Week In Review

Monday, March 28

• The Senate approved no legislation on Monday.

• Senate committees approved the following measures on Monday:

-HB 1593 by Rep. Steve Martin, repeals the Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act.

-HB 1888 by Rep. Pam Peterson, creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

-HB 1380 by Rep. Corey Holland, removes language regarding career teacher pretermination hearings.

• The Senate approved the following measures on Monday:

-HB 2169 by Rep. Scott Martin, increases from $263,139,950 to $278,139,950 the amount the Oklahoma Health Care Authority is authorized to transfer from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Fund to the CMIA Programs Disbursing Fund.

• Senate committees approved the following measures on Monday:

• The Senate approved the following measures on Monday:

-SB 622 by Sen. Cliff Aldridge, proposes a constitutional amendment modifying language addressing term limits of statewide elected officials.

-SB 346 by Sen. Clark Jolley, states legislative intent that each district school board’s policies facilitate that each student’s academic progression be determined, in part, by reading proficiency and that each student and their parents be informed of the student’s academic progress.

Monday, March 7

• The Senate approved the following measures on Monday:

-SB 970 by Sens. Clark Jolley and David Myers, increases from $1,250,000 to $5,250,000 the amount DOC is authorized to expend from the Industries Revolving Fund.

-SB 671 by Sen. Clark Jolley, abolishes the Board of Medicolegal Investigations and creates the Board of State Pathology.