Week In Review

Lawmakers continued to work on conference committee reports and the remaining pieces of Oklahoma's $5.2 billion state budget. House and Senate leaders also continued discussions on final appropriations, trying to reach agreement on where uncommitted state resources would be allocated. Two weeks remain in the 2000 session. It adjourns on Friday, May 26.

Monday, May 8

Lawmakers continued to work on conference committee reports and the remaining pieces of Oklahoma's $5.2 billion state budget. With just three weeks remaining in the 2000 legislative session, approximately 550 bills and resolutions await action in joint conference committee. The session adjourns on Friday, May 26.

Monday, May 1

Lawmakers worked a long week to beat one of their last procedural deadlines. Legislators had until April 27th to reject amendments and request conference committee deliberations on bills and resolutions. In the coming days and weeks, the focus will shift to appropriations as legislators try to put the finishing touches on Oklahoma's $5.2 billion state budget. Only four weeks remain in the 2000 legislative session. It adjourns on Friday, May 26.

Monday, April 24

Most of the action continued to take place on the House and Senate floors as lawmakers worked to beat their next procedural deadline. Legislators have until April 20th to pass all legislation out of the opposite house of origin. The 2000 legislative session adjourns on Friday, May 26.

Monday, April 10

Most of the action took place on the House and Senate floors as lawmakers worked to beat their next procedural deadline. Legislators have until April 20th to pass all legislation out of the opposite house of origin. The 2000 legislative session is a little more than half over. It adjourns on Friday, May 26.

Monday, April 3

The focus remained on House and Senate committees as legislators worked to beat their next procedural deadline. Lawmakers had until Thursday, March 30 to pass all bills from the opposite house out of their respective committee. The next legislative deadline is April 20th when all legislation must be passed out of the opposite house of origin.

Monday, March 27