Week In Review

Monday, February 21

• The Senate approved the following legislation on Monday:

-SB 435 by Sen. Brian Bingman, restructures the State Board of Edcuation.

-SCR 5 by Sen. Clark Jolley, celebrates the life and accomplishments of Pastor Richard Alan Day.

• Senate committees approved the following measures on Monday:

-SB 874 by Sen. Anthony Sykes, requires state agencies to submit a request for proposal in order to retain a lawyer or law firm where the fees and expenses for the service will exceed or are expected to exceed $5,000.

Monday, February 14

• With attention still focused on committee activity, the Senate approved one resolution on Monday.

-SCR 4 by Sen. Brian Bingman, establishes joint rules for the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature.

• Senate committees approved the following measures on Monday:

Monday, February 7

• With attention focused on committee activity, the Senate approved two resolutions on Monday.

-SR 1 by Sen. Bryce Marlatt, congratulates Louisiana State University Tiger Patrick Peterson on his selection as the 2010 Jim Thorpe Award recipient.

-SR 2 by Sen. Cliff Branan, designates February 6 through February 12, as “Ronald Reagan Week” in Oklahoma.

• Several measures were approved by Senate committees Monday.

Monday, May 24

• The Senate met Monday, approving the following measures:

-SB 673 by Sen. Patrick Anderson, adds the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to the definition of health care facility in the Affordable Access to Health Care Act.

-SB 828 by Sen. Bryce Marlatt, requires contracts for the acquisition of any land rights relating to sitting, construction and operation of wind power generation facilities to include provisions for decommissioning sites and remediating the land.

Monday, May 17

• The Senate met Monday, approving the following measures:

-SB 1071 by Sen. Glenn Coffee, makes additions to the definition of “final average salary” as it relates to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.

-SB 1962 by Sen. Clark Jolley, reduces from three to one the number of copies of the municipal code that must be kept of the office of the municipal clerk for public use, inspection and examination.

Monday, May 10

• • The Senate met Monday, approving the following measures:

-SB 1668 by Sen. David Myers, modifies the definition of “project” under the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Act.

-SB 1326 by Sen. David Myers, recreates the Oklahoma Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Task Force.

-SB 1332 by Sen. David Myers, authorizes the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to establish a master lease program to refinance or restructure outstanding equipment lease obligations.