Week In Review

• The Senate returned this week for the last of three consecutive weeks focusing on floor activity, with Thursday, April 27, marking the deadline for consideration of measures originating in the opposite house. Measures approved on the Senate floor Monday include the following:

HJR 1057 by Sen. Clark Jolley, would propose a constitutional amendment to provide that public use under eminent domain statutes does not include increases in tax revenues, employment, tax base or general economic health.

• The Senate returned this week for the second of three consecutive weeks focusing on floor activity. The deadline for third reading of bills in the opposite house is April 27. Measures approved on the Senate floor Monday include the following:

HB 3085 by Sen. Johnnie Crutchfield, would require public disclosure of motor vehicle VIN numbers and salvage information about vehicles being sold for insurance companies.

• The Senate returned this week for the first of three consecutive weeks focusing on floor activity. The deadline for third reading of bills in the opposite house is April 27. Measures approved on the Senate floor Monday include the following:

HB 2473 by Sen. Glenn Coffee, would target internet “phishing” make it illegal to send e-mails that falsely represent that they are being sent from a legitimate business with the intent of engaging in fraudulent information gathering.

• Approaching the April 6 deadline for hearing bills from the opposite chamber, the Senate continued to focus on committee work. Measures approved on the Senate floor Monday include the following:

HB 2396 by Sen. Clark Jolley, would prohibit public utilities from distributing the social security numbers of their customers. Current law requires public utilities to release the information upon request.

HB 2159 by Sen. Kenneth Corn, would remove the exemption date for tax credits imposed by the Oklahoma Coal Protection Incentive Act.