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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">One more OKPromise bill, SB 581, was deleted from the list. While the bill passed the Senate Education Committee, it was also dually assigned to the Senate
Appropriations Committee and was not heard in the Appropriations Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Senate Bill 581 (Senator Joseph Silk)
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Provides OKPromise Program eligibility for a student who was adopted while in the custody of an out-of-state public child welfare agency and who is a resident of Oklahoma
at the time eligibility is determined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Update:</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Passed Senate Education
Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION<o:p></o:p></p>
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</a>Legislative Network<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</a>Chancellor Glen D. Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>Date: </b> <a name="datea">
</a>Friday, March 08, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> <a name="re"></a>Legislative Update – March 8, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="BodyA"><a name="body"></a><span lang="DE">The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 4, 2019 – March 8, 2019. Dormant and failed bills have been removed from this list.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at
<a href="mailto:lmcnally@osrhe.edu">lmcnally@osrhe.edu</a> or (405) 225-9424.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Legislative Report <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>March 8, 2019<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agency Administration</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1 (Senator Greg Treat) </b>Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive
branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources
deemed necessary.<br>
<b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) </b>Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer
in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) </b>Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 161 (Senator Rob Standridge)</b> Creates the Right Side Up Government Act of 2019. Moves 70% of legislative liaison salaries and 100% of the cost of registered executive or legislative lobbyists that are under contract with
or otherwise compensated by any appropriated state agency to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) created by
<b>SB 1. </b>The bill requires that the process of moving employees not result in any net gain in full-time equivalent employees.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 21.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 177 (Senator Ron Sharp) </b>Requires all state agencies to make available on their website, or on a general website if a state agency uses a general website, each fiscal year, a balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures
and changes in fund balances.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-0 on Thursday, February 21.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 179 (Senator Gary Stanislawski)</b> Requires that the Division of Central Accounting and Reporting establish a mandatory training program for certain state employees as financial managers, including any employees who oversee
purchasing, finance and other vital fiscal functions of state agencies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-1 on Wednesday, February 13.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge) </b>Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees
of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive online behavior.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 210 (Senator Roger Thompson and Senator Wayne Shaw)
</b>Creates the<b> </b>Pay for Success Act, which allows pay-for-success for agency contracts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <u>Update: </u></b><u>Laid over in Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 13.
</u> <u>Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson) </b>Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information
Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed<b> </b>Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge) </b>Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm) </b>Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of
the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are used by distinct expenditure categories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 277 (Senator Roger Thompson)</b> Creates the “Oklahoma Information Services Department Act” consolidating the information services division of OMES into its own department.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 306 (Senator Adam Pugh)</b> Requires state agencies to provide advance notice to the State Treasurer of all disbursements that could negatively impact state cash flow requirements. It requires daily total submissions for
disbursement equal to or in excess of $25 million to be deemed to have the potential to negatively impact state cash flow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm)</b> Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department or any organization receiving
appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 326 (Senator Nathan Dahm)</b> During each regular session of the Legislature, any member may request, by proper passage of a resolution introduced by either the Senate or the House of Representatives, a statement of legal
authority for a specific facet of operations of the agency.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Rules Committee as amended to change time limit from 10 days to 15 days 9-2 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski)</b> Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all
state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided
for competitive bidding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title stricken. Passed Senate
Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh) </b>Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Senator Kay Floyd) </b>Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that prohibits members of the Legislature from engaging in certain activities during the term for which elected and, in some
cases, for two years afterwards. The amendment would prohibit being appointed or elected to any office or commission in the state during the term, receiving any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate or the Legislature during the term, or being
interested in any contract with the state or a political subdivision during the term. These provisions would not prohibit an employee of a school district or the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from continuing to serve during the term or prohibit
an appointment to a legislative committee or other legislative position. It would not prohibit a former member from returning to his or her profession or business. The Legislature could enact laws to implement these provisions.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Rules Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1034 (Representative Collin Walke) </b>Requires the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan to provide coverage for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals less than 18 years of
age.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Insurance Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Placed on General Order.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1198 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Marty Quinn)
</b>Requires each agency, board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government to report its fiscal year financial information to the State Auditor and Inspector within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year along with a signed
attestation from the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of entity. It requires the chief executive officer of said entities to sign and attest to the accuracy of all financial statements.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Housed Government Efficiency Committee 8-3 on Wednesday, February 6. Passed off House Floor 76-22 on Monday, March 4.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1201 (Representative Tom Gann) </b>Limits the rulemaking authority of state agencies to implementing law or policy as specifically set by the Legislature.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off House Floor 83-15 on Monday, March 4.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor) </b>Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills)</b> Requires the employees of agency contractors in positions with access to federal tax information and data to be subjected to a criminal history search and fingerprint search by the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, March 5.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1886 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader)</b> Requires an agency proposing an administrative rule that mentions or refers to another state agency to notify the affected agency at least 30 days prior to the hearing for
adoption of the rule.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1953 (Representative Dustin Roberts) </b>Authorizes state agencies, at their discretion, up to two times annually, to offer their employees an option to voluntarily elect to be paid for a maximum of 200 hours of unused accrued
annual leave. It requires the program to be optional for all eligible employees, and the agency can choose the monthly pay period in which to provide such payment. It requires the employee to retain 120 hours of annual leave after the payment is made.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 93-1 on Wednesday, March 6.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2017 (Representative Kelly Albright) </b>Requires all new construction state or municipal buildings open to the public after Jan. 1, 2020, include at least one baby changing table and if a renovation or replacement exceeds
50 percent of the value of the state or municipal building. The act states if the one table is not accessible to men and women then a table must be made accessible to men and another table made accessible to women.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee
</u> <u>8-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget
</u> <u>Committee.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2086 (Representative Mickey Dollens)</b> Provides rates of compensation for on-call classified state employees and sets requirements for state agencies to classify job classes of individual positions within the agency subject
to on-call duty.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Laid over in House Government Efficiency<b>
</b>Committee on Wednesday, February11. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee amended by committee substitute 11-0 on Wednesday, February 20.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace</b>) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success contracts and
authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall not prohibit the
use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday
</u> <u>February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. <o:p>
</o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2673 (Representative Kevin Wallace)</b> Gives full-time and part-time state officers and employees an annualized salary increase, though no salary increase is to exceed salary limitations provided in an agency's annual appropriation
or salary limits set by statue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Budget & Taxes</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice)</b> Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off
</u> <u>Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 478 (Senator J.J. Dossett)</b> Creates the Paid Family Leave Act. It requires the Department of Labor to establish a family temporary disability insurance program. It requires the insurance provide up to six weeks of wage
replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection
with foster care or adoption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee</u>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kimberly David)</b> Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the Corporation Commission or be
used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1160 (Representative Rande Worthen) </b>Requires a taxpayer be allowed an income tax credit for qualifying educational expenses incurred during the tax year for any child who is eligible to be enrolled in a public school in
this state free of charge and who qualifies as the taxpayer's dependent for federal tax purposes, for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 19-11 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1404 (Representative Justin Humphrey)</b> Places a 7 percent gross production tax on natural resources mined for the purpose of producing aggregate within an unincorporated area of a county or municipality with the revenue
from the tax directed at compensating those government jurisdictions for costs associated with damage to local roads and bridges.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 5-2 on Monday, February</u>
<u>18. Passed off the House Floor 68-25 on Wednesday, March 6. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2530 ( Representative Melodye Blancett)</b> Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code,
26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal purpose is to provide community
access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing personalized products.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off
the House Floor 91-4 on Thursday, March 7. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Joint Resolution 1005 (Representative Mark Lepak</b>) Puts to a vote of the people raising the maximum amount of funds for deposit in the constitutional reserve from 15% to 30%.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 6-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 26-0 on Thursday, February 21.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Joint Resolution 1015 (Representative Mark Lepak) </b>
Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment related to ad valorem taxes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Rules Committee 26-0 on Wednesday, February 20.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Common Education <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson) </b>Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts
seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved
to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27.<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 748 (Senator Jason Smalley)</b> Requires the State Board of Education beginning July 1, 2020 to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act, including approval and accreditation of teacher education programs
and assessment of candidates for licensure and certification.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 13-7 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken.</u><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 776 (Senator Carri Hicks</b>) Removes the requirement to pass the general education portions of the competency examination for an alternative placement teaching certificate. The bill removes the requirement to include general
education and professional education portions on competency examinations provided by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off
</u> <u>Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, February 20.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley)
</span></b><span style="color:black">Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson
plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley) </b>Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Higher Education & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 91-2 on Wednesday, March 6.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1959 (Representative Melissa Provenzano) </b>Exempts certified teachers from individual annual evaluation if during the first nine weeks of the year the teacher works in a district exceeding class size limitations and district
requests the teacher cover an additional class.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 95-2 on Tuesday, March 5.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1990 (Representative Jadine Nollan) </b>Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts for an alternative teacher certification pilot program. It requires school districts seeking to participate in
the pilot program to submit applications to the State Department of Education.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Common Education Committee 14-3 on Tuesday, February 26.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2655 (Representative Ajay Pittman) </b>Creates an advisory consortium dedicated to recruiting, retaining and placing teachers of color within the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education in conjunction with the State Board
of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. The act also requires teacher education programs prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies and deadlines for the recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of teachers of
color. The act further defines training given to these teachers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed House Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26 as amended by committee substitute.
</u><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Career Tech</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 432 (Senator Adam Pugh)</b> Requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to the availability of funds, which may include but not be limited to state appropriations, grant funds, foundation funds and other
funds, to establish a statewide aerospace training facility to provide education and training in the aerospace sector. It requires the board to promulgate rules that include but are not limited to criteria for enrollment in the statewide aerospace training
facility; curriculum requirements; minimum courses of study and testing requirements for the statewide aerospace training facility; minimum qualifications for instructors at the statewide aerospace training facility; and tuition for courses offered by the
statewide aerospace training facility.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 741 (Senator Jason Smalley) </b>Requires the Department of Career and Technology Education, in collaboration with the Department of Labor, prior to the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year to review and approve career readiness
assessments and assessment-based credentials that measure and document foundational workplace skills.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 996 (Senator Kim David)</b> Requires that a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) block course, whether taught at a comprehensive high school or technology center school, when taken in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth
grade, be taught by a certified teacher and approved by the State Board of Education and the independent district board of education to the list of courses eligible to meet the mathematics requirement and the laboratory sciences requirement for high school
graduation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck)</b> Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments and assessment-based credentials
measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February
20.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor)</b> Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from receiving
a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider valid convictions.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday
</u> <u>February 13. Passed off House floor 96-2 on Monday, March 4. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Concurrent Enrollment</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1109 (Representative Kevin West) </b>Requires the Commissioners of the Land Office to transfer from the permanent school funds to the State Department of Education the monies necessary to fund concurrent enrollment in college
or university courses for eligible high school students for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and for each fiscal year thereafter. It requires the State Board of Education to determine the amount of funds necessary to fund concurrent enrollment based on
the performance of the revenues generated by the permanent school fund which are not already allocated for the use and benefit of the common schools. committee substitute2for HB1109addsjunior colleges to the list of educational entities that is apportioned
proceeds accruing to the Section Thirteen and Indemnity Lands (New College) Fund.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Laid over in House Rules Committee on Tuesday, February 12. Passed House
</u> <u>Rules Committee 6-2 on Tuesday, February 19.</u><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Healthcare</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace)
</b>Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February 13. Passed
off Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 6. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Tommy Hardin)
</b>Modifies qualifications for advance practice registered nurses, permitting them to have a degree higher than a master's degree.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 605 (Senator Greg. McCortney)</b> Requires the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish the Oklahoma Plan within the Insure Oklahoma program. It requires the Oklahoma Plan to be a health insurance premium assistance program
administered by the Authority which will provide coverage through one or more commercial health insurers to any person who meets the requirements set forth therein and enrolls in the plan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1017 (Senator Marty Quinn) </b>Clarifies language related to mandated health insurance coverage related to the Oklahoma Employees Health Insurance Plan. The bill defines the term "mandated."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire) </b>Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 15.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1058 (Representative Marcus McEntire)</b> Updates language in Oklahoma public employee insurance policies, including from State and Education Oklahoma Employees Group Insurance Board to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
Benefits Board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Insurance committee. Laid over on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann</b>) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-0 on Thursday, March 7.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Higher Education</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller)
</b>Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels) </b>Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones"
or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive activities are prohibited.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 407 (Senator Dave Rader)</b> Modifies provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Finance Committee 15-7 on Wednesday, February 13.</u>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom</b>) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the</u>
<u>House Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February. 20. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 491 (Senator Dewayne Pemberton)</b> Creates the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Modernization Act of 2019. It provides the purpose of the act to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on the Future of
Higher Education established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to improve the structure of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education through modernization and efficiency.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Education Committee 11-2 on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 597 (Senator Gary Stanislawski)</b> Creates a task force to study how four-year colleges within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education can assist two-year colleges to save money. It provides for membership. It requires
the task force to be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 602 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) </b>Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
until July 1, 2020. It provides for membership. It requires appointments to be made within 30 days after the effective date and for the task force to conduct an organization meeting not later than Aug. 31, 2019. It requires the task force to be subject to
the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide staff and administrative support for the task force.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of
marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Allows </b>a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u>Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher) </b>Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department
of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday,
February 26. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2738 (Representative Kevin Wallace, Representative Kyle Hilbert Senator Dave Rader, and Senator Roger Thompson)</b> Repeals the statute creating the State Accrediting Agency, a federally funded state agency to serve Oklahoma
veterans after the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944. Upon reassignment of the agencies duties and funding, presumably to another state agency, the receiving agency should receive federal funding adequate to support the additional duties.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed out of House and Senate JCAB on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, February 21.<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw) </b>Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February</u>
<u>18. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge)</b> Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical Licensure
and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February</u>
<u>18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge) </b>Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February</u>
<u>11. Passed off Senate Floor 42-2 on Wednesday, March 6. </u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 242 (Senator Rob Standridge) </b>Providing for registration and regulation of pain-management clinics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20.
</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 305 (Senator Julie Daniels)</b> Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, disciplining, discharging or otherwise penalizing an applicant or employee solely on the basis of such applicant's or employee's status as a medical
marijuana licensee or on the basis of a positive test for marijuana components.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-0 on Thursday
</u> <u>February 21. Title stricken.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 307 (Senator Julie Daniels) </b>Levies an excise tax on retail medical marijuana sales at the rate of 7 percent of the gross sales by the seller.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, February19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-7 on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 421 (Senator Stephanie Bice)</b> Modifies prohibited acts under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It modifies the penalties for those found in violation of the acts prohibited therein. It requires a person
in possession of a substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for marijuana, involving one-quarter of a gram or more of the Schedule I or II substance, upon conviction, to be guilty of a felony, and to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the custody
of the Department of Corrections.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0on Monday, February 11. Passed
</u> <u>Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 554 (Senator Casey Murdock)</b> Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act. It requires the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 9-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27.<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 754 (Senator Greg McCortney) </b>Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also modifies the apportionment of revenue from the gross receipts tax on medical marijuana. It changes the apportionment of 25 percent
of the revenue to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from the State Department of Health.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-2 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 20.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<b>Senate Bill 755 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Prohibits all marijuana advertising and labels of usable marijuana and marijuana products sold from containing any statement or illustration that is false or misleading; promotes overconsumption; represents that
the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects; or depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana; or includes objects such as toys, cartoon or other characters, which suggest the presence of a child, or any other depiction
designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday February 18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 756 (Senator Greg McCortney</b>) Requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products shall be packaged in child resistant packages as required by the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February</u>
<u>18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 758 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to issue guidance to all allopathic physicians on the recommending of medical marijuana to patients.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-3 on Monday, February</u>
<u>18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 759 (Senator Greg McCortney</b>) Provides that a physician who recommends use of medical marijuana cannot accept, solicit or offer any form of pecuniary remuneration from or to a caregiver, dispensary, processor, or commercial
grower; offer a discount or any other thing of value to a patient who uses or agrees to use a particular caregiver or dispensary; examine a patient for the purposes of recommending medical marijuana at a location where medical marijuana is dispensed; or hold
any economic interest in an enterprise that grows, transports, processes, or dispenses medical marijuana.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 760 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill requires a short-term medical marijuana license application be made available on the State Department of Health's website that will
be granted to any applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical marijuana license, but whose physician recommendation for medical marijuana is only valid for 60 days. It requires the fee for a short-term license and the procedure for extending
or renewing the license shall be determined by the Department of Health.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 18.
</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 763 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also permits a physician, when providing a medical marijuana recommendation to set, at his or her discretion, a maximum amount of
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the patient may purchase each month.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-2 on Monday, February</u>
<u>18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 764 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Requires the State Department of Health to create a medical marijuana use registry for physicians, patients and caregivers. It requires the handling of any records maintained in the registry
be compliant with the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 765 (Senator Greg McCortney)</b> Prohibits the smoking of marijuana in public places. The bill permits institutions of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to declare themselves marijuana free, including free of
marijuana and marijuana products. It exempts from the restrictions on marijuana smoking medical research or treatment centers, if marijuana smoking is integral to the research or treatment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 767 (Senator Greg McCortney) </b>Creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, promulgating rules relating to the issuance
of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research and the use of and sale of medical marijuana as outlined in State Question No. 788<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 768 (Senator Greg McCortney</b>) Requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a medical marijuana testing program to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for contaminants and for concentration
of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and any other chemicals deemed necessary by the department.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley) </b>Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 863 (Senator Mark Allen)</b> Creates the Industrial Hemp Production Act to require the Department of Agriculture to develop a plan to license and regulate industrial hemp production in collaboration with the Office of the
Governor and the Office of the Attorney General.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton)</b> Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for grower licenses.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 887 (Senator Kim David)</b> Allows counties to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person resides, exceeds the maximum possession
limits. The act only authorizes the person to exceed the set limits of possession within the borders of the county.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 18.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton)</b> Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon the status of an employee as
a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1100 (Representative Robert Manger) </b>Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance
Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be
present.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1389 (Representative Tammy Townley)</b> Adds lighted marijuana or electronic cigarettes or similar devices to the definition of "smoking" in the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Thursday, February 28.
</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1932 (Representative Robert Manger)</b> Specifies the measurement in grams and ounces of medical marijuana product a licensee can possess.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols) </b>Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request
and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only
within the borders of that county.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2612 (Representative John Echols) </b>It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited
to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor 93-5 on Thursday, February 28. Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday,
March 5. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2614 (Representative John Echols) </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26</u>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Oklahoma’s Promise</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 80 (Senator Roger Thompson) </b>Expands Oklahoma’s Promise eligibility to those who have completed schooling other than private or public and performed at a proficient level on statewide student assessments.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Thursday, February 28.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2018 (Representative Monroe Nichols)</b> Includes the child of a person who is employed as a certified teacher as a student qualified for an award which includes payment of an amount equivalent to resident tuition or other
tuition for participation in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2227 (Representative Todd Russ) </b>Provides Oklahoma Promise eligibility for a child of a parent who died after their tenth grade year and meets adjusted income limits.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, February 28.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">OneNet/Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 227 (Senator Roger Thompson) </b>Creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department Act. The bill creates the Oklahoma Information Services Department, into which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Information
Services Division will be consolidated. Higher Education is exempt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 27.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright</b>) Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. It prohibits cross-subsidization between a rural electric cooperative electricity services and the provision or operation
of emerging communications technologies by such rural electric cooperative or through an affiliate of such rural electric cooperative.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 7-2 on Thursday,
</u> <u>February 21.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) </b>Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other
weapons based on barrel length.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, March 6.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 34 (Senator Wayne Shaw) </b>Requires OSBI to check the National Instant Criminal Background Check System prior to issuing a Self-Defense Act license. Gives a 90-day window from the date establishing a residence to apply for
an Oklahoma handgun license if bringing a license from another state. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Wednesday, March
6. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 87 (Senator J.J. Dossett)</b> Permits a person to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun without a license if they are 18 to 21 years of age and a member of the United States Armed Forces, the Reserves or National Guard.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David )</b> Allows the city council or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard
training program or a reserve peace officer certification program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 897 (Senator Nathan Dahm)</b> Requires the state to prove without reasonable doubt immunity is not applicable in order to criminally prosecute a person who claims to have used defensive deadly force.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 959 (Senator Nathan Dahm) </b>Makes it illegal for a person under the influence of marijuana to carry or use shotguns, rifles or pistols unless they have medical marijuana license.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1001 (Representative Jim Olsen) R</b>emoves the prohibition on felons riding in a vehicle where a firearm is present.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 7.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1002 (Representative Jim Olsen) </b>Reduces penalty for unlawfully carrying firearm.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Judiciary Committee 13-4 on Tuesday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1111 (Representative Kevin West)</b> Prohibits a person from carrying or possessing a firearm in any establishment where beer or alcoholic beverages, as defined by statute, are consumed. It exempts an owner or, proprietor
or employee of the establishment having a firearm, provided, the employee has permission from the owner or proprietor of the establishment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1142 (Representative Tammy Townley) </b>Removes the "open and unconcealed" language from the statute concerning the conditions under which firearms may be carried.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Wildlife Committee 9-2 on Wednesday, February 13.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton)</b> Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-2 on Tuesday, March 4.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize) </b>Prohibits the state or any state government entity from creating any order, policy, ordinance or regulation touching in any way firearm and ammunition components.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House Floor 94-0
on Wednesday, February 27.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2336 (Representative Sean Roberts)</b> Allows a board of education of a school district to adopt a policy authorizing persons possessing a valid handgun license to carry a handgun onto school property, provided the individual
possess a valid armed security guard license and holds a valid reserve peace officer certification.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-2 on Tuesday, February 19.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2597 (Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader, Representative Garry Mize, Representative Jay Steagall, Representative Jim Olsen, Representative Jon Echols, Representative Kevin McDugle, Representative Kevin West, Representative
Sean Roberts, Representative Tammy Townley, and Representative Tom Gann) </b>Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States
Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to
carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and
Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on
Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1247 (Representative Mark McBride) </b>Adds the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the list of entities to which scholarship-granting organizations and educational improvement granting organizations are required to submit an audited
financial statement for the organization along with information detailing the benefits, successes or failures of the program. The bill also requires the commission to make publicly available on its website the financial statement and information submitted.
The bill requires a scholarship-granting organization to submit certain information annually to the Tax Commission in order to maintain registration.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Committee substitute added operative language. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee
29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. <b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1974 (Representative Ross Ford)</b> Authorizes the court to defer payment of all outstanding fines, courts costs and fees in a criminal case for specified persons beginning Nov. 1, 2019. It authorizes a court to waive or reduce
all outstanding fines, court costs and fees owed by the person in every felony or misdemeanor case filed in a district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court in Oklahoma upon successful graduation or completion of training and course work required
for certification.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, February 26,<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright) </b>Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2521 (Representative Tammy West) </b>Creates the Oklahoma Educator Loan Repayment Program. It requires the State Department of Education to administer the program. It requires the program, depending upon and limited to available
funding, to provide educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma certified teachers who agree to work in a school district located in the state designated as a comprehensive support and improvement (CSI) school or targeted support and improvement (TSI)
school.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 91-2 on Thursday, March. 7.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Teachers Retirement System</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh)</b> Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before Aug. 2, 1969.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February</u>
<u>11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18.</u><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski</b>) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 889 (Senator John Montgomery)</b> Increases the amount paid to beneficiaries of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System to $50.00 per month on Jan. 1, 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 6-2 on Monday, February</u>
<u>11.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1090 (Representative Mike Osburn) </b>Allows the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to purchase service credits.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Laid over in House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Banking Financial Services, Pensions Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title
stricken. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Thursday, March 7. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1426 (Representative Ben Loring) </b>Provides for membership to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System by specified full-time firefighters and law enforcement
officers employed by federally recognized Native American tribes.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Banking Financial Services and Pensions Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27.
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