Week No. 11 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 BUDGET The Senate continues work on the FY18 budget o Senate Republicans are meeting regularly to discuss different aspects of the budget o Senate Appropriators are looking…
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Study: Minimal cost savings for 4-day school weeks, increases for majority of districts OKLAHOMA CITY (April 13, 2017) – A recent study by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) casts doubt on the assumption that switching to a four-day school week…
Week No. 10 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 House Bills and HJRs on Senate General Order (as of 4/13/17): 208 WIND TAX CREDITS The zero-emissions tax credit did what it was supposed to do—help the…
Week No. 9 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 BUDGET Despite any criticism you may hear, the Senate is hard at work on the FY18 budget o The budget process is practically year round in the…
Week No. 8 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 WIND TAX CREDITS The Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved HB 2298 (McCall and Schulz) which implements an earlier sunset date of the zero-emissions tax credit o…
Week No. 7 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 EDUCATION Education is a key part of the Senate Republicans’ legislative agenda, and this week we passed several measures dealing with teacher pay, teacher recruitment, and reducing…
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…