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 […]