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 […]
2017 Senate Session Update – Week 6
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 […]
Senate Session Update – week 5
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 […]
Senate Session Update – Week 4
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 […]
Senate Session Update – Week 3
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 […]
Senate Session Update – Week 2
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 […]
Week One – 56th Legislative Session
Oklahoma’s Constitution establishes the first day of the Legislative session as the first Monday in February and mandates all work, including writing and passing a balanced budget, must be concluded no later than 5 p.m. on the last Friday in May. Between the House and the Senate, more than 2000 pieces of legislation were filed […]
Sen. Standridge awaiting governor’s signature on key finance reform
State Sen. Rob Standridge said he is hopeful the governor will soon sign a measure aimed at helping the state better weather economic downturns in the future. Standridge is co-author of Senate Bill 1030, which won final passage in the Senate on a 45-0 vote and was sent to Gov. Mary Fallin’s desk for consideration. […]
From the desk of Sen. Rob Standridge – Week 14
May 6, 2016 From the desk of Sen. Rob Standridge Under Oklahoma’s constitution, the Legislature must complete its work by no later than 5 p.m. on the last Friday in May. That means we have three weeks left to complete all action on measures dealing with state laws, proposed state questions and pass a […]
2016 Senate Summation – week 8
March 21-23 EDUCATION AND CORRECTIONS SUPPLEMENTAL The governor this week signed into law the legislation providing supplemental funding for common education and corrections The Senate quickly acted on the supplemental request after an agreement was reached with the House and governor’s office $51 million for EDU and $27.5 million for CORRECTIONS Supplemental funds helps the […]