March 16, 2017 Week No. 6 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 March 23 deadline for Senate bills to advance to House VETERANS The Oklahoma Senate this week passed measures relating to our veterans and military families. The Oklahoma Senate – like…
Week No. 5 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 March 23 deadline for Senate bills to advance to House WIND The Senate Pro Tem and House Speaker are the authors of two significant reform bills dealing with the wind industry SB 593 fixes problems…
March 2, 2017 Week No. 4 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total acted upon by full Senate: 36 Total remaining for March 23 deadline: 376 measures REAL ID This is an issue the vast majority of Oklahomans wanted us to solve quickly It’s…
February 23, 2017 Week No. 3 of 56th Legislature Senate Bills introduced in 2017: 831 SJRS introduced in 2017: 46 Budget Shortfall/Revenue Failure • It’s not surprising the budget shortfall increased – Oklahoma’s economy continues to suffer from the effects of huge slumps in the oil/gas industry and the agriculture sector o Fortunately those two…
February 16, 2017 Week No. 2 of 56th Legislature Senate Bills introduced in 2017: 831 SJRS introduced in 2017: 46 TEACHER PAY RAISES Oklahoma Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education passed 6 teacher pay raise bills o The slate of bills offer a variety of options in implementing a pay raise We respect teachers…