Senate Session Update ~ week 13

Week No. 13 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 Total House bills & HJRs reported to Senate: 320 Total House bills reported to the full Senate: 245 Total House bills reported out of the Senate: 232 BUDGET […]

Senate Session Update ~ week 12

Week No. 12 of 56th Legislature Total Senate Bills and SJRs introduced in 2017: 877 Total reported from committees: 412 Total reported out of the Senate: 347 Total House bills & HJRs reported to Senate: 320 Total House bills reported to the full Senate: 245 Total House bills reported out of the Senate: 232 BUDGET […]

Senate Session update ~ week 11

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 […]

Minimal Savings for 4 day school weeks

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 […]

Senate Session update ~ week 10

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 […]

Senate session update ~ week 9

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 […]

Senate Session Update ~ week 8

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 […]

Senate Session Update ~ week 7

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 […]