OKLAHOMA CITY — Legislation designed to protect Oklahomans’ pocketbooks and access to their local pharmacies and ensure fair, transparent reimbursement standards advanced this week with strong bipartisan support, passing committee on a 10–0 vote.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, has won unanimous passage in the Senate Education Committee for Senate Bill 1432, repealing the sunset date on the innovative pathways to teaching program, making the program permanent and no longer subject to regular legislative reauthorization.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Bill 1428, creating a new office in the State Department of Health to help Oklahomans more easily access information and services for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, has been approved by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Sen.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate voted unanimously in favor of Senate Bill 2159 to name wheat the official crop of the State of Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, has advanced legislation to protect four rivers in southeast Oklahoma from developments that could harm the pristine waterways.

The Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee recently approved Senate Bill 2157, which would designate the Glover, Kiamichi, Little and Mountain Fork rivers as “scenic” waterways. The legislation also proposes creating the Southeast Scenic Rivers Commission to manage these rivers.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 1582 by Senator Brian Guthrie, R-Bixby, to strengthen Oklahoma’s ban on foreign land ownership by closing loopholes left in prior law.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Christi Gillespie, R-Broken Arrow, advanced legislation on Tuesday to make court cases and judicial proceedings more transparent.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, today joined Senate GOP leaders in unveiling an education funding plan that includes $2,500 across-the-board pay raises for all Oklahoma teachers.

As vice chair of the Senate Education Committee, Seifried joined Senate leaders in announcing the Senate’s plan to invest an additional $254 million in education in the upcoming fiscal year.

OKLAHOMA CITY–The Senate Education Committee today approved Senate Bill 1790, titled the Protected Learning Environments Act.