[Oasfaa] FW: State Legislative Update

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Immediately below are six bills related to financial aid that survived last Thursday's legislative deadline for passage on the floor in their house of origin.  The full list of bills being tracked is further below.  Bills that did not survive the deadline will be removed from the list on the next update.
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House Bill 3253 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton)  Oklahoma's Promise - Provides for a second alternative high school curriculum requirement option to the current Oklahoma's Promise curriculum requirement.  Students who do not complete the current Oklahoma's Promise curriculum but complete the alternative high school curriculum could qualify for an OKPromise award only at an institution overseen by the State Board of Career and Technology Education.  Current text at http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/hB/HB3253%20ENGR.PDF
Update: Passed House Higher Ed and Career Tech Committee 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed. Assigned to Senate Education Committee.

House Bill 3564 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Dewayne Pemberton)   Creates the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program. Provides for a scholarship of $1,000 per academic year for the first 3 years and $2,500 for the final academic year. Authorizes the State Regents to make employment incentive payments of $4,000 per year for up to 5 years of employment in an Oklahoma public school after graduation, not to exceed $20,000. Current text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/hB/HB3564%20ENGR.PDF
               Update: Passed Appropriations and Budget Education Sub-Committee 13-0 on Wednesday. Feb. 9. Passed House Appropriations 30-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 81-5 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed. Passed Senate Education Committee. Assigned to Senate Appropriations Committee.

House Bill 4154 (Representative Regina Goodwin and Senator George Young) Tulsa Reconciliation Scholarship - Modifies the qualifying income limit and provisions related to the number of scholarships offered through the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Trust.  Current text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/hB/HB4154%20ENGR.PDF
Update: Passed House A&B Education Committee. 10-3 on Monday, Feb. 21. Passed House Appropriations 30-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 68-19 on Monday, March 21. Assigned to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee.

House Bill 4195 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Adam Pugh) Concurrent Enrollment Tuition Waiver - Allows high school freshmen and sophomores who meet eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment to receive a full tuition waiver at state system colleges for up to six credit hours, subject to availability of funds and whether or not the senior and junior concurrent enrollment programs are fully funded.  Current text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/hB/HB4195%20ENGR.PDF
Update: Passed House Higher Ed and CareerTech Committee 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off the House Floor 81-5 on Thursday, March 10. Assigned to the Senate Education Committee and then to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Senate Bill 1673 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Jadine Nollan)  Oklahoma's Promise - Adjusts the application family income limit based on the number of dependent children -- $60,000 for families with 1-2 dependent children, $70,000 for families with 3-4 dependent children, and $80,000 for families with 5 or more dependent children.  Current text:  http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/SB/SB1673%20ENGR.PDF
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Passed Senate Appropriations 19-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 22. Assigned to House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Education, the full Committee.

Senate Bill 1418 (Senator Kim David and Representative Nicole Miller) National Guard Tuition Waiver - Sets requirements for Oklahoma National Guard Members to receive assistance for undergraduate and graduate programs. The bill creates the Oklahoma National Guard Education Assistance Revolving Fund to support Oklahoma National Guard to provide assistance to eligible Guard members.  Current text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENGR/SB/SB1418%20ENGR.PDF
Update: Passed Senate Education committee 11-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15.  Passed Senate Appropriations committee 18-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Tuesday, March 22. Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee.



From: Jobe, Jarrett
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 3:15 PM
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Subject: Legislative Update

OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION



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To:                  Chancellor's Council and Legislative Network
From:             Vice Chancellor Jarrett Jobe
Date:               March 25, 2022
Subject:          Legislative Update

Good afternoon,

As another major deadline passess, we again thank you for your diligence and work on behalf of the entire state system of higher education this session. After Thursday's deadline, the Senate sent the House approximately 300 bills and JRs and the House sent the Senate approximately 380 bills and JRs. Carry over bills from 2021 are still alive as well.

We are including all bills we were tracking this week, including dormant bills for context. We will remove these bills after next week.


AGENCY ADMINISTRATION

House Bill 3415 (Representative Daniel Pae and Senator Brent Howard) allows a public body to hold meetings and executive sessions by electronic means where each member of the public body can participate in the meetings electronically. It requires members of public bodies subject to the Open Meeting Act to not participate in more than half of the regular and special meetings of the public body upon which they serve utilizing this exception in any calendar year.
Update: Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 70-21 on Tuesday, March 22.

House Bill 3420 (Representative Mike Osburn) Abolishes the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission; transferring powers, duties, and assets to the Civil Service of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
Update: Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 85-0 in Wednesday, March 23

House Bill 3422 (Representative Mike Osburn and Senator Roger Thompson) Requires beginning in FY 2023 a study of the overall compensation for all positions covered by OMES under the civil service and human capital management act.
Update: Passed House A&B General Government Committee 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 21. Passed House Appropriations 29-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 90-0 on Tuesday, March 8.

House Bill 3475 (Representative Jim Grego and Senator Mark Allen) allows a public body to deny a request for public records if a request places an excessive disruption in producing public records on the public body or if the custodian has reason to believe that repeated requests are intended to disrupt other essential functions of the public body. However, refusal under this paragraph must be sustained by a preponderance of the evidence
               Update: Passed House General Government Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, March 2. Dormant

House Bill 3546 (Representative Chad Caldwell and Senator Julie Daniels) forbids an attorney employed by an agency to be a voting member of any board or commission and states no attorney can represent any board or commission if the attorney is employed by an agency that has a voting member on the board or commission.
Update: Passed House General Government Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 23.

House Bill 3671 (Representative Max Wolfley and Senator John Michael Montgomery) Provides a 3% raise for all full-time state employees who make under $80,000 and are employed on the last working day of June 2022.
Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 82-2 on Wednesday, March 9.

House Bill 4190 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David) allows state employees to use an additional personal holiday each year which can be used on Good Friday, Juneteenth, Statehood Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, or the birthday of the employee and if the holiday falls on a Saturday, the employee can request the proceeding Friday, and if on a Sunday, the following Tuesday.
               Update:  Passed House Government Modernization and Efficiency Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 84-7 on Thursday, March 10. Engrossed.

House Bill 4192 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Rob Standridge) requires the removal of any state agency director that does not provide information on the agency website about what personal data the agency collects, only allowing them to return if they are reappointed.
Update: Passed House General Government Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 89-3 on Wednesday, March 23.

Senate Bill 1364 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Kyle Hilbert) Requires any state agency, board or commission that owns or leases a facility located in or near a precinct without a suitable polling place available to make space within the facility available for use as a polling place upon written request of the secretary of the county election board.
Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-7 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Engrossed to House.

Senate Bill 1410 (Senator Zack Taylor ad Representative Garry Mize) Directs multiple government entities to develop emergency energy plans showing how in a time of emergency each entity will draw power from no fewer than three energy sources and directs the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to promulgate rules related to the plans.
Update: Passed Senate Energy Committee 13-0 on Thursday, Feb. 10. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Engrossed to House.

Senate Bill 1423 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Tom Gann) Requires all agencies to include an agency request statement for any proposed legislation the agency requests.
Update: Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-9 on Tuesday, March 15.

Senate Bill 1452 (Senator Kay Floyd and Representative Carol Bush) Protects any information or document provided to an agency or entity to obtain licensure from Open Records Act requests.
Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed to House

Senate Bill 1463 (Senator Greg McCourtney and Representative Ryan Martinez) Requires state agencies to list the city, state and country in which contracted services will be prepares and produced, with any work the state awards not strictly awarded by the lowest price and that is not awarded to a company not preparing and producing the services in Oklahoma must include information from the awarding agency's director on why the services are not prepared and produced in Oklahoma.
Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 11-0 in Thursday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 14. Engrossed to House.

Senate Bill 1547 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Charles McCall) requires all public bodies that maintain a website and have high-speed internet connections to stream live on the website and post the meeting on the website after the meeting. The bill applies the entire section of law to all public bodies if the governor has declared a state of emergency in that body's county.
Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 9-1 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate floor 45-0 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1549 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Logan Phillips) Requires all government entities to choose and contract with a third-party evaluator to perform a thorough evaluation and report of the individual agency's document lifecycle needs and costs, inclusive of digital forms, workflow and eProcesses, storage, retrieval, destruction and digital auditing with the findings then reported to legislative leadership along with any improvements on efficiency and productivity.
Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-0 on Thursday, Feb 17. Passed Senate Appropriations 18-0 on Thursday, March 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1576 (Senator Chris Kidd and Representative Josh West) States that veteran with a disability that are state employees shall be entitled to military leave for illness related to the disability
Update: Passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 10-1 on Thursday, Feb. 10. Title Stricken. Dormant.

Senate Bill 1595 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Logan Phillips) allows the governor to fill certain vacancies for public officers at different levels of government throughout the state. The bill put the governor in charge of calling for legislative successors in a time of emergency.
               Update: Passed to Senate Public Safety Committee 8-2 on Monday, Feb. 28. Dormant

Senate Bill 1698 (Senator Darrell Weaver and Representative Anthony Moore) creates the Oklahoma Public Meetings Livestreaming and Recording Act of 2022. It requires any public body which holds a meeting to make the meeting available for viewing by the public for a minimum of three years and provides punishment for violation of the Act.
               Update: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 5-4 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Dormant

Senate Bill 1733 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Charles McCall) exempts organizations whose sole beneficiary is a college or university that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from being a public body, prohibiting these bodies from receiving a direct appropriation from the Legislature and sets which persons cannot serve as a voting member of the governing board of such an organization.
Update: Failed Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Passed Senate Judiciary as amended 6-4 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the Senate floor 30-16 in Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1822 (Senator Kay Floyd) Requires that all infrastructure or construction projects in the state that are funded in part or in full by the ARPA or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act of 2021 to have signage designating it as such.
Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-0 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Passed Senate Appropriations 18-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-4 on Monday, March 22.

Senate Bill 1834 (Senator Paul Rosino and Representative Jeff Boatman) Requires a customer satisfaction feedback survey of several state agencies to be completed annually.
Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 7-0 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Passed Senate Appropriations committee 18-0 on Thursday, March 3.

Senate Bill 1838 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Carol Bush) requires 5 percent of state contracts be awarded to businesses that have been in operation for less than five years, beginning on July 1, 2024.
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism committee 7-4 on Thursday, March 3. Dormant.


CAREER TECH

Senate Bill 1213 (Senator J.J. Dossett and Representative Nicole Miller) Creates the Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance Act to provide assistance to eligible Guard members who enroll in a technology center school. It requires, subject to the availability of funds, the amount of assistance be equivalent to the amount of tuition for a career and technology program in which the member is enrolled leading to certification or licensure, not to exceed a maximum of three years.
               Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Dormant

Senate Bill 1317 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Repeals language creating the Advisory Committee to the municipal clerks and treasurer's division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed

CHARTER SCHOOLS

House Bill 3545 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Creates a Statewide Charter School Board.
               Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 6-4 on Tuesday, March 1. Dormant

House Bill 3644 (Senator Sheila Dills and Senator Zack Taylor) Requires that Sponsors of Charter Schools be notified in any instance of any significant adverse actions, material findings of noncompliance or proceedings relating to charter school educational management organizations
Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 14. Engrossed.

House Bill 3645 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Modifies attendance requirements for virtual charter school alternative education programs. It allows a virtual charter school to request a waiver of the enrolment prohibition from the Department of Education on behalf of a student enrolled at the school who is reported for truancy two times in the same school year.
Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1402 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Creates a process for certified teachers with at least five years of experience to establish a charter schools, requiring the State Board of Education to approve any application which meets the specified requirements. The bill gives professional teacher charter schools exclusive control over curriculum selection, development and delivery, with the school's curriculum described on its website including how said curriculum follows or departs from the standards approved by the State Board of Education.
               Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 8-5 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Dormant

Senate Bill 1621 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Chad Caldwell) Creates the Statewide Charter School Board
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 5-3 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations 15-4 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-8 On Wednesday, March 23.


CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT

House Bill 4073 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Chuck Hall) Requires concurrent enrollment services be funded annually through legislative appropriations.
Update: Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Laid over. Passed House Appropriations committee 25-0 on Thursday, March 4. Passed off the House Floor 89-0 on 3/14. Engrossed.

House Bill 4195 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Adam Pugh) allows high school freshmen and sophomores who meet eligibility requirement for concurrent enrollment to receive a full tuition waiver for up to six credit hours, subject to availability of funds and whether or not the senior and junior concurrent enrollment programs are fully funded.
Update: Passed House Higher Ed and CareerTech Committee 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off the House Floor 81-5 on Thursday, March 10.

COVID-19

House Bill 3145 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Jake Merrick) allows district courts to overturn or compel compliance with a quarantine or isolation order issued by a local health officer, restructures orders on moving people with communicable diseases and people with communicable diseases attending private or public schools.
Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 75-17 on Monday March 21.

House Bill 3159 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Jake Merrick) Deletes prohibition on children afflicted with contagious diseases and lice from attending school.
Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 55-35 on Monday, March 21.

House Bill 3313 (Representative Cynthia Roe and Senator Jessica Garvin) Prohibits any medical entity from denying visitation to Covid-19 patients, even when such patients are deemed to be in isolation from the general public and other patients. It allows the patient to notify the medical entity who shall hold visitation rights. The bill requires individuals who exercise these visitation rights to comply with certain hospital requirements.
Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 79-2 on Monday, March 21.

House Bill 3509 (Representative Melissa Provenzano) allows licensed pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccinations and sets record-keeping requirements related to these vaccinations.
               Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 7-2 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Dormant

House Bill 3878 (Representative Mark Lepak) requires any employer mandating any vaccination as a prerequisite for employment to offer exemptions from the mandatory vaccination requirements.
               Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 2. Dormant

Senate Bill 765 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Kevin West) Prohibits any person, partnership, association or corporation, either for himself, herself or itself, or in a representative or fiduciary capacity, from requiring any employee or applicant for employment, as a condition of employment or continued employment, to submit to or take any vaccination, injection, shot or medication for any virus, disease or condition.
Update: Carryover Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism 7-4 on Thursday, March 3. Dormant.

Senate Bill 1157 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Makes an individual eligible to receive unemployment benefits, if monetarily and otherwise eligible, if the claimant was terminated or placed on unpaid leave due to their status of being unvaccinated or non-compliance with an employer's vaccine mandate.
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism committee 8-4 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Dormant.

Senate Bill 1225 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Denise Crosswhite Hader) Removes the limitation on parental access to children's medical records otherwise prohibited by law. The bill prohibits any person, corporation, association, organization, state-supported institution, or individual employed by any of these entities from administering any vaccination to a minor without first obtaining a written consent of a parent or legal guardian of the minor. The bill prohibits any minor from self-consenting to the receipt of contraception or family planning counseling.
Update: Passed Senate Judiciary committee 7-3 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-11 on Wednesday, March 23.


DIVERSITY

House Bill 2973 (Representative Jim Olsen) Creates the Parental and Family Rights in Counseling Protection Act. This would allow religious and other counseling for unwanted same sex attraction or gender dysmorphia to occur even in those under the age of 18.
               Update: Passed House State Powers Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Dormant

House Bill 3092 (Representative Kyle Hilbert and Senator James Leewright) requires the library media program to be reflective of the community standards for the population the library media center serves when acquiring an age-appropriate collection of print materials, nonprint materials, multimedia resources, equipment, and supplies.
Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 89-7 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed

House Bill 4015 (Representative Sherrie Conley) allows a complaint of an education civil rights violation or discrimination may be filed with the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement by anyone who believes that a public school or institution of higher education in the state has discriminated against someone on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, genetic information, or disability.
               Update: Passed State Powers Committee 4-1 on Wednesday, March 2. Dormant

House Bill 4245 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Creates the "Save Women's Sports Act" bans students born male to compete in female sports.
Update: Passed House Rules Committee 6-2 on Thursday, March 3. Passed off the House Floor 79-18 on Wednesday, March 23.

Senate Bill 615 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Danny Williams) modifies the sex education curriculum to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Update: Carryover Passed Senate Education 9-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-7 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1142 (Senator Robert Standridge and Representative Justin Humphry) Prohibits a public school district, public charter school, or public school library from maintaining in its inventory or promoting books that make as their primary subject the study of sex, sexual preferences, sexual activity, sexual perversion, sex-based classifications, sexual identity, or gender identity or books that are of a sexual nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want to know of or approve of prior to their child being exposed to it.
Update: Assigned to Senate Education committee. Committee Substitute removes penalties. Passed Senate Education 8-4 on Tuesday, March 1. Dormant.


GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

House Bill 3507 (Representative Melissa Provenzano) creates a task force dedicated to the feasibility of requiring high school students to complete the e Free Application for Federal Student Aid as a prerequisite for high school graduation. The bill details the membership, duties and final report of the task force.
               Update: Passed House A&B Education Committee 7-6 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Dormant.

House Bill 3655 (Representative Danny Sterling and Senator Chris Kidd) modifies the required college preparatory/work ready curriculum units needed in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education with a standard diploma. The bill adds completing one unit or set of competencies of agricultural power and technology offered by a career and technology education program as an alternative to completing one unit or set of competencies of fine arts, such as music, art, or drama, or one unit or set of competencies of speech.
Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 11-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 78-13 on Monday, March 21.

House Bill 4044 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Requires school districts to provide remediation for students who score below certain benchmarks on the ACT or SAT exam
               Update: Passed to House A&B Education Committee 8-5 on Monday, Feb. 21. Dormant

House Bill 4389 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) modifies computer science college preparatory curriculum requirements.
Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 86-1 on Monday, March 14, 2022. Engrossed.

HEALTH CARE

House Bill 3311 (Representative Cynthia Roe and Senator Darcy Jech) Requires the State Regents and CareerTech to annually publish a report detailing the types of health care degrees offered and the number of students enrolled in, and graduating from, each degree type each year. The report is also required to identify the number of positions in health care that each institution could teach if more resources were provided, and what state colleges are doing to address the health care workforce shortage
Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 71-3 on Wednesday, March 23.

House Bill 3867 (Representative Jeff Boatman and Senator Chuck Hall) exempts a facility constructed or operated by the University Hospitals Authority or University Hospitals Trust, or by a nonprofit entity which has entered into a joint operating agreement with the University Hospitals Trust or a subsidiary of such an entity from the Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Facility Certificate of Need Act.
Update:  Passed House Public Health Committee 8-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Passed off the House Floor 75-6 on Tuesday, March 15. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1096 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Establishes that each person admitted to the hospital has the right to designate a pastor, minister, spiritual advisor or other religious leader who will have the ability to be present while the adult patient is receiving hospital care within certain guidelines established by the hospital.
Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 8-0 on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1244 (Senator Marty Quinn and Representative Chris Sneed) Requires any new measure enacted relating to a health benefit plan be incorporated into any health benefit plan that is issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the measure unless specifically provided for otherwise.
Update: Passed Senate Retirement Insurance committee 7-1 on Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off Senate Floor 38-9 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Engrossed

HIGHER EDUCATION

House Bill 1739 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Brenda Stanley) Allows the Department of Human Services to, subject to available funding, create a pilot program to address needs of any minors who are separated from their parents or legal guardians, are not supported by their parents or legal guardians and are not in the custody of the Department of Human Services or in the custody of any Indian tribe. It requires the pilot program to allow the Department to provide assistance in securing necessary services to allow eligible minors to become self-reliant and productive citizens.
Update: Carryover Bill Passed Senate Health and Human Services 9-0 on Monday Feb. 14. Dormant

House Bill 1800 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator Frank Simpson) Requires every institution in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to waive all tuition and fees for any undergraduate course of study pursued by a member of the Oklahoma National Guard enrolled in the institution and directs the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to promulgate rules to that effect.
Update: Carryover. Passed House A&B Education 13-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed House Appropriations 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 85-2 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed

House Bill 2972 (Representative Rick West and Senator Darrell Weaver) Permits physician assistants or advanced practice registered nurses to verify medical exemptions from jury duty. Deletes the college student exemption from jury duty.
Update: Passed House Judiciary. Failed on the House floor 31-59 on March 10. Passed off the House Floor 73-18 on March 14. Engrossed.

House Bill 3167 (Representative Logan Phillips) Prohibits Oklahoma Universities from withholding the ability for a student to graduate or enroll in programs due to a missing or withheld transcript from an out-of-state university.
Update: Passed House Higher Ed and CareerTech Committee 7-0 on Monday, Feb. 28. Passed off the House Floor 78-6 on Tuesday, March 15. Engrossed

House Bill 3505 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator John Micheal Montgommery) Adds to the Oklahoma Student Borrower's Bill of Rights to Prohibit student loan servicer from failing to inform students if their loan type does not qualify for loan forgiveness.
Update: Passed House Banking, Financial Services and Pensions 7-0 on Monday, Feb. 21 Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 22.

House Bill 3543 (Representatives Chad Caldwell and Senator Julie Daniels) creates the First Amendment Training for Higher Education Administrators Act.
Update: Passed House Higher Ed and Career Tech 6-2 on Monday, Feb. 28. Passed off the House Floor 61-22 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed

House Bill 3689 (Representative Kevin McDugle) extends Successful Adulthood services to children who were in the custody of the Department of Human Services or a recognized tribe between the ages of 18 and 21 if they are currenting in a postsecondary institution, training for a credential, employed at least 80 hours per month or are incapable of these activities due to a medical condition. The bill removes previous language about services for this age group without restrictions. The bill authorizes the department to seek federal funding for the program.
Update: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Human Services sub-committee 5-0 on Monday, Feb. 21. Dormant

House Bill 3730 (Representative Josh West and Senator Casey Murdock) Expands support of viticulture programs and research to universities and colleges.
Update: Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed off the House Floor 74-7 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed

House Bill 4154 (Representative Regina Goodwin) modifies the qualifying income limit and provisions related to the number of scholarships offered through the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Trust.
Update: Passed House A&B Education Committee. 10-3 on Monday, Feb. 21. Passed House Appropriations 30-0 on Wednesday, March 2.

House Bill 4196 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Needed Oklahoma Workers Fund for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, directing one-third of the funds appropriated to the fund to universities within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for nursing students, to be divided based on the number of nursing students enrolled in each university. directing one-third of the funds appropriated to the fund to universities within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for engineering students, to be divided based on the number of engineering students enrolled in each university, directing one-third of the funds appropriated to the fund to universities within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for students pursuing a teaching degree, to be divided based on the number of students pursuing a teaching degree enrolled in each university.
Update: Passed House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee 8-2 Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off the House Floor 85-4 on Monday, March 14. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1165 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Nicole Miller) Requires Oklahoma State System of Higher Education institutions grant priority enrollment and course registration to students who are members of the uniformed military services of the United States and Oklahoma residents or students who are stationed in Oklahoma and eligible to receive educational financial assistance from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
               Update: Passed Senate Education 9-1 on Tuesday, March 1. Dormant

Senate Bill 1184 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates the Students' Right to Know Act to help high school students make informed decisions about their futures and to ensure that they are adequately aware of the cost of postsecondary education and alternative career paths. It requires the State Department of Education to compile on an annual basis the most in-demand jobs in Oklahoma including the average starting salary and education level required for those jobs; the average cost for institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and technology center schools in the state; the average monthly student loan payment for individuals who attend institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and technology center schools; the average three-year student loan default rate for institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and technology center schools; the average graduation rate for institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and technology center schools; the completion rates for apprenticeship programs, high school credential programs, technology center education programs, and military first-term enlistments; the share of Oklahoma college and university graduates working in an occupation that does not require a bachelor's degree; the average starting salary for individuals graduating from an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and the average starting salary for individuals graduating from a technology center school.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 22 Title Stricken because a lot of this may already be done in ICAP. Passed of the Senate Floor 43-3 on Monday, March 14. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1236 (Senator Mark Allen and Representative Jay Steagall) Requires the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority contract with one or more public or private entities for research into hyperbaric oxygen treatment for traumatic brain injury. It requires the research include but not be limited to a double-blind study.
Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 9-0 on Monday, Feb 28. Passed Senate Appropriations 18-1 on Wednesday, March 2. Dormant

Senate Bill 1284 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Rhonda Baker) Repeals language that directs the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center which is certified as a multisensory structured language training institute for the purpose of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training pilot program.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, Feb 15. Passed off the Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, Feb. 21 Engrossed

Senate Bill 1297 (Senator Brenda Stanley and Representative Preston Stinson) Creates the Oklahoma Accountancy Board Revolving Fund. It grants the board the power and authority to establish a student scholarship and grant program to financially assist eligible students who are qualified to take the certified public accountant examination. Establishes eligibility requirements beginning with enrollment and attending as a full-time student an Oklahoma public institution of Higher Education.
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 11-1 on Thursday, Feb. 10.  Passed off the Senate floor 31-17 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1307 (Senator Bill Coleman and Representative Mark Vancurren) Requires school districts and charter schools, beginning July 1, 2023, that serve any students in grades seven through 12and issue student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Crisis Text Line. Institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and private institutions of higher education in the state that issue student identification cards may print on either side of the student identification cards the telephone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the Senate floor 39-4 on Tuesday, March 15

Senate Bill 1377 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Anthony More) Allows the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges to issue, on behalf of the institutions supervised and managed by the board, special and limited obligations for purposes of such capital projects as the Board of Regents deem proper. It authorizes the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges to issue indebtedness for capital projects to benefit the institutions supervised and managed by the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 9-4 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Author Change. Passed Senate Appropriations 15-2 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1512 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) directs institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to not require a score on a College Level Examination Program test higher than the minimum score recommended by a nonprofit higher education association that makes recommendations on college-level equivalencies, unless the president of the institution determines, based on evidence that a higher score is necessary to determine a student is ready for a higher level course.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the Senate floor 45-1 on Monday, March 14

Senate Bill 1614 (Senator Kim David and Representatives Jon Echols) creates the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Educational Assistance Program to aid eligible Highway Patrol officers who enroll in an Oklahoma educational institution. It requires the amount of assistance to be equivalent to the amount of resident tuition for courses in which the eligible Highway Patrol officer is enrolled, not to exceed a maximum of 18 credit hours each semester, subject to the availability of funds.
Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 9-0 on Monday, Feb. 21. Passed Senate Appropriations 14-0 on Thursday, March 3.


Senate Concurrent Resolution 15 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires all institutions within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to report a list of all faculty or teaching staff, a list of courses taught, the hours taught, the tenure policy and the number of faculty employed at each institution.
               Update: Pre-filed. Dormant

National Guard Tuition

Senate Bill 1416 (Senator Kim David and Representative Nicole Miller) makes all members of the Oklahoma National Guard eligible for in-state tuition.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-2 on Monday, Feb. 21. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1418 (Senator Kim David and Representative Nicole Miller) Sets requirements for Oklahoma National Guard Members to receive assistance for undergraduate and graduate programs. The bill creates the Oklahoma National Guard Education Assistance Revolving Fund to support Oklahoma National Guard to provide assistance to eligible Guard members.
Update: Passed Senate Education committee 11-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15.  Passed Senate Appropriations committee 18-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-2 on Tuesday, March 22.

NURSING

House Bill 3319 (Representative Nicole Miller and Senator John Haste) allows the licensing staff of the Oklahoma Board of Nursing to grant a health care provider a temporary license under certain conditions.
Update: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 92-0 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed

House Bill 3892 (Representative Tammy Townley and Senator Frank Simpson) modifies the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act; making certain persons comply with orders. The bill requires any person who holds a certificate to practice as an Advanced Unlicensed Assistant in
               Update: Passed House Public Health Committee 9-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 52-42 on Monday, March 21.

House Bill 4330 (Representative Chris Sneed) Adds Standalone Diploma programs for registered nurses in a Tech center, nationally accredited college or accredited college or university.
Update: Passed House Public Health committee 8-2 on Wednesday, March 2. Failed on the House Floor 35-52 on Thursday, March 24

Senate Bill 1462 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Representative Mark Lawson) Requires all licensed Advanced Registered Practice Nurses who provide pre-natal, delivery, infant care services and other child or adult health services related to maternal and infant care to provide education on infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic first aid for people who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 10-0 on Monday, Feb. 28. Passed off the Senate floor 35-9 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1518 (Senator Jessica Garvin and Representative Marcus McEntire) allows nurses' aides participating in an educational-based or employer-based training and competency evaluation program approved by the State Department of Health to be a paid employee of a care facility and sets requirements for the training programs.
Update: Passed Senate Health and Human Services committee 8-2 on Monday, Feb. 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-22 on Tuesday, March 22.

OKPROMISE

House Bill 3253 (Representative Jadine Nollan and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) allows people who meet the other requirements of the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program to take part in the program is the have completed the core curriculum and are seeking admission to an institution overseen by the State Board of Career and Technology Education.
Update: Passed House Higher Ed and Career Tech Committee 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off the House Floor 82-0 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1673 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Jadine Nollan) Increases income limit for OKPromise tiered by family sizes.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Passed Senate Appropriations 19-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-2 on Tuesday, March 22.

TEACHER SHORTAGE

House Bill 1836 (Representative John Waldron) Requires the State Department of Education to develop a system to code teacher certification and renewal applications in order to report data on the pathways for teacher certification, including emergency certification. The bill creates the Data Governance Council. The bill establishes duties of the council.
Update: Carryover, Passed House A&B Education subcommittee 12-0 on Monday, Feb. 21. Dormant

House Bill 3072 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck) Requires the State Board of Education, beginning July 1, 2022, to provide a $7,500 bonus annually over a 10-year period, to be paid not later than January 31 each year
Update: Passed Appropriations and Budget Education Sub-Committee 13-0 on Wednesday, Feb 9. Dormant

House Bill 3506 (Representative Melissa Provenzano and Senator J.J. Dossett) exempts a teacher from completing the Professional Learning Focus requirement for the school year if their total amount of required professional development exceeds 24 hours in a single school year.
Update: Passed House Common Education Committee 10-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 87-3 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed.

House Bill 3564 (Representative Mark McBride and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Creates the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and employment Incentive Program. Pays out $1,000 per academic year for up to 3 years, $2,5000 for the final academic year. Authorizes OSRHE to make employment incentive payments of $4,000 for up to 5 years upon graduation not to exceed $20,000.
               Update: Passed Appropriations and Budget Education Sub-Committee 13-0 on Wednesday. Feb. 9. Passed House Appropriations 30-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 81-5 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed

House Bill 3565 (Representative Mark McBride) Provides a one-time $1,000 bonus to all certified public-school classroom teachers
Update: Passed Appropriations and Budget Education Sub-Committee 13-0 on Wednesday. Feb. 9. Dormant

House Bill 3658 (Representative Danny Sterling and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) updates the State Board of Education requirements for alternative placement teacher certification. The bill removes the requirement to pass the general education portion of the competency examination.
Update: Passed Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15 Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Tuesday March 8.

House Bill 4107 (Representative Mark Vancuren and Senator Mary Boren) Requires the Board of Education to issue a certificate to teach to a person who holds a certificate from a federal recognized tribal nation within its reservation or treaty area boundaries and prohibits the Board from requiring additional competency examinations.
Update: Passed Common Education Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 89-7 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed.

House Bill 4387 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Adam Pugh) Allows the State Board of Education to establish new levels of teacher certificates: advanced, lead, and master. It requires each level have a minimum salary increase requirement paid by the school district and matched with state dollars from the lottery funds as provided in Oklahoma Statutes. It requires the advanced certificate to include a minimum salary increase of $3,000 and out of classroom at least 10 percent of the time, the lead certificate to include a minimum salary increase of $5,000 and out of classroom at least 25 percent of the time, and the master certificate to include a minimum salary increase of $10,000 and maximum salary increase of $40,000 and out of classroom at least 50 percent of the time.
Update: Passed Common Education Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 91-5 on Monday, March 21.

House Bill 4388 (Representative Kyle Hilbert and Senator Adam Pugh) requires the portion of lottery annual net proceeds deposited to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund that exceeds $60 million to be deposited into a Teacher Empowerment Fund and appropriated by the Legislature on a cash basis to be allocated by the State Department of Education to serve as a state match to local public school dollars allocated for advanced, lead, and master teaching certificates as outlined in Section 6-190 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes starting in the 2022-23 school year.
Update: Passed Appropriations and Budget Education sub-committee 12-2 on Monday, Feb 21. Author Change. Passed House Appropriations 26-6 on Wednesday, March 2.

House Bill 4390 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Brenda Stanley) modifies the micro-credential program for teachers as provided under the Education Leadership Oklahoma Act.
Update: Passed Common Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 89-1 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed

House Bill 4393 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Zack Taylor) modifies the frequency of conducting an educator supply-and-demand study, lists shortage areas to be identified in a specified study and requires the submission of an annual report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Update: Passed Common Education Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1139 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Rhonda Baker) Creates until Nov. 30, 2023, a nine-member task force to study and make recommendations for pay for performance, qualitative pay, and/or merit pay that would reward the highest quality teachers in this state and could be used to recruit and retain high quality teachers.
Update: Passed Senate Education committee 11-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1429 (Senator John Haste and Representative Danny Sterling) Exempts a teacher candidate or teacher from the requirement to pass the general education portion of the competency examination required therein if they have a master's degree from an institution accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency which is recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
Update:  Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 16-4 on Wednesday Feb. 15. Passed off the Senate floor 39-9 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1535 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Mike Osburn) removes references to and descriptions of the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System, removes part of the definition of a career teacher related to longevity in the field. The bill removes requirements on training in how to conduct teacher evaluations and compliance training.
Update: Passed Senate Education committee 11-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-2 on Monday, March 21.

Senate Bill 1630 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker) Requires all Public Schools to conduct exit interviews that are standardized by the SDE for all teachers who leave due to dismissal, nonreemployment, resignation or retirement.
Update: Passed Senate Education committee 9-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 29-16 on Tuesday, March 15.

Senate Bill 1631 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Mark Vancurren) Directs the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to establish a mentor teacher pilot program.
Update: Passed Senate Education committee 9-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed Senate Appropriations 19-0 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Passed off the Senate Floor 34-6 on Tuesday, March 22.

WEAPONS ON CAMPUS

House Bill 2982 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Dewayne Pemberton) Creates the Sportsman Hearing Protection Act. States that firearm suppressors manufactured in Oklahoma and remains in the state is not subject to federal law.
Update:  Passed House Sate Powers Committee as amended 4-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Passed off the House Floor 76-18 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed

House Bill 2984 (Representative David Hardin and Senator Warren Hamilton) Prohibits a peace officer, state employee, or employee of a political subdivision from enforcing, assisting in the enforcement of, or otherwise cooperating in the enforcement of a federal ban on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition and is also prohibited from participating in any federal enforcement action implementing a federal ban on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition.
Update: Passed House Sate Powers Committee 5-1 on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Passed off the House Floor 78-15 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed.

House Bill 3069 (Representative Robert Manger and Senator Brenda Stanley) permits municipalities to authorize certain employees or public officials of the municipality, municipal public trust, or municipal authority who possess a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and who have successfully completed any additional training or requirements as established by ordinance or resolution to carry a concealed handgun when acting in the course and scope of employment
Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 80-13 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed

House Bill 3070 (Representative Robert Manger and Senator Chuck Hall) Clarifies language related to transporting a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 7. Engrossed.

House Bill 3074 (Representative Bob Culver and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Removes the prohibition on transporting transport a shotgun, rifle or pistol in a boat. It limits the discharge of a firearm from a boat to purposes of self-defense, hunting animals or fowl, and in compliance with existing state laws. It removes the minimum fine for violations and reduces the maximum period of imprisonment to three months from six months.
Update: Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 4-1 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Passed off the House Floor 76-12 on Tuesday, March 22.

House Bill 3104 (Representative Jay Steagall) pre-empts municipalities, agencies and other political subdivisions from making policies related to firearms, ammunition and firearm components, and sets actions aggrieved parties may take in the court system.
               Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 5-1 on Tuesday, March 1. Dormant

House Bill 3157 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Casey Murdock) Deletes the power of municipalities to regulate the carrying of firearm
Update: Passed House County and Municipal Government Committee 7-2 on Monday, Feb. 28. Passed off the House floor 79-17 on Tuesday, March 7, Engrossed.
House Bill 3191 (Representative Danny Williams and Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Permits pistols, handguns, rifles, shotguns, and all other lawful firearms mentioned in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to collectively be referred to as "firearms" and updates references.
Update: Passed House Public Safety Committee 4-1 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Passed off the House Floor 81-15 on Tuesday, March 8. Engrossed.
House Bill 4138 (Representative Stan May) Exempts firearm suppressors manufactured in Oklahoma and that remains in Oklahoma from federal law or federal regulation.
Update: Passed House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee 4-1 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Dormant

Senate Bill 1118 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Tom Gann) Removes the requirement that an applicant for a license to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun demonstrate competence and qualification with the type or types of handguns that the applicant desires to carry and requires only that they demonstrate competence and qualification with an authorized pistol.
Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, Feb. 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Tuesday, March 22.

Senate Bill 1175 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Daniel Pae) Requires school districts' boards of education to submit to the State Department of Education policies to implement a statutory provision that permits the boards to designate school personnel who have been issued a handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-14 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1315 (Senator David Bullard) Exempts the sales of firearms and firearm ammunition for the sales tax.
               Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 7-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Dormant

Senate Bill 1341 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Sean Roberts) Prohibits the use of public money from being used to promote or advocate for gun control in any way.
               Update: Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Monday, Feb. 28. Dormant.

Senate Bill 1366 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Tammy West) Expands the kinds of firearms which can be carried unconcealed.
Update: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, Feb. 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-1 on Tuesday, March 22.

Workforce Economic Development

House Bill 4354 (Representative Brian Hill and Senator Chris Kidd) requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to create a Research and Development Attraction Grants Program, to be administered in accordance with the purpose of fostering research and development in key industry clusters, leading to the creation of new products and services that are brought to market by Oklahoma-based companies, or brought to market by companies financially sponsored by an Oklahoma-based lead investor and which conduct a substantial portion of total business activity in the State of Oklahoma.
Update: Passed House A&B Finance Revenue and Taxation Committee 10-0 on Monday, Feb. 21. Passed House Appropriations 30-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 76-5 on Tuesday, March 15.

House Bill 4362 (Representative Brian Hill and Senator Jessica Garvin) Creates the Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Intern Partnership STEM Workforce Pipeline Program; effective date; emergency.
Update: Passed House Rules committee 8-0 on Thursday, March 3. Passed off the House Floor 88-4 Monday, March 14.

Senate Bill 82 (Senator David Bullard and Representative Sherrie Conley) Requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce be responsible for collecting data and publishing on their website an annual report to be called the "Future of Oklahoma Industry and Labor (FOIL) Report" that analyzes and describes the current and predictable trends of the jobs, industries and labor workforce in this state. It requires the report include an interactive map covering the various regions of the state to show trends in specific job markets, growth industries and labor workforce shortages as analyzed in the published report. It requires the first report be published on July 1, 2022, and a report be due each July 1 thereafter. It requires the following agencies and entities work in conjunction with the department to assist in the collection and analysis of data and the formulation of each annual report: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; Department of Labor; Department of Career and Technology Education; The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; The Center for Economic Management Research at the University of Oklahoma; and the Center for Economic and Business Development at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It requires the report be utilized by the Department of Education and the Department of Career and Technology Education and permits it to be utilized by the various public and private secondary and higher education institutions of this state, to identify and prepare specific course content and curriculum which trains students for future occupations, job markets, identified growth industries, labor workforce trends, gaps in skill level and highly marketable professions in this state
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-0 on Thursday, Feb. 10. Dormant.

Senate Bill 1147 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Nicole Miller) Permits the State Board of Education to develop rules to determine if courses on aviation are eligible for non-elective academic credit toward meeting graduation requirements.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Passed off the House Floor 42-0 on Tuesday, March 15. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1190 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Mark McBride) Permits the State Board of Career and Technology Education to establish courses in the area of hydrogen energy. It permits the courses to include but are not limited to the following topics: hydrogen energy basics; hydrogen energy-related equipment manufacturing and maintenance; hydrogen energy infrastructure; and hydrogen energy safety. It permits the State Board of Career and Technology Education to consult the Oklahoma Department of Commerce in establishing courses that meet the workforce needs of the hydrogen energy sector in the state.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 13-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Author Change. Passed off the House Floor 43-0 on Tuesday, March 15. Engrossed.

Senate Bill 1627 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Jon Echols) Creates the Workforce Development Revolving Fund; providing for award of funds.
Update: Passed Senate Education Committee 10-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Title stricken Passed Senate Appropriations 17-1 on Thursday, March 3.  Passed off the Senate Floor 35-10 on Wednesday, March 23.

Senate Bill 1691 (Senator Zack Taylor and Representative Brad Boles) allows a conviction or pending criminal charge of a crime be the grounds for the denial of a state license or certification only if the underlying offense substantially relates to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation and poses a reasonable threat to public safety. The bill requires the licensing or certification authority to consider certain facts before making a determination.
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 12-0 on Thursday, Feb. 10. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, Feb. 21. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1720 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Allows a private Occupational certifying organization to voluntarily participate and register with the government. It requires a private certification organization to register with the Secretary of State
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism committee 7-5 on Thursday, Feb. 10. Dormant.

Senate Bill 1768 (Senator Howard Brent and Representative Kevin Wallace) creates the Oklahoma Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act to allow for capital investment into a rural fund and provides for the amount of credits able to be claimed by a rural investor.
Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism committee 12-0 on Thursday, Feb. 17. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-12 on Wednesday, March 9. Engrossed

Senate Bill 1782 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative John Talley) Changes the effective date for an incentive payment of the quality jobs program from 24 to 12 months. Requires the meeting of the wage requirement at the time of the agreement and 6 year from the date.
Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, March 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Monday, March 21.

Senate Bill 1859 (Senator Kim David) includes hydrogen manufacturing in the Quality Jobs Program.
               Update: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Dormant.

JCAB BILLS

Senate Bill 1084 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates $100,000 from the FY2021 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 17-0 Passed House JCAB 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-5 on Monday, March 7. Passed off House Floor 75-13 on Thursday March 10. Signed by Governor on Tuesday, March 15.

Senate Bill 1085 (Senator Chuck Hall and Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Insurance Department that will be designated the Insurance Department Pharmacy Benefit Manager Revolving Fund for the purpose of licensing, regulating and investigating abuse, negligence, criminal conduct, or other violations of insurance laws and regulations, and ensuring compliance. It establishes expenditure requirements.
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 13-5 Passed House JCAB 32-0 on Wednesday, March 2 Passed off the Senate Floor 35-11 on Monday, March 7. Passed off the House Floor 84-7 on Thursday March 10. Signed by Governor on Tuesday, March 15.

House Bill 4451 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Waives the payroll eligibility requirement for tax year 2021 for manufacturing facilities receiving a tax incentive via the five-year ad valorem exemption.
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 19-0 Passed House JCAB 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2 Passed off the Senate floor 40-2 on Wednesday, March 9. Passed off the House Floor 94-2 on Monday, March 7. Signed by Governor on Monday, March 14.

House Bill 4452 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Requires that all money transferred per fiscal year from the Teachers' Retirement System Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund not exceed the amount authorized by the Legislature for that fiscal year.
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 19-0 Passed House JCAB 29-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 95-0 on Monday, March 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Wednesday, March 9.  Signed by Governor on Monday, March 14.

House Bill 4461 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Appropriates $2.1 million from the FY2021 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 19-0 Passed House JCAB 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Monday, March 7. Passed off the Senate floor 41-0 on Wednesday, March 9.

House Bill 4462 (Representative Kevin Wallace) appropriates $251,068 from the FY2021 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Department of Mines.
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 19-0 Passed House JCAB 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 94-0 on Monday, March 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-0 on Wednesday, March 9. Signed by Governor on Monday, March 14.

House Bill 4463 (Representative Kevin Wallace)  Requires the State Department of Health to utilize an amount necessary from its FY2022 funds to successfully regulate and enforce all programs and provisions associated with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, including but not be limited to the hiring and employment of additional staff at the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, as well as, participating in interagency agreements with state law enforcement agencies for enhanced enforcement.
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 19-0 Passed House JCAB 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Monday, March 7. Passed off the Senate Floor 38-0 on Wednesday, March 9. Signed by Governor on Monday, March 14.

House Bill 4450 (Representative Kevin Wallace) Creates the Health Care Workforce Development Fund that will consist of money received by the state as Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; directed to the state by the federal government for the purpose of recruiting, educating, and stabilizing Oklahoma's health care workforce
Update: Passed Senate JCAB 19-0 Passed House JCAB 31-0 on Wednesday, March 2.


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