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Week In Review

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Monday, April 14

• The Senate met Monday and approved the following legislation:

-HB 1959 by Rep. Ron Peterson, authorizes CompSource Oklahoma to contract with companies to insure employers operating in Oklahoma and their employees who may work outside the state.

-HB 1622 by Rep. David Derby, expands the crime of unlawful use of a credit or debit card to include purchases on the internet.

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Monday, April 7

• The Senate met Monday and approved the following legislation:

-HB 2533 by Rep. Mark McCullough, expands the Oklahoma State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision to include the executive director of the District Attorneys Council, the executive director of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System and the Administrative Director of the Court.

-HB 2958 by Rep. Sue Tibbs, prohibits age from being a reason for denying an individual who meets the minimum required age for the placement of a child.

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Monday, March 31

• The Senate met Monday and approved the following legislation:

-SB 706 by Sen. Brian Bingman, modifies language related to mining permits, stating that a municipality is not required to reconsider requests denied on the same site unless the municipality determines there has been a material change in the application.


• Senate committees approved the following measures on Monday:

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Monday, March 24

• The Senate met Monday and approved the following resolutions:

-SR 54 by Sen. Mike Mazzei, urges the government of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights without compromise.

-SR 58 by Sen. Glenn Coffee, expresses support for Makenna Smith as Miss Oklahoma 2007.

-SCR 62 by Sen. Don Barrington, honors the sacrifices of Tim Cole of the District 5 Drug Task Force and Dennis Garza of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control and the services of Jerry Walls and Chad Johnson of OBN.

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Monday, March 17

• The Senate met Monday and approved the following resolutions:

-SCR 59 by Sen. Sean Burrage, commends the life and career of the late Sen. Gideon Graham and praises his lifelong dedication and devotion to conserving wildlife.

-SCR 55 by Sen. Kenneth Corn, praises the life and career of late Latimer County Deputy Sheriff Dustin Duncan.


• Senate committees took no action on Monday


• The House convened Monday and approved the following resolution:

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Monday, March 10

• The Senate met Monday and approved the following measures:

-SB 1895 by Sen. Cliff Aldridge, provides guidelines for calculating and apportioning the amount of the Home Office Credit.

-SB 2118 by Sen. John Sparks, requires certain conduct changes to be agreed upon in writing by both insurers and health care providers and requires the Insurance Commissioner to enforce regulations.

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