[Oasfaa] FW: Legislative Update – January 13, 2017

[Fair, Bryce]

Following is the first Legislative Update for the 2017 session.  Most bills have not been introduced yet, so the list is only partial at this point.  You will notice that we have a new Vice Chancellor for Governmental Affairs, Todd Pauley.  Mr. Pauley takes the position formerly held by Ms. Hollye Hunt.
Bryce Fair

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OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION


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To:                  Legislative Network
From:             Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
Date:               Friday, January 13, 2017
Subject:          Legislative Update – January 13, 2017


As of January 12, 2017, 148 Senate bills and 8 Senate Joint Resolutions have been filed in the Oklahoma Senate and 110 House bills have been filed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

If you have any questions, please contact Todd Pauley at tpauley at osrhe.edu<mailto:tpauley at osrhe.edu> or (405) 824-5896.

Legislative Report
January 13, 2017

Bills Filed to date:

Appropriations

House Bill 1020 (Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Kim David) This is an appropriation measure for Oklahoma State University Medical Center.

House Bill 1021 (Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Kim David) This is an appropriation measure for University Hospitals Authority.

House Bill 1033 (Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Kim David) This is an appropriation measure for Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

House Bill 1072 (Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Kim David) This is an appropriation measure for General Appropriations.

House Bill 1073 (Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Kim David) This is an appropriation measure for General Appropriations.

House Bill 1081 (Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Kim David) This is an appropriation measure for General Appropriations.


Campus Safety/Weapons

Senate Bill 12 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure adds private schools to the Oklahoma Campus Security Act.

Senate Bill 5 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure reduces the cost of firearm application and renewal fees.

Senate Bill 6 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure modifies the elected officials permitted to carry a firearm anywhere in the State of Oklahoma to include the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor and Inspector, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Labor, Corporation Commissioner, U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and U.S. Attorney  or Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Senate Bill 11 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure removes the 10 year licensing option, allows online and mail-in applications, modifies and deletes certain background check investigation procedures for handgun licenses, and lowers application fees.

Senate Bill 35 (Senator Kim David) This measure allows for concealed or unconcealed carry of legal firearms for persons 21 or older with a handgun license or valid military id during bow hunting or fishing.

Senate Bill 36 (Senator Kim David) This measure updates the definition of pistols and handguns.

Senate Bill 43 (Senator James Leewright) This measure removes the provision allowing universities to report on licensee violations from restrictions on carry laws.

Senate Bill 63 (Senator Ron Sharp) This measure adds a National Instant Criminal Background Check to the handgun license process and removes the 10 year license option.

Senate Bill 65 (Senator Nathan Dahm) This measure creates a new law to make it illegal to use public monies for the advocacy or promotion of gun control and public officers are specifically prohibited from advocating gun control.

Senate Bill 66 (Senator Nathan Dahm) This measure will allow anyone with a valid handgun license to enter the Capitol with a handgun.

Senate Bill 67 (Senator Nathan Dahm) This measure creates the Firearms Freedom Act which makes guns produced in Oklahoma not subject to federal law.

Senate Bill 142 (Senator Joseph Silk) This measure modifies the penalties regarding unlawful carry of a firearm.

House Bill 1104 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) This measure allows elected county officials and judges to carry under specific circumstances.

Administration

Senate Joint Resolution 3 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure creates a ballot question that the Legislature only meets every other year.

Senate Joint Resolution 7 (Senator Adam Pugh) This measure creates a ballot question that the Legislature considers budget, revenue and agency administrative rules every year and all other legislation in odd years.

Senate Bill 1 (Senator John Sparks and Senator Kay Floyd) This measure repeals Oklahoma’s nonparticipation in the Real ID Act.

Senate Bill 10 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure lowers the amount a lobbyist or legislative liaison is allowed to spend on an elected official from $500 per calendar year to $100 a calendar year.

Senate Bill 18 (Senator Rob Standridge) This measure amends the Taxpayer Transparency Act to direct each state agency to provide every member full and complete access to all information related to revenue and expenditures.

Senate Bill 26 (Senator Mark Allen) This measure redefines bus as any motor vehicle that is designed for carrying more than 8 passengers.

Senate Bill 31 (Senator Rob Standridge) This measure prohibits state employees for being employed as lobbyists for 2 years from the end of their public service.

Senate Bill 46 (Senator Nathan Dahm) This measure extends sunset on Public Relations Board.

Senate Bill 138 (Senator Joseph Silk) This measure requires all bills referred to a committee or placed on the floor agenda to get a hearing provided the author makes written request to the Speaker of the House or President Pro Temp.

House Bill 1004 (Representative Jason Murphey) This measure changes the amount a legislative liaison or lobbyists gives to a legislator to $0.01.

Career Tech

Senate Bill 72 (Senator Julie Daniels) This measure requires the State Auditor to perform an independent and comprehensive audit on the Department of Career and Technology Education.

Common Education/Teacher

Senate Bill 2 (Senator J.J. Dossett) This measure removes the U.S. History assessment from statewide student assessments.

Senate Bill 8 (Senator Ron Sharp) This measure creates a new pay schedule for teachers.

Senate Bill 15 (Senator Stephanie Bice) This measure directs the SDE and OSRHE to develop and implement programs to recruit teachers, subject to the availability of funds, and designates funds generated from the Oklahoma License to Educate license plate to be put in the Oklahoma Teacher Recruitment Revolving Fund.

Senate Bill 16 (Senator Kyle Loveless) This measure changes the school funding formula.

Senate Bill 19 (Senator Kyle Loveless) This measure requires each school district to create and distribute a fiscal report card for every school site in the district including the total expenditures at the site.

Senate Bill 20 (Senator Kyle Loveless) This measure requires yearly teacher training on appropriate behavior between students and teachers.

Senate Bill 29 (Senator Roger Thompson) This measure creates an exception for teacher national criminal history check if a criminal background has been done in the last year.

Senate Bill 37 (Senator Kyle Loveless) This measure requires consist school schedule of 5 days per week.

Senate Bill 70 (Senator Julie Daniels) This measure requires the State Auditor to perform an independent and comprehensive audit on the State Department of Education.

Senate Bill 81 (Senator Ron Sharp) This measure lowers the grade from 6th to 3rd grade for a student to be subject to out of school suspension.

Senate Bill 92 (Senator Jason Smalley) This measure creates the Public Service Education Revolving Fund which allows certified and employed teachers to continue their employment during the term of office.  The district would make compensation payments from this fund.  The measure appropriates the first $2 million from Vehicle License and Registration Act.

Senate Bill 97 (Senator Michael Bergstrom) This measure increases the teachers’ pay salary schedule.

Senate Bill 101 (Senator Mark Allen) This measure modifies the calculation of state aid to Virtual Charter Schools by actual enrollment.

Senate Bill 123 (Senator J.J. Dossett) This measure removes the language requiring students to be retained from the Reading Sufficiency Act.

Senate Bill 133 (Senator Jason Smalley) This measure creates a maximum pay schedule for superintendents.

Senate Bill 137 (Senator J.J Dossett) This measure increases the teacher salary schedule.

House Bill 1007 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) This measure allows students who transfer school pursuant to the Open Transfer Act before the 5th day of the receiving school’s academic year to participate in school related extramural competitions.

Concurrent Enrollment

Senate Bill 56 (Senator J.J. Dossett) This measure requires that each school district shall offer no fewer than two concurrent enrollment courses to students in the 12th grade.

Senate Bill 78 (Senator Gary Stanislawski)  This measure makes changes to encourage concurrent enrollment, including eliminating the requirement of the State Regents to establish an application process for prioritizing applicants, and requires the State Regents to issue an annual report on concurrent enrollment.

Regents

Senate Bill 71 (Senator Julie Daniels) This measure requires the State Auditor to perform an independent and comprehensive audit on the State Regents for Higher Education.

Tax/Finance

Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senator Ron Sharp) This measure creates a ballot question raising the indebtedness of school districts from 10% to 12%.

Senate Joint Resolution 2 (Senator Ron Sharp) This measure creates a ballot question limiting the taxation rate increases for school districts to ten mills on the assessed value.

Senate Joint Resolution 4 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment saying that the state cannot become indebted in an amount that causes debt service payments to exceed four and half percent of the average general revenue fund.

Senate Bill 7 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This measure requires school districts and municipalities to request proposals for any lease revenue bond to construct or acquire a facility.

Senate Bill 13 (Senator Ron Sharp) This measure voids actions taken by the Board of Equalization concerning the 4.85% top marginal rate and establishes new rules for estimating revenue growth and rate reductions.

Senate Bill 17 (Senator Kevin Matthews) This measure creates a revolving fund for the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Memorial Fund.

Senate Bill 82 (Senator Kevin Matthews) This measure repeals the top marginal income tax rate change authority.

Senate Bill 84 (Senator Michael Bergstrom) This measure extends the probationary promotion for a number of years.

Senate Bill 91 (Senator Kim David) This measure relates to ad valorem. It requires notice of delinquent taxes to be sent to the last known address.

Senate Bill 95 (Senator Michael Bergstrom) This measure modifies zero-emission tax credits.

Senate Bill 96 (Senator Roger Thompson) This measure removes wind power for the manufacturing tax exemption.

Senate Bill 98 (Senator Dan Newberry) This measure allows for no more than 5% retainage of the total payment due until the completion of the project of public building and works.

Senate Bill 118 (Senator Roger Thompson) This measure modifies the total amount of zero-emission tax credits.

Senate Bill 120 (Senator Kim David) This measure extends the time period for certain tax credits for aerospace.

Senate Bill 124 (Senator J.J. Dossett) This measure prohibits state-appropriated funds to be allocated to support pre-k through 12th grade private school, excluding the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship.

Senate Bill 129 (Senator Marty Quinn) This measure removes wind energy from the manufacturing sales tax credits.

Senate Bill 130 (Senator Marty Quinn) This measure repeals the top 4.85% top marginal rate and establishes new rules for estimating growth and rate reduction.

House Bill 1001 (Representative Jason Murphey) This measure is a shell bill creating the Oklahoma Government Modernization and Finance Improvement Act of 2017.

House Bill 1002 (Representative Jason Murphey) This measure is a shell bill creating the Oklahoma Public Finance and Government Modernization Technical Amendments Act of 2017.

House Bill 1010 (Representative Weldon Watson) This measure is an Ad Valorem Tax Code shell bill.

House Bill 1109 (Representative Mike Sanders) This is a shell bill creating the Oklahoma Revenue and Taxation Act of 2017.


Telecommunications

Senate Bill 28 (Senator Roger Thompson) This measure directs the Commissioner of Public Safety to assess and collect fees from subscribers to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System.

Senate Bill 105 (Senator Roger Thompson) This measure requires the State CIO approve the purchase of any IT products or contracts over $25,000 instead of all purchases.


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<mailto:gjohnson at osrhe.edu>

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