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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here’s the legislative update for this week. Likely just one more week to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bryce Fair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 108850<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Johnson, Dr. Glen
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 17, 2019 4:47 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Legislative Update – May 17, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>From: </b> <a name="from">
</a>Chancellor Glen D. Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>Date: </b> <a name="datea">
</a>Friday, May 17, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> <a name="re"></a>Legislative Update – May 17, 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="BodyA"><a name="body"></a><span lang="DE">The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of May 13 – May 17, 2019. Dormant and failed bills are listed in red.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please contact LeeAnna McNally at
<a href="mailto:lmcnally@osrhe.edu">lmcnally@osrhe.edu</a> or (405) 225-9424.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Legislative Report <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>May 17, 2019<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Agency Administration</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1 (Senator Greg Treat and Representative Charles McCall)
</b>Creates the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT), a 12-member committee to conduct performance evaluations of executive branch agencies, or programs, activities or functions within executive branch agencies identified by the committee. The bill
requires each agency or institution, upon request, to furnish and make available to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency all records, documents, materials, personnel, information or other resources deemed necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 38-10 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House Rules Committee. Laid over on Tuesday, April
9. Direct to Calendar. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 76-19 on Thursday, April 25. House amendments read. Amendments rejected. Conference granted and conferees named.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 117 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Ryan Martinez)
</b>Appropriates $4 million to the Oklahoma Employment Security Administration Fund out of funds made available to this state by the federal Unemployment Compensation Modernization Transfer in the following amounts: the Employment Service program, $2 million
and the Unemployment Insurance program, $2 million.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, February 25. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 27-0 on Wednesday,
April 3. Passed off House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday, April 17. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 22. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 122 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative John Pfeiffer)
</b>Removes the requirement that all requests for additional office space for a state agency shall be submitted and reviewed by the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Laid
over on Wednesday, April 3. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off the House Floor 94-1 on Monday, April 22. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 24. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday,
April 29. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 198 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Kevin McDugle)
</b>Requires all state agencies and all political subdivisions to adopt a social networking and social media policy that applies to the personal use of social media by state employees and employees of any political subdivision to discourage abusive or offensive
online behavior.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 8-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 26-15 Tuesday March 12. Assigned to House Government Efficiency. Laid over on Wednesday,
March 27. Laid over on Wednesday, April 10. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, April 11. Passed off the House Floor 62-34 on Thursday, April 25. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 29. Signed by Governor Stitt on Friday, May
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 240 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative Lundy Kiger)
</b>Requires the State Travel Office to give preference to travel agencies located within Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 10-2 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, March 12. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday,
March 27. Passed off House Floor 96-1 on Thursday, April 4. Referred for enrollment. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 8. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 10.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 271 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Kyle Hilbert)
</b>Requires all agencies to make an annual disclosure in a separate written report and information on websites maintained by or on behalf of the entities of all federal funds under the control of the entity and the programs for which the federal funds are
used by distinct expenditure categories.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-13 on Tuesday, March 12. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 8-1 on Wednesday,
April 3. Passed off the House Floor 83-9 on Tuesday, April 23. Sent to the Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 24. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 29.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 316 (Senator Nathan Dahm and Representative Tom Gann)</b> Creates the Government Transparency Act. It requires a state agency entering into a Memorandum of Understanding or Memorandum of Agreement with any agency, department
or any organization receiving appropriated money, grants, or contracts from the State of Oklahoma or any other state or funds from the government of the United States to publish a report on its website and the website, documents.ok.gov.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 12-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, February 25. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday,
April 10. Passed off the House Floor 79-12 on Tuesday, April 16. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 23.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 583 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega)</b> Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support
and management systems for all state agencies by July 1, 2020. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be
published in the manner provided for competitive bidding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation on Wednesday, February 6. Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Title stricken. Passed Senate
Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off Senate Floor 44-0 on Monday, March 11. Title restored. Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off the House Floor 89-1 on Tuesday, April 16. House
amendments read. House amendments accepted. Passed off Senate floor 35-9 on Thursday, May 2. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, May 6. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 9.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 584 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Charles Ortega)
</b>Requires state agencies whose information technology systems are not consolidated with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to have an information security audit conducted by a firm approved by OMES' Information Services Division that
is based upon the most current version of the NIST Cyber-Security Framework. It requires agencies to submit a report on how they plan to address any deficiencies to OMES. It requires any agency unable to comply with the requirement to consolidate their information
technology with OMES. It exempts agencies subject to National Energy Regulatory Commission standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed Senate General Government Committee 9-3 on Thursday, February 21. Title Stricken. Passed off the House floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 14. Title Restored. Assigned to House Government
Efficiency Committee. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Amended. Title restored. Passed off the House Floor 89-0 on Tuesday, April 23. House amendments read. House amendments adopted. Passed off Senate floor 44-0
on Thursday, May 2. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, May 6. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 9.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 740 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Tammy West)
</b>Modifies a statutory reference which relates to public meetings. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed as amended Senate General Government Committee 10-1 on Thursday, February 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Monday, March 11. Assigned to House County and Municipal Government
Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, March 27. Passed House County and Municipal Government 10-0 on Wednesday, April 3. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Tuesday, April 23. House amendments adopted. Passed off Senate Floor 43-1 on Tuesday, May 7. Sent to Governor
Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 8. Signed By Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1114 (Representative Kevin West and Senator Roland Pederson)
</b>Permits a construction contract to include a provision for the retainage of a portion of payment not to exceed 5 percent of the amount of the payment due until the work of the contractor has been determined by the holder to be at least 50 percent complete,
and 2.5 percent until the balance of the work to be performed by the contractor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 10-0 on Wednesday, February 6.Title stricken. Amended. Passed off House Floor 79-0 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to Senate General Government
Committee. Re-assigned to Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee. Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 9-0 on Thursday, April 11. Passed off Senate Floor 33-11 on Tuesday, April 23. Senate amendments rejected and further conference
requested. Conferees named and assigned to Conference Committee on Government Efficiency. Conference Committee Report Adopted. Passed off the House Floor 86-0 on Wednesday, May 15.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1376 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator John Montgomery)
</b>Changes the Federal Poverty Guideline level used for state employees from three-person households to four-person households.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 94-3 on Wednesday, February 14. Passed Senate Appropriations General
Government and Transportation Subcommittee unanimously on Wednesday, March 3. Enacting clause struck. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 25-19 on Tuesday, April 23. Senate amendments rejected and
further conference requested. Conference granted. Assigned to General Conference Committee on Appropriations. Rescinded rejection of Senate amendments. Request for conference rescinded.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1391 (Representative Sheila Dills and Senator Joe Newhouse)</b> Removes two specific positions within the Office of the Secretary of State from unclassified service and in their place lists, "Administrative Officers." In its
current form modifies the list of positions at the Office of the Secretary of State that are unclassified for purposes of the merit system. Such action allows the agency greater flexibility regarding the salary paid to such unclassified positions. Whether
the change provided by HB 1391 results in increased or decreased compensation costs for the agency will be determined by the employee compensation choices made by the agency<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, March
20. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Thursday, March 28. Senate amendments rejected and conference requested. Assigned to Government Efficiency Conference Committee. Conferees named.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2670 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson</b>) Creates the Pay for Success Act. It states that it is the intent of the Legislature through the bill to authorize innovation opportunities in the form of pay-for-success
contracts and authorize success payments to be made from appropriated or other agency funds; address outcomes that span the mission and purpose of multiple agencies; provide a fund that may be used by agencies for success payments; and that the bill shall
not prohibit the use of pay-for-success contracts by municipalities, counties or other local jurisdictions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed House Floor 91-6 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday,
March 20. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-5 on Tuesday, April 23. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 24. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 29.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 427 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Scott Fetgatter)</b> Updates statutory references related to the apportionment of gross production tax revenue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee 6-0 on Monday,
April 1. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off the House Floor 84-0 on Wednesday, April 17. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 22. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 25.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 519 (Senator Kim David and Representative Terry O’Donnell)</b> Prohibits any monies deposited in the Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund from being transferred for any purpose to any other state agency or any account of the
Corporation Commission or be used for the purpose of contracting with any other state agency or reimbursing any other state agency for any expense, unless otherwise provided.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 21-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Title stricken. Passed off Senate Floor 46-2 on Monday, March 11. Enacting clause stricken. Passed House Energy and
Natural Resources Committee 18-0 on Tuesday, April 2. Passed off the House Floor 77-16 on Thursday, April 25. House amendments received.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2530 (Representative Melodye Blancett and Senator Roger Thompson)</b> Exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services to or by an organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), verified with a letter from the MIT Fab Foundation as an official member of the Fab Lab Network in compliance with the Fab Charter, and able to provide documentation that their primary and principal
purpose is to provide community access to advanced 21st century manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) learning skills, developing inventions, creating and sustaining businesses and producing
personalized products.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Finance 7-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken.
Passed off the House Floor 91-4 on Thursday, March 7. Enacting clause stricken. Passed Senate Finance Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, April 9. Title and enacting clause restored. Passed of the Senate Floor 33-12 on Tuesday, April 23. Senate amendments accepted.
Passed off the House Floor 70-17 on Thursday, May 9. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, May 13. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 16.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Common Education <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 217 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Jadine Nollan)
</b>Requires the State Department of Education to identify school districts to implement alternative pathways toward teacher certification on a pilot program basis. It requires school districts seeking to participate in the pilot program to submit application
to the Department. It provides eligibility criteria. The bill establishes requirements for programs to be offered via the program. It requires the Department to ensure that providers approved to participate allow teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy
and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional means<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 18-3 on Wednesday, February 27. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on
Wednesday, March 13. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 11-0 on Tuesday, March 27. Referred to full House Appropriations and Budget Committee. Title restored. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 29-2 on Wednesday, April
3. Passed off the House Floor 89-9 on Wednesday, April 24. House amendments adopted. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 7. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 13.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">House Bill 1316 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Stephanie Bice)
</span></b><span style="color:black">Requires a person issued an emergency certification to teach receive some professional development covering classroom management, subject-specific instructional methods, school procedures and policies and writing lesson
plans before entering the classroom. The act also requires districts provide additional training opportunities throughout the year and arrange a mentor to provide support on an ongoing basis.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Common Education Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-1 on Wednesday, March 14. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday,
April 2. Enacting clause stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 14-5 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off the Senate Floor 26-19 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments received.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1905 (Representative Sherrie Conley and Senator Kim David)
</b>Deletes references to the defunct Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation. It adds a requirement for teacher candidates to receive training on being trauma-informed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Higher Education & Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 91-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Assigned to Senate Education Committee. Laid over on
Tuesday, March 26. Passed Senate Education Committee 16-0 on Tuesday, April 2. Passed off the Senate floor 42-0 on Wednesday, April 24. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, April 25. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 30.<span style="color:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2618 (Representative John Echols and Senator Lonnie Paxton)
</b>Requires any public body that collects personally identifiable data to make available on its website, or on a general website if a public body uses a general website, what data is being collected, how it is stored, and with whom the public body shares the
information.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Government Efficiency Committee 11-0 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off House Floor 99-0 on Tuesday, March 5. Passed Senate Appropriations General Government Subcommittee 11-0
on Monday, March 18. Title stricken Passed full Senate Appropriations Committee 13- 7 on Wednesday, April 3. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-2 on Wednesday, April 24. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, April 25. Signed By Governor Stitt on
Tuesday, April 30. <b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2625 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Kim David)
</b>Replaces Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability.<b>
</b>Deletes the requirement that traditionally certified public school superintendents, and alternatively certified public school superintendents receive a passing score on the subject area competency examination. The measure also deletes the mandate that alternative
certifications for superintendents and principals can only last three years and cannot be renewed.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Assigned to House Rules Committee. Re-assigned to House Common Education Committee, Laid over. Passed House Common Education Committee with committee substitute 17-0 Tuesday, February 26.
Title stricken. Passed off the House Floor 90-5 on Wednesday, March 14. Emergency clause stricken. Passed Senate Education Committee 15-1 on Tuesday, April 2. Title and emergency restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 31-12 on Wednesday, April 24. Senate amendments
received. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2641 (Representative Rhonda Baker and Senator Kim David)</b> Creates until Dec. 31, 2020, a 16-member task force to study and make recommendations to the Legislature on changes to the units or sets of competencies required
for students to graduate with a standard diploma. It establishes membership and meeting requirements. The bill requires the task force to submit its recommendation to the Governor, the Senate President Pro Tempore, the House Speaker and the chairs of the education
committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives<b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update: </u></b><u>Passed House Common Education Committee 14-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off House Floor 86-5 on Thursday, March 7. Passed Senate Education Committee 15-1 on Tuesday, March 2. Amended.
Passed off the Senate floor 44-0 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments received.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Career Tech</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1364 (Representative Toni Hasenbeck and Senator Jason Smalley)</b> Directs the State Board of Career and Technology Education, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, to review and approve career-readiness assessments
and assessment-based credentials measuring and documenting workplace skills, as funding is available.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Re-assigned to House Business and Commerce Committee. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 15-0 on Wednesday, February
20. Passed off the House Floor 91-0 on Wednesday March 12. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, April 2. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. Amended and passed Senate Appropriations Committee 15-4 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off
Senate Floor 35-11 on Wednesday, April 24. Senate amendments accepted. Passed off the House Floor 66-20 on Tuesday, April 14, Emergency passed 68-17. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 15.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1373 (Representative Zack Taylor and Senator Julie Daniels)</b> Requires all state entities that are charged with oversight of occupational licenses to explicitly list the specific criminal records that would disqualify an
applicant from receiving a license or certification. The act allows licensing authorities to only list disqualifying criminal records that are specific and directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and to only consider
valid convictions.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday February 13. Passed off House Floor 96-2 on Monday, March 4. Passed Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee 10-0 on
Thursday, March 28. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-0 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments adopted. Passed off the House Floor 90-2 on Monday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 8. Signed By Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May
14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Healthcare</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 73 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace)
</b>Updates several governing boards' names and modifies the maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees to the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Select Agencies on Wednesday, February 6. Title stricken Referred to full Senate Appropriations Committee. Laid over on Wednesday, February
13. Title restored. Passed full Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 20. Passed off Senate Floor 44-1 on Wednesday, March 6. Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 28-0 on Wednesday, March 27. Amended. Passed off the House Floor
89-4 on Thursday, April 25. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 1. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 6.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 81 (Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Carl Newton) R</b>equires all information acquired during an investigation into possible violations of the Oklahoma Nursing Act to be kept confidential unless the state introduces
the information in administrative proceedings. Public records maintained by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing are to be classified as administrative records. The measure also states that public records maintained by the Board are not subject to discovery or subpoena
in any civil or criminal proceedings. The Board may disclose this information to law enforcement and other state agencies as necessary and appropriate in the discharge of the duties of that agency.<b><u>
<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 47-0 on Monday, March 11. Passed House Judiciary Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, April
2. Passed off the House Floor 91-1 on Tuesday, April 23. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 24. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 29.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">House Bill 1018 (Representative Marcus McEntire and Senator Adam Pugh)
</span></b><span style="color:red">Directs school districts to provide age appropriate HIV, AIDS and related instruction. Directing the State Department of Education to create or implement medically accurate curriculum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="color:red">Update</span></u></b><u><span style="color:red">: Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 5. Passed off the House
Floor 76-19 Thursday, February 14. Assigned to Senate Education then Senate Appropriations Committees. Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 Tuesday, March 27. Title and emergency clause stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday,
April 3. Title and emergency clause restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 27-18 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments adopted. Passed off the House Floor 69-15 on Tuesday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 8. Vetoed by Governor
Stitt on Monday, May 15. <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1439 (Representative Tom Gann and Senator Jason Smalley</b>) Recreates the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Administrative Rules Committee 9-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-0 on Thursday, March 7. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 7-5 on Monday,
April 8. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-2 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments accepted. Passed off the House Floor 89-0 on Thursday, May 9. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, May 13. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, May 16.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Higher Education</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 194 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Nicole Miller)
</b>Removes the requirement for teacher candidates enrolled in an elementary or early childhood education program to pass a comprehensive assessment to measure their teaching skills in the area of reading instruction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off Senate Floor 47-0 on Tuesday, February 19. Assigned to House Common Education Committee. Laid over on Tuesday,
April 2. Passed House Common Education Committee 15-0 on Tuesday, April 9. Passed off the House Floor 96-0 on Tuesday, April 23. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 24. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 29.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 361 (Senator Julie Daniels and Representative Mark Lepak)
</b>Deems the outdoor areas of public institutions of higher education public forums for the campus community. It prohibits public institutions of higher education from creating "free speech zones" or other designated areas of campus outside of which expressive
activities are prohibited.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 8-4 on Tuesday, February 26.<b>
</b>Passed off the Senate Floor 36-9 on Wednesday, March 13. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Reassigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 7-1 on Thursday, April 11. Passed off House Floor 73-26. Emergency clause failed 6-80. Sent
to Governor Stitt for consideration on Tuesday, April 23. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, April 29.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Senate Bill 372 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Mike Osburn)</span></b><span style="color:red"> Trailer bill with discussions ongoing for cleanup language regarding SB 361.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="color:red">Update</span></u></b><u><span style="color:red">: Passed Senate Education Committee 12-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday, March 6. Title stricken.
Passed House Common Education Committee 11-3 on Tuesday, April 9. Dormant, Rule suspended to bring to House Floor. Amended by Floor substitute. Passed off House Floor 77-17 on Thursday, April 26. House amendments rejected. Conferees named. Conference Committee
Report adopted. Failed on Senate Floor 10-36 on Thursday, May 16. <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 485 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Scott Fetgatter</b>) Creates a sunset date for the Small Business Incubators Incentives Act. The tax exemption ends on tax years after January 1, 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Finance Committee 8-1 on Tuesday, February 12. Passed off the</u>
<u>Senate Floor 47-0 on Wednesday, February. 20. Assigned to House Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee. Laid over on Monday, April 1. Withdrawn from Finance Subcommittee. Laid over in House Appropriations and Budget Committee on Wednesday, April
10. Reassigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Thursday, April 11. Passed off the House Floor 82-8 on Tuesday, April 23. House amendments read. House amendments adopted. Passed off Senate Floor 43-0 on Wednesday, May 1. Sent to
Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, May 2. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 7.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 590 (Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Mike Osburn)</b> Authorizes boards of county commissioners to approve a continuing education program for full-time county employees with at least five consecutive years of service
to the county. It provides that the program will consist of courses offered by state colleges and universities that are members of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Participating employees must maintain at least an "A" or "B" average in order
to qualify for 100 percent reimbursement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate General Government Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 28. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 43-3 on Tuesday, March 12. Title restored. Passed House County and Municipal
Government 10-0 on Wednesday, March 27. Passed off the House Floor 89-5 on Wednesday, March 17. House amendments accepted. Passed off the Senate Floor on Thursday, May 2. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, May 6.
<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 804 (Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Marcus McEntire)
</b>Allows<b> </b>a patron to leave the premise with an open container of beer or wine if the act is committed during the hours of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
and the location is within 2,000 feet of the institution or a sponsored single day art or music event within city limits.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u>Update: Passed Senate Business Commerce and Tourism Committee 8-1 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-4 on Monday, March 11. Passed House Business and Commerce Committee 14-0 on Wednesday,
April 10. Passed off the House Floor on Tuesday, April 23. House amendments accepted. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-6 on Tuesday, May 14. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 15.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1921 (Representative Derrel Fincher and Senator Julie Daniels)
</b>Creates the Oklahomans Virtually Everywhere Act of 2019, directing the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to research
and develop a proposal to make Oklahoma a leader in virtual presence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Government Efficiency Committee. Re-assigned to House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Passed House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee 11-0 on Tuesday,
February 26. Passed Senate Education Committee 12-3 on Tuesday, April 2. Passed off Senate Floor 27-15 on Tuesday, April 17. Emergency failed. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 17. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 22.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2218 (Representative Stan May and Senator Darcy Jech)
</b>Directs the court to waive outstanding fines, court costs and fees if the person has secured admission to and is enrolled in an institution that is a technology center school, workforce training program or member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.
Upon the completion of each forty-hour work week, it requires the court to waive the fines, court costs and fees based on the equivalent value of the potential gross income of the person as determined by the minimum wage of the state<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Judiciary Committee 14-3 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 87-9 on Thursday, March 7. Enacting clause stricken. Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0 on Thursday,
April 4. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 19-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off the Senate floor 43-0 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments rejected. Conference requested. Conference named and assigned
to Conference Committee on Judiciary. <b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Medical Marijuana/Industrial Hemp</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 31 (Senator Wayne Shaw and Representative Ben Loring)
</b>Adds measurements in grams to the limits for medical marijuana possession.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February18. Passed off Senate Floor 45-0 on Monday, March 4. Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, April 9. Passed
off the House Floor 90-0 on Wednesday, April 17. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 22. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 25.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 162 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti)</b> Modifies the qualifications for physicians to sign medical marijuana license applications to include those who are licensed by and in good standing with the State
Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners rather than only those who are Oklahoma Board certified.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February18. Passed off the Senate Floor 41-1 on Wednesday, March 13. Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, April 9.
Passed off the House Floor 74-4 on Tuesday, April 23. House amendments read. House amendments adopted. Passed off Senate Floor 42-3 on Wednesday, May 1. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, May 2. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 7.
</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 238 (Senator Rob Standridge and Representative T.J. Marti)
</b>Requires any manufactured product containing cannabidiol to include a label which contains the country of origin of the cannabidiol and whether the cannabidiol is synthetic or natural.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health & Human Services Committee 13-0 on Monday, February11. Passed off Senate Floor 42-2 on Wednesday, March 6. Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, April 9. Amended.
Passed off the House Floor 98-1 on Tuesday, April 23. House amendments adopted. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-1 on Monday, May 6. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Tuesday, May 7. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 13.
</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 811 (Senator Jason Smalley and Representative Mark McBride)
</b>Prohibits biomedical and clinical medical marijuana research subject to federal regulation and institutional oversight from being subjected to State Department of Health oversight.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 11. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-1 on Thursday, March 14. Passed House Rules Committee 7-0 on Thursday, April
11. Passed off the House Floor 79-12 on Monday, April 22. House amendments accepted. Passed off the Senate Floor 42-3 on Tuesday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 8. Signed By Governor Stitt on Tuesday, May 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 868 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Jon Echols)</b> Allows a grower licensee to engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp from certified seeds for commercial purposes and establishes guidelines for
grower licenses.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 45-0 on Thursday, March 14. Passed House Agriculture and Rural Development 19-0
on Monday, April 1. Passed off the House Floor 99-0 on Thursday, April, 11. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 15. Signed by Governor Stitt on Thursday, April 18.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1030 (Senator Lonnie Paxton and Representative Carol Bush)</b> Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill permits an employer to take action against the holder of a medical marijuana license solely based upon
the status of an employee as a medical marijuana license holder or the results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its components if the person is employed in a safety-sensitive position.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 8-4 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-7 on Wednesday March 13. Assigned to House Rules Committee.
Laid over on Tuesday, April 9. Amended and passed House Rules 8-0 on Thursday, April 11. Amended title restored. Passed off the House Floor 84-10 on Thursday, April 25. House amendments received.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1100 (Representative Gary Mize and Senator Stephanie Bice)
</b>Redefines transporting with the intent to distribute or dispense and possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense from the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act to specifically cover synthetic controlled substances. The act also
sets factors that must be involved to prove intent to distribute, dispense or manufacture Schedule I or II drugs, except for marijuana and states at least three of these factors must be present.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Public Safety Committee 8-3 on Thursday, February 28. Title Stricken. Passed off the House Floor 95-5 on Monday March 11. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday,
April 1. Passed full Senate Appropriations Committee 20-0 on Wednesday, April 11. Title and enacting clause stricken. Title and enacting clause restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-2 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments rejected and further conference
requested. Conferees named and assigned to Public Safety Conference Committee. <o:p>
</o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2601 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney)
</b>Clarifies language related to medical marijuana. The bill also authorizes a county to establish, assess and collect fees from medical marijuana licensees or caregivers who, upon request and approval by the county where the person currently resides, exceed
the maximum possession limits established in law. It limits the authority granted by a county to a medical marijuana licensee or caregiver to exceed maximum possession limits to apply only within the borders of that county.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Rules Committee 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off the House Floor 90-3 on Wednesday, March 13. Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, April
1. Passed off Senate Floor 43-3 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments rejected. Conferees named. Assigned to Conference Committee on Rules.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2612 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney)
</b>It creates the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority within the State Department of Health to address issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma including, but not limited to, the issuance of patient licenses, medical marijuana business
licenses and occupational licenses, and the dispensing, cultivating, processing, testing, transporting, storage, research, and the use of and sale of medical marijuana.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed with a committee substitute House Rules Committee 6-0 on Thursday, February 21. Passed off House Floor 93-5 on Thursday, February 28. Passed Senate Rules Committee 10-0 on Tuesday,
March 5. Sent to Governor Stitt. Signed By Governor Stitt on Thursday, March 14.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2614 (Representative Jon Echols and Senator Greg McCortney)
</b>Clarifies the penalty provision contained in State Question 788 regarding possession of up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana by a person without a medical marijuana license. It clarifies that the penalty is a citation for an amount not to exceed $400.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Rules Committee as amended by committee substitute with a vote of 8-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House floor 92-1 on Tuesday March 12. Passed Senate Health and Human
Services Committee 12-0 on Monday, April 8. Amended. Passed off the Senate Floor 36-8 on Thursday, April 25. Senate amendments rejected. Conferees named. Assigned to Conference Committee on Rules.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Oklahoma’s Promise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2669 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson)</b> Creates the nine-member State Revenue Apportionment Evaluation Commission. The bill establishes membership and meeting requirements. The bill requires the
commission to analyze the state revenue system with special emphasis on the amount of revenue which is apportioned for purposes other than expenditures from the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. The bill requires the commission to prepare a summary,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, of the revenue sources which are apportioned to destinations other than the General Revenue Fund
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 30-0 on Wednesday, February 27. Passed off the House Floor 78-20 on Thursday, March 7. Title stricken. Passed Senate Appropriations Committee
19-0 on Thursday, April 3. Title restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Tuesday, April 23. Senate amendments accepted. Passed off the House Floor 68-11 on Tuesday, April 30. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 1. Signed by Governor
Stitt on Monday, May 6. <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 24 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom and Representative Jay Steagall)
</b>Removes a firearm with an overall length of 26 inches or more from the definition of "pistols" or "handguns" in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971. Changes Definitions of “shotguns” and other weapons based on barrel length.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 7-2 on Monday, February 26. Passed off Senate Floor 37-9 on Wednesday, March 6. Passed House Judiciary Committee 15-1 on Tuesday, March 26. Passed off
the House Floor 84-9 on Tuesday, April 9. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, April 10. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, April 16.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 708 (Senator Kim David and Representative Jon Echols)</b> Allows the city council
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">or board of trustees for a city or municipality to, through a majority vote, designate personnel who have been issued a handgun license to attend an armed security guard training program or a reserve peace officer certification program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-4 on Tuesday March 12. Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Assigned to House Public
Safety Committee. Laid over on Thursday, March 28. Passed House Public Safety Committee 7-1 on Thursday, April 4. Amended. Passed off House Floor 75-21 on Wednesday, April 24. House amendments adopted. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-5 on Monday, May 6. Sent
to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, May 6. Signed by Governor Stitt on Monday, May 13.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 1214 (Representative Carl Newton and Representative Stephanie Bice)</b> Clarifies language detailing legal residency requirement for an Oklahoma handgun license.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House Judiciary Committee 17-0 on Tuesday, February 26. Passed off House Floor 92-2 on Tuesday, March 4. Title Stricken. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-2 on Monday, March
25. Title restored. Passed off the Senate Floor 40-3 on Tuesday, April 23. Senate amendments accepted. Passed off the House Floor 89-0 on Wednesday, May 15. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, May 16.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2010 (Representative Garry Mize and Senator Kim David)
</b>Allows a person to carry concealed, but not openly in any municipal zoo or park of any size that is owned, leased, operated or managed by a public trust or nonprofit entity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Judiciary Committee. Re-assigned to House Rules Committee. Passed House Rules Committee with committee substitute 7-0 on Monday, February 25. Passed off House Floor 94-0
on Wednesday, February 27. Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 10-0 on Monday, April 1. Passed off the Senate Floor 39-4 on Wednesday, April 24. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, April 25. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 30.
<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2597 (Representative Jon Echols, and Senator Kim David)
</b>Makes Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill permits a person at least 21 years of age or older, or 18 years of age but not yet 21 and a member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable
conditions, and who is otherwise not disqualified from the possession or purchase of a firearm under state or federal law and is not carrying the firearm in furtherance of a crime to carry a firearm, concealed or unconcealed, loaded or unloaded.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Assigned to House Public Safety Committee. Amended in Committee. Passed House Public Safety Committee 9-2 on Thursday, February 7. Senator Kim David added as principal Senate author and
Senator Nathan Dahm added as co-author. Amended on House Floor to allow for Higher Education campus exemptions. Passed House Floor 70-30 on Wednesday, February 13. Passed Senate Appropriations 17-4 Wednesday, February 20. Passed off the House Floor 40-6 on
Wednesday, February 27. Signed by Governor Stitt on Wednesday, February 27. <o:p>
</o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2292 (Representative Harold Wright and Senator Darcy Jech)
</b>Expands eligibility for individuals to attend law enforcement courses and training at technology center schools and higher education institutions.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update:</u></b><u> Passed House Public Safety Committee 11-0 on Thursday, February 14. Passed off the House Floor 97-0 on Wednesday, February 20. Passed Public Safety Committee 12-0 on Monday, March 25. Passed
off the Senate Floor 41-3 on Thursday, March 28. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Monday, April 1. Signed by Governor Stitt Thursday, April 4.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Teachers Retirement System</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 772 (Senator Adam Pugh and Representative Rhonda Baker)</b> Modifies and updates language related to the Teachers' Retirement System. The bill repeals language related to the minimum benefits for members who retire before
Aug. 2, 1969.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February11. Passed Senate Floor 48-0 on Monday, February 18. Passed House Banking, Financial Services, and Pensions Committee
10-0 on Wednesday, March 27. Passed off the House Floor 89-0 on Wednesday, April 24. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Thursday, April 25. Signed by Governor Stitt on Tuesday, April 30.
</u><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 844 (Senator Gary Stanislawski and Representative Sean Roberts</b>) Increases the annual maximum contribution to 18.5 percent to a retirement fund established by the board of county commissioners.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee 8-0 on Monday, February 25. Title stricken. Passed off the Senate Floor 46-0 on Wednesday March 13. Passed House County and Municipal Government
Committee 12-0 on Wednesday, April 10. Passed off the House Floor 93-0 on Wednesday, April 24. House amendments accepted. Passed off the Senate Floor 44-0 on Tuesday, May 7. Sent to Governor Stitt for consideration on Wednesday, May 8. Signed By Governor
Stitt on Tuesday, May 14. <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>House Bill 2768 <span style="color:black">(Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Dave Rader)
</span></b><span style="color:black">R</span>epeals language that creates and establishes procedures for the Oklahoma Pension Stabilization Fund.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Passed House JCAB 19-7 on Thursday, May 16. Passed Senate JCAB 16-5 on Thursday, May 16. Passed off the House Floor 72-20 on Friday, May 17.<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1042 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace)
</b>Designates distribution of funds appropriated to the University Hospitals Authority. This includes: $5 million for support of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s Diagnostic Related Grouping; $1,586,214 to support the Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s
Level 1 Trauma; $5 million to modernize research facilities at the OU Health Sciences Center Biomedical Building; $40,606,078 to be uses for duties including the University of Oklahoma Dean’s GME program; $2,595,867 for providing audiologist and speech pathologist
related services; and $510,000 for the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Filed and assigned to JCAB on Monday, March 25. Amended. Passed Senate JCAB 14-0 on Friday, May, 17. Passed House JCAB 24-0 on Friday, May 17.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Senate Bill 1043 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace)</b> Designates distribution of funds appropriated to the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. This includes: $1.5 million for Medical School certification;
$1 million for physician recruitment; and $28,927,141 for duties including the Oklahoma State University Dean’s GME program.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"> <b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Filed and assigned to JCAB on Monday, March 25. Amended. Passed Senate JCAB 14-0 on Friday, May, 17. Passed House JCAB 24-0 on Friday, May 17.
</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Senate Bill 1047 (Senator Dave Rader and Representative Kevin Wallace)
</span></b><span style="color:black">R</span>equires the Oklahoma Lottery Commission to submit a written report of its findings and any recommendations regarding the impact of removing the requirement that net proceeds equal at least 35 percent of the gross
proceeds. It removes provisions related to the disposition of net proceeds. It repeals language related to the Oklahoma Lottery Trust Fund.<b><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="color:black">Update:
</span></u></b><u><span style="color:black">Passed House JCAB 20-4 on Thursday, May 16. Passed Senate JCAB 21-0 on Thursday, May 16. Passed off Senate Floor 43-0 on Friday, May 17.
<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Senate Bill 1049 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace)
</span></b><span style="color:black">Cleans up language in the Acts defining the powers of the University Hospital Authority and University Hospital Trusts. Defines terms, standards and clarifies authorities and powers.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="color:black">Update</span></u></b><u><span style="color:black">: Filed and assigned to JCAB on Thursday, April 4.
</span>Amended. Passed Senate JCAB 14-0 on Friday May, 17. Passed House JCAB 24-0 on Friday, May 17.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Senate Bill 1050 (Senator Roger Thompson and Representative Kevin Wallace)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Appropriations; making an appropriation to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><u>Update</u></b><u>: Filed and assigned to JCAB on Monday, April 8.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">House Bill 2765 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Dave Rader)
</span></b><span style="color:black">FY2020 General Appropriations bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="color:black">Update:
</span></u></b><u><span style="color:black">Passed House JCAB 20-7 on Thursday, May 16. Passed Senate JCAB 17-4 on Thursday, May 16. Passed off House Floor 76-23 on Friday, May 17.
<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">House Bill 2771 (Representative Kevin Wallace and Senator Roger Thompson)
</span></b><span style="color:black">State employee pay raise </span>provides for a $1,500 annual increase for those with an annual gross salary of $40,000 or less; a $1,250 annual increase for those with an annual gross salary more than $40,000 but less than
$50,000; an $800 annual increase for those with an annual gross salary more than $50,000 but less than $60,000; and a $600 annual increase for those with a gross annual salary of $60,000 or more.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="color:black">Update:
</span></u></b><u><span style="color:black">Passed House JCAB 26-0 on Friday, May 17. Assigned to Senate JCAB.</span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Chancellor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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