Budget Bills Senate Bill 1921 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Transfers $243,668,709 from the Rainy Day Fund to the State Board of Education for the financial support of public schools. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 95-0 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1922 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates a total of $7,589,496,474 to state agencies receiving FY21 appropriations and supplemental appropriations. Includes the State System of Higher Education’s FY21 appropriation of $770,414,742, which represents a 3.95% decrease from the FY20 budget. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 77-23 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1931 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Rejects the nine and thirty-two hundredths percent (9.32%) judicial official pay increase, and instead provides a four and one-half percent (4.50%) increase, effective July 1, 2020. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 28-1 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 13-8 on Monday, May 4. Senate Bill 1944 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to publish daily reports of all expenditures of funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act on the Oklahoma Checkbook website. Deposits to the fund have totaled $1,259,072,820. Funds are to be expended based on the provisions of HR 748 (U.S. Congress). Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 2741 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the sales, use, individual income, and corporate income taxes for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 79-21 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 2742 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the insurance premium tax for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Firefighters Retirement, Police Pension and Law Enforcement Employees Retirement Systems and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 78-22 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed of the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 2743 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the FY21 amount accruing to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety (ROADS) Fund by $180,000,000 and directs the funds to be deposited into the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 25-4 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 89-10 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Special Session House Concurrent Resolution 1001 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Affirms Governor’s declaration of a health care emergency and powers given to the Governor for 30 days. Update Passed off the House Floor 99-1 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. House Concurrent Resolution 1002 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Allows special session to adjourn for longer than 3 days. Update: Approved by unanimous consent on Monday, April 6, 2020. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) A Concurrent Resolution relating to the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act and Amended Executive Order No. 2020-12 filed May 1, 2020. Requires the Governor to make certain reporting requirements to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate within two days of exercising powers granted in Executive Order No. 2020-12. Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Tuesday, May 5. Passed off the House Floor 73-24 on Tuesday, May 5. Filed with Secretary of State. COVID-19 Senate Bill 300 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Creates the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Limited Liability Act. The measure provides that a health care facility or health care provider is immune from civil liability for any loss or harm to a person with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 caused by an act or omission occurred during the arranging for or providing of services for the treatment of the person impacted by the decisions, activities or staffing of, or the availability or capacity of space or equipment by, the facility or provider in response to or as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and the act or omission by the facility or provider that occurs during the COVID-19 public health emergency, if the act or omission was not the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Wednesday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 661 (Senator Brent Howard and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows teleconference meetings for all public body meetings until November 15, 2020 or until the Governor declares the state of emergency to be terminated, whichever occurs first (amended by Floor substitute). Update: Rules suspended to direct to calendar and amended through Floor substitute. Passed off the House Floor as amended 69-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, March 18. House Bill 3888 (Representative Chad Caldwell and Senator Brent Howard) Amends the Open Meeting Act. The bill modifies the definition of the term "videoconference." It defines the term "teleconference." It permits public bodies to hold meetings by teleconference or videoconference where each member is audible or visible to the public until March 1, 2021. Update: Direct to calendar as amended by Floor substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Engrossed to the House. Senate amendments received. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3612 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Julie Daniels) The proposed Floor Substitute provides that a person or agent of the person who conducts business in this state shall not be liable in a civil action claiming an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations, a Presidential or Gubernatorial Executive Order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure. Update: Floor Substitute filed. Direct to Calendar on Tuesday, May 5. House Bill 3616 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Julie Daniels) The proposed Floor Substitute provides immunity from civil liability to any person or entity that designs, manufactures, or donates a qualified product in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that is utilized by a government entity, health care facility, health care provider, first responder, or essential business if said products causes injury, death, or property damage. Such immunity shall not apply to any person or entity that had actual knowledge that the product was defective and acted with deliberate indifference to or conscious disregard of a substantial and unnecessary risk. Update: Floor Substitute filed. Direct to Calendar on Tuesday, May 5. Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) The resolution removes the April 23rd deadline for bills and joint resolutions to be heard on the Floor of the opposite chamber. Update: Direct to calendar. Adopted by unanimous consent on Monday, March 16. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 77-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Resolution 17 (Senator Kim David) Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to place any bill or joint resolution on General Order on the same day a committee report is filed or is referred directly to the calendar. The President may also allow an amendment to be heard on the same day it is filed, authorize the consideration of a measure on the same day it is placed on General Order provided Second Reading has previously occurred on a separate legislative day, and waive distribution requirements provided electronic copies are made available. The provisions of this resolution shall remain in effect until the expiration of the Governor’s Health Emergency Declaration. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Enrolled. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Amends LOFT rules to require them to submit an annual work plan to the LOFT Oversight Committee for approval. No member of the Legislature shall be authorized to use LOFT resources to conduct investigations, evaluations or audits except as otherwise approved by the LOFT Oversight Committee or allowed by law. The LOFT Oversight Committee shall also conduct an annual evaluation of the Office’s Executive Director and recommend his or her retention or removal to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 97-2 on Monday, May 4. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Bill 199 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) The measure appropriates $302,339,481 from the Constitutional Reserve (“Rainy Day”) Fund to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. (Amended Carryover) Update: Amended, Passed off House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Effective absent signature. Senate Bill 617 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Kyle Hilbert) The measure provides the conditions and procedures for withdrawal of funds from the Revenue Stabilization Fund (RSF) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 to offset reductions to agencies in the General Revenue Fund and certain common education funds. The Director of OMES may withdraw amounts up to one half of the highest balance during FY20. Update: Amended. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Senate Bill 1053 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates from the Constitutional Reserve Fund of the State Treasury the sum of $201,559,654.00 to the Revenue Stabilization Fund (Amended by Committee Substitute) Update: Amended by committee substitute. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Ad Valorem Taxes Senate Bill 1563 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Dustin Roberts) Clarifies that under the Ad Valorem Tax Code, “transmission company” and “public service corporation” will not be construed to include cable television companies or fixed wireless Internet service companies that operate over Federal Communications Commission unlicensed frequencies. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3191 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Modifies the definition of the term “cost approach” in the Ad Valorem Tax Code. The bill modifies the duties of the Oklahoma Tax Commission's Ad Valorem Division to include providing, from year to year, schedules containing estimated replacement cost or reproduction cost, depreciation tables and instructions for the valuation of personal property in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) requirements to aid county assessors in the assessment of personal property. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Reassigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 82-9 with title stricken on Tuesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Agency Administration Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Daniel Pae) 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 pursuant to the standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, beginning Jan. 1, 2020. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 39-5 on Wednesday, February 19. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) Permits any member of the Legislature during each regular session to 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 an agency. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed the Senate Rules Committee 9-2 with title stricken on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1163 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Johnny Tadlock) Requires the Archeological Survey of the State of Oklahoma, also known as the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, to relocate artifacts found on private property after a flood for assessment and preservation within 30 days of the property owner providing notice to the survey, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. Update: Passed the Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1167 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Chris Sneed) Permits the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to release certain information to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 43-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Business and Commerce Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1284 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega) Removes the requirement that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting superintend the recovery of all debts due state government and that it certifies every requisition by a duly accredited disbursing officer for an advance of funds from the State Treasury to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval. Update: Passed the Senate Finance Committee with title stricken 8-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1405 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Charles Ortega) Grants the Governor the authority to remove any officers appointed by him, notwithstanding any provision of law. It grants the Governor the authority to remove any gubernatorial appointments on any agency, board or commission at any time, subject to the provisions therein and notwithstanding any other provision of law or any appointments created by expiring terms or vacancies provided by law. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-9 with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1434 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative Nicole Miller) Entitles a state employee hired on or after Nov. 1, 2020, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to additional credit without limit for sick leave with pay for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment, including mental health treatment, for his or her service-connected disability, in addition to any other sick leave with pay. Update: Assigned to the Senate General Government Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate General Government Committee 10-0 with title stricken on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 with title restored on Monday, March 9. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1501 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Matt Miller) Requires an agency’s report to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services of all funds available to the agency for expenditure to include, but not be limited to, information on federal funds that are under the agency’s control and subject to certain disclosure requirements. Also requires all political subdivisions to report federal funding. Update: Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee as amended with title stricken 16- 4 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 with title restored. on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1820 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Modifies language related to state agencies and officials hiring legal representation. It requires the list of attorneys and firms desiring to furnish services and a schedule of fees for each attorney and firm be maintained and made available to the public. It establishes a schedule of fees for legal representation. It adds requirements to contracts between state agencies and officials and their legal representatives. Update: Laid over in the Senate General Government Committee on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1840 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Requires all state agencies, boards and commissions that desire to apply for a grant of more than $50,000, excluding those of the federal government, to obtain written approval of the appropriate cabinet secretary prior to beginning the grant application process. It requires the cabinet secretary to communicate the details of the grant application to the Secretary of Budget, if approved. Update: Laid over in the Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee on Wednesday, February 19, Passed Senate Appropriations 16-4, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3040 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Protects information about personal electronic communication devices of current and former public employees from public inspection without the permission of the current or former public employee or an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3068 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Changes the penalty for state employee’s punishment for being in violation of state income taxes to wage garnishment instead of termination of employment. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 23-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 3390 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) The bill requires the list of attorneys and firms desiring to furnish services and a schedule of fees for each attorney and firm be maintained and made available to the public. It permits an agency or official to agree to deviate from the schedule of fees only with the approval of the Attorney General if the new schedule of fees would not violate a fee schedule established by the bill. Update: Passed the House Judiciary Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25 Passed off the House Floor 83-9 with title stricken on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3613 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) Creates the Personal Privacy Protection Act. It defines terms used therein. It prohibits a public agency from: requiring any individual to provide the public agency with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information and requiring any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information. Makes personal affiliation information exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 77-13 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. House Bill 3819 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires any contract or agreement made by any state agency to be open for inspection to any member of the Legislature. It prohibits any state agency to prohibit any person or entity from communicating with any member of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Reassigned to House Rules Committee. Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Rules Committee. House Bill 4025 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires each agency or institution of the state to regularly transmit to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency raw datasets as requested by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency for the purpose of creating a data clearinghouse to aid in the work of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. It requires the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency to adopt policies and procedures pursuant to which a state agency must be required to comply with the provisions therein, including the format in which the data is transmitted, how the data is organized and such other matters as the Office prescribes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 4050 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires the director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to ensure state agencies are charged no more than the actual cost of the services provided by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The bill provides such charges not include costs related to administration, overhead, insurance or any other additional costs indirectly related to the services provided. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 4058 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Marty Quinn) Modifies the appointing authority for the five members of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Three members would be appointed by the Governor, one by the Speaker of the House, and one by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. It requires each member to serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. It gives the Governor appointing authority over the Executive Director of the Commission, with advice and consent of the Senate. It requires the Executive Director to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, but may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the Legislature. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-1 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 72-25 with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Budget and Taxation Senate Bill 1562 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission to, upon written notification of expenditure approval from the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training, distribute from the agency special account the approved amount, if available, to the Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government Technology or the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service County Training Program, as applicable. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 17-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3968 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the maximum amount of outstanding principal with respect to obligations of the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to $250 million for the purpose of funding the backlog of the Endowed Chairs program. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 25-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 88-3 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2749 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Caps state matching funds for the Endowed Chairs program at no more than $671.2 million, effectively sunsetting the program. Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 27-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. House Bill 2750 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Authorizes increasing the bonding amount for the Endowed Chairs program to cover the state matching backlog of $161 million but does not provide funding for the debt service obligations under a new bond issuance. Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 24-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. CareerTech House Bill 3378 (Representative Mickey Dollens and Senator James Leewright) Creates an income tax credit, for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2021, and ending not later than Dec. 31, 2025, for qualifying apprenticeship programs. The bill defines applicable terms. It caps the total annual amount of the credit at $3 million. It makes the credit non-refundable. It permits Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development, in coordination with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, to adopt rules necessary to establish standards for participation and eligibility and to implement and administer the tax credit program. It requires the Council to consult with the Oklahoma Tax Commission to coordinate implementation and administration of the program. The bill requires the Council to report annually to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee and Senate Finance Committee chairs the effectiveness of the apprenticeship program no later than January 31st each year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 72-21 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Charter Schools Senate Bill 1098 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Carol Bush) Prohibits persons who are related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity from serving simultaneously on the same board of education of any charter school. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Engrossed to House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1203 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Clarifies that charter school attendance is separate from the sponsor membership and attendance. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-1, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 with title restored on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1313 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring a charter school unless the State Department of Education has made a determination and recommendation that the board has the capacity, both in financial and personnel resources, to sponsor a charter school and the capacity to adhere to the contractual requirements and follow the sponsor contract guidelines outlined therein. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1365 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Jay Steagall) Requires the State Board of Education to deduct 5 percent the State Aid Allocation for statewide virtual charter schools sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board that have an average daily membership (ADM) of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) students. This funding would be deposited into the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1541 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Changes the name of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to the Oklahoma Commission for Digital Learning. The bill increases the terms of office for commission members to five years. The bill adds the Chancellor of Higher Education and the Director of the Department of Career and Technology Education as members of the commission and makes them, as well as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education, voting members, rather than non-voting ex officio members. The bill removes outdated language. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 46-1 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3369 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Prohibits a sponsor of a charter school from retaining any additional State Aid Allocation or charging the charter school any additional fee above the amounts allowed therein unless the additional fees are for additional services rendered. It requires the charter school sponsor to provide to the State Department of Education financial records documenting any state funds retained by the sponsor for administrative services rendered for the previous year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-3 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3640 (Representative Cyndi Munson and Senator Darrell Weaver) Requires the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to offer instruction on how to alert a school district or a charter school about the presence of a minor child or a child who has reached 18 years of age and continues to be enrolled in high school if that child has been identified at the scene of a traumatic event or an event involving a response from an emergency 911 service. The bill only allows the peace officer to release the student’s name directly to the school district or charter school and state that the child was present at the scene of a traumatic event. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 88-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Common Education Senate Bill 1283 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires all persons appointed to fill board of education or technology center school districts serve only until the next succeeding election, at which time the office which they hold shall be placed on the ballot for the balance of the unexpired term. It removes the limitation that only those vacancies filled in the first half of the term be placed on the ballot for the balance of the unexpired term. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3389 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Regents for Higher Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to conduct a study and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding possible changes to the units or sets of competencies required for students to graduate with a standard diploma. It states the purpose of the study. The bill establishes requirements for the study. The bill requires the board to submit any recommendations prior to the start of the 2021 Legislative Session and may continue the study and to make recommendations thereafter as needed. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-2 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3398 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires any person employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to the effective date of this act who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as well as a national criminal history record check on file with his or her employing district as required have until July 1, 2022, to complete the criminal history record checks. It exempts any person eligible to retire from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3400 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires all public high schools, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to make a minimum of four Advanced Placement courses available to students. It provides options for access. It requires the State Department of Education to provide information to all local boards of education, to be distributed to their students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment process for students to take Advanced Placement courses. It requires the Department to retain records of which options local boards of education selected for their students and make the information available on the Department's website. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee as amended by committee substitute 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed of the House Floor 81-7 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 3255 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Changes the waiver amounts that high school students concurrently enrolled in college courses are entitled to receive. Instead of receiving a tuition waiver for the actual amount of resident tuition, a high school student would receive the lesser of: 1) the actual amount of resident tuition for the credit hours enrolled, or 2) the average amount of resident tuition of all the community junior colleges in the state. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 9-3 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 69-30 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. FAFSA Senate Bill 1120 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study a requirement for high school students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off Senate Floor 35-10 on Monday, February 24. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Healthcare Senate Bill 801 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the authority of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, pediatric physician or dentist as opposed to under their supervision. It removes the requirement for a nurse to administer the drug under conditions in which timely, onsite consultation with a physician is possible Update: Carryover bill. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, May 4. Sent to Governor Stitt for Consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 7. Senate Bill 1201 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Marcus McEntire) Requires all health care entities to report data to the statewide health information exchange and to utilize the system. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1276 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Increases from not less than 50 percent to not less than 75 percent of the subsidy for residency programs provided by the Physician Manpower Training Commission be used in the training of primary health care and family practice physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of the state. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 with title restored on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1290 (Senator Darrell Weaver and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies the definition of Medical Care Provider as it relates to assault and batters to include: laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers, pharmacists, nursing students, medical students and any other employees of a healthcare facility. Update: Passed the Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 2870 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Creates the Small Oklahoma Hospital Survival Act, which guarantees a minimum reimbursement rate between health care insurers and small Oklahoma hospitals of at least 150 percent of the published Medicare reimbursement rate of 100 percent of the prevailing market rate for test, procedures and similar services paid to urban hospitals, and if the prevailing market rate is disputed, then it will be defined as 165 percent of the published Medicare reimbursement rate. The bill states payment for services rendered by a small Oklahoma hospital pursuant to prior authorization cannot be denied by an insurance company for any reason. Update: Withdrawn from the House Insurance Committee. Re-assigned to the House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee by unanimous consent on Thursday, February 27. Representative David Perryman removed as House author and substituted with Representative Lundy Kiger. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Higher Education House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would repeal the requirement that appropriations made by the Legislature for all State Regents of Higher Education institutions be made in consolidated form without reference to any particular institution. It would also eliminate the requirement that the Board of Regents allocate to each institution according to its needs and functions. Update. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Failed to meet deadline. Senate Bill 1181 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Adds exemptions to the definition of private vocational school which include: a school that “offers only a degree(s) and has and maintains proper approval by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,” and “an entity that is based outside of Oklahoma, maintains regional or national accreditation by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education, does not offer degrees and provides all of its training through mechanism(s) of distance education.” Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday. February 25. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1182 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Authorizes the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to promulgate rules to maintain student records and professional license and occupational certifications. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1379 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Modifies eligibility for in-state status for students who were discharged or released from a period of not fewer than 90 days of active duty uniformed services less than 15 years before the date of enrollment in the course concerned. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations. Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 13-0 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 18-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1453 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations regarding the current and future concurrent enrollment needs of the state and pathways for awarding degrees and certificates through concurrent enrollment. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 16-3 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1752 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Josh West) Modifies the purpose of the Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund to include supporting viticulture programs and research at universities and colleges. Update: Passed the Senate Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 14-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1835 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Mike Osburn) Requires continued education credits for licensed behavioral practitioners earned from courses on empirically validated procedures be taught by instructors certified by the Chair of the Department of Psychology of the University of Central Oklahoma, rather than the North American Association of Masters in Psychology, its designees or successors. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 24. Emergency added. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar House Bill 1907 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires all institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to grant priority enrollment and course registration to students who are active members of the military and to students who are eligible to receive educational financial assistance from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 13-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 83-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2922 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Michael Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower’s Bill of Rights Act, directing the Attorney General to prepare a written statement for student loan borrowers listing their rights. Update: Passed House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 7-3 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 84-8 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. House Bill 2970 (Representative Josh West and Senator James Leewright) Removes the requirement that money accruing to the Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund for the benefit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry be used to establish a Viticulture and Enology Center on the campus of Redlands Community College. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 92-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3188 (Representative Tommy Hardin and Senator David Bullard) Creates the Cooperative Extension Revolving Fund for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. It requires money in the fund to be expended by the Department for the purpose of supporting Cooperative Extension Service offices. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 6-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 17-8, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 70-23 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3223 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows school, colleges and designated people to retain tissue from bodies distributed to them and to donate the tissue to a person or entity with the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed off the House Floor 96-1 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 3255 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Changes the waiver amounts that high school students concurrently enrolled in college courses are entitled to receive. Instead of receiving a tuition waiver for the amount of resident tuition, a high school student would receive the lesser of: The actual amount of resident tuition for the credit hours enrolled, or the average amount of resident tuition of all the community junior colleges in the state. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 9-3 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 69-30 with title stricken on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3454 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates the Oklahoma Sex Trafficking Prevention Act authorizes a school district board of education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs for students. The measure provides that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are to allow nonprofit organizations that specialize in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and exploitation to present a series of in-depth prevention and education programs regarding sex trafficking and exploitation to all freshmen students. Update: Passed House Children Youth and Family Services 14-1 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 69-25 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 4026 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. It allows any eligible two-year institution within the state to establish a career technology district, with the purpose of allowing the two-year institution to generate additional sources of local revenue, and provides the procedure for doing so. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-0 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 1528 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 with title stricken on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1783 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Modifies the definition of industrial hemp as used in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It requires industrial hemp to be grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program and allows it to be shipped intrastate and interstate. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3786 (Representative Scott Fetgatter and Senator Roland Pederson) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 18-0 on Monday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. OneNet/Information Technology House Bill 4018 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Rural Broadband Expansion Council, which is directed to conduct a study of rural broadband access in Oklahoma. The study will divide the state into separate geographic areas based on existing broadband capability, cost of service, estimated costs for improving access, likelihood of changes in access in the future, and other information as deemed relevant by the council. The council is further directed to use the geographic areas it establishes to develop policy recommendations conducive to establishing or improving rural broadband access. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 with emergency added on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Senate Bill 1898 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Mike Osburn) Removes the requirement that the Chief Information Officer also serve as Secretary of Information Technology and Telecommunications. It also removes the salary requirement and the position’s employment qualifications. Update: Passed the Senate Finance Committee 6-1 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 16-4 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-12 with title restored on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Direct to Calendar. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 781 (Senator Paul Scott and Senator Jay Steagall) Prohibits any person or business entity from establishing or enforcing and 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. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 36-7 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar, Senate Bill 1081 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) Creates an Anti-Red flag Act to preemptively void any federal Red Flag law that would seek to limit gun ownership. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-2 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1399 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Carl Newton) Authorizes individuals with a valid handgun license issued under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to enter the State Capitol building with a handgun. Update: Passed Senate Education Committ.ee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1610 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Harold Wright) Modifies the completed application procedure specified therein under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 with title stricken, on Monday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. 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. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 37-7 on Wednesday, February 12. Referred for engrossment. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2546 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator Julie Daniels) Brings multiple gun laws under a single title, The Oklahoma Self Defense act of 2020. (Carryover) Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee as amended by committee substitute 10-0 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 77-20 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2547 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Allows municipalities, by ordinance, to authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. The employee must have been issued a valid handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. The measure provides immunity to civil and criminal liability to the employee. The measure prohibits carrying in firearm-prohibited locations and defines such location. (Carryover) Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee as amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 77-21 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 3010 (Representative Tom Gann) Removes references to a handgun license and brings consistency to the state’s firearm statues. The bill requires a person disclose they are in possession of a concealed or unconcealed firearm at the request of law enforcement. The bill describes how to safely carry a firearm in public. Update: Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to the House Public Safety Committee. Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Scholarships/ Oklahoma’s Promise House Bill 2927 (Representative Chelsey Branham and Senator Paul Rosino) Permits the Department of Human Services to issue administrative power of attorney to a qualified youth services agency for the care and custody of a child though the administrative power of attorney does not extend to the power to consent to marriage or adoption of the child, performance or inducement of an abortion on or for the child or termination of the parental rights of the child. Qualifies these children for Oklahoma’s Promise. Update: Assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Passed the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 4 by a vote of 16-0. Passed off the House Floor 93-2 on Thursday, February 13. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Special Education Senate Bill 1436 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Nicole Miller) Creates a comprehensive special education subject area certification. The bill requires the State Board of Education to issue a two-year provisional certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities to any individual who has obtained a standard certificate in the area of mild-moderate disabilities; been recommended for a certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities by a school district board of education; and submitted an application and payment of the required certification fee. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Teacher Certification/Education Senate Bill 1115 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Danny Sterling) Allows an employing board of education to renew an emergency or provisional certificate. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1125 (Senator Adam Pugh and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows out-of-state teaching certificates to qualify a person for an Oklahoma teaching certificate. These certified teachers do not have to take competency exam. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1127 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Created the Teacher Retention Act of 2020, which would provide an annual bonus to a teacher who has National Board Certification and is teaching in the classroom full-time in an Oklahoma public school; received a district evaluation rating of "superior" under the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System during the previous school year; has been appointed as a mentor teacher; and has been recommended for a bonus by the school principal. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 11. Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 15-5 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1128 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1168 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Establishes a microcredential program for STEM subjects for any teachers who have a teaching certificate or other teaching credentials. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1337 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires that a teacher whose certificate was suspended by the State Board of Education under circumstances specified therein to remain employed by the school district while proceedings for revocation or other action are pending before the State Board of Education. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 2923 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Carri Hicks) Gives teachers who graduate from accredited or approved teacher education programs after Nov. 1, 2020, a credit for one year of teaching experience in the minimum salary schedule. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee, 26-0 with title stricken on Tuesday February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3142 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts those with a master’s degree in education from having to complete an education administration program as part of the requirements for a school principal position. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3143 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator John Haste) Creates the Teacher Mandatory Professional Development Reduction Act, which standardizes professional development and continuing education schedules for teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 75-9 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3257 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator J.J. Dossett) Defines instructional expenditures as expenditures for instruction and instructional staff support services, including those that directly relate to providing instruction and for activities that assist with classroom instruction. The bill includes salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians, library aids and in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student assessments, technology for students, supplies and purchased services as related to expenditures referenced elsewhere in the act as instructional expenditures. Update: Laid over in the House Common Education Committee on Tuesday, February 11. Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3320 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Chris Kidd) Requires teacher candidates in early childhood, elementary, and special education to study dyslexia characteristics in students and classroom instruction techniques. It requires the program to provide for training that includes, but is not limited to, methods to identify potential manifestations and issues associated with dyslexia in students in order to recognize, meet or both recognize and meet the needs of students with dyslexia. Update: Laid over in the House Common Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Re-assigned to the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3326 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Chris Kidd) Requires teacher candidates for the preservice program approved by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to study the cognitive science of reading and evidence-based instructional practices. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 11-1 on Tuesday February, 18. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3379 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies requirements for an alternative teaching certificate. It removes the clock hours component of professional development and requires that it come from an institution of higher education program whose accreditation is recognized by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. It requires the professional education coursework include at least one college credit course addressing pedagogical principles and at least one college credit course addressing classroom management. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3382 (Representative John Waldron and Senator John Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Program, which will be in effect from the 2020-2021 school year through the 2025-2026 school year. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to administer the program. It requires the program, dependent upon funding, to provide educational loan repayment awards to individuals that meet the specified requirements. It limits the amount of the award to no more than $4,000. It permits the State Regents to accept donations of public or private funds to assist in funding the program. It permits the State Regents to contract with other public entities and nonprofit corporations for the endowment, management and administration of such funds. It creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Revolving Fund. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 25-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 with title stricken on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3434 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the State Board of Education to issue a one-year alternative teacher certificate, renewable for up to three years, to teach early childhood education or elementary education to any qualified candidate and establishes qualifications. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 92-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education committee. House Bill 3805 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Advanced Roles for Teachers and School Leaders Act, which establishes a three-year pilot program for advanced teaching roles and organization models in Oklahoma schools. The purpose of the program is to support advanced roles for teachers who wish to stay in the classroom, recognize teachers who demonstrate advanced roles in the classroom through increased compensation, provide personalized professional development, increase recruitment and retention of teachers, allow principals to expand leadership capabilities, and support improved student outcomes. The bill establishes the program’s standards and requirements. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 10-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and budget committee 26-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-1 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3966 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Brenda Stanley) Authorizes the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (OEQA) and the State Board of Education to establish the Education Leadership Oklahoma program. It requires the OEQA to select not more than 300 applicants to participate in the renewal program each fiscal year for which the OEQA will pay a portion of the fee for National Board certification renewal. It requires the total amount paid by the OEQA to not exceed $1,000 per applicant. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Retirement Systems Senate Bill 1445 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires, for a period of three years beginning July 1, 2020, Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System members who have retired as of July 1, 2019, who have been retired and receiving a benefit for at least one year, and who have not been employed by any public school during that one-year period, be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school districts, with no limitations on earnings. Update: Passed the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 title stricken, on Monday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3330 (Representative David Perryman and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Requires that if an injury to a member of a public retirement system results from a violent act as defined therein while in the performance of their duties as a police officer, the State Board will make a determination that the member has sustained a one-hundred-percent disability and shall make the benefit award in accordance with that standard. Update: Passed the House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 10-1 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. House Bill 3350 (Representative Avery Frix and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Authorizes a cost of living adjustment (COLA) between two and four percent for retirees of the following pension systems: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; and Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute 8-0 on Thursday, February 27. Rules suspended to direct to the calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. House Bill 3599 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Requires no additional contribution by the member of the Teachers Retirement System or their employer will be required or allowed because of any other nonfederal source of funds. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-1 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 4029 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies post-retirement earnings limitations for members of the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System. It provides that the statutory minimum salary schedule for teachers is not applicable to teachers who have retired the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. It modifies the safe harbor clause therein, allowing amendments related to the minimum salary schedule to be treated as nonfiscal changes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Workforce Development Senate Bill 1891 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates the Universal Occupational License Recognition Act. It requires an occupational license or certificate be issued, in the discipline applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the regulating entity, to a person who establishes residency in this state or is married to an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States and who is accompanying the member to an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state when certain criteria are met. Update: Assigned to the Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-1 on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate Appropriations 14-4, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 as amended by Floor substitute on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3096 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Adam Pugh) Defines the state average unemployment rate as the average of the three months of the most recent third calendar year quarter or the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates as published by the state department or agency responsible for collecting and publishing unemployment rate data. Update: Laid over in the House Business and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, February 19. Passed House Business and Commerce on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House floor 63-34, with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3192 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Chuck Hall) Modifies the income tax credit with respect to certain software or cybersecurity employees. It removes engineering or software engineering from the definition of the term “accredited program” and replaces it with computer engineering. The bill removes language that permits qualified employers to participate in the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act, the Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act, and the 21st Century Quality Jobs Incentive Act. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed House Appropriations and Budget 25-1, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-14 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3887 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Act. It establishes Legislative intent that the State provide appropriate incentives to attract growth industries and sectors that employ remote workers to Oklahoma through a policy of rewarding businesses with a highly skilled, knowledge-based workforce. The bill allows a proxy establishment that facilitates the attraction of remote workers and allows for quarterly incentive payments for a ten-quarter period to be made to the establishment. It establishes the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Payment Fund and allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to withhold a portion of taxes levied and collected to be deposited into the fund. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. 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Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 6106 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon May 18 09:47:38 2020 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 14:47:38 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_May_15=2C_?= =?windows-1252?q?2020?= In-Reply-To: <40a65278d91049909b21071302e01191@osrhe.edu> References: <40a65278d91049909b21071302e01191@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Following is the state legislative update for last week. As you are probably aware, the Governor vetoed four budget-related bills but all four bills were overridden by the Legislature. Consequently, the state budget for FY2021 currently remains as originally passed by the Legislature. The reduction for higher education remains at about 4% (3.95% to be exact). The Legislature is not planning to be in session this week but has indicated that if the Governor vetoes any non-budget bills this week, the Legislature might reconvene on Friday to consider possible overrides. Bryce Fair OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Higher Education Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, May 15, 2020 Subject: Legislative Update – May 15, 2020 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of May 11, 2020 - May 15, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report May 15, 2020 Budget Bills Senate Bill 1921 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Transfers $243,668,709 from the Rainy Day Fund to the State Board of Education for the financial support of public schools. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 95-0 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Senate Bill 1922 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates a total of $7,589,496,474 to state agencies receiving FY21 appropriations and supplemental appropriations. Includes the State System of Higher Education’s FY21 appropriation of $770,414,742, which represents a 3.95% decrease from the FY20 budget. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 77-23 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 35-11 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 79-20 on Wednesday, May 13. Senate Bill 1931 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Rejects the nine and thirty-two hundredths percent (9.32%) judicial official pay increase, and instead provides a four and one-half percent (4.50%) increase, effective July 1, 2020. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 28-1 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 13-8 on Monday, May 4. Senate Bill 1925 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Modifies FY2020 budget limits for the State Board of Education. It increases total funds available by $72.6 million, including a $60.0 million increase in federal funding. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 22-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1939 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Establishes FY2021 budget limits for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 22-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the House Floor 75-21 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1940 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires the Department of Commerce to use not less than $1.0 million appropriated to the agency in SB1922, the general appropriations bills, for the statewide branding initiative. The bill establishes budgeting and expenditure procedures. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 20-2 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Tuesday, May 12. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 75-21 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1944 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to publish daily reports of all expenditures of funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act on the Oklahoma Checkbook website. Deposits to the fund have totaled $1,259,072,820. Funds are to be expended based on the provisions of HR 748 (U.S. Congress). Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 12. House Bill 2741 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the sales, use, individual income, and corporate income taxes for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 79-21 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 94-4 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 34-12 on Wednesday, May 13. House Bill 2742 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the insurance premium tax for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Firefighters Retirement, Police Pension and Law Enforcement Employees Retirement Systems and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 78-22 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed of the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 95-5 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 34-12 on Wednesday, May 13. House Bill 2743 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the FY21 amount accruing to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety (ROADS) Fund by $180,000,000 and directs the funds to be deposited into the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 25-4 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 89-10 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 97-3 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-2 on Wednesday, May 13. House Bill 4153 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Establishes FY2021 budget limits for the State Board of Education. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 20-11 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 14-5 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-5 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Special Session House Concurrent Resolution 1001 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Affirms Governor’s declaration of a health care emergency and powers given to the Governor for 30 days. Update Passed off the House Floor 99-1 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. House Concurrent Resolution 1002 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Allows special session to adjourn for longer than 3 days. Update: Approved by unanimous consent on Monday, April 6, 2020. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) A Concurrent Resolution relating to the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act and Amended Executive Order No. 2020-12 filed May 1, 2020. Requires the Governor to make certain reporting requirements to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate within two days of exercising powers granted in Executive Order No. 2020-12. Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Tuesday, May 5. Passed off the House Floor 73-24 on Tuesday, May 5. Filed with Secretary of State. COVID-19 Senate Bill 300 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Creates the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Limited Liability Act. The measure provides that a health care facility or health care provider is immune from civil liability for any loss or harm to a person with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 caused by an act or omission occurred during the arranging for or providing of services for the treatment of the person impacted by the decisions, activities or staffing of, or the availability or capacity of space or equipment by, the facility or provider in response to or as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and the act or omission by the facility or provider that occurs during the COVID-19 public health emergency, if the act or omission was not the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Wednesday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 12. Senate Bill 661 (Senator Brent Howard and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows teleconference meetings for all public body meetings until November 15, 2020 or until the Governor declares the state of emergency to be terminated, whichever occurs first (amended by Floor substitute). Update: Rules suspended to direct to calendar and amended through Floor substitute. Passed off the House Floor as amended 69-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, March 18. Senate Bill 1102 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Kevin West) Modifies the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act by adding legislative findings to ensure the civil rights and liberties of the citizens of Oklahoma while providing for their safety. The measure authorizes the Governor to grant local officials certain clearly defined authorities during a catastrophic health emergency. The measure modifies the composition of the Oklahoma Catastrophic Health Emergency Planning Task Force by adding an additional member from the House and Senate, requiring two members of the majority party and one member of the minority party, and adding the Director of the Department of Corrections, two members of law enforcement, two members from the private sector with expertise in disaster relief, and four members from the private sector business community Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House Floor 53-44 on Thursday, May 14. Senate Bill 1946 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Exempts a person or agent of the person who conducts business in Oklahoma from civil liability in a civil action claiming an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations. Update: Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-11 on Monday, May 12. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 76-20 on Thursday, May 14. Senate Bill 1947 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Creates the COVID19 Product Protection Act. The measure establishes immunity from civil liability from actions resulting in a personal injury, death or property damage caused by a product provided by a person or entity that designs, manufactures, labels, sells, distributes, or donates a qualified product during and in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency that is utilized by a government entity, health care facility, health care provider, first responder, or essential business. Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-11 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to calendar, Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Thursday, May 14. House amendments read. House Bill 3888 (Representative Chad Caldwell and Senator Brent Howard) Amends the Open Meeting Act. The bill modifies the definition of the term "videoconference." It defines the term "teleconference." It permits public bodies to hold meetings by teleconference or videoconference where each member is audible or visible to the public until March 1, 2021. Update: Direct to calendar as amended by Floor substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Engrossed to the House. Senate amendments received. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3612 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Julie Daniels) The proposed Floor Substitute provides that a person or agent of the person who conducts business in this state shall not be liable in a civil action claiming an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations, a Presidential or Gubernatorial Executive Order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure. Update: Floor Substitute filed. Direct to Calendar on Tuesday, May 5. House Bill 3616 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Julie Daniels) The proposed Floor Substitute provides immunity from civil liability to any person or entity that designs, manufactures, or donates a qualified product in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that is utilized by a government entity, health care facility, health care provider, first responder, or essential business if said products causes injury, death, or property damage. Such immunity shall not apply to any person or entity that had actual knowledge that the product was defective and acted with deliberate indifference to or conscious disregard of a substantial and unnecessary risk. Update: Floor Substitute filed. Direct to Calendar on Tuesday, May 5. Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) The resolution removes the April 23rd deadline for bills and joint resolutions to be heard on the Floor of the opposite chamber. Update: Direct to calendar. Adopted by unanimous consent on Monday, March 16. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 77-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Resolution 17 (Senator Kim David) Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to place any bill or joint resolution on General Order on the same day a committee report is filed or is referred directly to the calendar. The President may also allow an amendment to be heard on the same day it is filed, authorize the consideration of a measure on the same day it is placed on General Order provided Second Reading has previously occurred on a separate legislative day, and waive distribution requirements provided electronic copies are made available. The provisions of this resolution shall remain in effect until the expiration of the Governor’s Health Emergency Declaration. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Enrolled. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Amends LOFT rules to require them to submit an annual work plan to the LOFT Oversight Committee for approval. No member of the Legislature shall be authorized to use LOFT resources to conduct investigations, evaluations or audits except as otherwise approved by the LOFT Oversight Committee or allowed by law. The LOFT Oversight Committee shall also conduct an annual evaluation of the Office’s Executive Director and recommend his or her retention or removal to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 97-2 on Monday, May 4. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Bill 199 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) The measure appropriates $302,339,481 from the Constitutional Reserve (“Rainy Day”) Fund to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. (Amended Carryover) Update: Amended, Passed off House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Effective absent signature. Senate Bill 617 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Kyle Hilbert) The measure provides the conditions and procedures for withdrawal of funds from the Revenue Stabilization Fund (RSF) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 to offset reductions to agencies in the General Revenue Fund and certain common education funds. The Director of OMES may withdraw amounts up to one half of the highest balance during FY20. Update: Amended. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Senate Bill 1053 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates from the Constitutional Reserve Fund of the State Treasury the sum of $201,559,654.00 to the Revenue Stabilization Fund (Amended by Committee Substitute) Update: Amended by committee substitute. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Ad Valorem Taxes Senate Bill 1563 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Dustin Roberts) Clarifies that under the Ad Valorem Tax Code, “transmission company” and “public service corporation” will not be construed to include cable television companies or fixed wireless Internet service companies that operate over Federal Communications Commission unlicensed frequencies. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3191 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Modifies the definition of the term “cost approach” in the Ad Valorem Tax Code. The bill modifies the duties of the Oklahoma Tax Commission's Ad Valorem Division to include providing, from year to year, schedules containing estimated replacement cost or reproduction cost, depreciation tables and instructions for the valuation of personal property in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) requirements to aid county assessors in the assessment of personal property. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Reassigned to House County and Municipal Government Committee. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 82-9 with title stricken on Tuesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Agency Administration Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Daniel Pae) 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 pursuant to the standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, beginning Jan. 1, 2020. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 39-5 on Wednesday, February 19. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jon Echols) Permits any member of the Legislature during each regular session to 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 an agency. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed the Senate Rules Committee 9-2 with title stricken on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1163 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Johnny Tadlock) Requires the Archeological Survey of the State of Oklahoma, also known as the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, to relocate artifacts found on private property after a flood for assessment and preservation within 30 days of the property owner providing notice to the survey, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. Update: Passed the Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1167 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Chris Sneed) Permits the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to release certain information to the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education. Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 43-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Business and Commerce Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1284 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega) Removes the requirement that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting superintend the recovery of all debts due state government and that it certifies every requisition by a duly accredited disbursing officer for an advance of funds from the State Treasury to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval. Update: Passed the Senate Finance Committee with title stricken 8-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1405 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Charles Ortega) Grants the Governor the authority to remove any officers appointed by him, notwithstanding any provision of law. It grants the Governor the authority to remove any gubernatorial appointments on any agency, board or commission at any time, subject to the provisions therein and notwithstanding any other provision of law or any appointments created by expiring terms or vacancies provided by law. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-9 with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1434 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative Nicole Miller) Entitles a state employee hired on or after Nov. 1, 2020, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to additional credit without limit for sick leave with pay for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment, including mental health treatment, for his or her service-connected disability, in addition to any other sick leave with pay. Update: Assigned to the Senate General Government Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate General Government Committee 10-0 with title stricken on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 with title restored on Monday, March 9. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1501 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Matt Miller) Requires an agency’s report to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services of all funds available to the agency for expenditure to include, but not be limited to, information on federal funds that are under the agency’s control and subject to certain disclosure requirements. Also requires all political subdivisions to report federal funding. Update: Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee as amended with title stricken 16- 4 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 with title restored. on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1820 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Modifies language related to state agencies and officials hiring legal representation. It requires the list of attorneys and firms desiring to furnish services and a schedule of fees for each attorney and firm be maintained and made available to the public. It establishes a schedule of fees for legal representation. It adds requirements to contracts between state agencies and officials and their legal representatives. Update: Laid over in the Senate General Government Committee on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1840 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Requires all state agencies, boards and commissions that desire to apply for a grant of more than $50,000, excluding those of the federal government, to obtain written approval of the appropriate cabinet secretary prior to beginning the grant application process. It requires the cabinet secretary to communicate the details of the grant application to the Secretary of Budget, if approved. Update: Laid over in the Senate Appropriations and Budget Committee on Wednesday, February 19, Passed Senate Appropriations 16-4, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 2823 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Dave Rader) Omnibus sunset extension bill. Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Senate amendments adopted and passed off the House Floor 77-11 on Friday, May 15. House Bill 3040 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Protects information about personal electronic communication devices of current and former public employees from public inspection without the permission of the current or former public employee or an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3068 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Changes the penalty for state employee’s punishment for being in violation of state income taxes to wage garnishment instead of termination of employment. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 23-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, May 11. Senate amendments adopted and passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 3390 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) The bill requires the list of attorneys and firms desiring to furnish services and a schedule of fees for each attorney and firm be maintained and made available to the public. It permits an agency or official to agree to deviate from the schedule of fees only with the approval of the Attorney General if the new schedule of fees would not violate a fee schedule established by the bill. Update: Passed the House Judiciary Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25 Passed off the House Floor 83-9 with title stricken on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 3613 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) Creates the Personal Privacy Protection Act. It defines terms used therein. It prohibits a public agency from: requiring any individual to provide the public agency with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information and requiring any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information. Makes personal affiliation information exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 77-13 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 3819 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires any contract or agreement made by any state agency to be open for inspection to any member of the Legislature. It prohibits any state agency to prohibit any person or entity from communicating with any member of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Reassigned to House Rules Committee. Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Rules Committee. Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 4025 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires each agency or institution of the state to regularly transmit to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency raw datasets as requested by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency for the purpose of creating a data clearinghouse to aid in the work of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. It requires the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency to adopt policies and procedures pursuant to which a state agency must be required to comply with the provisions therein, including the format in which the data is transmitted, how the data is organized and such other matters as the Office prescribes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 4050 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires the director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to ensure state agencies are charged no more than the actual cost of the services provided by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The bill provides such charges not include costs related to administration, overhead, insurance or any other additional costs indirectly related to the services provided. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 4058 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Marty Quinn) Modifies the appointing authority for the five members of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Three members would be appointed by the Governor, one by the Speaker of the House, and one by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. It requires each member to serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. It gives the Governor appointing authority over the Executive Director of the Commission, with advice and consent of the Senate. It requires the Executive Director to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, but may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the Legislature. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-1 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 72-25 with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Direct to calendar. House Bill 4139 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Transfers, effective Jan. 1, 2021, title, ownership and possession of the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard Edmondson State Office Buildings and all real estate and structures, parking and other improvements attached thereto, located at 440 and 444 S. Houston Street in Tulsa County, to the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, Update: Passed out of House JCAB 27-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed out of Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off House Floor 97-1 on Wednesday, May 13. Passed off Senate Floor 84-3 on Friday, May 15. House Bill 4159 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Provides for funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1922 of the 2nd Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of two million eight hundred eighty thousand dollars ($2,880,000.00) shall, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated to extension offices and research centers that are affiliated with the Oklahoma State University Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Stations Update: Passed House JCAB 28-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Budget and Taxation Senate Bill 1562 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission to, upon written notification of expenditure approval from the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training, distribute from the agency special account the approved amount, if available, to the Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government Technology or the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service County Training Program, as applicable. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 17-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3968 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the maximum amount of outstanding principal with respect to obligations of the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to $250 million for the purpose of funding the backlog of the Endowed Chairs program. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 25-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 88-3 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2749 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Caps state matching funds for the Endowed Chairs program at no more than $671.2 million, effectively sunsetting the program. Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 27-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 2750 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Authorizes increasing the bonding amount for the Endowed Chairs program to cover the state matching backlog of $161 million but does not provide funding for the debt service obligations under a new bond issuance. Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 24-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. CareerTech House Bill 3378 (Representative Mickey Dollens and Senator James Leewright) Creates an income tax credit, for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2021, and ending not later than Dec. 31, 2025, for qualifying apprenticeship programs. The bill defines applicable terms. It caps the total annual amount of the credit at $3 million. It makes the credit non-refundable. It permits Governor's Council for Workforce and Economic Development, in coordination with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, to adopt rules necessary to establish standards for participation and eligibility and to implement and administer the tax credit program. It requires the Council to consult with the Oklahoma Tax Commission to coordinate implementation and administration of the program. The bill requires the Council to report annually to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee and Senate Finance Committee chairs the effectiveness of the apprenticeship program no later than January 31st each year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 72-21 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Charter Schools Senate Bill 1098 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Carol Bush) Prohibits persons who are related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity from serving simultaneously on the same board of education of any charter school. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Engrossed to House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1203 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Clarifies that charter school attendance is separate from the sponsor membership and attendance. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-1, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 with title restored on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1313 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Prohibits the State Board of Education from sponsoring a charter school unless the State Department of Education has made a determination and recommendation that the board has the capacity, both in financial and personnel resources, to sponsor a charter school and the capacity to adhere to the contractual requirements and follow the sponsor contract guidelines outlined therein. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1365 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Jay Steagall) Requires the State Board of Education to deduct 5 percent the State Aid Allocation for statewide virtual charter schools sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board that have an average daily membership (ADM) of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) students. This funding would be deposited into the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1541 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Rhonda Baker) Changes the name of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to the Oklahoma Commission for Digital Learning. The bill increases the terms of office for commission members to five years. The bill adds the Chancellor of Higher Education and the Director of the Department of Career and Technology Education as members of the commission and makes them, as well as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education, voting members, rather than non-voting ex officio members. The bill removes outdated language. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 46-1 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3369 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Prohibits a sponsor of a charter school from retaining any additional State Aid Allocation or charging the charter school any additional fee above the amounts allowed therein unless the additional fees are for additional services rendered. It requires the charter school sponsor to provide to the State Department of Education financial records documenting any state funds retained by the sponsor for administrative services rendered for the previous year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-3 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-7 on Tuesday, May 12. Senate amendments adopted. Passed off the House Floor 84-5 on Friday, May 15. House Bill 3640 (Representative Cyndi Munson and Senator Darrell Weaver) Requires the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to offer instruction on how to alert a school district or a charter school about the presence of a minor child or a child who has reached 18 years of age and continues to be enrolled in high school if that child has been identified at the scene of a traumatic event or an event involving a response from an emergency 911 service. The bill only allows the peace officer to release the student’s name directly to the school district or charter school and state that the child was present at the scene of a traumatic event. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 88-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Common Education Senate Bill 1283 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires all persons appointed to fill board of education or technology center school districts serve only until the next succeeding election, at which time the office which they hold shall be placed on the ballot for the balance of the unexpired term. It removes the limitation that only those vacancies filled in the first half of the term be placed on the ballot for the balance of the unexpired term. Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3389 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Regents for Higher Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to conduct a study and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding possible changes to the units or sets of competencies required for students to graduate with a standard diploma. It states the purpose of the study. The bill establishes requirements for the study. The bill requires the board to submit any recommendations prior to the start of the 2021 Legislative Session and may continue the study and to make recommendations thereafter as needed. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-2 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3398 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires any person employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to the effective date of this act who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as well as a national criminal history record check on file with his or her employing district as required have until July 1, 2022, to complete the criminal history record checks. It exempts any person eligible to retire from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 3400 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires all public high schools, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to make a minimum of four Advanced Placement courses available to students. It provides options for access. It requires the State Department of Education to provide information to all local boards of education, to be distributed to their students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment process for students to take Advanced Placement courses. It requires the Department to retain records of which options local boards of education selected for their students and make the information available on the Department's website. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee as amended by committee substitute 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed of the House Floor 81-7 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 3255 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Changes the waiver amounts that high school students concurrently enrolled in college courses are entitled to receive. Instead of receiving a tuition waiver for the actual amount of resident tuition, a high school student would receive the lesser of: 1) the actual amount of resident tuition for the credit hours enrolled, or 2) the average amount of resident tuition of all the community junior colleges in the state. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 9-3 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 69-30 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. FAFSA Senate Bill 1120 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study a requirement for high school students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off Senate Floor 35-10 on Monday, February 24. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Healthcare Senate Bill 801 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the authority of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, pediatric physician or dentist as opposed to under their supervision. It removes the requirement for a nurse to administer the drug under conditions in which timely, onsite consultation with a physician is possible Update: Carryover bill. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, May 4. Sent to Governor Stitt for Consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 7. Senate Bill 1201 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Marcus McEntire) Requires all health care entities to report data to the statewide health information exchange and to utilize the system. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1276 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Increases from not less than 50 percent to not less than 75 percent of the subsidy for residency programs provided by the Physician Manpower Training Commission be used in the training of primary health care and family practice physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of the state. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 with title restored on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1290 (Senator Darrell Weaver and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies the definition of Medical Care Provider as it relates to assault and batters to include: laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers, pharmacists, nursing students, medical students and any other employees of a healthcare facility. Update: Passed the Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 74-26 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 2870 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Creates the Small Oklahoma Hospital Survival Act, which guarantees a minimum reimbursement rate between health care insurers and small Oklahoma hospitals of at least 150 percent of the published Medicare reimbursement rate of 100 percent of the prevailing market rate for test, procedures and similar services paid to urban hospitals, and if the prevailing market rate is disputed, then it will be defined as 165 percent of the published Medicare reimbursement rate. The bill states payment for services rendered by a small Oklahoma hospital pursuant to prior authorization cannot be denied by an insurance company for any reason. Update: Withdrawn from the House Insurance Committee. Re-assigned to the House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee by unanimous consent on Thursday, February 27. Representative David Perryman removed as House author and substituted with Representative Lundy Kiger. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Higher Education House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would repeal the requirement that appropriations made by the Legislature for all State Regents of Higher Education institutions be made in consolidated form without reference to any particular institution. It would also eliminate the requirement that the Board of Regents allocate to each institution according to its needs and functions. Update. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Failed to meet deadline. Senate Bill 1181 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Adds exemptions to the definition of private vocational school which include: a school that “offers only a degree(s) and has and maintains proper approval by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,” and “an entity that is based outside of Oklahoma, maintains regional or national accreditation by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education, does not offer degrees and provides all of its training through mechanism(s) of distance education.” Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday. February 25. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1182 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Chad Caldwell) Authorizes the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools to promulgate rules to maintain student records and professional license and occupational certifications. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1379 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Modifies eligibility for in-state status for students who were discharged or released from a period of not fewer than 90 days of active duty uniformed services less than 15 years before the date of enrollment in the course concerned. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations. Committee. Passed the Senate Education Committee 13-0 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 18-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1453 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study and make recommendations regarding the current and future concurrent enrollment needs of the state and pathways for awarding degrees and certificates through concurrent enrollment. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 16-3 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1752 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Josh West) Modifies the purpose of the Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund to include supporting viticulture programs and research at universities and colleges. Update: Passed the Senate Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 12. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 14-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-6 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1835 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Mike Osburn) Requires continued education credits for licensed behavioral practitioners earned from courses on empirically validated procedures be taught by instructors certified by the Chair of the Department of Psychology of the University of Central Oklahoma, rather than the North American Association of Masters in Psychology, its designees or successors. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 24. Emergency added. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, May 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 1907 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Stephanie Bice) Requires all institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to grant priority enrollment and course registration to students who are active members of the military and to students who are eligible to receive educational financial assistance from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 13-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 83-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2922 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Michael Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower’s Bill of Rights Act, directing the Attorney General to prepare a written statement for student loan borrowers listing their rights. Update: Passed House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 7-3 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 84-8 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. House Bill 2970 (Representative Josh West and Senator James Leewright) Removes the requirement that money accruing to the Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology Center Development Revolving Fund for the benefit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry be used to establish a Viticulture and Enology Center on the campus of Redlands Community College. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 92-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3188 (Representative Tommy Hardin and Senator David Bullard) Creates the Cooperative Extension Revolving Fund for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. It requires money in the fund to be expended by the Department for the purpose of supporting Cooperative Extension Service offices. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee 6-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 17-8, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 70-23 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Direct to calendar. House Bill 3223 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows school, colleges and designated people to retain tissue from bodies distributed to them and to donate the tissue to a person or entity with the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed off the House Floor 96-1 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 3255 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Changes the waiver amounts that high school students concurrently enrolled in college courses are entitled to receive. Instead of receiving a tuition waiver for the amount of resident tuition, a high school student would receive the lesser of: The actual amount of resident tuition for the credit hours enrolled, or the average amount of resident tuition of all the community junior colleges in the state. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee as amended by committee substitute 9-3 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 69-30 with title stricken on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3454 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates the Oklahoma Sex Trafficking Prevention Act authorizes a school district board of education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs for students. The measure provides that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are to allow nonprofit organizations that specialize in outreach and education programs on sex trafficking and exploitation to present a series of in-depth prevention and education programs regarding sex trafficking and exploitation to all freshmen students. Update: Passed House Children Youth and Family Services 14-1 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 69-25 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 4026 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. It allows any eligible two-year institution within the state to establish a career technology district, with the purpose of allowing the two-year institution to generate additional sources of local revenue, and provides the procedure for doing so. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 7-0 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 1528 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 with title stricken on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1783 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Modifies the definition of industrial hemp as used in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It requires industrial hemp to be grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program and allows it to be shipped intrastate and interstate. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. House Bill 3786 (Representative Scott Fetgatter and Senator Roland Pederson) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 18-0 on Monday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee then Senate Appropriations Committee. OneNet/Information Technology House Bill 4018 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Rural Broadband Expansion Council, which is directed to conduct a study of rural broadband access in Oklahoma. The study will divide the state into separate geographic areas based on existing broadband capability, cost of service, estimated costs for improving access, likelihood of changes in access in the future, and other information as deemed relevant by the council. The council is further directed to use the geographic areas it establishes to develop policy recommendations conducive to establishing or improving rural broadband access. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 with emergency added on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright and Speaker Charles McCall) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by two members, from 12 to 14. The Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate would each gain one new appointment Update: Direct to calendar. Passed off the House Floor 86-0 on Thursday, May 14. House amendments read. Senate Bill 1898 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Mike Osburn) Removes the requirement that the Chief Information Officer also serve as Secretary of Information Technology and Telecommunications. It also removes the salary requirement and the position’s employment qualifications. Update: Passed the Senate Finance Committee 6-1 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 16-4 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-12 with title restored on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Direct to Calendar. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 781 (Senator Paul Scott and Senator Jay Steagall) Prohibits any person or business entity from establishing or enforcing and 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. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 36-7 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar, Senate Bill 1081 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Creates an Anti-Red flag Act to preemptively void any federal Red Flag law that would seek to limit gun ownership. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-2 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1399 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Carl Newton) Authorizes individuals with a valid handgun license issued under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to enter the State Capitol building with a handgun. Update: Passed Senate Education Committ.ee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1610 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Harold Wright) Modifies the completed application procedure specified therein under the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 with title stricken, on Monday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. 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. (Carryover bill) Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 37-7 on Wednesday, February 12. Referred for engrossment. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2546 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator Julie Daniels) Brings multiple gun laws under a single title, The Oklahoma Self Defense act of 2020. (Carryover) Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee as amended by committee substitute 10-0 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 77-20 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2547 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Allows municipalities, by ordinance, to authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. The employee must have been issued a valid handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. The measure provides immunity to civil and criminal liability to the employee. The measure prohibits carrying in firearm-prohibited locations and defines such location. (Carryover) Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee as amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Thursday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 77-21 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 3010 (Representative Tom Gann) Removes references to a handgun license and brings consistency to the state’s firearm statues. The bill requires a person disclose they are in possession of a concealed or unconcealed firearm at the request of law enforcement. The bill describes how to safely carry a firearm in public. Update: Assigned to the House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to the House Public Safety Committee. Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Quartz Mountain House Bill 2753 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) The measure transfers the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park from the board of trustees for the facility to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (“Tourism”), effective October 1, 2020. The budget of the facility of approximately $1,060,000 will be divided between the trustees (until the effective date) and Tourism. Tourism received funding of $794,126 for the balance of FY-21. Update: Passed House JCAB 26-0 Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday May 12. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Friday, May 15. House Bill 4141 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Dave Rader) The measure appropriates to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (OTRD) from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Oklahoma Tourism Capital Improvement Revolving Fund (267 Fund) the sum of Five Hundred Eight Thousand Thirty-one Dollars ($508,031.00) or so much as may be necessary to implement the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No. 2753 of the 2nd Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature, for the transfer and rehabilitation of the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park to the agency. The OTRD will transfer the funds ($508,031) to the State Regents to cover all outstanding debt service obligations for Quartz Mountain prior to October 1, 2020. Update: Passed House JCAB 26-0 Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday May 12. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-2 on Friday, May 15. Scholarships/ Oklahoma’s Promise House Bill 2927 (Representative Chelsey Branham and Senator Paul Rosino) Permits the Department of Human Services to issue administrative power of attorney to a qualified youth services agency for the care and custody of a child though the administrative power of attorney does not extend to the power to consent to marriage or adoption of the child, performance or inducement of an abortion on or for the child or termination of the parental rights of the child. Qualifies these children for Oklahoma’s Promise. Update: Assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Passed the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 4 by a vote of 16-0. Passed off the House Floor 93-2 on Thursday, February 13. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Special Education Senate Bill 1436 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Nicole Miller) Creates a comprehensive special education subject area certification. The bill requires the State Board of Education to issue a two-year provisional certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities to any individual who has obtained a standard certificate in the area of mild-moderate disabilities; been recommended for a certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities by a school district board of education; and submitted an application and payment of the required certification fee. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Teacher Certification/Education Senate Bill 1115 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Danny Sterling) Allows an employing board of education to renew an emergency or provisional certificate. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1125 (Senator Adam Pugh and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows out-of-state teaching certificates to qualify a person for an Oklahoma teaching certificate. These certified teachers do not have to take competency exam. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Monday, May 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Senate Bill 1127 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Created the Teacher Retention Act of 2020, which would provide an annual bonus to a teacher who has National Board Certification and is teaching in the classroom full-time in an Oklahoma public school; received a district evaluation rating of "superior" under the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System during the previous school year; has been appointed as a mentor teacher; and has been recommended for a bonus by the school principal. Update: Assigned to the Senate Education Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 11. Passed the Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 15-5 on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-10 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1128 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1168 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Establishes a microcredential program for STEM subjects for any teachers who have a teaching certificate or other teaching credentials. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, February 26. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1337 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires that a teacher whose certificate was suspended by the State Board of Education under circumstances specified therein to remain employed by the school district while proceedings for revocation or other action are pending before the State Board of Education. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 2923 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Carri Hicks) Gives teachers who graduate from accredited or approved teacher education programs after Nov. 1, 2020, a credit for one year of teaching experience in the minimum salary schedule. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee, 26-0 with title stricken on Tuesday February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3142 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts those with a master’s degree in education from having to complete an education administration program as part of the requirements for a school principal position. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, May 14. House Bill 3143 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator John Haste) Creates the Teacher Mandatory Professional Development Reduction Act, which standardizes professional development and continuing education schedules for teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 75-9 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3257 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator J.J. Dossett) Defines instructional expenditures as expenditures for instruction and instructional staff support services, including those that directly relate to providing instruction and for activities that assist with classroom instruction. The bill includes salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians, library aids and in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student assessments, technology for students, supplies and purchased services as related to expenditures referenced elsewhere in the act as instructional expenditures. Update: Laid over in the House Common Education Committee on Tuesday, February 11. Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3320 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Chris Kidd) Requires teacher candidates in early childhood, elementary, and special education to study dyslexia characteristics in students and classroom instruction techniques. It requires the program to provide for training that includes, but is not limited to, methods to identify potential manifestations and issues associated with dyslexia in students in order to recognize, meet or both recognize and meet the needs of students with dyslexia. Update: Laid over in the House Common Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Re-assigned to the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3326 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Chris Kidd) Requires teacher candidates for the preservice program approved by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to study the cognitive science of reading and evidence-based instructional practices. Update: Passed the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 11-1 on Tuesday February, 18. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3379 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies requirements for an alternative teaching certificate. It removes the clock hours component of professional development and requires that it come from an institution of higher education program whose accreditation is recognized by the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. It requires the professional education coursework include at least one college credit course addressing pedagogical principles and at least one college credit course addressing classroom management. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 3382 (Representative John Waldron and Senator John Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Program, which will be in effect from the 2020-2021 school year through the 2025-2026 school year. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to administer the program. It requires the program, dependent upon funding, to provide educational loan repayment awards to individuals that meet the specified requirements. It limits the amount of the award to no more than $4,000. It permits the State Regents to accept donations of public or private funds to assist in funding the program. It permits the State Regents to contract with other public entities and nonprofit corporations for the endowment, management and administration of such funds. It creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Repayment Revolving Fund. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 25-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 with title stricken on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3434 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the State Board of Education to issue a one-year alternative teacher certificate, renewable for up to three years, to teach early childhood education or elementary education to any qualified candidate and establishes qualifications. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 92-3 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education committee. House Bill 3805 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Advanced Roles for Teachers and School Leaders Act, which establishes a three-year pilot program for advanced teaching roles and organization models in Oklahoma schools. The purpose of the program is to support advanced roles for teachers who wish to stay in the classroom, recognize teachers who demonstrate advanced roles in the classroom through increased compensation, provide personalized professional development, increase recruitment and retention of teachers, allow principals to expand leadership capabilities, and support improved student outcomes. The bill establishes the program’s standards and requirements. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 10-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed House Appropriations and budget committee 26-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-1 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3966 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Brenda Stanley) Authorizes the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (OEQA) and the State Board of Education to establish the Education Leadership Oklahoma program. It requires the OEQA to select not more than 300 applicants to participate in the renewal program each fiscal year for which the OEQA will pay a portion of the fee for National Board certification renewal. It requires the total amount paid by the OEQA to not exceed $1,000 per applicant. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 11-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Retirement Systems Senate Bill 1445 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Jadine Nollan) Requires, for a period of three years beginning July 1, 2020, Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System members who have retired as of July 1, 2019, who have been retired and receiving a benefit for at least one year, and who have not been employed by any public school during that one-year period, be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school districts, with no limitations on earnings. Update: Passed the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 title stricken, on Monday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. House Bill 3330 (Representative David Perryman and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Requires that if an injury to a member of a public retirement system results from a violent act as defined therein while in the performance of their duties as a police officer, the State Board will make a determination that the member has sustained a one-hundred-percent disability and shall make the benefit award in accordance with that standard. Update: Passed the House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 10-1 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. House Bill 3350 (Representative Avery Frix and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Authorizes a cost of living adjustment (COLA) between two and four percent for retirees of the following pension systems: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; and Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute 8-0 on Thursday, February 27. Rules suspended to direct to the calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-5 on Friday, May 15. House Bill 3599 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Requires no additional contribution by the member of the Teachers Retirement System or their employer will be required or allowed because of any other nonfederal source of funds. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-1 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 4029 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Modifies post-retirement earnings limitations for members of the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System. It provides that the statutory minimum salary schedule for teachers is not applicable to teachers who have retired the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. It modifies the safe harbor clause therein, allowing amendments related to the minimum salary schedule to be treated as nonfiscal changes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Workforce Development Senate Bill 1891 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates the Universal Occupational License Recognition Act. It requires an occupational license or certificate be issued, in the discipline applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the regulating entity, to a person who establishes residency in this state or is married to an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States and who is accompanying the member to an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state when certain criteria are met. Update: Assigned to the Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed the Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-1 on Thursday, February 20. Passed Senate Appropriations 14-4, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 as amended by Floor substitute on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Senate Bill 1075 (Senator Roger Thompson, Representative Kevin Wallace) Permits any establishment participating in the Quality Jobs Program that does not meet the statutory quarterly payroll requirements during the time period which begins on April 1, 2020, and ends on June 30, 2021, to continue to receive incentive payments and to be exempt from the prescribed limitations. (Carryover Bill) Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed House JCAB 28-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off Senate floor 43-2 on Wednesday, May 13. Passed off the House Floor 84-3 on Friday, May 15. House Bill 3096 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Adam Pugh) Defines the state average unemployment rate as the average of the three months of the most recent third calendar year quarter or the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates as published by the state department or agency responsible for collecting and publishing unemployment rate data. Update: Laid over in the House Business and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, February 19. Passed House Business and Commerce on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the House floor 63-34, with title stricken on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3192 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Chuck Hall) Modifies the income tax credit with respect to certain software or cybersecurity employees. It removes engineering or software engineering from the definition of the term “accredited program” and replaces it with computer engineering. The bill removes language that permits qualified employers to participate in the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act, the Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act, and the 21st Century Quality Jobs Incentive Act. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed House Appropriations and Budget 25-1, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-14 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 3887 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Act. It establishes Legislative intent that the State provide appropriate incentives to attract growth industries and sectors that employ remote workers to Oklahoma through a policy of rewarding businesses with a highly skilled, knowledge-based workforce. The bill allows a proxy establishment that facilitates the attraction of remote workers and allows for quarterly incentive payments for a ten-quarter period to be made to the establishment. It establishes the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Payment Fund and allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to withhold a portion of taxes levied and collected to be deposited into the fund. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Direct to Calendar. Thank you. Glen Glen D. 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Because I know they have been. With our population of students, we almost never have Selective Service issues to work through, so this is new to me and I'm looking for some advice that falls into the "what would you do" category. We have a 42 year old naturalized citizen who is entering one of our programs. We have a copy of the letter from Selective Service System, from 2011, that confirms he was required to register but did not. We also have a copy of his 2011 statement that states, "{his name} declare that for me the Selective Service System, was I new government institution and I did not have any knowledge of it. Therefore, I evidence that my failure to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register by the time I was 26 years of age of younger." Given the date on the statement and that he has received aid from 3 other Oklahoma schools since then, I'm assuming the copy of this letter was sufficient at the time he was establishing eligibility, although I'm having my doubts that it stands by itself, regardless of what he might think happened at the time. When I read the Handbook, page 1-76, and it states that the student should "provide as complete a description about his situation as possible: where he was living during the period when he should have registered, whether he was incarcerated or institutionalized, his citizenship status during the period, if applicable, and so on." His statement alone doesn't provide any of that context. We're still working on getting a clear copy of his passport with entry stamps and/or his I20, but given current logistical challenges, we're having trouble getting a legible copy to visually verify any of his timeline in the US. On that old statement alone, I'm inclined to deny his aid because it's simply not enough. However, since 3 other offices have been able to establish his eligibility in the past 9 years, I feel like they key has to be in his passport, student visa, etc. Right? Or is a new statement from the student, worded with more clarity that what I currently have, sufficient? Thanks, everyone, I hope I get to see you soon somehow! The week of May 18th through May 22nd, the Office of Student Financial Aid will be open 8AM - 5PM on Monday, the 18th, Wednesday, the 20th, and Friday, the 22nd. The other days, all staff will continue teleworking. 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Read and interpret it for yourself and keep in mind that they do say more guidance is coming. We don’t know when or what it will be. Good times in financial aid! Jonna Get Outlook for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myrna.cross at wosc.edu Fri May 22 09:21:19 2020 From: myrna.cross at wosc.edu (myrna cross) Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 09:21:19 -0500 Subject: [Oasfaa] Ed backs off some Cares guidance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It's great to get more guidance after most funds have been distributed!!! [image: Western Oklahoma State College Logo] Myrna Cross, B.S. Western Oklahoma State College 2801 N. Main St. *|* Altus, OK 73521 (580) 477-7712 *|* Office: SSC-201C [image: wosc facebook] [image: wosc instagram] [image: wosc twitter] [image: wosc snapchat] The mission of Western Oklahoma State College is to provide high quality education, support student success, and empower individuals to become productive members of local, regional, and global communities. On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:22 PM Jonna Raney wrote: > > https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/22023/In_Reversal_ED_Will_Not_Enforce_Title_IV_Eligibility_for_CARES_Act_Student_Grants_Still_Excluding_DACA_Students > > They are still saying we can’t award international students but have > backed off the Title IV eligibility requirement. Read and interpret it for > yourself and keep in mind that they do say more guidance is coming. We > don’t know when or what it will be. Good times in financial aid! > > Jonna > > Get Outlook for iOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Tue May 26 08:14:15 2020 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 13:14:15 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_May_22=2C_?= =?windows-1252?q?2020?= In-Reply-To: <237de11179bb4898b3b7c35026abea4d@osrhe.edu> References: <237de11179bb4898b3b7c35026abea4d@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Following is the legislative update for last week. It looks like the Legislature is done for this session. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Higher Education Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, May 22, 2020 Subject: Legislative Update – May 22, 2020 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of May 18, 2020 – May 22, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 225-9424. Legislative Report May 22, 2020 Budget Bills Senate Bill 1921 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Transfers $243,668,709 from the Rainy Day Fund to the State Board of Education for the financial support of public schools. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 95-0 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Senate Bill 1922 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates a total of $7,589,496,474 to state agencies receiving FY21 appropriations and supplemental appropriations. Includes the State System of Higher Education’s FY21 appropriation of $770,414,742, which represents a 3.95% decrease from the FY20 budget. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 77-23 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 35-11 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 79-20 on Wednesday, May 13. Senate Bill 1925 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Modifies FY2020 budget limits for the State Board of Education. It increases total funds available by $72.6 million, including a $60.0 million increase in federal funding. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 22-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. Senate Bill 1939 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Establishes FY2021 budget limits for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 22-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the House Floor 75-21 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. Senate Bill 1940 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires the Department of Commerce to use not less than $1.0 million appropriated to the agency in SB1922, the general appropriations bills, for the statewide branding initiative. The bill establishes budgeting and expenditure procedures. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 20-2 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Tuesday, May 12. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 75-21 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. Senate Bill 1944 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to publish daily reports of all expenditures of funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act on the Oklahoma Checkbook website. Deposits to the fund have totaled $1,259,072,820. Funds are to be expended based on the provisions of HR 748 (U.S. Congress). Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 12. House Bill 2741 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the sales, use, individual income, and corporate income taxes for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 79-21 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 94-4 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 34-12 on Wednesday, May 13. House Bill 2742 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the insurance premium tax for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Firefighters Retirement, Police Pension and Law Enforcement Employees Retirement Systems and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 78-22 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed of the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 95-5 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 34-12 on Wednesday, May 13. House Bill 2743 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the FY21 amount accruing to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety (ROADS) Fund by $180,000,000 and directs the funds to be deposited into the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund. Update: Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 25-4 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 89-10 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 97-3 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-2 on Wednesday, May 13. House Bill 4153 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Establishes FY2021 budget limits for the State Board of Education. Update: Passed out of House JCAB 20-11 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 14-5 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-5 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. Special Session House Concurrent Resolution 1001 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Affirms Governor’s declaration of a health care emergency and powers given to the Governor for 30 days. Update Passed off the House Floor 99-1 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. House Concurrent Resolution 1002 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Allows special session to adjourn for longer than 3 days. Update: Approved by unanimous consent on Monday, April 6, 2020. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) A Concurrent Resolution relating to the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act and Amended Executive Order No. 2020-12 filed May 1, 2020. Requires the Governor to make certain reporting requirements to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate within two days of exercising powers granted in Executive Order No. 2020-12. Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Tuesday, May 5. Passed off the House Floor 73-24 on Tuesday, May 5. Filed with Secretary of State. COVID-19 Senate Bill 300 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Creates the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Limited Liability Act. The measure provides that a health care facility or health care provider is immune from civil liability for any loss or harm to a person with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 caused by an act or omission occurred during the arranging for or providing of services for the treatment of the person impacted by the decisions, activities or staffing of, or the availability or capacity of space or equipment by, the facility or provider in response to or as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and the act or omission by the facility or provider that occurs during the COVID-19 public health emergency, if the act or omission was not the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Wednesday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 12. Senate Bill 661 (Senator Brent Howard and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows teleconference meetings for all public body meetings until November 15, 2020 or until the Governor declares the state of emergency to be terminated, whichever occurs first (amended by Floor substitute). Update: Rules suspended to direct to calendar and amended through Floor substitute. Passed off the House Floor as amended 69-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, March 18. Senate Bill 1946 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Exempts a person or agent of the person who conducts business in Oklahoma from civil liability in a civil action claiming an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations. Update: Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-11 on Monday, May 12. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 76-20 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Senate Bill 1947 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Creates the COVID19 Product Protection Act. The measure establishes immunity from civil liability from actions resulting in a personal injury, death or property damage caused by a product provided by a person or entity that designs, manufactures, labels, sells, distributes, or donates a qualified product during and in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency that is utilized by a government entity, health care facility, health care provider, first responder, or essential business. Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-11 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to calendar, Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Thursday, May 14. House amendments adopted, passed off the Senate floor 33-11 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for Consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 22. Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) The resolution removes the April 23rd deadline for bills and joint resolutions to be heard on the Floor of the opposite chamber. Update: Direct to calendar. Adopted by unanimous consent on Monday, March 16. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 77-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Resolution 17 (Senator Kim David) Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to place any bill or joint resolution on General Order on the same day a committee report is filed or is referred directly to the calendar. The President may also allow an amendment to be heard on the same day it is filed, authorize the consideration of a measure on the same day it is placed on General Order provided Second Reading has previously occurred on a separate legislative day, and waive distribution requirements provided electronic copies are made available. The provisions of this resolution shall remain in effect until the expiration of the Governor’s Health Emergency Declaration. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Enrolled. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Amends LOFT rules to require them to submit an annual work plan to the LOFT Oversight Committee for approval. No member of the Legislature shall be authorized to use LOFT resources to conduct investigations, evaluations or audits except as otherwise approved by the LOFT Oversight Committee or allowed by law. The LOFT Oversight Committee shall also conduct an annual evaluation of the Office’s Executive Director and recommend his or her retention or removal to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 97-2 on Monday, May 4. Filed with Secretary of State. Senate Bill 199 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) The measure appropriates $302,339,481 from the Constitutional Reserve (“Rainy Day”) Fund to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. (Amended Carryover) Update: Amended, Passed off House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Effective absent signature. Senate Bill 617 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Kyle Hilbert) The measure provides the conditions and procedures for withdrawal of funds from the Revenue Stabilization Fund (RSF) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 to offset reductions to agencies in the General Revenue Fund and certain common education funds. The Director of OMES may withdraw amounts up to one half of the highest balance during FY20. Update: Amended. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Senate Bill 1053 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates from the Constitutional Reserve Fund of the State Treasury the sum of $201,559,654.00 to the Revenue Stabilization Fund (Amended by Committee Substitute) Update: Amended by committee substitute. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Agency Administration House Bill 2823 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Dave Rader) Omnibus sunset extension bill. Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Senate amendments adopted and passed off the House Floor 77-11 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. House Bill 3068 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Changes the penalty for state employee’s punishment for being in violation of state income taxes to wage garnishment instead of termination of employment. Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 8-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 23-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, May 11. Senate amendments adopted and passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 20. House Bill 3613 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) Creates the Personal Privacy Protection Act. It defines terms used therein. It prohibits a public agency from: requiring any individual to provide the public agency with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information and requiring any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information. Makes personal affiliation information exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 77-13 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt Tuesday, May 19. House Bill 3819 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires any contract or agreement made by any state agency to be open for inspection to any member of the Legislature. It prohibits any state agency to prohibit any person or entity from communicating with any member of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Reassigned to House Rules Committee. Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Rules Committee. Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed. Veto overridden by House 94-3 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by Senate 45-0 on Friday, May 22. House Bill 4025 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires each agency or institution of the state to regularly transmit to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency raw datasets as requested by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency for the purpose of creating a data clearinghouse to aid in the work of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. It requires the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency to adopt policies and procedures pursuant to which a state agency must be required to comply with the provisions therein, including the format in which the data is transmitted, how the data is organized and such other matters as the Office prescribes. Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt onTuesday, May 19. House Bill 4139 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Transfers, effective Jan. 1, 2021, title, ownership and possession of the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard Edmondson State Office Buildings and all real estate and structures, parking and other improvements attached thereto, located at 440 and 444 S. Houston Street in Tulsa County, to the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, Update: Passed out of House JCAB 27-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed out of Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off House Floor 97-1 on Wednesday, May 13. Passed off Senate Floor 84-3 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. House Bill 4159 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Provides for funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1922 of the 2nd Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of two million eight hundred eighty thousand dollars ($2,880,000.00) shall, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated to extension offices and research centers that are affiliated with the Oklahoma State University Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Stations Update: Passed House JCAB 28-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt Thursday, May 21. Budget and Taxation House Bill 2749 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Caps state matching funds for the Endowed Chairs program at no more than $671.2 million, effectively sunsetting the program. Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 27-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18. Veto overridden by the House 94-3 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-1 on Friday, May 22, House Bill 2750 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Authorizes increasing the bonding amount for the Endowed Chairs program to cover the state matching backlog of $161 million but does not provide funding for the debt service obligations under a new bond issuance. Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 24-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18. Veto overridden by the House 92-6 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-1 on Friday, May 22, Charter Schools House Bill 3369 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Prohibits a sponsor of a charter school from retaining any additional State Aid Allocation or charging the charter school any additional fee above the amounts allowed therein unless the additional fees are for additional services rendered. It requires the charter school sponsor to provide to the State Department of Education financial records documenting any state funds retained by the sponsor for administrative services rendered for the previous year. Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-3 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-7 on Tuesday, May 12. Senate amendments adopted. Passed off the House Floor 84-5 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Common Education House Bill 3398 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires any person employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to the effective date of this act who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as well as a national criminal history record check on file with his or her employing district as required have until July 1, 2022, to complete the criminal history record checks. It exempts any person eligible to retire from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19. House Bill 3400 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires all public high schools, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to make a minimum of four Advanced Placement courses available to students. It provides options for access. It requires the State Department of Education to provide information to all local boards of education, to be distributed to their students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment process for students to take Advanced Placement courses. It requires the Department to retain records of which options local boards of education selected for their students and make the information available on the Department's website. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee as amended by committee substitute 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed of the House Floor 81-7 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. Healthcare Senate Bill 801 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the authority of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, pediatric physician or dentist as opposed to under their supervision. It removes the requirement for a nurse to administer the drug under conditions in which timely, onsite consultation with a physician is possible Update: Carryover bill. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, May 4. Sent to Governor Stitt for Consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 7. Senate Bill 1276 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Increases from not less than 50 percent to not less than 75 percent of the subsidy for residency programs provided by the Physician Manpower Training Commission be used in the training of primary health care and family practice physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of the state. Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 with title restored on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19. Senate Bill 1290 (Senator Darrell Weaver and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies the definition of Medical Care Provider as it relates to assault and batters to include: laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers, pharmacists, nursing students, medical students and any other employees of a healthcare facility. Update: Passed the Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 74-26 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19. Higher Education House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would repeal the requirement that appropriations made by the Legislature for all State Regents of Higher Education institutions be made in consolidated form without reference to any particular institution. It would also eliminate the requirement that the Board of Regents allocate to each institution according to its needs and functions. Update. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Failed to meet deadline. Senate Bill 1835 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Mike Osburn) Requires continued education credits for licensed behavioral practitioners earned from courses on empirically validated procedures be taught by instructors certified by the Chair of the Department of Psychology of the University of Central Oklahoma, rather than the North American Association of Masters in Psychology, its designees or successors. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 24. Emergency added. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, May 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18. House Bill 3223 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows school, colleges and designated people to retain tissue from bodies distributed to them and to donate the tissue to a person or entity with the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains. Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed off the House Floor 96-1 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19. Industrial Hemp Senate Bill 1528 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 with title stricken on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. Senate Bill 1783 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Modifies the definition of industrial hemp as used in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It requires industrial hemp to be grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program and allows it to be shipped intrastate and interstate. Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20. OneNet/Information Technology House Bill 4018 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Rural Broadband Expansion Council, which is directed to conduct a study of rural broadband access in Oklahoma. The study will divide the state into separate geographic areas based on existing broadband capability, cost of service, estimated costs for improving access, likelihood of changes in access in the future, and other information as deemed relevant by the council. The council is further directed to use the geographic areas it establishes to develop policy recommendations conducive to establishing or improving rural broadband access. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 with emergency added on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt. Veto overridden by the House 90-6 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the Senate 43-1 on Friday, May 22. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright and Speaker Charles McCall) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by two members, from 12 to 14. The Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate would each gain one new appointment Update: Direct to calendar. Passed off the House Floor 86-0 on Thursday, May 14. House amendments adopted. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-1 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the House 91-7 on Friday, May 22. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons Senate Bill 1081 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Creates an Anti-Red flag Act to preemptively void any federal Red Flag law that would seek to limit gun ownership. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-2 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 77-14 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19. Quartz Mountain House Bill 2753 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) The measure transfers the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park from the board of trustees for the facility to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (“Tourism”), effective October 1, 2020. The budget of the facility of approximately $1,060,000 will be divided between the trustees (until the effective date) and Tourism. Tourism received funding of $794,126 for the balance of FY-21. Update: Passed House JCAB 26-0 Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday May 12. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. House Bill 4141 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Dave Rader) The measure appropriates to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (OTRD) from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Oklahoma Tourism Capital Improvement Revolving Fund (267 Fund) the sum of Five Hundred Eight Thousand Thirty-one Dollars ($508,031.00) or so much as may be necessary to implement the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No. 2753 of the 2nd Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature, for the transfer and rehabilitation of the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park to the agency. The OTRD will transfer the funds ($508,031) to the State Regents to cover all outstanding debt service obligations for Quartz Mountain prior to October 1, 2020. Update: Passed House JCAB 26-0 Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday May 12. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-2 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Special Education Senate Bill 1436 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Nicole Miller) Creates a comprehensive special education subject area certification. The bill requires the State Board of Education to issue a two-year provisional certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities to any individual who has obtained a standard certificate in the area of mild-moderate disabilities; been recommended for a certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities by a school district board of education; and submitted an application and payment of the required certification fee. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 87-1 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Teacher Certification/Education Senate Bill 1115 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Danny Sterling) Allows an employing board of education to renew an emergency or provisional certificate. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 87-3 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Senate Bill 1125 (Senator Adam Pugh and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows out-of-state teaching certificates to qualify a person for an Oklahoma teaching certificate. These certified teachers do not have to take competency exam. Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Monday, May 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18. House Bill 3142 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts those with a master’s degree in education from having to complete an education administration program as part of the requirements for a school principal position. Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Retirement Systems House Bill 3330 (Representative David Perryman and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Requires that if an injury to a member of a public retirement system results from a violent act as defined therein while in the performance of their duties as a police officer, the State Board will make a determination that the member has sustained a one-hundred-percent disability and shall make the benefit award in accordance with that standard. Update: Passed the House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 10-1 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. House Bill 3350 (Representative Avery Frix and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Authorizes a cost of living adjustment (COLA) between two and four percent for retirees of the following pension systems: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; and Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges. Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute 8-0 on Thursday, February 27. Rules suspended to direct to the calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-5 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. Workforce Development Senate Bill 1075 (Senator Roger Thompson, Representative Kevin Wallace) Permits any establishment participating in the Quality Jobs Program that does not meet the statutory quarterly payroll requirements during the time period which begins on April 1, 2020, and ends on June 30, 2021, to continue to receive incentive payments and to be exempt from the prescribed limitations. (Carryover Bill) Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed House JCAB 28-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off Senate floor 43-2 on Wednesday, May 13. Passed off the House Floor 84-3 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21. 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 follow us on Twitter @okhighered [cid:image001.png at 01D63058.01F420C0] [cid:image002.png at 01D63058.01F420C0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 13890 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 6106 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From Jonna.Raney at okbu.edu Tue May 26 12:58:28 2020 From: Jonna.Raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 17:58:28 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Personal news Message-ID: Hello everyone! I wanted to let you all know that I am retiring as Director of Student Financial Services at OBU effective June 1. I have accepted a position with an auditing firm to serve as a Compliance Supervisor for their financial aid audits. I will be working part-time in this new remote role and am excited for the new challenge. I will continue to update the listserv with any Legislative things through the end of my term as Legislative Chair on June 30. I will be working very part-time for a few months for OBU as well. Danielle Wellman will step into the Director role on June 1. She has been preparing for this position for quite some time and is ready to take over the responsibilities. I have so many memories and relationships that I will take with me as I move to this new chapter. Financial aid isn't easy, but it's such a rewarding job in which we get to help students achieve their education goals. Please keep in touch. I'll see many of your on Facebook and Instagram I'm sure. If we aren't social media friends, please find me! 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Danielle Wellman will step into the Director role on June 1. She has been preparing for this position for quite some time and is ready to take over the responsibilities. I have so many memories and relationships that I will take with me as I move to this new chapter. Financial aid isn't easy, but it's such a rewarding job in which we get to help students achieve their education goals. Please keep in touch. I'll see many of your on Facebook and Instagram I'm sure. If we aren't social media friends, please find me! Jonna [Oklahoma Baptist University] Jonna Raney Director of Student Financial Services 405.585.5020 Oklahoma Baptist University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bnichols at ocap.org Tue May 26 21:16:13 2020 From: bnichols at ocap.org (Nichols, Bridgette) Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 02:16:13 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Personal news In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <459D9473-6FAD-4478-91E1-9044BFB1EE30@ocap.org> Kelli! I thought that was from you for a second! 😱 Sent from my iPhone On May 26, 2020, at 4:50 PM, Kelli Kelnar wrote:  On May 26, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Jonna Raney wrote:  Hello everyone! I wanted to let you all know that I am retiring as Director of Student Financial Services at OBU effective June 1. I have accepted a position with an auditing firm to serve as a Compliance Supervisor for their financial aid audits. I will be working part-time in this new remote role and am excited for the new challenge. I will continue to update the listserv with any Legislative things through the end of my term as Legislative Chair on June 30. I will be working very part-time for a few months for OBU as well. Danielle Wellman will step into the Director role on June 1. She has been preparing for this position for quite some time and is ready to take over the responsibilities. I have so many memories and relationships that I will take with me as I move to this new chapter. Financial aid isn't easy, but it's such a rewarding job in which we get to help students achieve their education goals. Please keep in touch. I'll see many of your on Facebook and Instagram I'm sure. If we aren't social media friends, please find me! Jonna [Oklahoma Baptist University] Jonna Raney Director of Student Financial Services 405.585.5020 Oklahoma Baptist University From kristina-emerson at utulsa.edu Wed May 27 09:04:15 2020 From: kristina-emerson at utulsa.edu (Emerson, Kristi) Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 14:04:15 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] RETIREMENT Message-ID: Happy Wednesday Everyone!!! I hope this email finds all of you and your loved ones safe and healthy. With all of us moving to working from home and trying to keep up with not only the day to day operations but also those fun new regulations that ED has provided, we seem to be keeping our heads just above the water most of the time. This has also caused us at TU to not think about the reality of what is going to happen in our lives at the end of this month! After 48 years of service, with 32 of those being at TU…Deborah Keys is retiring ☹ As sad as we are to see her go, we are very happy for her as she deserves this time to relax, enjoy her family, work on her craft projects and NEVER EVER AGAIN have to worry about reconciling PELL or deciphering a federal regulation!!! Please join us as we wish our dear friend and colleague love, happiness, good health, joy, fun and lots of smiles as she begins this new adventure!!! Kind Regards, Kristi Kristi Emerson, Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Services The University of Tulsa 800 South Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 918.631.3325 https://utulsa.edu/financial-aid Do not send sensitive information through email (i.e. combination of name, address, birthdate, social security number, etc.) [Office of Student Financial Services] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 8780 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From sbourbeau at osrhe.edu Thu May 28 16:27:57 2020 From: sbourbeau at osrhe.edu (Bourbeau, Sharon) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 21:27:57 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] May 2020 Campus E-Clips Now Available! Message-ID: Campus E-Clips is an e-newsletter-style publication with links to stories from our state colleges and universities. 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