[Oasfaa] FW: Legislative Update – May 22, 2020

Tue May 26 08:14:15 CDT 2020

Following is the legislative update for last week.  It looks like the Legislature is done for this session.
Bryce

OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Memo

To:                  Higher Education Network
From:             Chancellor Glen D. Johnson
Date:               Friday, May 22, 2020
Subject:          Legislative Update – May 22, 2020

The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of May 18, 2020 – May 22, 2020.

If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, at lmcnally at osrhe.edu<mailto:lmcnally at osrhe.edu> or (405) 225-9424.

Legislative Report

May 22, 2020

Budget Bills

Senate Bill 1921 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Transfers $243,668,709 from the Rainy Day Fund to the State Board of Education for the financial support of public schools.

Update:  Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 95-0 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13.

Senate Bill 1922 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates a total of $7,589,496,474 to state agencies receiving FY21 appropriations and supplemental appropriations. Includes the State System of Higher Education’s FY21 appropriation of $770,414,742, which represents a 3.95% decrease from the FY20 budget.

Update:  Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 77-23 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 35-11 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 79-20 on Wednesday, May 13.

Senate Bill 1925 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Modifies FY2020 budget limits for the State Board of Education. It increases total funds available by $72.6 million, including a $60.0 million increase in federal funding.

Update: Passed out of House JCAB 22-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

Senate Bill 1939 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Establishes FY2021 budget limits for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.

Update: Passed out of House JCAB 22-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the House Floor 75-21 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

Senate Bill 1940 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires the Department of Commerce to use not less than $1.0 million appropriated to the agency in SB1922, the general appropriations bills, for the statewide branding initiative. The bill establishes budgeting and expenditure procedures.

Update: Passed out of House JCAB 20-2 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 19-0 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Tuesday, May 12. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 75-21 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

Senate Bill 1944 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to publish daily reports of all expenditures of funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act on the Oklahoma Checkbook website. Deposits to the fund have totaled $1,259,072,820. Funds are to be expended based on the provisions of HR 748 (U.S. Congress).

Update:  Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 12.

House Bill 2741 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the sales, use, individual income, and corporate income taxes for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund.

Update:  Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 79-21 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 94-4 on Wednesday, May 13.  Veto overridden by the Senate 34-12 on Wednesday, May 13.

House Bill 2742 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the apportionment schedules of the insurance premium tax for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 by reducing the percentage apportioned to the Oklahoma Firefighters Retirement, Police Pension and Law Enforcement Employees Retirement Systems and directing a portion of each source to the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund.

Update:  Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 23-6 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB  16-5 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 78-22 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed of the Senate Floor 28-19 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 95-5 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 34-12 on Wednesday, May 13.

House Bill 2743 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Modifies the FY21 amount accruing to the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety (ROADS) Fund by $180,000,000 and directs the funds to be deposited into the Education Reform Revolving (“HB 1017”) Fund.

Update:  Assigned to JCAB. Passed House JCAB 25-4 on Monday, May 4. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the House Floor 89-10 on Tuesday, May 5. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Thursday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the House 97-3 on Wednesday, May 13. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-2 on Wednesday, May 13.

House Bill 4153 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Establishes FY2021 budget limits for the State Board of Education.

Update: Passed out of House JCAB 20-11 on Monday, May 11. Passed out of Senate JCAB 14-5 on Monday, May 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-5 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Thursday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

Special Session

House Concurrent Resolution 1001 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Affirms Governor’s declaration of a health care emergency and powers given to the Governor for 30 days.

Update Passed off the House Floor 99-1 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State.

House Concurrent Resolution 1002 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Allows special session to adjourn for longer than 3 days.

Update: Approved by unanimous consent on Monday, April 6, 2020. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Monday, March 6. Filed with Secretary of State.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) A Concurrent Resolution relating to the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act and Amended Executive Order No. 2020-12 filed May 1, 2020. Requires the Governor to make certain reporting requirements to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate within two days of exercising powers granted in Executive Order No. 2020-12.

Update: Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Tuesday, May 5. Passed off the House Floor 73-24 on Tuesday, May 5. Filed with Secretary of State.

COVID-19

Senate Bill 300 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Terry O’Donnell) Creates the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Limited Liability Act. The measure provides that a health care facility or health care provider is immune from civil liability for any loss or harm to a person with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 caused by an act or omission occurred during the arranging for or providing of services for the treatment of the person impacted by the decisions, activities or staffing of, or the availability or capacity of space or equipment by, the facility or provider in response to or as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and the act or omission by the facility or provider that occurs during the COVID-19 public health emergency, if the act or omission was not the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct

Update: Amended by Floor Substitute.  Passed off the House Floor 95-2 on Monday, May 4. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 on Wednesday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 12.

Senate Bill 661 (Senator Brent Howard and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows teleconference meetings for all public body meetings until November 15, 2020 or until the Governor declares the state of emergency to be terminated, whichever occurs first (amended by Floor substitute).

Update: Rules suspended to direct to calendar and amended through Floor substitute. Passed off the House Floor as amended 69-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-0 on Tuesday, March 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, March 18.

Senate Bill 1946 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Exempts a person or agent of the person who conducts business in Oklahoma from civil liability in a civil action claiming an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations.

Update: Direct to Calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-11 on Monday, May 12. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 76-20 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Senate Bill 1947 (Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and Speaker Charles McCall) Creates the COVID19 Product Protection Act. The measure establishes immunity from civil liability from actions resulting in a personal injury, death or property damage caused by a product provided by a person or entity that designs, manufactures, labels, sells, distributes, or donates a qualified product during and in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency that is utilized by a government entity, health care facility, health care provider, first responder, or essential business.

Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 33-11 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to calendar, Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Thursday, May 14. House amendments adopted, passed off the Senate floor 33-11 on Friday, May 15.  Sent to Governor Stitt for Consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 22.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) The resolution removes the April 23rd deadline for bills and joint resolutions to be heard on the Floor of the opposite chamber.

Update: Direct to calendar. Adopted by unanimous consent on Monday, March 16. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 77-2 on Tuesday, March 17. Filed with Secretary of State.

Senate Resolution 17 (Senator Kim David) Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to place any bill or joint resolution on General Order on the same day a committee report is filed or is referred directly to the calendar. The President may also allow an amendment to be heard on the same day it is filed, authorize the consideration of a measure on the same day it is placed on General Order provided Second Reading has previously occurred on a separate legislative day, and waive distribution requirements provided electronic copies are made available. The provisions of this resolution shall remain in effect until the expiration of the Governor’s Health Emergency Declaration.
Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Enrolled. Filed with Secretary of State.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols) Amends LOFT rules to require them to submit an annual work plan to the LOFT Oversight Committee for approval. No member of the Legislature shall be authorized to use LOFT resources to conduct investigations, evaluations or audits except as otherwise approved by the LOFT Oversight Committee or allowed by law. The LOFT Oversight Committee shall also conduct an annual evaluation of the Office’s Executive Director and recommend his or her retention or removal to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House.
Update: Adopted by the Senate 40-0 on Monday, April 6. Engrossed to the House. Passed off the House Floor 97-2 on Monday, May 4. Filed with Secretary of State.

Senate Bill 199 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) The measure appropriates $302,339,481 from the Constitutional Reserve (“Rainy Day”) Fund to the General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. (Amended Carryover)
Update: Amended, Passed off House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Effective absent signature.

Senate Bill 617 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Kyle Hilbert) The measure provides the conditions and procedures for withdrawal of funds from the Revenue Stabilization Fund (RSF) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 to offset reductions to agencies in the General Revenue Fund and certain common education funds. The Director of OMES may withdraw amounts up to one half of the highest balance during FY20.

Update: Amended. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to the Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Senate Bill 1053 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates from the Constitutional Reserve Fund of the State Treasury the sum of $201,559,654.00 to the Revenue Stabilization Fund (Amended by Committee Substitute)

Update: Amended by committee substitute. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, April 6. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-1 on Monday, April 6. Sent to Governor. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Agency Administration

House Bill 2823 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Dave Rader) Omnibus sunset extension bill.

Update: Amended by Floor Substitute. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Senate amendments adopted and passed off the House Floor 77-11 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

House Bill 3068 (Representative Lundy Kiger and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Changes the penalty for state employee’s punishment for being in violation of state income taxes to wage garnishment instead of termination of employment.
            Update: Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget General Government

Subcommittee. Passed the House Appropriations and Budget General Government

Subcommittee 8-0 on Monday, February 10. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 23-0, with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, May 11. Senate amendments adopted and passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 20.

House Bill 3613 (Representative Terry O’Donnell and Senator Kim David) Creates the Personal Privacy Protection Act. It defines terms used therein. It prohibits a public agency from: requiring any individual to provide the public agency with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information and requiring any entity organized under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information. Makes personal affiliation information exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

            Update: Passed the House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday,

February 19. Passed off the House Floor 77-13 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate General Government Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt Tuesday, May 19.

House Bill 3819 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires any contract or agreement made by any state agency to be open for inspection to any member of the Legislature. It prohibits any state agency to prohibit any person or entity from communicating with any member of the Legislature.
            Update: Assigned to the House Government Efficiency Committee. Reassigned to House

Rules Committee. Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Rules Committee.  Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed. Veto overridden by House 94-3 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by Senate 45-0 on Friday, May 22.

House Bill 4025 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat) Requires each agency or institution of the state to regularly transmit to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency raw datasets as requested by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency for the purpose of creating a data clearinghouse to aid in the work of the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency. It requires the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency to adopt policies and procedures pursuant to which a state agency must be required to comply with the provisions therein, including the format in which the data is transmitted, how the data is organized and such other matters as the Office prescribes.

Update: Passed the House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Tuesday, March 3. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee.  Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt onTuesday, May 19.

House Bill 4139 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Transfers, effective Jan. 1, 2021, title, ownership and possession of the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard Edmondson State Office Buildings and all real estate and structures, parking and other improvements attached thereto, located at 440 and 444 S. Houston Street in Tulsa County, to the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges,

Update: Passed out of House JCAB 27-1 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed out of Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off House Floor 97-1 on Wednesday, May 13. Passed off Senate Floor 84-3 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

House Bill 4159 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Provides for funds appropriated to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1922 of the 2nd Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of two million eight hundred eighty thousand dollars ($2,880,000.00) shall, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, be allocated to extension offices and research centers that are affiliated with the Oklahoma State University Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Stations

Update: Passed House JCAB 28-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt Thursday, May 21.

Budget and Taxation

House Bill 2749 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Caps state matching funds for the Endowed Chairs program at no more than $671.2 million, effectively sunsetting the program.

Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 27-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House Floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18. Veto overridden by the House 94-3 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-1 on Friday, May 22,

House Bill 2750 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) Authorizes increasing the bonding amount for the Endowed Chairs program to cover the state matching backlog of $161 million but does not provide funding for the debt service obligations under a new bond issuance.

Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Wednesday, May 6. Passed House JCAB 24-1 on Wednesday, May 6. Engrossed to House. Passed off the House floor 96-4 on Thursday, May 7. Engrossed to Senate. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18. Veto overridden by the House 92-6 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-1 on Friday, May 22,

Charter Schools

House Bill 3369 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) Prohibits a sponsor of a charter school from retaining any additional State Aid Allocation or charging the charter school any additional fee above the amounts allowed therein unless the additional fees are for additional services rendered. It requires the charter school sponsor to provide to the State Department of Education financial records documenting any state funds retained by the sponsor for administrative services rendered for the previous year.
            Update: Passed the House Appropriations and Budget Committee 22-3 with title stricken

on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 82-15 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-7 on Tuesday, May 12. Senate amendments adopted. Passed off the House Floor 84-5 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Common Education

House Bill 3398 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Requires any person employed by an Oklahoma school district prior to the effective date of this act who does not have an Oklahoma criminal history record check from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as well as a national criminal history record check on file with his or her employing district as required have until July 1, 2022, to complete the criminal history record checks. It exempts any person eligible to retire from the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma.

Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, February 18. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, March 4. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19.

House Bill 3400 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires all public high schools, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to make a minimum of four Advanced Placement courses available to students. It provides options for access. It requires the State Department of Education to provide information to all local boards of education, to be distributed to their students and parents, on available opportunities and the enrollment process for students to take Advanced Placement courses. It requires the Department to retain records of which options local boards of education selected for their students and make the information available on the Department's website.

Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee as amended by committee substitute 15-0 on Tuesday, February 25. Passed of the House Floor 81-7 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Education Committee then to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

Healthcare

Senate Bill 801 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies the authority of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, pediatric physician or dentist as opposed to under their supervision. It removes the requirement for a nurse to administer the drug under conditions in which timely, onsite consultation with a physician is possible

Update: Carryover bill. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Monday, May 4. Sent to Governor Stitt for Consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 7.

Senate Bill 1276 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace) Increases from not less than 50 percent to not less than 75 percent of the subsidy for residency programs provided by the Physician Manpower Training Commission be used in the training of primary health care and family practice physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of the state.
            Update: Passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-0 on Monday,

February 10. Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on

Wednesday, February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 with title restored on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House floor 86-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19.

Senate Bill 1290 (Senator Darrell Weaver and Representative Cynthia Roe) Modifies the definition of Medical Care Provider as it relates to assault and batters to include: laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers, pharmacists, nursing students, medical students and any other employees of a healthcare facility.
           Update: Passed the Senate Public Safety Committee 11-1 on Monday, February 10.

Passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 with title stricken on Wednesday,

February 12. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-4 with title restored on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 74-26 on Wednesday, May 13. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19.

Higher Education

House Joint Resolution 1026 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Proposes a vote of the people on a constitutional amendment that would repeal the requirement that appropriations made by the Legislature for all State Regents of Higher Education institutions be made in consolidated form without reference to any particular institution. It would also eliminate the requirement that the Board of Regents allocate to each institution according to its needs and functions.

            Update. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Failed to meet deadline.

Senate Bill 1835 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Mike Osburn) Requires continued education credits for licensed behavioral practitioners earned from courses on empirically validated procedures be taught by instructors certified by the Chair of the Department of Psychology of the University of Central Oklahoma, rather than the North American Association of Masters in Psychology, its designees or successors.

Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 24.  Emergency added. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Appropriations and Budget Non-Appropriated Agencies Subcommittee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, May 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18.

House Bill 3223 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Darrell Weaver) Allows school, colleges and designated people to retain tissue from bodies distributed to them and to donate the tissue to a person or entity with the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains.

Update: Passed the House Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 13. Passed off the House Floor 96-1 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19.

Industrial Hemp

Senate Bill 1528 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Amends the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. It removes language that requires approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program to engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp.

Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 with title stricken on Monday, February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

Senate Bill 1783 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Dell Kerbs) Modifies the definition of industrial hemp as used in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It requires industrial hemp to be grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program and allows it to be shipped intrastate and interstate.

Update: Passed the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday,

February 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 9. Engrossed to the House. Assigned to the House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 100-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, May 20.

OneNet/Information Technology

House Bill 4018 (Speaker Charles McCall and Senator James Leewright) Creates the Rural Broadband Expansion Council, which is directed to conduct a study of rural broadband access in Oklahoma. The study will divide the state into separate geographic areas based on existing broadband capability, cost of service, estimated costs for improving access, likelihood of changes in access in the future, and other information as deemed relevant by the council. The council is further directed to use the geographic areas it establishes to develop policy recommendations conducive to establishing or improving rural broadband access.

Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 with emergency added on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Tuesday May 12. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt. Veto overridden by the House 90-6 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the Senate 43-1 on Friday, May 22.

Senate Bill 1002 (Senator James Leewright and Speaker Charles McCall) Expands the Rural Broadband Expansion Council by two members, from 12 to 14. The Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate would each gain one new appointment

Update: Direct to calendar. Passed off the House Floor 86-0 on Thursday, May 14. House amendments adopted. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Vetoed by Governor Stitt. Veto overridden by the Senate 44-1 on Friday, May 22. Veto overridden by the House 91-7 on Friday, May 22.

Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons

Senate Bill 1081 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Jay Steagall) Creates an Anti-Red flag Act to preemptively void any federal Red Flag law that would seek to limit gun ownership.

Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-2 as amended by committee substitute on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 on Thursday, March 12. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 77-14 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 19.

Quartz Mountain

House Bill 2753 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson) The measure transfers the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park from the board of trustees for the facility to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (“Tourism”), effective October 1, 2020. The budget of the facility of approximately $1,060,000 will be divided between the trustees (until the effective date) and Tourism. Tourism received funding of $794,126 for the balance of FY-21.

Update: Passed House JCAB 26-0 Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday May 12. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-1 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

House Bill 4141 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Dave Rader) The measure appropriates to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (OTRD) from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Oklahoma Tourism Capital Improvement Revolving Fund (267 Fund) the sum of Five Hundred Eight Thousand Thirty-one Dollars ($508,031.00) or so much as may be necessary to implement the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No. 2753 of the 2nd Session of the 57th Oklahoma Legislature, for the transfer and rehabilitation of the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park to the agency. The OTRD will transfer the funds ($508,031) to the State Regents to cover all outstanding debt service obligations for Quartz Mountain prior to October 1, 2020.

Update: Passed House JCAB 26-0 Tuesday, May 12. Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday May 12. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Wednesday, May 13. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-2 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Special Education

Senate Bill 1436 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Nicole Miller) Creates a comprehensive special education subject area certification. The bill requires the State Board of Education to issue a two-year provisional certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities to any individual who has obtained a standard certificate in the area of mild-moderate disabilities; been recommended for a certificate in the area of severe-profound disabilities by a school district board of education; and submitted an application and payment of the required certification fee.
            Update: Assigned to Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations

Committee. Laid over in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, February 18. Passed Senate Appropriations 16-0, with title stricken on Wednesday, February 26. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 87-1 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Teacher Certification/Education

Senate Bill 1115 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Danny Sterling) Allows an employing board of education to renew an emergency or provisional certificate.

Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-3 with title stricken on Tuesday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-11 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 87-3 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Senate Bill 1125 (Senator Adam Pugh and Speaker Charles McCall) Allows out-of-state teaching certificates to qualify a person for an Oklahoma teaching certificate. These certified teachers do not have to take competency exam.

Update: Passed the Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 11. Engrossed to the House. Direct to Calendar. Passed off the House Floor 98-0 on Monday, May 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 18.

House Bill 3142 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Exempts those with a master’s degree in education from having to complete an education administration program as part of the requirements for a school principal position.
            Update: Passed the House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February

11. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 2. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee.  Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Retirement Systems

House Bill 3330 (Representative David Perryman and Senator Lonnie Paxton) Requires that if an injury to a member of a public retirement system results from a violent act as defined therein while in the performance of their duties as a police officer, the State Board will make a determination that the member has sustained a one-hundred-percent disability and shall make the benefit award in accordance with that standard.

Update: Passed the House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee 10-1 on Wednesday, February 19. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Thursday, March 5. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

House Bill 3350 (Representative Avery Frix and Senator Dewayne Pemberton)  Authorizes a cost of living adjustment (COLA) between two and four percent for retirees of the following pension systems: Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; and Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges.

Update: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute 8-0 on Thursday, February 27. Rules suspended to direct to the calendar. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Tuesday, March 10. Engrossed to the Senate. Assigned to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. Direct to calendar. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-5 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Workforce Development

Senate Bill 1075 (Senator Roger Thompson, Representative Kevin Wallace) Permits any establishment participating in the Quality Jobs Program that does not meet the statutory quarterly payroll requirements during the time period which begins on April 1, 2020, and ends on June 30, 2021, to continue to receive incentive payments and to be exempt from the prescribed limitations. (Carryover Bill)

Update: Passed Senate JCAB 20-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Passed House JCAB 28-0 on Tuesday, May 12. Direct to Calendar. Passed off Senate floor 43-2 on Wednesday, May 13. Passed off the House Floor 84-3 on Friday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 21.

Thank you.

Glen

Glen D. Johnson

Chancellor

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

655 Research Parkway, Suite 200

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

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