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 […]
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 […]
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 […]