From lori.boyd at okstate.edu Thu Apr 1 07:46:31 2021 From: lori.boyd at okstate.edu (Boyd, Lori) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 12:46:31 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] IRS: COVID-19 Emergency Aid Grants to Students Are Not Taxable Message-ID: IRS: COVID-19 Emergency Aid Grants to Students Are Not Taxable [https://www.nasfaa.org/uploads/images/Logos/Covid_19_tn.png] The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a notice posted this week made clear that emergency financial aid grants received by students due to the coronavirus pandemic will not be counted as taxable income. This applies to any grant a student receives from a federal agency, state, Indian tribe, higher education institution, or scholarship-granting organization. Additionally, if a student used a portion of their emergency aid grant for qualified tuition and related expenses in 2020, they may be eligible to claim a tuition and fees deduction or receive the American Opportunity Credit or Lifetime Learning Credit on their tax return, according to the IRS. Institutions also won't be required to send additional tax forms to the students or to the IRS to report these grants due to the fact the funds won't be included in taxable income, the IRS added. [cid:image001.png at 01D5373C.65A18FB0] LORI BOYD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FISCAL OPERATIONS Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid 405.744.8730 * 119 Student Union * finaid.okstate.edu [cid:image010.png at 01D5373D.52894C00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This year we will need you complete the form and submit by email to smauck at osrhe.edu. We will not be utilizing the URL electronic form as in the past due to software updates and changes. Please let me know if you have questions. Thank you. Sheri Mauck smauck at osrhe.edu 405-225-9201 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0022Form.xls Type: application/vnd.ms-excel Size: 37376 bytes Desc: 0022Form.xls URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: disbmemoFY22.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28672 bytes Desc: disbmemoFY22.doc URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Apr 2 10:19:17 2021 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 15:19:17 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] UPDATE - SB 639 (OKPromise "Claw Back" bill) Message-ID: <7a46a25c96ce4a6ba5b00d915aeb7859@osrhe.edu> Yesterday, Rep. Rhonda Baker, the House author of SB 639, filed a proposed committee amendment to SB 639 that would delete the language in the bill related to the "claw back" requirement. The amendment text [ http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20COMMITTEE%20AMENDMENTS/House/SB639%20FULLAMD1%20RHONDA%20BAKER-EK.PDF ] must be read in conjunction with the current text of the bill [ http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/SB/SB639%20ENGR.PDF ]. SB 639 is scheduled to be heard in the House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Monday, April 5, at 3:00 p.m. [ see meeting notice at http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2021-22HB/CMN-HIGHERED-20210405-15000000.pdf ]. If the amendment is approved in committee, the bill would then contain only the provisions to authorize use of the scholarship for additional career technology programs and to expand the time period for use of the scholarship from the current five years to six years. 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If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 301-0332. Legislative Report April 2, 2021 Agency Administration House Bill 1090 (Representative Gerrid Kendrix and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Auditor and Inspector General to perform audits and inspections of government entities without authorization from the Governor, the Chief Executive Officer of a government entity, or a joint or concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1146 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator Greg Treat) Places all state employee positions under the administration of the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services effective January 1, 2022, except those employed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as elected officials, political appointees, and up to 5 percent of an agency's executive management. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 1602 (Representative Collin Walke and Senator John Michael Montgomery) The bill entitles a consumer to request that a business that collects the consumer's personal information disclose to the consumer the categories and specific items of personal information the business has collected. It establishes a requirement for the consumer to request the information. It establishes procedures for the business to disclose the information. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 85-11 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 1875 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Permits each educational institution to choose to designate specific information which will be classified as directory information for students attending the educational institution. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1986 (Representative Judd Strom and Senator Bill Coleman) Requires any state agency that owns, operates or leases land in the state that is utilized for livestock grazing to enclose the area with a fence or another suitable means for the portion that contains livestock, as well as maintaining the enclosure. The bill allows the state agency to enter into a labor cost-sharing contract with adjacent landowner provided the landowner is not otherwise responsible for the cost of the enclosure or its maintenance. Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 92-4 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2085 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator David Bullard) Requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to display the national motto of the United States in a prominently visible location in all state buildings. The bill authorizes the Oklahoma Attorney General to prepare and present a legal defense of the display. Update: Passed House States' Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 81-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-2 on Thursday, March 25. House Bill 2088 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts the legislature and judicial branches of state government from any and all fees or costs for services rendered by state agencies. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House floor 94-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2180 (Representative Ronny Johns and Senator Greg McCortney) Removes requirements for making payroll deductions for certain insurance premiums with a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Insurance Committee. Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 82-12 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 2185 (Representative Ronny Johns and Greg McCortney) Modifies the requirements of publications on contracts awarded by state agencies to include the address of the company and the reason to be awarded the contract. Deletes explanations on the out of state ownership percentage of contracted companies. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee. Passed Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 88-3 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. House Bill 2294 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Deletes the ability for employees to accumulate more than the maximum annual leave. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate General Government Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2350 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator James Leewright) Creates a task force with the goal of creating a single repository of data for state agencies that currently have multiple data streams with redundancies. A goal of the task force would be to create a five-year digital infrastructure plan. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off House Floor 85-10 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate General Government Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 41 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Ronny Johns) Modifies the requirements for state employee payroll deductions for private insurance organizations and service companies that provide legal services. It removes the requirement that the organizations and service companies that provide legal services be regulated by the State Insurance Commissioner and have a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February18. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 5-1 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 63 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Avery Frix) Removes language related to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act that requires an employee to repay all severance benefits on a proportional basis if an affected employee is reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 282 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Amends Section 840-2.20 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for annual leave following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 4. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee on Monday, March 29. Referred to full Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 299 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Mark Lepak) Allows for cooperative "piggybacking" purchase agreements between state agencies including on public construction contracts. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Thursday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House General Government Committee. Senate Bill 333 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tammy Townley) Amends Section 840-2.15 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for compensatory time following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House General Government Subcommittee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 403 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Robert Manger) Makes it unlawful for any person, alone or in concert with others and without authorization, to willfully disturb, interfere or disrupt business of any political subdivision, which includes publicly posted meetings, or any political subdivision. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Amended to make the bill an Emergency. Passed Public Safety Committee with a vote of 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 459 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Ty Burns) Amends the Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol testing in light of medical marijuana. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 10-3 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Senate Bill 627 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Danny Williams) Amended from a Red River Boundary Bill to ban all mandatory gender and sexual diversity training by any state entity. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House General Government 6-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency removed. Senate Bill 650 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Provides a 2 percent increase to the amount of a participant's benefit allowance from the amount provided in the previous plan year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Senate Bill 794 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires that if the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission or its representative determines that an individual has been overpaid unemployment benefits to provisions therein relating to administrative overpayment, the individual must be sent a notice of overpayment determination. It allows that if the individual disagrees with this determination, said individual can file an appeal of the determination with the Appeal Tribunal within 10 days after the date of mailing. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 895 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Chris Kannady) Allows state agencies to choose to have required audits performed by a public accountant or certified public accountant registered to do business with the state. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a state data definition and gives OMES the authority to determine when state data is allowed to be shared between agencies or with federal entities if a request to share is initially rejected. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 5-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 984 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Prohibits an agency or official of the executive branch from entering into a contingency fee contract that provides for the private attorney or firm to receive an aggregate contingency fee that exceeds amounts specified therein. It prohibits the total fee payable to all retained private attorneys in any contingency fee contract from exceeding $50 million exclusive of any costs and expenses provided by the contract and actually incurred by the retained private attorneys, regardless of the number of actions or proceedings or the number of retained private attorneys involved in the matter. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit a report to the Legislature and to make the report available on its website by December 31, 2021, that includes a list of all persons employed in a faculty or teaching position including their position rank at their respective institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and their compensation during the 2020-2021 academic year; a list of the courses taught and the hours taught by persons employed in a faculty or teaching position at institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education during the 2020-2021 academic year; the tenure policy of each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the 2020-2021 academic year; and the number of faculty employed by each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who had tenure during the 2020-2021 academic year. Update: Not assigned to committee. Budget Bills House Bill 1665 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Chuck Hall) Creates a Federal Funds Holding Account within the General Revenue Fund to receive all funds required to be paid to the State of Oklahoma. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 20-10 on Wednesday, February 24, Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 86-12 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1990 (Representative Trey Caldwell and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows ad valorem reimbursement fund to be used to reimburse counties for loss of revenue. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Finance Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2086 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Zack Taylor) 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. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2775 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Adds to the definition of "Cost Approach" in the ad valorem tax code to include physical deterioration, functional or internal obsolescence, and economic or external obsolescence. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 2776 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Ad Valorem School District Support Revolving Fund which shall consist of all ad valorem funds under protest received by the State Department of Education (SDE). The SDE may distribute this money to school districts which are affected by protested ad valorem taxes. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Education Subcommittee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2777 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows for wind power valuation for real property and personal property in the ad valorem tax code. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. House Bill 2780 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Dave Rader) Allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to garnish accrued earnings of a delinquent taxpayer by contacting the taxpayer's employer. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-3 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 78-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 24. House Joint Resolution 1001 (Representative Andy Fugate and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that changes the way the maximum Constitutional Reserve (Rainy Day) Fund balance amount would be computed. It would require the maximum balance allowed be based on a percentage of total state expenditures instead of using revenue estimates provided by the State Board of Equalization for the annual appropriations process. It would provide that total expenditures include all appropriated monies and federal funds. It would exclude from total expenditures money from revolving funds which are used by state agencies, fees or similar charges that were not derived from tax revenue, and money obtained by issuing state government bonds. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Senate Bill 79 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin West) Exempts from sales tax the transfer of tangible personal property to or by nonprofit 501(c)(3) entities that have entered into a joint operating agreement with the University Hospitals Trust. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Amended to provide an effective date of July 1, 2022. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee as amended 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Bill 181 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Brad Boles) Permits more than one-half of ad valorem taxes to be paid by January 1 of each year. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 2. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 383 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Kevin West) Establishes that the owner or operator of a social media website who contracts with users in Oklahoma is subject to a private right of action by a social media website user if the social media website purposely deletes or censors a social media website user's political speech or religious speech or uses an algorithm to suppress political speech or religious speech. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 5-3 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-12 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Technology Committee. Senate Bill 498 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Permits a facility engaged in cement manufacturing to have the payroll requirements of the five-year ad valorem tax exemption waived for tax year 2021, which is based in part on the 2020 calendar year payroll reported to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and permits it to continue to receive the exemption for the five-year period only if all other requirements of this section are met. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Laid over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 609 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Extends the ad valorem tax exemption to manufacturing facilities, doubles the acquisition or expansion limit. Adds definitions to manufacturing facilities. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 906 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Todd Russ) Provides allowances for depreciation of value in ad valorem tax consideration. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 14 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Puts to a vote of the people increasing the cap on the Constitutional Reserve Fund from 15 percent to 30 percent. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 16 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Changes the way maximum balance allowed for the rainy-day fund from using the Board of Equalization estimates to a percentage of a total of the state expenditures for the previous year including all state and federal funds. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. CareerTech House Bill 1026 (Representative Rande Worthen and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows CLEET to establish and certify additional law enforcement and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education for teaching students between 16 and 19 years of age. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Common Education House Bill 1027 (Representative Trish Ranson and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires de-escalation training for certified teachers, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 81-11 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 1046 (Representative Dell Kerbs and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires a copy or a hyperlink to a copy of the most recent audit of the financial statements of a school district to be on the front page of the school district website for public inspection. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Wednesday, March. 3 Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 1073 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Extends the sunset date for the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board until July 1, 2024. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 89-2 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1103 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Haste) Directs the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Education Department to create a set of guidelines and provide directions to schools in order to survey every public school student in grades 6,8,10 and 12 with the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey every other year beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Amended to remove private schools. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1104 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires information on a student's tribal affiliation to be included in student data collected for the state. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee on 12-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1568 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator John Haste) Creates Maria's Law requiring collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to adopt standards and approve age-appropriate curriculum for K-12 students as a part of normal health education curriculum. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 84-10 with Title Stricken on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1569 (Representative Jacob Rosecrants and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Oklahoma Play to Learn Act. States that the intention of the Legislature is to focus on the importance of child-centered, play-based learning. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1775 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Jessica Garvin) Creates Riley's Rule, a requirement that each athletic and practice facility create an emergency action plan. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 1882 (Representative Marilyn Stark and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the "Out-of-Schooltime" task force to identify, evaluate and recommend a set of best practices for children, youth and families to improve and increase the number of quality, affordable out-of-school programs in the state. The bill sets the membership of the committee. Update: Passed House Children, Youth and Family Services Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 5-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-14 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 1963 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) If vacancies occur which result in a loss of majority members of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district, the Governor shall appoint a member or members necessary to constitute a quorum to the board of education. Update: Assigned to House Elections and Ethics Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Elections and Ethics Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-16 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, March 24. House Bill 1968 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) Deletes expenditure and program classification reporting requirements for certain gifted and talented programs. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 8. Referred to full House Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Appropriations Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 80-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2030 (Representative Terry O'Donnell and Senator Adam Pugh) Adds passing the Naturalization test to high school graduation requirements. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 80-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2223 (Representative Randy Randleman and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires the Oklahoma State Department of Education to maintain a dyslexia information handbook. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2381 (Representative Danny Sterling and Senator Frank Simpson) Directs local school districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-9 on Wednesday, February 25. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 57-37 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2388 (Representative John Talley and Senator Tom Dugger) Asks school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction about social-emotional learning. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 70-22 on Wednesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2396 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Asks the board of education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 86-6 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2462 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Department of Education to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food, lodging and other expenses necessary to host or participate in conferences and training sessions. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 86-5 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 24. House Bill 2662 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring each local school district to have at least one school employee at each school who has met certain seizure safe training requirements. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended to change from a Shall to a May. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Author change. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Withdrawn from Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2727 (Representative Ajay Pittman and Senator David Bullard) Requires subject to the availability of funds that there be a basic life skills education curriculum taught in public schools. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 67-26 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2749 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires schools that receive more than $2,500 from the Reading Proficiency Act to spend at least 10 percent on professional development for Pre-k-5 grade teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday February 16. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Anthony Moore) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that removes debt limits for school districts. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Joint Resolution 1029 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that authorizes a school district to raise an additional $5 million levy on taxable property within the district if approved by the majority of district voters. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Joint Resolution 1033 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Puts to a vote of the people a requirement that a school spends at least 60 percent of its annual budget on instructional expenditures. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 2 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Clarifies and expands the duties of the School Finance Review Commission to conduct a review of all matters related to school finance, including but not limited to teacher compensation and benefits; administrative costs, including administrative functions that may be shared between districts; opportunities for school districts to be operated in a cost effective manner; variances in per pupil and administrative expenditures among school districts with comparable enrollment, demographics and outcomes on statewide assessments; and expenditures not directly or sufficiently related to improving student outcomes. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 13 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires a teacher whose certificate is suspended by the State Board of Education to be placed on suspension 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 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 21 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Marcus McEntire) Makes it a requirement, rather than permissive, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that district school boards provide schoolwide training to all students in grades seven through twelve and staff addressing suicide awareness and prevention. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 54 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Daniel Pae) Requires the State Department of Education to designate a school district site or charter school site as a Purple Star School. The bill defines applicable terms. It establishes the requirements for a school district site or charter school to be designated as a Purple Star School. It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules. Update: Passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 66 (Senator John Haste and Representative Lonnie Sims) Exempts any insurance policy sold to any school district from the surplus lines premium tax. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Insurance Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 68 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Requires a public school student to be considered in compliance with statutory residency provisions if he or she is a student whose parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 89 (Senator John Haste and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates the Health Education Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires health education to be taught in public schools, including but not limited to physical health, mental health, social and emotional health and intellectual health. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 128 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Dick Lowe) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring at least one school employee at each school to meet certain training requirements. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken, Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 252 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires all public schools to begin teaching computer science courses in the 2024-2025 school year. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 419 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative John Waldron) Removes the requirement to administer assessments in U.S. history under the statewide system of student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 10-4 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 503 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Ryan Martinez) Adds to required history curriculum, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, substantive selections from the Federalist Papers, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Articles of Confederation, the Gettysburg Address and George Washington's Farewell Address. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 619 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Kevin West) Allows school districts to obtain liability insurance coverage to protect a student participating in an apprenticeship internship or mentorship program. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 634 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Requires an authorization form that has the statement of understanding of the first amendment rights to not be a part of a union for public education employees. Makes that form's authorization a yearly requirement. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Reassigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Passed Senate Judiciary 7-4 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 32-14 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 642 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Dustin Roberts) Includes multi-aptitude battery assessments that measure developed abilities and help predict future academic and occupational success in the military. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 783 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Brad Boles) Requires the Department of Education to publish a list of the capacity for a class in each grade level K-12. Strengthens open transfer policies. Gives OEQA audit authority over transfer Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Advanced to General Order. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency passed 68-19. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 807 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Rhonda Baker) Entitles support employees to pay for any time lost when a school district is closed because of an epidemic or when an order for such a closing has been issued by a health officer authorized by law to issue the order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Joint Resolution 3 (Senator Carri Hicks) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that allows a member of the Legislature to be employed as a certified teacher with a public school district in this state after he or she completes his or her term in office. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 9 (Senator Mary Boren) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that changes the duty of the legislature when it comes to public education. Removes the words "Wherein all the children of the State may be educated". Instead requires the legislature to "make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient and equitable system of free public schools". Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. COVID-19 House Bill 2335 (Representative Jay Steagall and Senator Shane Jett) Prohibits compulsory immunization through any state entity via direct or indirect means. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 7-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 71-25 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Joint Resolution 1032 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting a governmental entity from issuing any order or rule that requires closure of any place of worship. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 368 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Brian Hill) Prohibits any governmental declaration of a religious institution as nonessential. Requires that religious institutions be exempt from closure orders for the purpose of health or security that is greater than that imposed on any private entity. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House States Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, March 31. Charter Schools House Joint Resolution 1036 (Representative Jon Echols) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment allowing a school district to become indebted after a 3/5ths vote to acquire or improve the school sites or equipment of a charter school. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 69 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Provides a student will be eligible to enroll in a statewide virtual charter school if the student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within this state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 222 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Creates the Hope Scholarship Program to provide a scholarship to an eligible private school of choice for students who have experienced bullying. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Monday, March 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 239 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Creates a process for the State Board of Education to hear appeals to the charter school sponsorship process. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 30-16 on Wednesday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, March 29. Senate Bill 658 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kevin West) Requires the State Department of Education to provide any notice or publication on immunization requirements all information on exemptions to such requirements. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended to pass Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 36-9 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Withdrawn from Common Education Committee. Assigned to House Public Health Committee. General Government Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senator Kay Floyd) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would prohibit members of the Legislature from being appointed or elected to any office or commission during their term; receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term; or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. It would not prohibit an employee of a school district, a technology center school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term, or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It also would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. It would permit the Legislature to enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Higher Education House Bill 1801 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Brenda Stanley) Grants priority enrollment and course registration to all Oklahoma resident members of the Oklahoma National Guard and to students who are eligible to receive educational financial assistance from the Department of Veteran Affairs. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Amended to allow only Oklahoma residents. Passed off the House Floor as amended 98-1 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 1962 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Marty Quinn) Specifies the definition of "qualified higher education expenses" to fall in line with section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee with a vote of 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 1965 (Representative Jadine Nolan and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows a board of county commissioners to determine the years of service required for full-time county employees to qualify for a continuing education program and allows such programs to include courses offered by a college or university that is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as well as any other in-state or out-of-state programs or courses which are relevant to the employee's responsibilities as approved by the county commissioners. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 2046 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. The measure authorizes the board of regents of eligible two-year colleges to adopt a resolution calling for the creation of a higher education funding district, for the purpose of providing additional sources of funding for the institution. If approved by the board of regents, the creation of the funding district and its initial operational millage rate would go to a vote of the people within the established district boundary. Additional bonds may be included in the ballot measure calling for the creation of the district. The ballot measure would require 60 percent approval to pass. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee as amended 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2691 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Requires the Commission for Educational Quality an Accountability to issue a report detailing factors in the public education system that contribute to graduation rates, assessment scores and the state workforce. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 76-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2750 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) States the intent of the Legislature that in establishing minimum required score on AP exams for granting course credit the Regents for Higher Education should not require an AP score above 3. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Amended to allow the granting of additional credit for higher than 3. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2874 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Adds the University Hospitals Trust to those exempt from sales tax. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2926 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires each institution of higher education to publish a salary report of common occupations and industries in which students are employed upon graduation. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 70 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Increases the time period before the date of enrollment from five years to 10 years when a person was discharged or released from active military service to qualify for in-state enrollment. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education 4-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Title Restored. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 139 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Adds the Senate Appropriations Committee Chair and the House Appropriations and Budget Committee Chair to the list of recipients of the annual report submitted by Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday February, 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid Over. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a task force to study the requirement for high school students to complete the FASFA. Designates the makeup of this task force and the end date for a report. Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Senate to provide the staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 261 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Melissa Provenzano) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower's Bill of Rights, requiring that student loan servicers not employ any deceptive practices, maintain accurate reporting to consumer credit bureaus, and otherwise accurately inform borrowers of their rights and obligations in public and plain language. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-2 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 292 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study the concurrent enrollment needs of the State. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 893 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Allows the undergraduate and graduate programs of the same discipline of engineering at an institution to be part of the qualified program if either program is ABET accredited. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-3 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to Finance- Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Finance-Revenue and Taxation Committee 8-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Joint Resolution 15 (Senator Rob Standridge) Puts to a vote of the people a prohibition for higher education from requiring students to enroll in a course that is not a core requirement of their chosen curriculum, a course with no tuition or fee charged, or a course that is not directly relevant to a degree being pursued. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Healthcare House Bill 1006 (Representative Carol Bush and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires healthcare providers make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider's website if one exists, the health care prices for at least the 20 most common health care services the healthcare provider provides. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. House Bill 2299 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Education Protection Act which preserves the supplemental payment programs payable to University Health Science Centers when entering into contractual arrangements with any entity for the management of Medicaid patients. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-3 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Joint Resolution 1041 (Representative Sean Roberts) Puts to a vote of the people an amendment repealing Medicaid expansion. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 4 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative T.J. Marti) Permits a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed biological product only if the substituted product has been determined by FDA to be interchangeable with the prescribed biological product; the prescribing physician has permitted substitution; and the pharmacy informs the patient of the substitution. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 100 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Dean Davis) Permits an applicant for a license to practice podiatric medicine to submit an electronic application online. It requires an applicant legally reside in the United States, rather than be loyal to the US. The bill removes the requirement that the applicant be free from contagious or infectious disease. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 107 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Todd Russ) Gives the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) the authority, beginning with the Jan. 1, 2022 plan year, to renew vision plan contracts with plan providers for succeeding one-year terms if the provider had a contract for the immediately preceding year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 164 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies language related to participation in a research program or experimental procedures. It requires human subject research to be approved by an accredited institutional review board rather than a local institutional review board. It requires when the patient is incapable of giving informed consent and is a minor that the consent be given by the parent or legal guardian. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 207 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Senator Marcus McEntire) Authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Administrator to designate an administrative law judge to perform appeal hearings for those adversely affected by a decision of the authority. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed Full Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Health Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Health Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 319 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Exempts from the prohibition furnishing anyone under the age of 21 any cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, bidis, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, or vapor products persons performing activities as part of a scientific study being conducted by a research institution for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by a properly accredited institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, February 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 406 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the definitions of "University Hospital" and "Oklahoma's Children's Hospital." It authorizes the University Hospital's authority to assign any inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities, research buildings, facilities or property and any other buildings, facilities or property under its ownership or management and control to University Hospital, Oklahoma Children's Hospital or any other division or entity which is part of University Hospital. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. OneNet House Bill 1124 (Representative Logan Phillips and Senator James Leewright) Creates the State Broadband Deployment Grant Program to direct competitive grants to applicants seeking to expand broadband internet services and directs the Corporation Commission to create the Rural Broadband Expansion Council to promulgate rules and procedures for the program. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, March 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 31 House Bill 2040 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) The measure provides a sales tax exemption, in the form of rebates, on sales of qualifying broadband equipment if the property is directly used or consumed by the provider or subsidiary in or during the distribution of internet services. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 85-14 on Thursday, March 11, Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2090 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council from 14 to 16 members. One of the additional members would represent a wireless internet service provider and be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The other additional member would represent a Native American tribe and be appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Emergency Added. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. House Bill 2928 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Directs broadband service providers in the state to submit a report containing their network area coverage map to the Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by October 31, 2021. The providers would be required to update this map and report annually. OneNet is also directed to provide mapping of all assets and network coverage. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 802 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Logan Phillips) Increases the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by one member to be filled by a tribal leader of this state. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Open Meetings/Records House Bill 1876 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Specifies what private employee information is not subject to the Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 On Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2644 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Extends the provisions that allows for virtual open meetings until March 31, 2024 Update: Assigned to House General Government Committee. Laid Over. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 24. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 92-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 970 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Brad Boles) Makes all license or certification public record, excluding an applicant's personal address, phone number or other personal material. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Bill 1031 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Jon Echols) Extends the provisions that allow for virtual open meetings until the Governor declares the state of emergency to have ended. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Withdrawn from General Government Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended by Floor Substitute with a vote of 45-0 on Wednesday, February 3. Direct to House Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 88-5 on Monday, February 8. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 10. Senate Bill 1032 (Senator Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Requires livestreaming for virtual open meetings Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Scholarships House Bill 1739 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates the Connecting Futures Act. It allows the Department of Human Services to, subject to available funding, create a pilot program to address needs of any minors who are separated from their parents or legal guardians, are not supported by their parents or legal guardians and are not in the custody of the Department of Human Services or in the custody of any Indian tribe. It requires the pilot program to allow the Department to provide assistance in securing necessary services to allow eligible minors to become self-reliant and productive citizens. Update: Passed House Children Youth and Family Services Committee 5-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 82-6 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1821 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2399 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Marty Quinn) Extends the qualification for Oklahoma's higher learning access program to those students whose parents died after the students tenth grade year, and meet the other financial requirements. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Amended by unanimous consent passed to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 132 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends application window for Oklahoma's Promise to the eleventh grade. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Title Restored. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 29. Senate Bill 237 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Mark McBride) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Referred to full Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 639 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends qualification for Oklahoma's Promise to those enrolled in an area that has been identified as a critical occupation area. Requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the State Regents for Higher Education to publish a yearly list between October and June of the critical occupation areas that meet the guidelines. Requires the Regents, in consultation with CareerTech, to identify postsecondary vo-tech programs that correlate to the critical occupation areas. Sets a 6-year completion timeline for a baccalaureate or other postsecondary education credential and requires that the Oklahoma's Promise scholarship recipient repay the scholarship if the credential is not earned within 6-year time frame. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Amended by Floor Substitute, which provides a 6-year time period to earn a baccalaureate or other postsecondary education credential or requires that the Oklahoma's Promise recipient enter into a repayment agreement with the institution of higher education or career technology center. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Teacher Retirement System House Bill 2293 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Lonnie Paxton) modifies the matching of TRS funds to be based only on the member's regular annual compensation regardless of the source of funds, except federal funding. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 51-38 on Thursday, March 11. Emergency Failed. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Senate Bill 267 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Allows retired educators who have received benefits for at least one year and who have not been employed by a public school during that time to be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school district with no limitation on earnings. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 36-11 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee. Senate Bill 683 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Mark Lepak) Removes the one-year regular employment requirement for full-time non-classified optional personnel to join the TRS. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 41-2 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Author change Mark Lepak - Principal House Author. Senate Joint Resolution 18 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that requires any COLA to include funding. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Teacher Certification House Bill 1593 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires 7th-12th grade teachers to have workplace safety training emphasized into curriculum. The program shall be completed the first year a certified teacher is employed by a school district. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off House Floor 74-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1773 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Jessica Garvin) Requires teaching candidates in early childhood elementary, secondary and special education to study the philosophy framework and implementation of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) designed to address the core academic and nonacademic needs of all students. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended by committee substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 1796 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Adam Pugh) Allows the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Education Quality and Accountability to grant subject area examination exceptions for initial certification in a field that does not require an advanced degree if the candidate already has an advanced degree in the subject essentially comparable to the content assessed in the examination. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senator. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. House Bill 2329 (Representative Mark Lawson and Senator Frank Simpson) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the certification examination to teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2693 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Brenda Stanley) Updates the name of the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability. Rewards teachers who are renewing their National Board Certification by awarding them a portion of the renewal application fee. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 81-11 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2748 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education to issue one-year alternative teacher certificates renewable for up to 3 years to teach early childhood education or elementary education if the alternative certified teacher meets certain qualifications. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2752 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Department of Education in coordination with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish a micro-credential programs for teachers who hold a certificate to complete additional coursework and earn STEM credentials. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Senate Bill 51 (Senator Carri Hicks and Representative Danny Sterling) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate or a teacher certificate. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off Senate Floor 33-12 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Assigned to Senate Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 67 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Permits the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are "deaf." Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 229 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Allows the State Board of Education to renew an Emergency or Provisional Teacher Certification for up to five years. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-8 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Weapons on Campus / Gun Laws House Bill 1629 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Preempts any federal, state county or municipal law rule or regulation that orders the confiscation of firearms, firearm accessories of ammunition. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 Tuesday, March 9. Emergency added. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 1630 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies the Unlawful Intent to Carry and Penalty Portions of Firearms Act to allow flexibility in punishment upon conviction. Deletes the ability to permanently revoke a handgun license. Amends background checks to remove criminal history records fingerprints and FBI searches on license renewal. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 8-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 78-18 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, March 29. House Bill 1662 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Nathan Dahm) If a defendant claims self-defense the State of Oklahoma must then have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defensive force was not justified. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. House Bill 2334 (Representative Jay Steagall and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Authorizes the possession of firearms on streets, plazas, sidewalks and alleys. Authorizes open carry on property of nonprofit entities and public trusts. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 5-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2401 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator David Bullard) Changes the ban on all felons from carrying firearms to a ban on anyone convicted of a specifically classified violent felony from carrying firearms for a period of 5 years. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2588 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy to authorize the carrying of a handgun onto school property by school personnel if the person possesses a valid handgun license and meets other requirements authorized by the board of education. Update: Assigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 3-1 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-18, Emergency Passed 68-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. House Bill 2645 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator David Bullard) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 3-1 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Senate Bill 106 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Defines the term "completed application" within the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to mean all fields are completed, questions answered and contains all required signatures on the Application for Self-Defense Act License and all required documents including legible fingerprints, if applicable. It removes the 90-day grace period for handgun license renewals. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-8 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 631 (Senator Warren Hamilton and Representative Sean Roberts) Makes Oklahoma a "Second Amendment Sanctuary State" pre-empting any legislation or rule at any level that would infringe upon the right to bear arms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 644 (Senator Blake Stephens and Representative Sean Roberts) Allows municipalities to, by ordinance, authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 646 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 672 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Kenton Patzkowsky) Allows unmitigated transport of firearms for any person not otherwise prohibited from purchasing or carrying firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Senate Bill 730 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Bans any person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from establishing or enforcing any rule that prohibits transporting carrying or storing firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 732 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jim Olsen) Allows anyone whose Second Amendment rights are violated to bring a lawsuit against any order or regulation or other political subdivision of the state. Defines responsibilities of the court in such a case. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday February, 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Modifies language related to self-defense with a firearm. It adds "occupied premises" to the list of places the Legislature recognizes that the citizens of the State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety and that a person legally is allowed to defend. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 926 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Eric Roberts) Extends the firearms law preemption to air powered pistols Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 6-2 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Joint Resolution 21 (Senator David Bullard) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting any future legislation, taxation or rules that would infringe upon Second Amendment rights. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Workforce Development House Bill 2860 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Inventive Act. Provides for the Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Tax Commission to create policy's attracting growth industries that employ remote workers. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House floor 96-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2929 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Greg Treat) Requires the Department of Commerce to post on its website information related to its business recruiting efforts with an emphasis on possible business site locations or relocation decisions within the state. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 68-22 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Senate Bill 71 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Kevin McDugle) Modifies language related to the Department of Commerce's requirement to promulgate rules for the administration of the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act. It requires the rules establish reporting requirements for successful applicants which allow data collection and analysis by the department on employment, capital investment, changes in assessed value of a project and other impacts resulting from payments and reporting of data by the department to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Senate Bill 211 (Senator Tom Dugger and Representative Ken Luttrell) Modifies the powers and duties of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. It permits a school to be accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education for multiple years, and to obtain a sustained license annually during the period of the multi-year accreditation. It modifies the fees the board may assess. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate floor 42-5 on Wednesday. March, 3. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Senate Bill 587 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Brad Boles) Adds the delivery of industry focused instruction from Common Education, CareerTech or Higher Education to the definitions in the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Senate Bill 936 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kevin Wallace) Combines the various quality jobs programs under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations and Budget 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 on Wednesday, March 31. 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 01D727C7.55387EE0] [cid:image002.png at 01D727C7.55387EE0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 14424 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(The current text of the amended version of bill is not yet available online.) The next step for SB 639 is consideration by the full House of Representatives. If passed by the full House, the bill would return to the Senate for consideration of the amended version of the bill. * SB 132 (extending the OKPromise application period to the 11th grade; Note: the bill has an effective date of July 1, 2021 which means the change would go into effect beginning with the 2021-22 academic year) - The bill has passed the House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee and is pending consideration by the full House. 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Please provide the following as soon as possible: Name: School: Years of Service: Retirement Date: Thank you and have a wonderful Thursday afternoon/evening! Becky Isaacs Becky Isaacs, M.S.A. Director of Financial Aid East Central University Financial Aid Office 1100 E. 14th Street Ada, OK 74820 580-559-5242 FAX - 580-559-5638 We educate and empower students to understand and transform our world -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Apr 9 17:10:28 2021 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 22:10:28 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: Legislative Update - April 9, ,2021 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <95640f023be14525bff98060940ba211@osrhe.edu> Following is the weekly legislative update. You will find the current status of the financial aid bills under the "Scholarships" section. Two bills are no longer active for the 2021 session - HB 2399 (OKPromise; allowing students with deceased parents to enroll in 11th or 12th grade) and HB 1739 (OKPromise; allowing certain unaccompanied minors participating in a DHS pilot program to enroll in OKPromise). While the general deadline for committee action was yesterday, April 8, only the House Appropriations and Budget Committee has until next Friday, April 16, to finish hearing bills in committee. SB 237, one of the two bills (which are identical) making changes to the OTAG program passed the House A&B Subcommittee on Education and is now pending action in the full House A&B Committee. Also, there is one other bill in the "Higher Education" section of the update related to the Oklahoma College Savings Plan (OCSP). HB 1962 specifies that the definition of "qualified higher education expenses" authorized for payment from the OCSP will conform with section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. This change will incorporate recent federal additions to qualified expenses for 529 plans such as apprenticeship expenses and up to $10,000 for repayment of student loans. Bryce Fair From: Johnson, Dr. Glen Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 4:07 PM Subject: Legislative Update - April 9, ,2021 OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Higher Education Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, April 9, 2021 Subject: Legislative Update - April 9, 2021 The update below reflects the major legislation concerning Higher Education. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 301-0332. Legislative Report April 9, 2021 Agency Administration House Bill 1090 (Representative Gerrid Kendrix and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Auditor and Inspector General to perform audits and inspections of government entities without authorization from the Governor, the Chief Executive Officer of a government entity, or a joint or concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1146 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator Greg Treat) Places all state employee positions under the administration of the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services effective January 1, 2022, except those employed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as elected officials, political appointees, and up to 5 percent of an agency's executive management. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 1602 (Representative Collin Walke and Senator John Michael Montgomery) The bill entitles a consumer to request that a business that collects the consumer's personal information disclose to the consumer the categories and specific items of personal information the business has collected. It establishes a requirement for the consumer to request the information. It establishes procedures for the business to disclose the information. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 85-11 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 1875 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Permits each educational institution to choose to designate specific information which will be classified as directory information for students attending the educational institution. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Emergency added. House Bill 1986 (Representative Judd Strom and Senator Bill Coleman) Requires any state agency that owns, operates or leases land in the state that is utilized for livestock grazing to enclose the area with a fence or another suitable means for the portion that contains livestock, as well as maintaining the enclosure. The bill allows the state agency to enter into a labor cost-sharing contract with adjacent landowner provided the landowner is not otherwise responsible for the cost of the enclosure or its maintenance. Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 92-4 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2085 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator David Bullard) Requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to display the national motto of the United States in a prominently visible location in all state buildings. The bill authorizes the Oklahoma Attorney General to prepare and present a legal defense of the display. Update: Passed House States' Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 81-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-2 on Thursday, March 25. House Bill 2088 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts the legislature and judicial branches of state government from any and all fees or costs for services rendered by state agencies. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House floor 94-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2180 (Representative Ronny Johns and Senator Greg McCortney) Removes requirements for making payroll deductions for certain insurance premiums with a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Insurance Committee. Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 82-12 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2185 (Representative Ronny Johns and Greg McCortney) Modifies the requirements of publications on contracts awarded by state agencies to include the address of the company and the reason to be awarded the contract. Deletes explanations on the out of state ownership percentage of contracted companies. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee. Passed Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 88-3 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2294 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Deletes the ability for employees to accumulate more than the maximum annual leave. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate General Government Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2350 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator James Leewright) Creates a task force with the goal of creating a single repository of data for state agencies that currently have multiple data streams with redundancies. A goal of the task force would be to create a five-year digital infrastructure plan. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off House Floor 85-10 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate General Government Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 41 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Ronny Johns) Modifies the requirements for state employee payroll deductions for private insurance organizations and service companies that provide legal services. It removes the requirement that the organizations and service companies that provide legal services be regulated by the State Insurance Commissioner and have a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February18. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 5-1 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 63 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Avery Frix) Removes language related to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act that requires an employee to repay all severance benefits on a proportional basis if an affected employee is reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 282 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Amends Section 840-2.20 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for annual leave following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 4. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee on Monday, March 29. Passed Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, March 7. Senate Bill 299 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Mark Lepak) Allows for cooperative "piggybacking" purchase agreements between state agencies including on public construction contracts. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Thursday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Title Stricken. Passed House General Government Committee 9-2 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 333 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tammy Townley) Amends Section 840-2.15 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for compensatory time following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House General Government Subcommittee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 403 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Robert Manger) Makes it unlawful for any person, alone or in concert with others and without authorization, to willfully disturb, interfere or disrupt business of any political subdivision, which includes publicly posted meetings, or any political subdivision. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Amended to make the bill an Emergency. Passed Public Safety Committee with a vote of 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 459 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Ty Burns) Amends the Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol testing in light of medical marijuana. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 10-3 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 627 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Danny Williams) Amended from a Red River Boundary Bill to ban all mandatory gender and sexual diversity training by any state entity. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House General Government 6-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency removed. Senate Bill 650 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Provides a 2 percent increase to the amount of a participant's benefit allowance from the amount provided in the previous plan year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Senate Bill 794 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires that if the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission or its representative determines that an individual has been overpaid unemployment benefits to provisions therein relating to administrative overpayment, the individual must be sent a notice of overpayment determination. It allows that if the individual disagrees with this determination, said individual can file an appeal of the determination with the Appeal Tribunal within 10 days after the date of mailing. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 895 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Chris Kannady) Allows state agencies to choose to have required audits performed by a public accountant or certified public accountant registered to do business with the state. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a state data definition and gives OMES the authority to determine when state data is allowed to be shared between agencies or with federal entities if a request to share is initially rejected. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 5-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 984 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Prohibits an agency or official of the executive branch from entering into a contingency fee contract that provides for the private attorney or firm to receive an aggregate contingency fee that exceeds amounts specified therein. It prohibits the total fee payable to all retained private attorneys in any contingency fee contract from exceeding $50 million exclusive of any costs and expenses provided by the contract and actually incurred by the retained private attorneys, regardless of the number of actions or proceedings or the number of retained private attorneys involved in the matter. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Laid Over. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit a report to the Legislature and to make the report available on its website by December 31, 2021, that includes a list of all persons employed in a faculty or teaching position including their position rank at their respective institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and their compensation during the 2020-2021 academic year; a list of the courses taught and the hours taught by persons employed in a faculty or teaching position at institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education during the 2020-2021 academic year; the tenure policy of each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the 2020-2021 academic year; and the number of faculty employed by each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who had tenure during the 2020-2021 academic year. Update: Not assigned to committee. Budget Bills House Bill 1665 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Chuck Hall) Creates a Federal Funds Holding Account within the General Revenue Fund to receive all funds required to be paid to the State of Oklahoma. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 20-10 on Wednesday, February 24, Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 86-12 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1990 (Representative Trey Caldwell and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows ad valorem reimbursement fund to be used to reimburse counties for loss of revenue due to exemptions granted to veterans and their surviving spouses. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Finance Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-6 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2086 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Zack Taylor) 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. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2775 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Adds to the definition of "Cost Approach" in the ad valorem tax code to include physical deterioration, functional or internal obsolescence, and economic or external obsolescence. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2776 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Protecting Revenues for Oklahoma Teachers, Educators and Students Fund (PROTEST) which shall consist of all ad valorem funds under protest received by the State Department of Education (SDE). The SDE may distribute this money to school districts which are affected by protested ad valorem taxes. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Education Subcommittee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2777 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires County Assessors to use current market price determination to establish fair cash value for real property and personal property owned by any wind power in the ad valorem tax code. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2780 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Dave Rader) Allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to garnish accrued earnings of a delinquent taxpayer by contacting the taxpayer's employer. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-3 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 78-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the Senate floor 39-7 on Thursday, April 8. House Joint Resolution 1001 (Representative Andy Fugate and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that changes the way the maximum Constitutional Reserve (Rainy Day) Fund balance amount would be computed. It would require the maximum balance allowed be based on a percentage of total state expenditures instead of using revenue estimates provided by the State Board of Equalization for the annual appropriations process. It would provide that total expenditures include all appropriated monies and federal funds. It would exclude from total expenditures money from revolving funds which are used by state agencies, fees or similar charges that were not derived from tax revenue, and money obtained by issuing state government bonds. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 79 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin West) Exempts from sales tax the transfer of tangible personal property to or by nonprofit 501(c)(3) entities that have entered into a joint operating agreement with the University Hospitals Trust. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Amended to provide an effective date of July 1, 2022. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee as amended 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Bill 181 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Brad Boles) Permits more than one-half of ad valorem taxes to be paid by January 1 of each year. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 2. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 383 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Kevin West) Establishes that the owner or operator of a social media website who contracts with users in Oklahoma is subject to a private right of action by a social media website user if the social media website purposely deletes or censors a social media website user's political speech or religious speech or uses an algorithm to suppress political speech or religious speech. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 5-3 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-12 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Technology Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 498 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Permits a facility engaged in cement manufacturing to have the payroll requirements of the five-year ad valorem tax exemption waived for tax year 2021, which is based in part on the 2020 calendar year payroll reported to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and permits it to continue to receive the exemption for the five-year period only if all other requirements of this section are met. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Laid over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 609 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Extends the ad valorem tax exemption to manufacturing facilities, doubles the acquisition or expansion limit. Adds definitions to manufacturing facilities. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-1 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 906 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Todd Russ) Provides allowances for depreciation of value in ad valorem tax consideration. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 14 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Puts to a vote of the people increasing the cap on the Constitutional Reserve Fund from 15 percent to 30 percent. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 16 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Changes the way maximum balance allowed for the rainy-day fund from using the Board of Equalization estimates to a percentage of a total of the state expenditures for the previous year including all state and federal funds. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. CareerTech House Bill 1026 (Representative Rande Worthen and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows CLEET to establish and certify additional law enforcement and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education for teaching students between 16 and 19 years of age. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, April 5. Common Education House Bill 1027 (Representative Trish Ranson and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires de-escalation training for certified teachers, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 81-11 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 1046 (Representative Dell Kerbs and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires a copy or a hyperlink to a copy of the most recent audit of the financial statements of a school district to be on the front page of the school district website for public inspection. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Wednesday, March. 3 Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 7-3 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 1073 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Extends the sunset date for the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board until July 1, 2024. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 89-2 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1103 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Haste) Directs the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Education Department to create a set of guidelines and provide directions to schools in order to survey every public school student in grades 6,8,10 and 12 with the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey every other year beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Amended to remove private schools. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday April, 7. House Bill 1104 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires information on a student's tribal affiliation to be included in student data collected for the state. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee on 12-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1568 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator John Haste) Creates Maria's Law requiring collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to adopt standards and approve age-appropriate curriculum for K-12 students as a part of normal health education curriculum. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 84-10 with Title Stricken on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-1 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 1569 (Representative Jacob Rosecrants and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Oklahoma Play to Learn Act. States that the intention of the Legislature is to focus on the importance of child-centered, play-based learning. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1775 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Jessica Garvin) Amended by committee substitute to bar any employee of a state agency, teacher administrator, school district or other employee from being required to engage in training orientation or therapy that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or blame on the basis of sex. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 7-4 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 1801 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates Riley's rule requiring school districts to develop an emergency action plan for all school facilities including athletic practice events or activities. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Amended to allow only Oklahoma residents. Passed off the House Floor as amended 98-1 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 1882 (Representative Marilyn Stark and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the "Out-of-Schooltime" task force to identify, evaluate and recommend a set of best practices for children, youth and families to improve and increase the number of quality, affordable out-of-school programs in the state. The bill sets the membership of the committee. Update: Passed House Children, Youth and Family Services Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 5-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-14 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-1 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 1963 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) If vacancies occur which result in a loss of majority members of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district, the Governor shall appoint a member or members necessary to constitute a quorum to the board of education. Update: Assigned to House Elections and Ethics Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Elections and Ethics Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-16 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, March 24. House Bill 1968 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) Deletes expenditure and program classification reporting requirements for certain gifted and talented programs. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 8. Referred to full House Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Appropriations Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 80-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2030 (Representative Terry O'Donnell and Senator Adam Pugh) Adds passing the Naturalization test to high school graduation requirements. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 80-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Passed Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee 14-6 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2223 (Representative Randy Randleman and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires the Oklahoma State Department of Education to maintain a dyslexia information handbook. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2381 (Representative Danny Sterling and Senator Frank Simpson) Directs local school districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-9 on Wednesday, February 25. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 57-37 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-1 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2388 (Representative John Talley and Senator Tom Dugger) Asks school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction about social-emotional learning. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 70-22 on Wednesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2396 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 86-6 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 2462 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Department of Education to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food, lodging and other expenses necessary to host or participate in conferences and training sessions. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 86-5 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 24. House Bill 2662 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring each local school district to have at least one school employee at each school who has met certain seizure safe training requirements. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended to change from a Shall to a May. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Author change. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Withdrawn from Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2727 (Representative Ajay Pittman and Senator David Bullard) Requires subject to the availability of funds that there be a basic life skills education curriculum taught in public schools. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 67-26 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 2749 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires schools that receive more than $2,500 from the Reading Proficiency Act to spend at least 10 percent on professional development for Pre-k-5 grade teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday February 16. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Anthony Moore) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that removes debt limits for school districts. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Joint Resolution 1029 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that authorizes a school district to raise an additional $5 million levy on taxable property within the district if approved by the majority of district voters. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Joint Resolution 1033 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Puts to a vote of the people a requirement that a school spends at least 60 percent of its annual budget on instructional expenditures. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 13 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires a teacher whose certificate is suspended by the State Board of Education to be placed on suspension 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 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, April 7. Senate Bill 21 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Marcus McEntire) Makes it a requirement, rather than permissive, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that district school boards provide schoolwide training to all students in grades seven through twelve and staff addressing suicide awareness and prevention. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 54 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Daniel Pae) Requires the State Department of Education to designate a school district site or charter school site as a Purple Star School. The bill defines applicable terms. It establishes the requirements for a school district site or charter school to be designated as a Purple Star School. It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules. Update: Passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 66 (Senator John Haste and Representative Lonnie Sims) Exempts any insurance policy sold to any school district from the surplus lines premium tax. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Insurance Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 68 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Requires a public school student to be considered in compliance with statutory residency provisions if he or she is a student whose parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 89 (Senator John Haste and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates the Health Education Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires health education to be taught in public schools, including but not limited to physical health, mental health, social and emotional health and intellectual health. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 128 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Dick Lowe) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring at least one school employee at each school to meet certain training requirements. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken, Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 252 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires all public schools to begin teaching computer science courses in the 2024-2025 school year. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 419 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative John Waldron) Removes the requirement to administer assessments in U.S. history under the statewide system of student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 10-4 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 503 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Ryan Martinez) Adds to required history curriculum, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, substantive selections from the Federalist Papers, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Articles of Confederation, the Gettysburg Address and George Washington's Farewell Address. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 619 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Kevin West) Allows school districts to obtain liability insurance coverage to protect a student participating in an apprenticeship internship or mentorship program. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 634 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Requires an authorization form that has the statement of understanding of the first amendment rights to not be a part of a union for public education employees. Makes that form's authorization a yearly requirement. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Reassigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Passed Senate Judiciary 7-4 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 32-14 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 642 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Dustin Roberts) Includes multi-aptitude battery assessments that measure developed abilities and help predict future academic and occupational success in the military. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 783 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Brad Boles) Requires the Department of Education to publish a list of the capacity for a class in each grade level K-12. Strengthens open transfer policies. Gives OEQA audit authority over transfer Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Advanced to General Order. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency passed 68-19. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 807 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Rhonda Baker) Entitles support employees to pay for any time lost when a school district is closed because of an epidemic or when an order for such a closing has been issued by a health officer authorized by law to issue the order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Joint Resolution 3 (Senator Carri Hicks) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that allows a member of the Legislature to be employed as a certified teacher with a public school district in this state after he or she completes his or her term in office. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 9 (Senator Mary Boren) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that changes the duty of the legislature when it comes to public education. Removes the words "Wherein all the children of the State may be educated". Instead requires the legislature to "make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient and equitable system of free public schools". Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. COVID-19 House Bill 2335 (Representative Jay Steagall and Senator Shane Jett) Prohibits compulsory immunization through any state entity via direct or indirect means. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 7-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 71-25 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 6-5 on Monday, April 5. House Joint Resolution 1032 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting a governmental entity from issuing any order or rule that requires closure of any place of worship. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 368 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Brian Hill) Prohibits any governmental declaration of a religious institution as nonessential. Requires that religious institutions be exempt from closure orders for the purpose of health or security that is greater than that imposed on any private entity. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House States Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 658 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kevin West) Requires the State Department of Education to provide any notice or publication on immunization requirements all information on exemptions to such requirements. Creates a metric for when mask mandates are allowed. Higher Education is excluded from the mask mandate portion. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended to pass Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 36-9 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Withdrawn from Common Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Amended to allow the local health department to set mask rules. Passed House Public Health Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, April, 7. Charter Schools House Joint Resolution 1036 (Representative Jon Echols) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment allowing a school district to become indebted after a 3/5ths vote to acquire or improve the school sites or equipment of a charter school. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 69 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Provides a student will be eligible to enroll in a statewide virtual charter school if the student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within this state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 222 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Creates the Hope Scholarship Program to provide a scholarship to an eligible private school of choice for students who have experienced bullying. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Monday, March 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 239 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Creates a process for the State Board of Education to hear appeals to the charter school sponsorship process. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 30-16 on Wednesday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, March 29. General Government Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senator Kay Floyd) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would prohibit members of the Legislature from being appointed or elected to any office or commission during their term; receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term; or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. It would not prohibit an employee of a school district, a technology center school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term, or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It also would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. It would permit the Legislature to enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Higher Education House Bill 1962 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Marty Quinn) Specifies the definition of "qualified higher education expenses" to fall in line with section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee with a vote of 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 1965 (Representative Jadine Nolan and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows a board of county commissioners to determine the years of service required for full-time county employees to qualify for a continuing education program and allows such programs to include courses offered by a college or university that is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as well as any other in-state or out-of-state programs or courses which are relevant to the employee's responsibilities as approved by the county commissioners. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 2046 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. The measure authorizes the board of regents of eligible two-year colleges to adopt a resolution calling for the creation of a higher education funding district, for the purpose of providing additional sources of funding for the institution. If approved by the board of regents, the creation of the funding district and its initial operational millage rate would go to a vote of the people within the established district boundary. Additional bonds may be included in the ballot measure calling for the creation of the district. The ballot measure would require 60 percent approval to pass. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee as amended 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2691 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Requires the Commission for Educational Quality an Accountability to issue a report detailing factors in the public education system that contribute to graduation rates, assessment scores and the state workforce. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 76-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2750 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) States the intent of the Legislature that in establishing minimum required score on AP exams for granting course credit the Regents for Higher Education should not require an AP score above 3. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Amended to allow the granting of additional credit for higher than 3. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2874 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Adds the University Hospitals Trust to those exempt from sales tax. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2926 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires each institution of higher education to publish a salary report of common occupations and industries in which students are employed upon graduation. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 2 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Amended by Committee Substitute to prohibit anyone of the male sex from playing on athletic teams designated for females, women, or girls. It requires any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity due to a violation of this rule, to have a cause of action for injunctive relief against the school. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 4-1 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 70 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Increases the time period before the date of enrollment from five years to 10 years when a person was discharged or released from active military service to qualify for in-state enrollment. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education 4-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Title Restored. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 139 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Adds the Senate Appropriations Committee Chair and the House Appropriations and Budget Committee Chair to the list of recipients of the annual report submitted by Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday February, 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid Over. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a task force to study the requirement for high school students to complete the FASFA. Designates the makeup of this task force and the end date for a report. Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Senate to provide the staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 261 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Melissa Provenzano) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower's Bill of Rights, requiring that student loan servicers not employ any deceptive practices, maintain accurate reporting to consumer credit bureaus, and otherwise accurately inform borrowers of their rights and obligations in public and plain language. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-2 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 292 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study the concurrent enrollment needs of the State. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 893 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Allows the undergraduate and graduate programs of the same discipline of engineering at an institution to be part of the qualified program if either program is ABET accredited. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-3 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to Finance- Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Finance-Revenue and Taxation Committee 8-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Joint Resolution 15 (Senator Rob Standridge) Puts to a vote of the people a prohibition for higher education from requiring students to enroll in a course that is not a core requirement of their chosen curriculum, a course with no tuition or fee charged, or a course that is not directly relevant to a degree being pursued. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Healthcare House Bill 1006 (Representative Carol Bush and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires healthcare providers make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider's website if one exists, the health care prices for at least the 20 most common health care services the healthcare provider provides. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, April 5. House Bill 2299 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Education Protection Act which preserves the supplemental payment programs payable to University Health Science Centers when entering into contractual arrangements with any entity for the management of Medicaid patients. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-3 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. House Joint Resolution 1041 (Representative Sean Roberts) Puts to a vote of the people an amendment repealing Medicaid expansion. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 4 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative T.J. Marti) Permits a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed biological product only if the substituted product has been determined by FDA to be interchangeable with the prescribed biological product; the prescribing physician has permitted substitution; and the pharmacy informs the patient of the substitution. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 100 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Dean Davis) Permits an applicant for a license to practice podiatric medicine to submit an electronic application online. It requires an applicant legally reside in the United States, rather than be loyal to the US. The bill removes the requirement that the applicant be free from contagious or infectious disease. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 107 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Todd Russ) Gives the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) the authority, beginning with the Jan. 1, 2022 plan year, to renew vision plan contracts with plan providers for succeeding one-year terms if the provider had a contract for the immediately preceding year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 164 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies language related to participation in a research program or experimental procedures. It requires human subject research to be approved by an accredited institutional review board rather than a local institutional review board. It requires when the patient is incapable of giving informed consent and is a minor that the consent be given by the parent or legal guardian. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 207 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Senator Marcus McEntire) Authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Administrator to designate an administrative law judge to perform appeal hearings for those adversely affected by a decision of the authority. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed Full Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Health Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Health Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed Appropriations Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 319 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Exempts from the prohibition furnishing anyone under the age of 21 any cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, bidis, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, or vapor products persons performing activities as part of a scientific study being conducted by a research institution for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by a properly accredited institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, February 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 406 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the definitions of "University Hospital" and "Oklahoma's Children's Hospital." It authorizes the University Hospital's authority to assign any inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities, research buildings, facilities or property and any other buildings, facilities or property under its ownership or management and control to University Hospital, Oklahoma Children's Hospital or any other division or entity which is part of University Hospital. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 9-0 on Monday, April 5. OneNet House Bill 1124 (Representative Logan Phillips and Senator James Leewright) Creates the State Broadband Deployment Grant Program to direct competitive grants to applicants seeking to expand broadband internet services and directs the Corporation Commission to create the Rural Broadband Expansion Council to promulgate rules and procedures for the program. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, March 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 31 House Bill 2040 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) The measure provides a sales tax exemption, in the form of rebates, on sales of qualifying broadband equipment if the property is directly used or consumed by the provider or subsidiary in or during the distribution of internet services. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 85-14 on Thursday, March 11, Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2090 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council from 14 to 16 members. One of the additional members would represent a wireless internet service provider and be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The other additional member would represent a Native American tribe and be appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Emergency Added. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 2928 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Directs broadband service providers in the state to submit a report containing their network area coverage map to the Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by October 31, 2021. The providers would be required to update this map and report annually. OneNet is also directed to provide mapping of all assets and network coverage. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 802 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Logan Phillips) Increases the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by one member to be filled by a tribal leader of this state. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Open Meetings/Records House Bill 1876 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Specifies what private employee information is not subject to the Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 On Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2644 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Extends the provisions that allows for virtual open meetings until March 31, 2024 Update: Assigned to House General Government Committee. Laid Over. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 24. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 92-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 970 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Brad Boles) Makes all license or certification public record, excluding an applicant's personal address, phone number or other personal material. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Bill 1031 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Jon Echols) Extends the provisions that allow for virtual open meetings until the Governor declares the state of emergency to have ended. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Withdrawn from General Government Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended by Floor Substitute with a vote of 45-0 on Wednesday, February 3. Direct to House Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 88-5 on Monday, February 8. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 10. Senate Bill 1032 (Senator Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Requires livestreaming for virtual open meetings Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Laid Over. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Scholarships House Bill 1739 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates the Connecting Futures Act. It allows the Department of Human Services to, subject to available funding, create a pilot program to address needs of any minors who are separated from their parents or legal guardians, are not supported by their parents or legal guardians and are not in the custody of the Department of Human Services or in the custody of any Indian tribe. It requires the pilot program to allow the Department to provide assistance in securing necessary services to allow eligible minors to become self-reliant and productive citizens. Update: Passed House Children Youth and Family Services Committee 5-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 82-6 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. House Bill 1821 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2399 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Marty Quinn) Extends the qualification for Oklahoma's higher learning access program to those students whose parents died after the students tenth grade year, and meet the other financial requirements. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Amended by unanimous consent passed to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 132 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends application window for Oklahoma's Promise to the eleventh grade. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Title Restored. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 29. Senate Bill 237 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Mark McBride) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Referred to full Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Bill 639 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends qualification for Oklahoma's Promise to those enrolled in an area that has been identified as a critical occupation area. Requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the State Regents for Higher Education to publish a yearly list between October and June of the critical occupation areas that meet the guidelines. Requires the Regents, in consultation with CareerTech, to identify postsecondary vo-tech programs that correlate to the critical occupation areas. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Amended by Floor Substitute, which provides a 6-year time period to earn a baccalaureate or other postsecondary education credential or requires that the Oklahoma's Promise recipient enter into a repayment agreement with the institution of higher education or career technology center. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Amended to remove the "clawback" repayment requirement. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 9-0 on Monday, April 5. Teacher Retirement System House Bill 2293 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Lonnie Paxton) modifies the matching of TRS funds to be based only on the member's regular annual compensation regardless of the source of funds, except federal funding. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 51-38 on Thursday, March 11. Emergency Failed. Engrossed to Senate. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-3 on Monday, April 5. Senate Bill 267 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Allows retired educators who have received benefits for at least one year and who have not been employed by a public school during that time to be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school district with no limitation on earnings. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 36-11 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, April 5. Senate Bill 683 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Mark Lepak) Removes the one-year regular employment requirement for full-time non-classified optional personnel to join the TRS. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 41-2 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Author change Mark Lepak - Principal House Author. Senate Joint Resolution 18 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that requires any COLA to include funding. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Teacher Certification House Bill 1593 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires 7th-12th grade teachers to have workplace safety training emphasized into curriculum. The program shall be completed the first year a certified teacher is employed by a school district. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off House Floor 74-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 1773 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Jessica Garvin) Requires teaching candidates in early childhood elementary, secondary and special education to study the philosophy framework and implementation of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) designed to address the core academic and nonacademic needs of all students. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended by committee substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-0 in Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 1796 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Adam Pugh) Allows the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Education Quality and Accountability to grant subject area examination exceptions for initial certification in a field that does not require an advanced degree if the candidate already has an advanced degree in the subject essentially comparable to the content assessed in the examination. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senator. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 2329 (Representative Mark Lawson and Senator Frank Simpson) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the certification examination to teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2693 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Brenda Stanley) Updates the name of the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability. Rewards teachers who are renewing their National Board Certification by awarding them a portion of the renewal application fee. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 81-11 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2748 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education to issue one-year alternative teacher certificates renewable for up to 3 years to teach early childhood education or elementary education if the alternative certified teacher meets certain qualifications. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2752 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Department of Education in coordination with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish a micro-credential programs for teachers who hold a certificate to complete additional coursework and earn STEM credentials. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 51 (Senator Carri Hicks and Representative Danny Sterling) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate or a teacher certificate. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off Senate Floor 33-12 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Assigned to Senate Common Education Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 67 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Permits the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are "deaf." Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 229 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Allows the State Board of Education to renew an Emergency or Provisional Teacher Certification for up to five years. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-8 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Weapons on Campus / Gun Laws House Bill 1629 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Preempts any federal, state county or municipal law rule or regulation that orders the confiscation of firearms, firearm accessories of ammunition. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 Tuesday, March 9. Emergency added. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 1630 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies the Unlawful Intent to Carry and Penalty Portions of Firearms Act to allow flexibility in punishment upon conviction. Deletes the ability to permanently revoke a handgun license. Amends background checks to remove criminal history records fingerprints and FBI searches on license renewal. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 8-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 78-18 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, March 29. House Bill 1662 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Nathan Dahm) If a defendant claims self-defense the State of Oklahoma must then have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defensive force was not justified. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-3 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2334 (Representative Jay Steagall and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Authorizes the possession of firearms on streets, plazas, sidewalks and alleys. Authorizes open carry on property of nonprofit entities and public trusts. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 5-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2401 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator David Bullard) Changes the ban on all felons from carrying firearms to a ban on anyone convicted of a specifically classified violent felony from carrying firearms for a period of 5 years. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2588 (Representative Sean Roberts and Senator David Bullard) Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy to authorize the carrying of a handgun onto school property by school personnel if the person possesses a valid handgun license and meets other requirements authorized by the board of education. Update: Assigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 3-1 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-18, Emergency Passed 68-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2645 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator David Bullard) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 3-1 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 8-2 on Monday, April 5. Senate Bill 106 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Defines the term "completed application" within the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to mean all fields are completed, questions answered and contains all required signatures on the Application for Self-Defense Act License and all required documents including legible fingerprints, if applicable. It removes the 90-day grace period for handgun license renewals. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-8 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 631 (Senator Warren Hamilton and Representative Sean Roberts) Makes Oklahoma a "Second Amendment Sanctuary State" pre-empting any legislation or rule at any level that would infringe upon the right to bear arms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 644 (Senator Blake Stephens and Representative Sean Roberts) Allows municipalities to, by ordinance, authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 646 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 672 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Kenton Patzkowsky) Allows unmitigated transport of firearms for any person not otherwise prohibited from purchasing or carrying firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice Committee 4-1 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 730 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Bans any person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from establishing or enforcing any rule that prohibits transporting carrying or storing firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 732 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jim Olsen) Allows anyone whose Second Amendment rights are violated to bring a lawsuit against any order or regulation or other political subdivision of the state. Defines responsibilities of the court in such a case. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday February, 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Modifies language related to self-defense with a firearm. It adds "occupied premises" to the list of places the Legislature recognizes that the citizens of the State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety and that a person legally is allowed to defend. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 926 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Eric Roberts) Extends the firearms law preemption to air powered pistols Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 6-2 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Joint Resolution 21 (Senator David Bullard) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting any future legislation, taxation or rules that would infringe upon Second Amendment rights. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Workforce Development House Bill 2860 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Inventive Act. Provides for the Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Tax Commission to create policy's attracting growth industries that employ remote workers. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House floor 96-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-1 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2929 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Greg Treat) Requires the Department of Commerce to post on its website information related to its business recruiting efforts with an emphasis on possible business site locations or relocation decisions within the state. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 68-22 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-3 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 71 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Kevin McDugle) Modifies language related to the Department of Commerce's requirement to promulgate rules for the administration of the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act. It requires the rules establish reporting requirements for successful applicants which allow data collection and analysis by the department on employment, capital investment, changes in assessed value of a project and other impacts resulting from payments and reporting of data by the department to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 211 (Senator Tom Dugger and Representative Ken Luttrell) Modifies the powers and duties of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. It permits a school to be accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education for multiple years, and to obtain a sustained license annually during the period of the multi-year accreditation. It modifies the fees the board may assess. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate floor 42-5 on Wednesday. March, 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 587 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Brad Boles) Adds the delivery of industry focused instruction from Common Education, CareerTech or Higher Education to the definitions in the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Select Agencies Subcommittee 6-0 on Monday, April 5. Referred to full House Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 936 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kevin Wallace) Combines the various quality jobs programs under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations and Budget 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 on Wednesday, March 31. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Melinda Simpson Financial Aid Coordinator OASFAA President [cid:image001.jpg at 01D73059.BE405A30] 27438 State Hwy 59, PO Box H, Wayne, OK 73095-0210 405.449.7609 (p) 405.449.3421 (f) msimpson at matech.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5083 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Tue Apr 13 13:57:12 2021 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:57:12 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Ok. House passes extension of OKPromise application period Message-ID: <20920a95499e44e79ba62f1af38f5143@osrhe.edu> Today the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed SB 132 which extends the Oklahoma's Promise application period from the end of the 10th grade to the end of the 11th grade. The vote was 95 yes, 0 no. The bill now heads to the Governor for his consideration. If signed by the Governor, beginning with the 2021-22 school year, students would be able to enroll in the OKPromise program during the 8th-11th grades. Bill text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20FLR/HFLR/SB132%20HFLR.PDF Bryce Fair Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Phone: 405-225-9162 Email: bfair at osrhe.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sbourbeau at osrhe.edu Fri Apr 16 17:15:39 2021 From: sbourbeau at osrhe.edu (Bourbeau, Sharon) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:15:39 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] April 2021 Campus E-Clips Now Available! Message-ID: <06034c7996c848f297ac417b11198e88@osrhe.edu> Campus E-Clips is an e-publication with links to stories from our state colleges and universities. We hope you enjoy reading about the great things happening on our campuses in this April edition of Campus E-Clips at www.okhighered.org/newsletter. * Cameron University * Carl Albert State College * Eastern Oklahoma State College * Northeastern State University * Northern Oklahoma College * Northwestern Oklahoma State University * Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education * Oklahoma State University-Tulsa * University of Oklahoma * Redlands Community College * Rose State College * Seminole State College * Southeastern Oklahoma State University * Southwestern Oklahoma State University * Tulsa Community College * University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Read more at www.okhighered.org/newsletter To receive future e-mail notices of new issues of Campus E-Clips directly, subscribe to the Campus E-Clips listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/campus-news/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon Apr 19 10:03:54 2021 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:03:54 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_April_16?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2021?= In-Reply-To: <4a617458eccc4afab5c661f8b13012b8@osrhe.edu> References: <4a617458eccc4afab5c661f8b13012b8@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: <4a9087332329479a98bf2b9e7b7f2b39@osrhe.edu> Following is the legislative update for last week. Immediately below is the current status of bills related to financial aid. * House Bill 1821 – Changes to the Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG). Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, April 15. The bill will next head to the Governor for consideration. * House Bill 1962 – Oklahoma College Savings Plan. Specifies the definition of “qualified higher education expenses” to be the same as section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. The bill is pending action on the Senate floor. * House Bill 2399 - OKPromise – Would allow students whose parents died after the students tenth grade year to apply for OKPromise in the 11th or 12th grade. The bill was not heard in Senate committee and is now dormant for the 2021 session. * Senate Bill 132 – OKPromise – Would extend the application window for Oklahoma’s Promise to the eleventh grade. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor for consideration. * Senate Bill 237 – OTAG (bill text identical to HB 1821). Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 34-0 on Wednesday, April 14. This bill will likely not be considered further since HB 1821 is being sent to the Governor. * Senate Bill 238 – FAFSA. Would create a task force to study the requirement for high school students to complete the FASFA. The bill failed on House Floor 24-73 on Monday, April 12. The bill is now dead for the session. If you would like to listen to the floor discussion of the bill you can find it at: https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00283/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20210419/-1/30651# (scroll down to 2:48:00 PM to SB 238) * Senate Bill 639 – OKPromise. Would allow use of the scholarship for certain programs identified as a critical occupation areas. Would extend the time period to use the scholarship from five years to six years. [Formerly also included the “clawback” provision.] Currently pending possible consideration on the House floor. From: Johnson, Dr. Glen Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 5:35 PM To: Subject: Legislative Update – April 16, 2021 OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Higher Education Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, April 16, 2021 Subject: Legislative Update – April 16, 2021 The update below reflects the major legislation concerning Higher Education. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 301-0332. Legislative Report April 16, 2021 Agency Administration House Bill 1090 (Representative Gerrid Kendrix and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Auditor and Inspector General to perform audits and inspections of government entities without authorization from the Governor, the Chief Executive Officer of a government entity, or a joint or concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1146 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator Greg Treat) Places all state employee positions under the administration of the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services effective January 1, 2022, except those employed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as elected officials, political appointees, and up to 5 percent of an agency's executive management. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 1875 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Permits each educational institution to choose to designate specific information which will be classified as directory information for students attending the educational institution. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Emergency added. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, April 12. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1986 (Representative Judd Strom and Senator Bill Coleman) Requires any state agency that owns, operates or leases land in the state that is utilized for livestock grazing to enclose the area with a fence or another suitable means for the portion that contains livestock, as well as maintaining the enclosure. The bill allows the state agency to enter into a labor cost-sharing contract with adjacent landowner provided the landowner is not otherwise responsible for the cost of the enclosure or its maintenance. Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 92-4 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2085 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator David Bullard) Requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to display the national motto of the United States in a prominently visible location in all state buildings. The bill authorizes the Oklahoma Attorney General to prepare and present a legal defense of the display. Update: Passed House States’ Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 81-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-2 on Thursday, March 25. House Bill 2088 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts the legislature and judicial branches of state government from any and all fees or costs for services rendered by state agencies. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House floor 94-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, April 15. House Bill 2180 (Representative Ronny Johns and Senator Greg McCortney) Removes requirements for making payroll deductions for certain insurance premiums with a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Insurance Committee. Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 82-12 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2294 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Deletes the ability for employees to accumulate more than the maximum annual leave. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate General Government Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2350 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator James Leewright) Creates a task force with the goal of creating a single repository of data for state agencies that currently have multiple data streams with redundancies. A goal of the task force would be to create a five-year digital infrastructure plan. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off House Floor 85-10 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate General Government Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 41 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Ronny Johns) Modifies the requirements for state employee payroll deductions for private insurance organizations and service companies that provide legal services. It removes the requirement that the organizations and service companies that provide legal services be regulated by the State Insurance Commissioner and have a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February18. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 5-1 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 63 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Avery Frix) Removes language related to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act that requires an employee to repay all severance benefits on a proportional basis if an affected employee is reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 70-21 on Monday, April 12. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 282 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Amends Section 840-2.20 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for annual leave following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 4. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee on Monday, March 29. Passed Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, March 7. Passed off the House Floor 84-3 on Thursday, April 15. Senate Bill 299 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Mark Lepak) Allows for cooperative “piggybacking” purchase agreements between state agencies including on public construction contracts. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Thursday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Title Stricken. Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 333 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tammy Townley) Amends Section 840-2.15 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for compensatory time following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House General Government Subcommittee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 90-3 on Thursday, April 15 Senate Bill 403 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Robert Manger) Makes it unlawful for any person, alone or in concert with others and without authorization, to willfully disturb, interfere or disrupt business of any political subdivision, which includes publicly posted meetings, or any political subdivision. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Amended to make the bill an Emergency. Passed Public Safety Committee with a vote of 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 74-15 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 459 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Ty Burns) Amends the Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol testing in light of medical marijuana. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 10-3 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 627 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Danny Williams) Amended from a Red River Boundary Bill to ban all mandatory gender and sexual diversity training by any state entity. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House General Government 6-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency removed. Senate Bill 650 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Provides a 2 percent increase to the amount of a participant’s benefit allowance from the amount provided in the previous plan year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Senate Bill 794 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires that if the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission or its representative determines that an individual has been overpaid unemployment benefits to provisions therein relating to administrative overpayment, the individual must be sent a notice of overpayment determination. It allows that if the individual disagrees with this determination, said individual can file an appeal of the determination with the Appeal Tribunal within 10 days after the date of mailing. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 80-7 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Bill 895 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Chris Kannady) Allows state agencies to choose to have required audits performed by a public accountant or certified public accountant registered to do business with the state. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Failed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 4-30 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a state data definition and gives OMES the authority to determine when state data is allowed to be shared between agencies or with federal entities if a request to share is initially rejected. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 5-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (Senator Rob Standridge) Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit a report to the Legislature and to make the report available on its website by December 31, 2021, that includes a list of all persons employed in a faculty or teaching position including their position rank at their respective institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and their compensation during the 2020-2021 academic year; a list of the courses taught and the hours taught by persons employed in a faculty or teaching position at institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education during the 2020-2021 academic year; the tenure policy of each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the 2020-2021 academic year; and the number of faculty employed by each institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who had tenure during the 2020-2021 academic year. Update: Not assigned to committee. Budget Bills House Bill 1665 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Chuck Hall) Creates a Federal Funds Holding Account within the General Revenue Fund to receive all funds required to be paid to the State of Oklahoma. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 20-10 on Wednesday, February 24, Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 86-12 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 1990 (Representative Trey Caldwell and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows ad valorem reimbursement fund to be used to reimburse counties for loss of revenue due to exemptions granted to veterans and their surviving spouses. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Finance Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-6 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2086 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Zack Taylor) 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. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2775 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Adds to the definition of “Cost Approach” in the ad valorem tax code to include physical deterioration, functional or internal obsolescence, and economic or external obsolescence. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2776 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Protecting Revenues for Oklahoma Teachers, Educators and Students Fund (PROTEST) which shall consist of all ad valorem funds under protest received by the State Department of Education (SDE). The SDE may distribute this money to school districts which are affected by protested ad valorem taxes. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Education Subcommittee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2777 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires County Assessors to use current market price determination to establish fair cash value for real property and personal property owned by any wind power in the ad valorem tax code. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2780 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Dave Rader) Allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to garnish accrued earnings of a delinquent taxpayer by contacting the taxpayer’s employer. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-3 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 78-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the Senate floor 39-7 on Thursday, April 8. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 15. House Joint Resolution 1001 (Representative Andy Fugate and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that changes the way the maximum Constitutional Reserve (Rainy Day) Fund balance amount would be computed. It would require the maximum balance allowed be based on a percentage of total state expenditures instead of using revenue estimates provided by the State Board of Equalization for the annual appropriations process. It would provide that total expenditures include all appropriated monies and federal funds. It would exclude from total expenditures money from revolving funds which are used by state agencies, fees or similar charges that were not derived from tax revenue, and money obtained by issuing state government bonds. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 79 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin West) Exempts from sales tax the transfer of tangible personal property to or by nonprofit 501(c)(3) entities that have entered into a joint operating agreement with the University Hospitals Trust. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Amended to provide an effective date of July 1, 2022. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee as amended 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the House Floor 78-10 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 181 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Brad Boles) Permits more than one-half of ad valorem taxes to be paid by January 1 of each year. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 2. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 498 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Permits a facility engaged in cement manufacturing to have the payroll requirements of the five-year ad valorem tax exemption waived for tax year 2021, which is based in part on the 2020 calendar year payroll reported to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and permits it to continue to receive the exemption for the five-year period only if all other requirements of this section are met. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Laid over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 34-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate Bill 609 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Extends the ad valorem tax exemption to manufacturing facilities, doubles the acquisition or expansion limit. Adds definitions to manufacturing facilities. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-1 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 906 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Todd Russ) Provides allowances for depreciation of value in ad valorem tax consideration. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 14 (Senator Joe Newhouse) Puts to a vote of the people increasing the cap on the Constitutional Reserve Fund from 15 percent to 30 percent. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 16 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Changes the way maximum balance allowed for the rainy-day fund from using the Board of Equalization estimates to a percentage of a total of the state expenditures for the previous year including all state and federal funds. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. CareerTech House Bill 1026 (Representative Rande Worthen and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows CLEET to establish and certify additional law enforcement and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education for teaching students between 16 and 19 years of age. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Common Education House Bill 1046 (Representative Dell Kerbs and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires a copy or a hyperlink to a copy of the most recent audit of the financial statements of a school district to be on the front page of the school district website for public inspection. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Wednesday, March. 3 Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 7-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-11 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. House Bill 1073 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Extends the sunset date for the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board until July 1, 2024. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 89-2 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1103 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Haste) Directs the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Education Department to create a set of guidelines and provide directions to schools in order to survey every public school student in grades 6,8,10 and 12 with the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey every other year beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Amended to remove private schools. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday April, 7. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-6 on Tuesday, April 13. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1104 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires information on a student's tribal affiliation to be included in student data collected for the state. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee on 12-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-14 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. House Bill 1568 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator John Haste) Creates Maria’s Law requiring collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to adopt standards and approve age-appropriate curriculum for K-12 students as a part of normal health education curriculum. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 84-10 with Title Stricken on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-1 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1569 (Representative Jacob Rosecrants and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Oklahoma Play to Learn Act. States that the intention of the Legislature is to focus on the importance of child-centered, play-based learning. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 1775 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Jessica Garvin) Amended by committee substitute to bar any employee of a state agency, teacher administrator, school district or other employee from being required to engage in training orientation or therapy that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or blame on the basis of sex. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 7-4 on Tuesday, April 6. Author change. House Bill 1801 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates Riley’s rule requiring school districts to develop an emergency action plan for all school facilities including athletic practice events or activities. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Amended to allow only Oklahoma residents. Passed off the House Floor as amended 98-1 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Amended at the request of rural legislators to avoid and undue burden to review the plan annually. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1882 (Representative Marilyn Stark and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the "Out-of-Schooltime" task force to identify, evaluate and recommend a set of best practices for children, youth and families to improve and increase the number of quality, affordable out-of-school programs in the state. The bill sets the membership of the committee. Update: Passed House Children, Youth and Family Services Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 5-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-14 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-1 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 1963 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) If vacancies occur which result in a loss of majority members of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district, the Governor shall appoint a member or members necessary to constitute a quorum to the board of education. Update: Assigned to House Elections and Ethics Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Elections and Ethics Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-16 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-10 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. House Bill 1968 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) Deletes expenditure and program classification reporting requirements for certain gifted and talented programs. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 8. Referred to full House Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Appropriations Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 80-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2030 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Adam Pugh) Adds passing the Naturalization test to high school graduation requirements. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 80-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Passed Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee 14-6 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2223 (Representative Randy Randleman and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires the Oklahoma State Department of Education to maintain a dyslexia information handbook. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. House Bill 2381 (Representative Danny Sterling and Senator Frank Simpson) Directs local school districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-9 on Wednesday, February 25. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 57-37 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-1 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2462 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Department of Education to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food, lodging and other expenses necessary to host or participate in conferences and training sessions. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 86-5 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 24. House Bill 2662 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring each local school district to have at least one school employee at each school who has met certain seizure safe training requirements. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended to change from a Shall to a May. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Author change. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Withdrawn from Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2727 (Representative Ajay Pittman and Senator David Bullard) Requires subject to the availability of funds that there be a basic life skills education curriculum taught in public schools. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 67-26 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2749 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires schools that receive more than $2,500 from the Reading Proficiency Act to spend at least 10 percent on professional development for Pre-k-5 grade teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday February 16. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Anthony Moore) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that removes debt limits for school districts. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Joint Resolution 1029 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that authorizes a school district to raise an additional $5 million levy on taxable property within the district if approved by the majority of district voters. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. House Joint Resolution 1033 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Puts to a vote of the people a requirement that a school spends at least 60 percent of its annual budget on instructional expenditures. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 13 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires a teacher whose certificate is suspended by the State Board of Education to be placed on suspension 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 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, April 7. Senate Bill 21 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Marcus McEntire) Makes it a requirement, rather than permissive, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that district school boards provide schoolwide training to all students in grades seven through twelve and staff addressing suicide awareness and prevention. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, April 15. Senate Bill 54 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Daniel Pae) Requires the State Department of Education to designate a school district site or charter school site as a Purple Star School. The bill defines applicable terms. It establishes the requirements for a school district site or charter school to be designated as a Purple Star School. It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules. Update: Passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Title and Enacting Clause Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 89-5 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Bill 66 (Senator John Haste and Representative Lonnie Sims) Exempts any insurance policy sold to any school district from the surplus lines premium tax. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Insurance Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Monday, April 12. House amendments read. Senate Bill 68 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Requires a public school student to be considered in compliance with statutory residency provisions if he or she is a student whose parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 89 (Senator John Haste and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates the Health Education Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires health education to be taught in public schools, including but not limited to physical health, mental health, social and emotional health and intellectual health. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 128 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Dick Lowe) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring at least one school employee at each school to meet certain training requirements. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken, Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 252 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires all public schools to begin teaching computer science courses in the 2024-2025 school year. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 419 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative John Waldron) Removes the requirement to administer assessments in U.S. history under the statewide system of student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 10-4 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 503 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Ryan Martinez) Adds to required history curriculum, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, substantive selections from the Federalist Papers, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Articles of Confederation, the Gettysburg Address and George Washington’s Farewell Address. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 619 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Kevin West) Allows school districts to obtain liability insurance coverage to protect a student participating in an apprenticeship internship or mentorship program. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Bill 634 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Requires an authorization form that has the statement of understanding of the first amendment rights to not be a part of a union for public education employees. Makes that form’s authorization a yearly requirement. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Reassigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Passed Senate Judiciary 7-4 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 32-14 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 642 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Dustin Roberts) Includes multi-aptitude battery assessments that measure developed abilities and help predict future academic and occupational success in the military. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 783 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Brad Boles) Requires the Department of Education to publish a list of the capacity for a class in each grade level K-12. Strengthens open transfer policies. Gives OEQA audit authority over transfer Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Advanced to General Order. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency passed 68-19. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 807 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Rhonda Baker) Entitles support employees to pay for any time lost when a school district is closed because of an epidemic or when an order for such a closing has been issued by a health officer authorized by law to issue the order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the Senate Floor 93-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Senate Joint Resolution 3 (Senator Carri Hicks) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that allows a member of the Legislature to be employed as a certified teacher with a public school district in this state after he or she completes his or her term in office. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Senate Joint Resolution 9 (Senator Mary Boren) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that changes the duty of the legislature when it comes to public education. Removes the words “Wherein all the children of the State may be educated”. Instead requires the legislature to “make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient and equitable system of free public schools”. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. COVID-19 House Bill 2335 (Representative Jay Steagall and Senator Shane Jett) Prohibits compulsory immunization through any state entity via direct or indirect means. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 7-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 71-25 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 6-5 on Monday, April 5. House Joint Resolution 1032 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting a governmental entity from issuing any order or rule that requires closure of any place of worship. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 368 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Brian Hill) Prohibits any governmental declaration of a religious institution as nonessential. Requires that religious institutions be exempt from closure orders for the purpose of health or security that is greater than that imposed on any private entity. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House States Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 658 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kevin West) Requires the State Department of Education to provide any notice or publication on immunization requirements all information on exemptions to such requirements. Creates a metric for when mask mandates are allowed. Higher Education is excluded from the mask mandate portion. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended to pass Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 36-9 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Withdrawn from Common Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Amended to allow the local health department to set mask rules. Passed House Public Health Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, April, 7. Charter Schools House Joint Resolution 1036 (Representative Jon Echols) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment allowing a school district to become indebted after a 3/5ths vote to acquire or improve the school sites or equipment of a charter school. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 69 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Provides a student will be eligible to enroll in a statewide virtual charter school if the student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within this state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 95-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 222 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Creates the Hope Scholarship Program to provide a scholarship to an eligible private school of choice for students who have experienced bullying. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Monday, March 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 239 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Creates a process for the State Board of Education to hear appeals to the charter school sponsorship process. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 30-16 on Wednesday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, March 29. General Government Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senator Kay Floyd) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would prohibit members of the Legislature from being appointed or elected to any office or commission during their term; receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term; or being interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. It would not prohibit an employee of a school district, a technology center school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term, or prohibit an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It also would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. It would permit the Legislature to enact laws to implement these provisions. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Higher Education House Bill 1962 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Marty Quinn) Specifies the definition of “qualified higher education expenses” to fall in line with section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee with a vote of 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 1965 (Representative Jadine Nolan and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows a board of county commissioners to determine the years of service required for full-time county employees to qualify for a continuing education program and allows such programs to include courses offered by a college or university that is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as well as any other in-state or out-of-state programs or courses which are relevant to the employee's responsibilities as approved by the county commissioners. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. House Bill 2046 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. The measure authorizes the board of regents of eligible two-year colleges to adopt a resolution calling for the creation of a higher education funding district, for the purpose of providing additional sources of funding for the institution. If approved by the board of regents, the creation of the funding district and its initial operational millage rate would go to a vote of the people within the established district boundary. Additional bonds may be included in the ballot measure calling for the creation of the district. The ballot measure would require 60 percent approval to pass. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee as amended 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2396 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 86-6 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 2691 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Requires the Commission for Educational Quality an Accountability to issue a report detailing factors in the public education system that contribute to graduation rates, assessment scores and the state workforce. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 76-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2750 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) States the intent of the Legislature that in establishing minimum required score on AP exams for granting course credit the Regents for Higher Education should not require an AP score above 3. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Amended to allow the granting of additional credit for higher than 3. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2874 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Adds the University Hospitals Trust to those exempt from sales tax. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2926 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires each institution of higher education to publish a salary report of common occupations and industries in which students are employed upon graduation. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 2 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Amended by Committee Substitute to prohibit anyone of the male sex from playing on athletic teams designated for females, women, or girls. It requires any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity due to a violation of this rule, to have a cause of action for injunctive relief against the school. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 4-1 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 70 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Increases the time period before the date of enrollment from five years to 10 years when a person was discharged or released from active military service to qualify for in-state enrollment. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education 4-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Title Restored. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 139 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Adds the Senate Appropriations Committee Chair and the House Appropriations and Budget Committee Chair to the list of recipients of the annual report submitted by Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday February, 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 33-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate Bill 238 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a task force to study the requirement for high school students to complete the FASFA. Designates the makeup of this task force and the end date for a report. Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Senate to provide the staff and administrative support for the task force. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Failed on House Floor 24-73 on Monday, April 12. Notice served to reconsider. Motion expired. Senate Bill 261 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Melissa Provenzano) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower’s Bill of Rights, requiring that student loan servicers not employ any deceptive practices, maintain accurate reporting to consumer credit bureaus, and otherwise accurately inform borrowers of their rights and obligations in public and plain language. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-2 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 292 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study the concurrent enrollment needs of the State. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 67-23 on Wednesday, April 14. Emergency Passed 69-13 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 893 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Allows the undergraduate and graduate programs of the same discipline of engineering at an institution to be part of the qualified program if either program is ABET accredited. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-3 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to Finance- Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Finance-Revenue and Taxation Committee 8-0 on Monday, March 29. Title Stricken. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate Joint Resolution 15 (Senator Rob Standridge) Puts to a vote of the people a prohibition for higher education from requiring students to enroll in a course that is not a core requirement of their chosen curriculum, a course with no tuition or fee charged, or a course that is not directly relevant to a degree being pursued. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Healthcare House Bill 1006 (Representative Carol Bush and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires healthcare providers make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider's website if one exists, the health care prices for at least the 20 most common health care services the healthcare provider provides. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2299 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Oklahoma Medical Education Protection Act which preserves the supplemental payment programs payable to University Health Science Centers when entering into contractual arrangements with any entity for the management of Medicaid patients. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-3 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Joint Resolution 1041 (Representative Sean Roberts) Puts to a vote of the people an amendment repealing Medicaid expansion. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Senate Bill 4 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative T.J. Marti) Permits a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed biological product only if the substituted product has been determined by FDA to be interchangeable with the prescribed biological product; the prescribing physician has permitted substitution; and the pharmacy informs the patient of the substitution. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Thursday, April 15. Senate Bill 100 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Dean Davis) Permits an applicant for a license to practice podiatric medicine to submit an electronic application online. It requires an applicant legally reside in the United States, rather than be loyal to the US. The bill removes the requirement that the applicant be free from contagious or infectious disease. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 93-3 on Monday, April 12. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 107 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Todd Russ) Gives the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) the authority, beginning with the Jan. 1, 2022 plan year, to renew vision plan contracts with plan providers for succeeding one-year terms if the provider had a contract for the immediately preceding year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 89-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 164 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies language related to participation in a research program or experimental procedures. It requires human subject research to be approved by an accredited institutional review board rather than a local institutional review board. It requires when the patient is incapable of giving informed consent and is a minor that the consent be given by the parent or legal guardian. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 207 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Senator Marcus McEntire) Authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Administrator to designate an administrative law judge to perform appeal hearings for those adversely affected by a decision of the authority. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed Full Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Health Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Health Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed Appropriations Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Senate Bill 319 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Exempts from the prohibition furnishing anyone under the age of 21 any cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, bidis, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, or vapor products persons performing activities as part of a scientific study being conducted by a research institution for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by a properly accredited institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, February 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 69-27 on Thursday, April 15. Senate Bill 406 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the definitions of "University Hospital" and "Oklahoma's Children's Hospital." It authorizes the University Hospital’s authority to assign any inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities, research buildings, facilities or property and any other buildings, facilities or property under its ownership or management and control to University Hospital, Oklahoma Children's Hospital or any other division or entity which is part of University Hospital. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 9-0 on Monday, April 5. OneNet House Bill 1124 (Representative Logan Phillips and Senator James Leewright) Creates the State Broadband Deployment Grant Program to direct competitive grants to applicants seeking to expand broadband internet services and directs the Corporation Commission to create the Rural Broadband Expansion Council to promulgate rules and procedures for the program. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, March 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 31 House Bill 2040 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) The measure provides a sales tax exemption, in the form of rebates, on sales of qualifying broadband equipment if the property is directly used or consumed by the provider or subsidiary in or during the distribution of internet services. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 85-14 on Thursday, March 11, Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2090 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council from 14 to 16 members. One of the additional members would represent a wireless internet service provider and be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The other additional member would represent a Native American tribe and be appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Emergency Added. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 2928 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Directs broadband service providers in the state to submit a report containing their network area coverage map to the Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by October 31, 2021. The providers would be required to update this map and report annually. OneNet is also directed to provide mapping of all assets and network coverage. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 802 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Logan Phillips) Increases the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by one member to be filled by a tribal leader of this state. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Open Meetings/Records House Bill 1876 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Specifies what private employee information is not subject to the Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 On Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, April 12. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2644 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Extends the provisions that allows for virtual open meetings until March 31, 2024 Update: Assigned to House General Government Committee. Laid Over. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 24. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 92-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 970 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Brad Boles) Makes all license or certification public record, excluding an applicant’s personal address, phone number or other personal material. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Bill 1031 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Jon Echols) Extends the provisions that allow for virtual open meetings until the Governor declares the state of emergency to have ended. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Withdrawn from General Government Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended by Floor Substitute with a vote of 45-0 on Wednesday, February 3. Direct to House Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 88-5 on Monday, February 8. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 10. Scholarships House Bill 1739 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates the Connecting Futures Act. It allows the Department of Human Services to, subject to available funding, create a pilot program to address needs of any minors who are separated from their parents or legal guardians, are not supported by their parents or legal guardians and are not in the custody of the Department of Human Services or in the custody of any Indian tribe. It requires the pilot program to allow the Department to provide assistance in securing necessary services to allow eligible minors to become self-reliant and productive citizens. Update: Passed House Children Youth and Family Services Committee 5-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 82-6 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 1821 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, April 15 House Bill 2399 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Marty Quinn) Extends the qualification for Oklahoma’s higher learning access program to those students whose parents died after the students tenth grade year, and meet the other financial requirements. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Amended by unanimous consent passed to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Bill 132 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends application window for Oklahoma’s Promise to the eleventh grade. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Title Restored. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 237 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Mark McBride) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Referred to full Appropriations and Budget Committee. Title and Enacting Clause Stricken. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 34-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate Bill 639 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends qualification for Oklahoma’s Promise to those enrolled in an area that has been identified as a critical occupation area. Requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the State Regents for Higher Education to publish a yearly list between October and June of the critical occupation areas that meet the guidelines. Requires the Regents, in consultation with CareerTech, to identify postsecondary vo-tech programs that correlate to the critical occupation areas. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Amended by Floor Substitute, which provides a 6-year time period to earn a baccalaureate or other postsecondary education credential or requires that the Oklahoma’s Promise recipient enter into a repayment agreement with the institution of higher education or career technology center. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Amended to remove the “clawback” repayment requirement. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 9-0 on Monday, April 5. Teacher Retirement System House Bill 2293 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Lonnie Paxton) modifies the matching of TRS funds to be based only on the member’s regular annual compensation regardless of the source of funds, except federal funding. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 51-38 on Thursday, March 11. Emergency Failed. Engrossed to Senate. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-3 on Monday, April 5. Senate Bill 267 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Allows retired educators who have received benefits for at least one year and who have not been employed by a public school during that time to be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school district with no limitation on earnings. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 36-11 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the House Floor 87-9 on Monday, April 12. House amendments read. Senate Bill 683 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Mark Lepak) Removes the one-year regular employment requirement for full-time non-classified optional personnel to join the TRS. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 41-2 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Author change Mark Lepak - Principal House Author. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Joint Resolution 18 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment that requires any COLA to include funding. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Teacher Certification House Bill 1593 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires 7th-12th grade teachers to have workplace safety training emphasized into curriculum. The program shall be completed the first year a certified teacher is employed by a school district. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off House Floor 74-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. House Bill 1773 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Jessica Garvin) Requires teaching candidates in early childhood elementary, secondary and special education to study the philosophy framework and implementation of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) designed to address the core academic and nonacademic needs of all students. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended by committee substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-0 in Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 1796 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Adam Pugh) Allows the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Education Quality and Accountability to grant subject area examination exceptions for initial certification in a field that does not require an advanced degree if the candidate already has an advanced degree in the subject essentially comparable to the content assessed in the examination. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senator. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. House Bill 2329 (Representative Mark Lawson and Senator Frank Simpson) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the certification examination to teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. House Bill 2693 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Brenda Stanley) Updates the name of the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability. Rewards teachers who are renewing their National Board Certification by awarding them a portion of the renewal application fee. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 81-11 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2748 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education to issue one-year alternative teacher certificates renewable for up to 3 years to teach early childhood education or elementary education if the alternative certified teacher meets certain qualifications. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. House Bill 2752 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Department of Education in coordination with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish a micro-credential programs for teachers who hold a certificate to complete additional coursework and earn STEM credentials. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 67 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Permits the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are "deaf." Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 229 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Allows the State Board of Education to renew an Emergency or Provisional Teacher Certification for up to five years. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-8 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Weapons on Campus / Gun Laws House Bill 1630 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies the Unlawful Intent to Carry and Penalty Portions of Firearms Act to allow flexibility in punishment upon conviction. Deletes the ability to permanently revoke a handgun license. Amends background checks to remove criminal history records fingerprints and FBI searches on license renewal. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 8-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 78-18 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-6 on Thursday, April 15. House Bill 1662 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Nathan Dahm) If a defendant claims self-defense the State of Oklahoma must then have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defensive force was not justified. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-3 on Tuesday, April 6. House Bill 2645 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator David Bullard) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 3-1 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 8-2 on Monday, April 5. Senate Bill 106 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Defines the term "completed application" within the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to mean all fields are completed, questions answered and contains all required signatures on the Application for Self-Defense Act License and all required documents including legible fingerprints, if applicable. It removes the 90-day grace period for handgun license renewals. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-8 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 631 (Senator Warren Hamilton and Representative Sean Roberts) Makes Oklahoma a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State” pre-empting any legislation or rule at any level that would infringe upon the right to bear arms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 644 (Senator Blake Stephens and Representative Sean Roberts) Allows municipalities to, by ordinance, authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Senate Bill 646 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 672 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Kenton Patzkowsky) Allows unmitigated transport of firearms for any person not otherwise prohibited from purchasing or carrying firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice Committee 4-1 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 730 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Bans any person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from establishing or enforcing any rule that prohibits transporting carrying or storing firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary – Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 732 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jim Olsen) Allows anyone whose Second Amendment rights are violated to bring a lawsuit against any order or regulation or other political subdivision of the state. Defines responsibilities of the court in such a case. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday February, 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Modifies language related to self-defense with a firearm. It adds "occupied premises" to the list of places the Legislature recognizes that the citizens of the State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety and that a person legally is allowed to defend. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary – Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 926 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Eric Roberts) Extends the firearms law preemption to air powered pistols Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary – Criminal Committee 6-2 on Wednesday, March 24. Senate Joint Resolution 21 (Senator David Bullard) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting any future legislation, taxation or rules that would infringe upon Second Amendment rights. Update: Assigned to Senate Rules Committee. Workforce Development House Bill 2860 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Inventive Act. Provides for the Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Tax Commission to create policy’s attracting growth industries that employ remote workers. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House floor 96-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-1 on Wednesday, April 7. House Bill 2929 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Greg Treat) Requires the Department of Commerce to post on its website information related to its business recruiting efforts with an emphasis on possible business site locations or relocation decisions within the state. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 68-22 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-3 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 71 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Kevin McDugle) Modifies language related to the Department of Commerce's requirement to promulgate rules for the administration of the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act. It requires the rules establish reporting requirements for successful applicants which allow data collection and analysis by the department on employment, capital investment, changes in assessed value of a project and other impacts resulting from payments and reporting of data by the department to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 85-5 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Senate Bill 211 (Senator Tom Dugger and Representative Ken Luttrell) Modifies the powers and duties of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. It permits a school to be accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education for multiple years, and to obtain a sustained license annually during the period of the multi-year accreditation. It modifies the fees the board may assess. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate floor 42-5 on Wednesday. March, 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Senate Bill 587 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Brad Boles) Adds the delivery of industry focused instruction from Common Education, CareerTech or Higher Education to the definitions in the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Select Agencies Subcommittee 6-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed House Appropriations Committee 31-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate Bill 936 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kevin Wallace) Combines the various quality jobs programs under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations and Budget 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 on Wednesday, March 31. 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 01D732E4.B0199D80] [cid:image002.png at 01D732E4.B0199D80] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 14424 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Begin forwarded message: From: Oklahoma Senate Communications > Date: April 22, 2021 at 8:41:39 AM CDT To: "McNally, LeeAnna" > Subject: Juniors can soon apply for Oklahoma’s Promise under signed legislation Reply-To: oksenatecomms at public.govdelivery.com  [Senate Communications Division Email Header] Immediate Release: April 22, 2021 Juniors can soon apply for Oklahoma’s Promise under signed legislation (Audio available at www.oksenate.gov/audio) OKLAHOMA CITY – More of Oklahoma’s students will soon be able to take advantage of Oklahoma’s Promise, the state’s free tuition program, following the signing of Senate Bill 132 Tuesday. The bill’s author, Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, said it will provide students more time to decide whether they want to go to college or a career tech by allowing public and private school students to apply up through the 11th grade or up to the age of 17 for home-schooled students. “Kids mature at different rates, and while some may know in the 8th grade that they’re going to college, others may not make that decision until they’re in high school,” Bullard said. “This will provide more opportunities for Oklahoma students to pursue a higher education and fully utilize this outstanding program.” Currently, public and private school students can apply for the state tuition scholarship program, also known as the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP) any time between their 8th and 10th grade years while nontraditional students can apply up to the age of 16. The bill further expands eligibility to 11th grade public and private school students and 17-year-old home-schooled students. Applicants must also be an Oklahoma resident and have a federally adjusted annual gross family income of $55,000 or less, which will increase to $60,000 starting with the 2021-2022 school year. Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, is the principal House author of SB 132. “Allowing an extra year for students to sign up for the Oklahoma Promise scholarship will ensure a greater number of students are able to attend college,” Baker said. “Equipping our young people with college degrees will pay dividends for our state far into the future.” There are currently about 30,000 high school students enrolled in the program and around 15,000 students attending college on an OHLAP scholarship. The new law will become effective July 1, 2021. -END- For more information, contact: Sen. Bullard: (405) 521-5586 or David.Bullard at oksenate.gov Every 10 years, the Oklahoma Legislature is constitutionally required to redraw legislative and congressional district boundaries using the latest U.S. Census data. For more information about the Oklahoma Senate's redistricting process, visit www.oksenate.gov, or submit your redistricting questions at redistricting at oksenate.gov. Stay Connected with Oklahoma Senate Communications: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Youtube] [Instagram] SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe All | Help ________________________________ This email was sent to lmcnally at osrhe.edu using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Oklahoma Senate Communications · 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., State Capitol Building · Oklahoma City, OK 73105 [GovDelivery logo] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon Apr 26 10:50:07 2021 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:50:07 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: Legislative Update - April 23, 2021 In-Reply-To: <7205c949e9424a919b728097cfe4094e@osrhe.edu> References: <7205c949e9424a919b728097cfe4094e@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: <89b230c9867b401da1b7bf7835736cc1@osrhe.edu> Legislative update through 4/23/21. Immediately following is the current status of bills related to financial aid that are still alive for the 2021 session. * House Bill 1821 - Changes to the Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG). The bill was signed by the Governor on Thursday, 4/22. Final bill text: https://www.sos.ok.gov/documents/legislation/58th/2021/1R/HB/1821.pdf * House Bill 1962 - Oklahoma College Savings Plan. Specifies the definition of "qualified higher education expenses" to be the same as section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. The bill passed the Senate floor by a 44-0 vote on Wednesday, 4/21, and will be sent to the Governor for his consideration. Bill text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20FLR/SFLR/HB1962%20SFLR.PDF * Senate Bill 132 - OKPromise - Would extend the application window for Oklahoma's Promise to the eleventh grade. The bill was signed by the Governor on Tuesday, 4/20. Final text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENR/SB/SB132%20ENR.PDF (the actual signed version is not yet available electronically) * Senate Bill 639 - OKPromise. Would allow use of the scholarship for certain career technology programs identified as critical occupation areas. Would extend the time period to use the scholarship from five years to six years. [Formerly also included the "clawback" provision.] The bill, as amended without the "clawback" requirement, passed the House floor by a 98-0 vote on Thursday, 4/22. The bill now returns to the Senate for consideration of the House amendments. Current text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20FLR/HFLR/SB639%20HFLR.PDF Bryce Fair From: Johnson, Dr. Glen Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 4:41 PM To: Chancellor's Council Subject: Legislative Update - April 23, 2021 OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Chancellor's Council From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, April 23, 2021 Subject: Legislative Update - April 23, 2021 The update below reflects the major legislation concerning Higher Education. If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu or (405) 301-0332. Legislative Report April 23, 2021 Agency Administration House Bill 1090 (Representative Gerrid Kendrix and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Auditor and Inspector General to perform audits and inspections of government entities without authorization from the Governor, the Chief Executive Officer of a government entity, or a joint or concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Wednesday, April 21. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 1146 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator Greg Treat) Places all state employee positions under the administration of the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services effective January 1, 2022, except those employed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as elected officials, political appointees, and up to 5 percent of an agency's executive management. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the House floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, April 21. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 1875 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Permits each educational institution to choose to designate specific information which will be classified as directory information for students attending the educational institution. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Emergency added. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, April 12. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2085 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator David Bullard) Requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to display the national motto of the United States in a prominently visible location in all state buildings. The bill authorizes the Oklahoma Attorney General to prepare and present a legal defense of the display. Update: Passed House States' Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 81-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-2 on Thursday, March 25. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2088 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Roger Thompson) Exempts the legislature and judicial branches of state government from any and all fees or costs for services rendered by state agencies. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House floor 94-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 2180 (Representative Ronny Johns and Senator Greg McCortney) Removes requirements for making payroll deductions for certain insurance premiums with a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Insurance Committee. Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 82-12 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 41 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative Ronny Johns) Modifies the requirements for state employee payroll deductions for private insurance organizations and service companies that provide legal services. It removes the requirement that the organizations and service companies that provide legal services be regulated by the State Insurance Commissioner and have a minimum participation of 500 state employees. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February18. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 5-1 on Monday, March 29. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 63 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Avery Frix) Removes language related to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act that requires an employee to repay all severance benefits on a proportional basis if an affected employee is reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 70-21 on Monday, April 12. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 19. Senate Bill 282 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Amends Section 840-2.20 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for annual leave following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 4. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee on Monday, March 29. Passed Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, March 7. Passed off the House Floor 84-3 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 299 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Mark Lepak) Allows for cooperative "piggybacking" purchase agreements between state agencies including on public construction contracts. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Thursday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Title Stricken. Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Thursday, April 8. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 333 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tammy Townley) Amends Section 840-2.15 of the Oklahoma Personnel Act to allow for a temporary increase in the accumulation limits for compensatory time following an emergency declaration period, which shall carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended. increase and carryover of annual leave time. Update: Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House General Government Subcommittee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 90-3 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 403 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Robert Manger) Makes it unlawful for any person, alone or in concert with others and without authorization, to willfully disturb, interfere or disrupt business of any political subdivision, which includes publicly posted meetings, or any political subdivision. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Amended to make the bill an Emergency. Passed Public Safety Committee with a vote of 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 74-15 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 459 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Ty Burns) Amends the Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol testing in light of medical marijuana. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 10-3 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 627 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Danny Williams) Amended from a Red River Boundary Bill to ban all mandatory gender and sexual diversity training by any state entity. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House General Government 6-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency removed. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 650 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Provides a 2 percent increase to the amount of a participant's benefit allowance in 2022 and an additional 2 percent in 2023. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-4 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Passed off the House floor as amended 87-0 on Tuesday, April 20. House amendments read. Senate Bill 794 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires that if the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission or its representative determines that an individual has been overpaid unemployment benefits to provisions therein relating to administrative overpayment, the individual must be sent a notice of overpayment determination. It allows that if the individual disagrees with this determination, said individual can file an appeal of the determination with the Appeal Tribunal within 10 days after the date of mailing. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 80-7 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Bill 895 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Chris Kannady) Allows state agencies to choose to have required audits performed by a public accountant or certified public accountant registered to do business with the state. Update: Assigned to Senate Finance Committee. Reassigned to House General Government Committee. Passed House General Government Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Failed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 4-30 on Wednesday, April 14. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Creates a state data definition and gives OMES the authority to determine when state data is allowed to be shared between agencies or with federal entities if a request to share is initially rejected. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 5-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Budget Bills House Bill 1990 (Representative Trey Caldwell and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows ad valorem reimbursement fund to be used to reimburse counties for loss of revenue due to exemptions granted to veterans and their surviving spouses. Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Finance Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-6 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2775 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Adds to the definition of "Cost Approach" in the ad valorem tax code to include physical deterioration, functional or internal obsolescence, and economic or external obsolescence. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, April 20. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 2776 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Creates the Protecting Revenues for Oklahoma Teachers, Educators and Students Fund (PROTEST) which shall consist of all ad valorem funds under protest received by the State Department of Education (SDE). The SDE may distribute this money to school districts which are affected by protested ad valorem taxes. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee 7-2 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Education Subcommittee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-2 on Monday, April 19. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2777 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires County Assessors to use current market price determination to establish fair cash value for real property and personal property owned by any wind power in the ad valorem tax code. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2780 (Representative John Pfeiffer and Senator Dave Rader) Allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission to garnish accrued earnings of a delinquent taxpayer by contacting the taxpayer's employer. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-3 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 78-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the Senate floor 39-7 on Thursday, April 8. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 15. Senate Bill 79 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin West) Exempts from sales tax the transfer of tangible personal property to or by nonprofit 501(c)(3) entities that have entered into a joint operating agreement with the University Hospitals Trust. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Amended to provide an effective date of July 1, 2022. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee as amended 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the House Floor 78-10 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. Senate Bill 181 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Brad Boles) Permits more than one-half of ad valorem taxes to be paid by January 1 of each year. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 2. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed of the House Floor 84-0 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 498 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Permits a facility engaged in cement manufacturing to have the payroll requirements of the five-year ad valorem tax exemption waived for tax year 2021, which is based in part on the 2020 calendar year payroll reported to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and permits it to continue to receive the exemption for the five-year period only if all other requirements of this section are met. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Laid over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 34-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 609 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Extends the ad valorem tax exemption to manufacturing facilities, doubles the acquisition or expansion limit. Adds definitions to manufacturing facilities. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-1 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 87-5 on Wednesday, April 21. House amendments read. Senate Bill 906 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Todd Russ) Provides allowances for depreciation of value in ad valorem tax consideration. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. CareerTech House Bill 1026 (Representative Rande Worthen and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Allows CLEET to establish and certify additional law enforcement and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education for teaching students between 16 and 19 years of age. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. Common Education House Bill 1046 (Representative Dell Kerbs and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires a copy or a hyperlink to a copy of the most recent audit of the financial statements of a school district to be on the front page of the school district website for public inspection. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Wednesday, March. 3 Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 7-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-11 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. House Bill 1073 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Nathan Dahm) Extends the sunset date for the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board until July 1, 2024. Update: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 89-2 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 1103 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Haste) Directs the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Education Department to create a set of guidelines and provide directions to schools in order to survey every public school student in grades 6,8,10 and 12 with the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey every other year beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Amended to remove private schools. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday April, 7. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-6 on Tuesday, April 13. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1104 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Requires information on a student's tribal affiliation to be included in student data collected for the state. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee on 12-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-14 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. House Bill 1568 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator John Haste) Creates Maria's Law requiring collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to adopt standards and approve age-appropriate curriculum for K-12 students as a part of normal health education curriculum. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 84-10 with Title Stricken on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-1 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1569 (Representative Jacob Rosecrants and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Oklahoma Play to Learn Act. States that the intention of the Legislature is to focus on the importance of child-centered, play-based learning. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 76-16 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-5 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1775 (Representative Kevin West and Senator David Bullard) Amended by committee substitute to bar any employee of a state agency from being required to engage in a student training orientation or therapy that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or blame on the basis of sex. This will not prohibit the teaching of things that are in the Oklahoma Academic Standards. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 7-4 on Tuesday, April 6. Author change. Amended to remove language to allow for workplace behavior training so that this only applies to required student training. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-9 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1801 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Brenda Stanley) Creates Riley's rule requiring school districts to develop an emergency action plan for all school facilities including athletic practice events or activities. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Amended to allow only Oklahoma residents. Passed off the House Floor as amended 98-1 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Amended at the request of rural legislators to avoid and undue burden to review the plan annually. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1882 (Representative Marilyn Stark and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the "Out-of-Schooltime" task force to identify, evaluate and recommend a set of best practices for children, youth and families to improve and increase the number of quality, affordable out-of-school programs in the state. The bill sets the membership of the committee. Update: Passed House Children, Youth and Family Services Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 5-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 82-14 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-1 on Wednesday, March 31. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate amendments received. House Bill 1963 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) If vacancies occur which result in a loss of majority members of the board of education of a school district or technology center school district, the Governor shall appoint a member or members necessary to constitute a quorum to the board of education. Update: Assigned to House Elections and Ethics Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Elections and Ethics Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 80-16 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Rules Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-10 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 1968 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Brenda Stanley) Deletes expenditure and program classification reporting requirements for certain gifted and talented programs. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 13-0 on Monday, February 8. Referred to full House Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Appropriations Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 80-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-2 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2030 (Representative Terry O'Donnell and Senator Adam Pugh) Adds passing the Naturalization test to high school graduation requirements. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, February 16. Passed off the House Floor 80-18 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Passed Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee 14-6 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-7 on Wednesday, April 21 House Bill 2223 (Representative Randy Randleman and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires the Oklahoma State Department of Education to maintain a dyslexia information handbook. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2381 (Representative Danny Sterling and Senator Frank Simpson) Directs local school districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-9 on Wednesday, February 25. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 57-37 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-1 on Wednesday, April 7. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2462 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Brent Howard) Allows the State Department of Education to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food, lodging and other expenses necessary to host or participate in conferences and training sessions. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 7-0 on Wednesday, February 17. Passed off the House Floor 86-5 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-4 on Monday, April 19. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 2662 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Dave Rader) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring each local school district to have at least one school employee at each school who has met certain seizure safe training requirements. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended to change from a Shall to a May. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 16. Author change. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Withdrawn from Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2749 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires schools that receive more than $2,500 from the Reading Proficiency Act to spend at least 10 percent on professional development for Pre-k-5 grade teachers. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday February 16. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 13 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires a teacher whose certificate is suspended by the State Board of Education to be placed on suspension 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 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 21 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Marcus McEntire) Makes it a requirement, rather than permissive, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that district school boards provide schoolwide training to all students in grades seven through twelve and staff addressing suicide awareness and prevention. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee as amended by Committee Substitute 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 54 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Daniel Pae) Requires the State Department of Education to designate a school district site or charter school site as a Purple Star School. The bill defines applicable terms. It establishes the requirements for a school district site or charter school to be designated as a Purple Star School. It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules. Update: Passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Title and Enacting Clause Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 89-5 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Bill 66 (Senator John Haste and Representative Lonnie Sims) Exempts any insurance policy sold to any school district from the surplus lines premium tax. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House Insurance Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Monday, April 12. House amendments read. Senate Bill 68 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Requires a public school student to be considered in compliance with statutory residency provisions if he or she is a student whose parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. Senate Bill 89 (Senator John Haste and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates the Health Education Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires health education to be taught in public schools, including but not limited to physical health, mental health, social and emotional health and intellectual health. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 92-4 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 128 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Dick Lowe) Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act requiring at least one school employee at each school to meet certain training requirements. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken, Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 92-1 on Tuesday, April 20. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 252 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires all public schools to begin teaching computer science courses in the 2024-2025 school year. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Amended to eliminate information required in a report from the State Department of Education. Passed off the House Floor 84-6 on Wednesday, April 21. House amendments read. Senate Bill 419 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative John Waldron) Removes the requirement to administer assessments in U.S. history under the statewide system of student assessments. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 10-4 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 55-41 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 503 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Ryan Martinez) Adds to required history curriculum, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, substantive selections from the Federalist Papers, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Articles of Confederation, the Gettysburg Address and George Washington's Farewell Address. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 619 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Kevin West) Allows school districts to obtain liability insurance coverage to protect a student participating in an apprenticeship internship or mentorship program. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Senate Bill 634 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Requires an authorization form that has the statement of understanding of the first amendment rights to not be a part of a union for public education employees. Makes that form's authorization a yearly requirement. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Reassigned to Senate Judiciary Committee. Passed Senate Judiciary 7-4 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-21 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 32-14 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Thursday, April 8. Senate Bill 642 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Dustin Roberts) Includes multi-aptitude battery assessments that measure developed abilities and help predict future academic and occupational success in the military. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 13-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the House Floor 86-1 on Wednesday, April 21. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 783 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Brad Boles) Requires the Department of Education to publish a list of the capacity for a class in each grade level K-12. Strengthens open transfer policies. Gives OEQA audit authority over transfer Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, February 23. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-15 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Advanced to General Order. Passed off the House Floor 65-30 on Wednesday, March 31. Emergency passed 68-19. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt Wednesday, March 31. Senate Bill 807 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Rhonda Baker) Entitles support employees to pay for any time lost when a school district is closed because of an epidemic or when an order for such a closing has been issued by a health officer authorized by law to issue the order. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the Senate Floor 93-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. COVID-19 House Bill 2335 (Representative Jay Steagall and Senator Shane Jett) Prohibits compulsory immunization through any state entity via direct or indirect means. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 7-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 71-25 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 6-5 on Monday, April 5. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 368 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Brian Hill) Prohibits any governmental declaration of a religious institution as nonessential. Requires that religious institutions be exempt from closure orders for the purpose of health or security that is greater than that imposed on any private entity. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House States Rights Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 72-20 on Tuesday, April 20. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 658 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kevin West) Requires the State Department of Education to provide any notice or publication on immunization requirements all information on exemptions to such requirements. Creates a metric for when mask mandates are allowed. Allows for a public petition process to overturn mask mandates. Higher Education is excluded from the mask mandate portion. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended to pass Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, March 4. Emergency Passed 36-9 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Withdrawn from Common Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Amended to allow the local health department to set mask rules. Passed House Public Health Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, April, 7. Amended to allow local petitions to mask mandates. Passed off the House Floor 64-32 on Monday, April 19. House amendments read. Charter Schools Senate Bill 69 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Max Wolfley) Provides a student will be eligible to enroll in a statewide virtual charter school if the student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within this state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 95-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. Senate Bill 222 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Creates the Hope Scholarship Program to provide a scholarship to an eligible private school of choice for students who have experienced bullying. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Monday, March 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Passed off the House Floor 53-35 on Wednesday, April 21. House amendments read. Senate Bill 239 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Creates a process for the State Board of Education to hear appeals to the charter school sponsorship process. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 30-16 on Wednesday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, March 29. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Higher Education House Bill 1962 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Marty Quinn) Specifies the definition of "qualified higher education expenses" to fall in line with section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee with a vote of 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 1965 (Representative Jadine Nolan and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows a board of county commissioners to determine the years of service required for full-time county employees to qualify for a continuing education program and allows such programs to include courses offered by a college or university that is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as well as any other in-state or out-of-state programs or courses which are relevant to the employee's responsibilities as approved by the county commissioners. Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor as amended 95-0 on Monday, March 8. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2046 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Frank Simpson) Creates the Higher Education Institution Local Funding Act. The measure authorizes the board of regents of eligible two-year colleges to adopt a resolution calling for the creation of a higher education funding district, for the purpose of providing additional sources of funding for the institution. If approved by the board of regents, the creation of the funding district and its initial operational millage rate would go to a vote of the people within the established district boundary. Additional bonds may be included in the ballot measure calling for the creation of the district. The ballot measure would require 60 percent approval to pass. Update: Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Rules Committee as amended 7-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual Assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Failed on the Senate Floor 23-24 on Wednesday, April 21. Motion to reconsider. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2465 (Representative Dick Lowe and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish procedures to ensure every applicant for an original Class A, B, C or D license and for any endorsements thereon, is examined by the Department or an approved written examination proctor. The bill authorizes the Department to approve and enter into agreements with local school districts, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or institutions of higher education to act as approved written examination proctors with regard to any written examination. Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, April 20. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 2396 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 86-6 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2691 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Requires the Commission for Educational Quality an Accountability to issue a report detailing factors in the public education system that contribute to graduation rates, assessment scores and the state workforce. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 76-18 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2750 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) States the intent of the Legislature that in establishing minimum required score on AP exams for granting course credit the Regents for Higher Education should not require an AP score above 3. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Amended to allow the granting of additional credit for higher than 3. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 45-1 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2874 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Adds the University Hospitals Trust to those exempt from sales tax. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 26-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Tuesday, April 20. Senate amendments read. House Bill 2926 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Adam Pugh) Requires each institution of higher education to publish a salary report of common occupations and industries in which students are employed upon graduation. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 97-1 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 2 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Amended by Committee Substitute to prohibit anyone of the male sex from playing on athletic teams designated for females, women, or girls. It requires any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity due to a violation of this rule, to have a cause of action for injunctive relief against the school. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Amended by Committee Substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 4-1 on Thursday, April 8. Passed off the House Floor 73-19 on Monday, April 19. House amendments read. Senate Bill 70 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin) Increases the time period before the date of enrollment from five years to 10 years when a person was discharged or released from active military service to qualify for in-state enrollment. Update: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education 4-0 on Wednesday, February 10. Referred to Full Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Thursday, February 18. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Passed Senate Appropriations Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Title Restored. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 84-0 Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 139 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Adds the Senate Appropriations Committee Chair and the House Appropriations and Budget Committee Chair to the list of recipients of the annual report submitted by Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. Update: Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday February, 24. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid Over. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 33-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 89-0 on Tuesday, April 20. House amendments read. Senate Bill 261 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Melissa Provenzano) Creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower's Bill of Rights, requiring that student loan servicers not employ any deceptive practices, maintain accurate reporting to consumer credit bureaus, and otherwise accurately inform borrowers of their rights and obligations in public and plain language. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-2 on Thursday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 292 (Senator John Haste and Representative Jadine Nollan) Creates a task force to study the concurrent enrollment needs of the State. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 67-23 on Wednesday, April 14. Emergency Passed 69-13 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 893 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Scott Fetgatter) Allows the undergraduate and graduate programs of the same discipline of engineering at an institution to be part of the qualified program if either program is ABET accredited. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-3 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to Finance- Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Finance-Revenue and Taxation Committee 8-0 on Monday, March 29. Title Stricken. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Passed off the House Floor 79-6 on Wednesday, April 21. Healthcare House Bill 1006 (Representative Carol Bush and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires healthcare providers make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider's website if one exists, the health care prices for at least the 20 most common health care services the healthcare provider provides. Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Senate amendments received. Senate Bill 4 (Senator Greg McCortney and Representative T.J. Marti) Permits a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed biological product only if the substituted product has been determined by FDA to be interchangeable with the prescribed biological product; the prescribing physician has permitted substitution; and the pharmacy informs the patient of the substitution. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 100 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Dean Davis) Permits an applicant for a license to practice podiatric medicine to submit an electronic application online. It requires an applicant legally reside in the United States, rather than be loyal to the US. The bill removes the requirement that the applicant be free from contagious or infectious disease. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 93-3 on Monday, April 12. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 19. Senate Bill 107 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Todd Russ) Gives the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) the authority, beginning with the Jan. 1, 2022 plan year, to renew vision plan contracts with plan providers for succeeding one-year terms if the provider had a contract for the immediately preceding year. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Thursday, February 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 89-1 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. Senate Bill 164 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies language related to participation in a research program or experimental procedures. It requires human subject research to be approved by an accredited institutional review board rather than a local institutional review board. It requires when the patient is incapable of giving informed consent and is a minor that the consent be given by the parent or legal guardian. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 Wednesday, February 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Health Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 80-13 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 207 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Senator Marcus McEntire) Authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Administrator to designate an administrative law judge to perform appeal hearings for those adversely affected by a decision of the authority. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed Full Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Health Subcommittee then to Appropriations and Budget Committee. Passed House Health Subcommittee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Passed Appropriations Committee 32-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 84-1 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 319 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Daniel Pae) Exempts from the prohibition furnishing anyone under the age of 21 any cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, bidis, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, or vapor products persons performing activities as part of a scientific study being conducted by a research institution for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by a properly accredited institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, February 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 69-27 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor, Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 406 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the definitions of "University Hospital" and "Oklahoma's Children's Hospital." It authorizes the University Hospital's authority to assign any inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities, research buildings, facilities or property and any other buildings, facilities or property under its ownership or management and control to University Hospital, Oklahoma Children's Hospital or any other division or entity which is part of University Hospital. Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-1 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 9-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Tuesday, April 20. OneNet House Bill 1124 (Representative Logan Phillips and Senator James Leewright) Creates the State Broadband Deployment Grant Program to direct competitive grants to applicants seeking to expand broadband internet services and directs the Corporation Commission to create the Rural Broadband Expansion Council to promulgate rules and procedures for the program. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, March 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2040 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) The measure provides a sales tax exemption, in the form of rebates, on sales of qualifying broadband equipment if the property is directly used or consumed by the provider or subsidiary in or during the distribution of internet services. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 85-14 on Thursday, March 11, Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Thursday, April 22 House Bill 2090 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council from 14 to 16 members. One of the additional members would represent a wireless internet service provider and be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The other additional member would represent a Native American tribe and be appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Emergency Added. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, April 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-2 on Monday, April 19. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 2928 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Directs broadband service providers in the state to submit a report containing their network area coverage map to the Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by October 31, 2021. The providers would be required to update this map and report annually. OneNet is also directed to provide mapping of all assets and network coverage. Update: Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Tuesday, March 30. Senate Bill 802 (Senator James Leewright and Representative Logan Phillips) Increases the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by one member to be filled by a tribal leader of this state. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-1 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Technology Committee 6-0 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Wednesday, April 21. Open Meetings/Records House Bill 1876 (Representative Tammy West and Senator Brenda Stanley) Specifies what private employee information is not subject to the Open Meeting Act. Update: Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 On Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, April 12. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2644 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Extends the provisions that allows for virtual open meetings until March 31, 2024 Update: Assigned to House General Government Committee. Laid Over. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 24. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 92-6 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, April 22. Senate amendments read. Senate Bill 970 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Brad Boles) Makes all license or certification public record, excluding an applicant's personal address, phone number or other personal material. Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to House. Passed House General Government Committee 8-0 on Wednesday, March 24. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 1031 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Jon Echols) Extends the provisions that allow for virtual open meetings until the Governor declares the state of emergency to have ended. Update: Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Withdrawn from General Government Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor as amended by Floor Substitute with a vote of 45-0 on Wednesday, February 3. Direct to House Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 88-5 on Monday, February 8. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 10. Senate Bill 1032 (Senator Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Requires livestreaming for virtual open meetings. Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Laid Over. Direct to Calendar. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Scholarships House Bill 1821 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, March 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 22. House Bill 2399 (Representative Todd Russ and Senator Marty Quinn) Extends the qualification for Oklahoma's higher learning access program to those students whose parents died after the students tenth grade year, and meet the other financial requirements. Update: Assigned to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. Amended by unanimous consent passed to House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 132 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends application window for Oklahoma's Promise to the eleventh grade. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Title Restored. Engrossed to House. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 29. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Tuesday, April 13. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 20. Senate Bill 237 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Mark McBride) Increases flexibility in the use of Tuition Aid Grants, by removing language directing the Regents for Higher Education to direct tuition aid grants to all eligible applicants, and adding factors to the way the awards are prioritized including: Enrollment status, unmet financial need, continuous enrollment, nearness to degree completion or certificate, state employment needs, and eligibility for other State and institutional funds. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Monday, March 29. Referred to full Appropriations and Budget Committee. Title and Enacting Clause Stricken. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 34-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Passed off the House Floor 84-0 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 639 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Extends qualification for Oklahoma's Promise to those enrolled in an area that has been identified as a critical occupation area. Requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the State Regents for Higher Education to publish a yearly list between October and June of the critical occupation areas that meet the guidelines. Requires the Regents, in consultation with CareerTech, to identify postsecondary vo-tech programs that correlate to the critical occupation areas. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Amended by Floor Substitute, which provides a 6-year time period to earn a baccalaureate or other postsecondary education credential or requires that the Oklahoma's Promise recipient enter into a repayment agreement with the institution of higher education or career technology center. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Amended to remove the "clawback" repayment requirement. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 9-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Thursday, April 22. Teacher Retirement System House Bill 2293 (Representative Dustin Roberts and Senator Lonnie Paxton) modifies the matching of TRS funds to be based only on the member's regular annual compensation regardless of the source of funds, except federal funding. Update: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 6-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 51-38 on Thursday, March 11. Emergency Failed. Engrossed to Senate. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-3 on Monday, April 5. Amended. Passed off the Senate Floor 30-16 on Wednesday, April 21. Emergency Failed. Senate amendments received. Senate Bill 267 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton and Representative Jadine Nollan) Allows retired educators who have received benefits for at least one year and who have not been employed by a public school during that time to be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school district with no limitation on earnings. Update: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 36-11 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the House Floor 87-9 on Monday, April 12. House amendments read. Senate Bill 683 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Mark Lepak) Removes the one-year regular employment requirement for full-time non-classified optional personnel to join the TRS. Update: Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the House Floor 41-2 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee 7-0 on Monday, March 29. Author change Mark Lepak - Principal House Author. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Tuesday, April 13. House amendments read. Teacher Certification House Bill 1593 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires 7th-12th grade teachers to have workplace safety training emphasized into curriculum. The program shall be completed the first year a certified teacher is employed by a school district. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 Tuesday, February 16. Passed off House Floor 74-19 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 7. Title Restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 1773 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Jessica Garvin) Requires teaching candidates in early childhood elementary, secondary and special education to study the philosophy framework and implementation of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) designed to address the core academic and nonacademic needs of all students. Update: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Amended by committee substitute. Passed House Common Education Committee 8-1 on Monday, February 8. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 9-0 in Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-5 on Monday, April 19. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 1796 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Adam Pugh) Allows the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Education Quality and Accountability to grant subject area examination exceptions for initial certification in a field that does not require an advanced degree if the candidate already has an advanced degree in the subject essentially comparable to the content assessed in the examination. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Monday, March 1. Engrossed to Senator. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2329 (Representative Mark Lawson and Senator Frank Simpson) Allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the certification examination to teacher candidates who are deaf. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 21. House Bill 2693 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Brenda Stanley) Updates the name of the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability. Rewards teachers who are renewing their National Board Certification by awarding them a portion of the renewal application fee. Update: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Reassigned to House Appropriations Committee. Passed House Appropriations Committee 28-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 81-11 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to Senate. Dual assigned to Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-11 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate amendments received. House Bill 2748 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Board of Education to issue one-year alternative teacher certificates renewable for up to 3 years to teach early childhood education or elementary education if the alternative certified teacher meets certain qualifications. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, February 18. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Thursday, April 22. House Bill 2752 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) Requires the State Department of Education in coordination with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish a micro-credential programs for teachers who hold a certificate to complete additional coursework and earn STEM credentials. Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 67 (Senator Frank Simpson and Speaker Charles McCall) Permits the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are "deaf." Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 4. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 11-0 on Thursday, April 8. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 229 (Senator John Michael Montgomery and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Allows the State Board of Education to renew an Emergency or Provisional Teacher Certification for up to five years. Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 23. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-8 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the House Floor 88-0 on Wednesday, April 21. House amendments read. Weapons on Campus / Gun Laws House Bill 1630 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies the Unlawful Intent to Carry and Penalty Portions of Firearms Act to allow flexibility in punishment upon conviction. Deletes the ability to permanently revoke a handgun license. Amends background checks to remove criminal history records fingerprints and FBI searches on license renewal. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 8-1 on Wednesday, February 10. Passed off the House floor 78-18 on Monday, February 22. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, March 29. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-6 on Thursday, April 15. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 22. House Bill 1662 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Nathan Dahm) If a defendant claims self-defense the State of Oklahoma must then have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defensive force was not justified. Update: Passed House Judiciary-Criminal Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 77-19 on Thursday, March 11. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 6-3 on Tuesday, April 6. Dormant pursuant to the rules. House Bill 2645 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator David Bullard) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 3-1 on Thursday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 78-19 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 8-2 on Monday, April 5. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 106 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Terry O'Donnell) Defines the term "completed application" within the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to mean all fields are completed, questions answered and contains all required signatures on the Application for Self-Defense Act License and all required documents including legible fingerprints, if applicable. It removes the 90-day grace period for handgun license renewals. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-8 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 80-4 on Wednesday, April 21. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 631 (Senator Warren Hamilton and Representative Sean Roberts) Makes Oklahoma a "Second Amendment Sanctuary State" pre-empting any legislation or rule at any level that would infringe upon the right to bear arms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 78-17 on Tuesday, April 20. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 644 (Senator Blake Stephens and Representative Sean Roberts) Allows municipalities to, by ordinance, authorize all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-1 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 8-2 on Monday, March 29. Laid over. Passed off the House Floor 83-11 on Tuesday, April 20. Senate Bill 646 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall) Allows the carrying of firearms in bars and restaurants as long as the carrier is not consuming alcoholic beverages. Reduces fines and punishments from $1,000 and two years in prison to $250. Removes the revocation of a handgun license upon violation of this statute. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Title Stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 37-9 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, March 30. Passed off the House Floor 74-16 on Wednesday, April 12. House amendments read. Senate Bill 672 (Senator Casey Murdock and Representative Kenton Patzkowsky) Allows unmitigated transport of firearms for any person not otherwise prohibited from purchasing or carrying firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Reassigned to House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. Passed House Criminal Justice Committee 4-1 on Thursday, April 8. Passed off the House Floor 78-16 on Wednesday, April 21. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Senate Bill 730 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Bans any person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from establishing or enforcing any rule that prohibits transporting carrying or storing firearms. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 732 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jim Olsen) Allows anyone whose Second Amendment rights are violated to bring a lawsuit against any order or regulation or other political subdivision of the state. Defines responsibilities of the court in such a case. Update: Assigned to Senate Public Safety Committee. Laid Over. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Monday February, 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, April 6. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Modifies language related to self-defense with a firearm. It adds "occupied premises" to the list of places the Legislature recognizes that the citizens of the State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety and that a person legally is allowed to defend. Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Friday, February 19. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 77-13 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 926 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Eric Roberts) Extends the firearms law preemption to air powered pistols Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Judiciary - Criminal Committee 6-2 on Wednesday, March 24. Passed off the House Floor 74-8 on Wednesday, April 21. Sent to the Governor for consideration. Workforce Development House Bill 2860 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Inventive Act. Provides for the Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Tax Commission to create policy's attracting growth industries that employ remote workers. Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House floor 96-0 on Wednesday, March 3. Engrossed to Senate. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-1 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 32-14 on Tuesday, April 20. Sent to the Governor for consideration. House Bill 2929 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator Greg Treat) Requires the Department of Commerce to post on its website information related to its business recruiting efforts with an emphasis on possible business site locations or relocation decisions within the state. Update: Passed House Rules Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the House Floor 68-22 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-3 on Thursday, April 8. Dormant pursuant to the rules. Senate Bill 71 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Kevin McDugle) Modifies language related to the Department of Commerce's requirement to promulgate rules for the administration of the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act. It requires the rules establish reporting requirements for successful applicants which allow data collection and analysis by the department on employment, capital investment, changes in assessed value of a project and other impacts resulting from payments and reporting of data by the department to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, February 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 2. Engrossed to House. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, April 7. Passed off the House Floor 85-5 on Wednesday, April 14. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 21. Senate Bill 211 (Senator Tom Dugger and Representative Ken Luttrell) Modifies the powers and duties of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. It permits a school to be accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education for multiple years, and to obtain a sustained license annually during the period of the multi-year accreditation. It modifies the fees the board may assess. Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 10-2 on Tuesday, February 2. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 24. Passed off the Senate floor 42-5 on Wednesday. March, 3. Engrossed to House. Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, April 6. Passed off the House Floor 84-4 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 587 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Brad Boles) Adds the delivery of industry focused instruction from Common Education, CareerTech or Higher Education to the definitions in the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act. Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 23. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 10. Engrossed to House. Passed House Select Agencies Subcommittee 6-0 on Monday, April 5. Passed House Appropriations Committee 31-0 on Wednesday, April 14. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Thursday, April 22. Senate Bill 936 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kevin Wallace) Combines the various quality jobs programs under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act. Update: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, February 11. Passed Senate Appropriations and Budget 20-0 on Thursday, February 18. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, March 9. Engrossed to House. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-1 on Wednesday, March 31. Passed off the House Floor 84-7 on Thursday, April 22 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 01D7385F.78E374A0] [cid:image002.png at 01D7385F.78E374A0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 14424 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 10345 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Mon Apr 26 16:12:57 2021 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:12:57 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] University of Oklahoma Norman campus Message-ID: The OU Norman campus is hiring! FINANCIAL AID - APPLICATION ANALYST - Job Number: 211140 Organization: Financial Aid Services Job Location: Oklahoma-Norman-Norman Campus Schedule: Full-time Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm Salary Range: $18.03 - $19.23 Based on Experience Benefits Provided: Yes Required Attachments: Resume, Cover Letter, Other Document (See Job Requirements for details) Job Description --- The Financial Aid - Application Analyst performs award packaging using knowledge of federal and institutional needs analysis. Reviews financial aid files by performing verification of data. Initiates follow up items requiring clarification or any file discrepancies. Monitors and revises financial aid awards accordingly due to changes in enrollment, EFC, housing or resources. Works with Student Financial Center to resolve student financial aid issues. We need someone who exhibits: Integrity: Accountability for doing the right thing by exercising good judgment and honesty. Ability to create a safe environment for students and families and team members, including having emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Transparency and thoughtfulness in communication. Care: Prioritization of creating the best experience possible for each person we encounter and at every step of the student experience. Providing service to others by being friendly, approachable and inclusive. Commitment to collaboration and to being a team player with a positive attitude. inclusivity, which is the ability to work with a diverse group of people and having the ability to relate and be relatable to all those we serve. Intentionality: Strong work ethic and contribution to the excellence of the Division of Enrollment Management, OAR and OU; self-motivation. Consistency in meeting deadlines and responding in a timely manner. Innovation: Possession of a natural curiosity to learn and a continual pursuit of personal and professional growth in the field of college enrollment management. A focus on innovation, displaying an understanding of positive change and possessing a strong analytic ability. Efficiency by researching best practices, making creativity a priority. Job Requirements --- Required Education: Bachelor Degree or equivalent combination of education/job related experience, AND: * 0-24 months in Student Services arena Skills: * Detail oriented for accuracy of data and information * Highly organized and able to handle multiple projects and deadlines * Able to communicate well and build rapport quickly with students, faculty and staff * Computer proficiency is essential Certifications: * None Advertised Physical Requirements: * Must be able to engage in repetitive motions, touch, communicate, hear and see including color, depth perception and clarity Departmental Preferences: * Familiar with federal financial aid policies and procedures Supervision: No Supervisory Duties To apply click the link below: https://ou.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=211140&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago Mendy Schmerer, MEd, FAAC(r) Director, Office of Student Financial Aid | SWASFAA President, 2020 - 2021 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 865 University Research Park, Suite 240 | Oklahoma City, OK 73104 O (405) 271-2118, x 48817 | F (405) 271-5446 Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu https://financialservices.ouhsc.edu/Departments/Student-Financial-Aid www.facebook.com/OUHSCFinancialAid [FAAC_logo_101520] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email, including any attachments, contains information from The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, which may be confidential or privileged. 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We have run the last update to the 2020-21 Eligibility Report, and it is temporarily unavailable. We hope to make it available again tomorrow afternoon. If you have students who file a new 2020-21 FAFSA or update their 2020-21 FAFSA that could affect their OKPromise eligibility, please notify our office by email for manual processing. Processing should be finished later next week at which time the 2021-22 Eligibility List will be available for pre-packaging your continuing students. Remember that the eligibility of the 2021 HS Grads will not be available until later this summer. Thank you for your patience. Carol Alexander Director, Scholarship & Grant Administration Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Phone: 405.225.9160 Fax: 405.225.9230 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smauck at osrhe.edu Thu Apr 29 10:07:15 2021 From: smauck at osrhe.edu (Mauck, Sheri) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:07:15 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] National Guard/Concurrent Enrollment Waiver submission request - Due 4/30/21 In-Reply-To: <5c81e223b01945fb946aef7f09f812e6@osrhe.edu> References: <5c81e223b01945fb946aef7f09f812e6@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Please be reminded of the approaching deadline for submission. If your institution has not yet submitted your data by email, please do so by close of business tomorrow. Thank you. From: OASFAA On Behalf Of Mauck, Sheri Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:32 AM To: Council of Business Officers ; 'oasfaa at lists.onenet.net' Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: National Guard/Concurrent Enrollment Waiver submission request - Due 4/30/21 FOR STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES ONLY. Please find the attached memo and instructions for submitting the current year's waivers for the National Guard and Concurrent Enrollment Waiver Programs. The deadline for submission is April 30, 2021. The data that is collected will be used as the basis for reimbursements in your FY22 allocations. Please note a separate portion of the form for reporting High School Juniors that are concurrently enrolled. This year we will need you complete the form and submit by email to smauck at osrhe.edu. We will not be utilizing the URL electronic form as in the past due to software updates and changes. Please let me know if you have questions. Thank you. Sheri Mauck smauck at osrhe.edu 405-225-9201 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From diana.sanders at okstate.edu Fri Apr 30 07:57:16 2021 From: diana.sanders at okstate.edu (Sanders, Diana) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:57:16 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Corporate Sponsor Student Financial Wellness Webinars for May 2021 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello OASFAA! Please see below for May webinars from one of our corporate sponsors! Join us for free professional development sessions that outline everything from important resources, mindfulness training, and best practices on advising students and their families. Citizens SessionsTM was developed to provide quick and convenient ways to learn, all without leaving the office or your home office. CLICK HERE to register for our complimentary webinar sessions: May 4th - Tuesday 12 pm EST RFI to PLA and Everything in Between Learn the process and best practices to create an RFI and leverage the value of a preferred lender list. May 6th - Thursday 3 pm EST Guide for New Financial Aid Professionals Learn the tools and resources to utilize in your day-to-day functions as a Financial Aid Administrator. May 11th -Tuesday 12 pm EST Understanding Private Loan Refinancing Prepare for the factors to consider before refinancing your student loans, and how to best evaluate the options. May 13th -Thursday 3 pm EST Financing the Gap Help students and their families as they navigate their financing options after savings, scholarships, and grants have been exhausted. May 18th-Tuesday 12 pm EST Delivering an Exceptional Customer Experience Create positive impressions by understanding the importance of customer service and improving skills to deal with difficult scenarios. May 20th-Thursday 3 pm EST Resilience Strengthen your inner resolve an ability to bounce back better than ever regardless of the circumstances. May 25th-Tuesday 12 pm EST Student Loan Repayment Basics and Options Plan for the reality of repaying student loans with this overview of both federal and private student loan repayment, consolidation, and refinance options. May 27th - Thursday 3 pm EST Understanding Credit and Private Student Loan Underwriting Provide guidance with insight into the impact of credit and considerations to help reduce the cost of education. Best regards for your safety and health, Michelle Enriquez VP, Relationship Manager Citizens Direct – 512-514-5423 mariemichelle.enriquez at citizensbank.com Citizensbank.com This message is confidential and subject to terms at: https://www.citizensbank.com/account-safeguards/overview.aspx. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the sender immediately. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From imagee at osrhe.edu Fri Apr 30 09:23:52 2021 From: imagee at osrhe.edu (Magee, Irala) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:23:52 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] 2018-2019 Financial Aid Report Message-ID: <2d13655b750b4b398a78a6fd7281d391@osrhe.edu> At their April 15, 2021 meeting, the annual financial aid report was presented to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The data used to generate this information was received from the individual state colleges and universities. We sincerely thank each school for their diligent efforts to completely and accurately report financial aid disbursed to individual students each year. Attached is the full report. Highlights and Trends * Since 2013-2014, the total amount of financial aid for undergraduate and graduate/professional students at state system institutions has grown gradually from $1.35 billion to $1.48 billion. Undergraduate student aid, at about $1.18 billion, accounts for 80 percent of total student aid. * Seven-Year Trends in Undergraduate Student Aid, by Type of Aid: Following are the changes in amounts of undergraduate aid, by type of aid, for the period 2012-2013 to 2018-2019. Type of Undergraduate Student Aid $ Amount Change 2012-13 to 2018-19 (in $ millions) Percent Change Federal Grants (Pell) -$31.5 -11.9% State Grants and Scholarships +$5.4 +6.6% Institution Aid (Tuition Waivers, Foundation, Other) +$94.3 +45.7% Tribal Grants +$3.6 +15% Other Outside Scholarships and Grants +$8.0 +25% Loans -$23.7 -4.7% Federal Work Study -$1.3 -15.7% Change in Total Undergraduate Student Aid +$55.8 +4.9% * Since 2013-2014, the percentage of undergraduate students who receive some form of financial aid has gradually increased from 70.0 percent to 72.7 percent. * Over the past seven years, the total amount of undergraduate financial aid going to the research universities has increased by $141 million or 35 percent while the amount going to community colleges has decreased by $70 million or 22 percent. The amount going to the regional universities decreased moderately by $15 million or 4 percent. * Total annual undergraduate loan volume over the past seven years has declined by $24 million or 4.7 percent. While federal subsidized/unsubsidized loans dropped by over $100 million or 24 percent, federal PLUS (parent) loans grew by $50 million or 93 percent. Private loans also grew from $21 million to $51 million, an increase of $30 million or nearly 150 percent. * By tier, undergraduate loan volume has dropped significantly at the community colleges (-$45 million or -35 percent) and the regional universities (-$30 million or -17 percent) while increasing at the research universities (+$51 million or +26 percent). * Since 2012-2013, the percentage of undergraduate aid comprised of loans has declined from 44 percent to 40 percent; non-loan aid (grants, scholarships, work-study) increased from 56 percent to 60 percent. * Nonresident students account for more than 28 percent of the total undergraduate student loan volume ($134 million of $477 million). At the research universities, nonresident students account for 42 percent of the undergraduate student loan volume. * Many low-income Pell Grant recipients also rely on student loans. Fifty-two percent of Pell Grant recipients also take out student loans. While Pell Grant recipients make up one-third of overall undergraduate enrollment, they account for almost half of the total undergraduate loan volume ($211 million of $477 million, or 44 percent). * Of the $298 million in graduate/professional student aid, over 70 percent was in the form of loans. Irala K. Magee Assistant Vice Chancellor for Scholarships and Grants Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education P.O. Box 108850 Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850 Phone: (405) 225-9378 Fax: (405) 225-9392 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Credible's technology tool can bring greater transparency to the private loan comparison process around lender interest rates, borrower options, and repayment terms to more of your students and families. OCAP Training Opportunity 2:30 - 3:30 | Sara Lorenzen with OCAP Do you have a hard time talking to students about financial literacy? Join us at 2:30 PM with Sara Lorenzen from OCAP to learn how to discuss the topics of budgeting, paying for school, and successful loan repayment. Register here: https://www.oasfaaok.org/eventcalendar (Zoom link will be sent at a later date) Oklahoma Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators - Event calendar OASFAA Corporate Partner Training Opportunity! 2:00 - 2:30 Lou Murray with Credible. Help students save money with Credible's Student Loan Comparison Tool www.oasfaaok.org Thank you! OASFAA Training Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: