147 Bills On Report
HB1009
Paraphrase: HB1009, by Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, increases the maximum gross income to qualify for the additional $1,000 homestead exemption to $25,000 from $20,000. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 01/01/2022 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/14/2021
HB1026
Paraphrase: HB1026, by Rep. Rande Worthen, R-Lawton and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, allows CLEET to establish and certify additional law enforcement and criminal justice programs at state-supported technology center schools in the State of Oklahoma operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education for teaching students between 16 and nineteen 19 years of age. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
HB1036
Paraphrase: HB1036, by Rep. Judd Strom, R-Copan and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, removes the requirement that political subdivisions be subject to Competitive Bidding Act or a similar competitive bidding procedure in order for boards of county commissioners to be permitted sell any materials, tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
HB1046
Paraphrase: HB1046, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, requires a copy or a hyperlink to a copy of the most recent audit of the financial statements of a school district be posted on the school district website for public inspection. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
HB1059
Paraphrase: HB1059, by Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow and Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, removes language the prohibits any student enrolled in a commercial driver training school from taking a skills examination for a Class A, B or C license upon request with a Department of Public Safety examiner regardless of whether the person has completed the course, is still enrolled in the course to be completed or has voluntarily withdrawn from the course. It removes language that prohibits a motor license agent from processing an application for a Class A, B or C commercial license. It permits a motor license agent to process the voluntary downgrade of a REAL ID Compliant Commercial Driver License to any lower class license upon request of the licensee, provided no additional endorsements or restrictions are placed on the license. It removes language that prohibits a motor license agent from performing document recognition and other requirements needed for approval of an application for a Class A, B or C commercial license. The bill permits a driver's licensee whose record reflects a notation of the person's proof of legal presence, verified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or proof of U.S. citizenship, to obtain a REAL ID Compliant Identification Card or a Noncompliant Identification Card from a motor license agent or the Department of Public Safety, regardless of the status of the license held by the licensee. It requires the licensee comply with all REAL ID documentation requirements to obtain a REAL ID Compliant Identification Card. It prohibits a person from applying for or possessing more than one state-issued or territory-issued REAL ID Compliant Identification Card. It removes the up to $25 fee a designated examiner may charge for each Class D driving skills examination given. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 04/19/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
HB1062
Paraphrase: HB1062, by Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow and Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, requires, for purposes of the provisions Article X, Section 8E and Section 8F of the Oklahoma Constitution, if a disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran occupies improvements affixed to the real property and record title to the real property is held by a city or town or an entity formed pursuant to the charter provisions or ordinances of a city or town or formed under other provisions of law for the benefit of a city or town, the improvements be considered to be the homestead of the disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such disabled veteran for all purposes related to the homestead exemption authorized by the provisions of the Ad Valorem Tax Code and the homestead exemption not be denied on the basis that title to such affixed improvements is held by a different person or entity than the entity which holds title to the real property consisting of the land to which such improvements are affixed. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 01/01/2022 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/13/2021
HB1090
Paraphrase: HB1090, by Rep. Gerrid Kendrix, R-Altus and Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus, allows the State Auditor and Inspector General to perform audits and inspections of government entities without authorization from the governor, the chief executive officer of a government entity or a joint or concurrent resolution of the Legislature. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1103
Paraphrase: HB1103, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso and Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, directs the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the State Education Department create a set of guidelines and provide directions to schools in order to survey every public and private school student in grades 6,8,10 and 12 with the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment Survey every other year beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/14/2021
HB1104
Paraphrase: HB1104, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, requires information on a student's tribal affiliation be included in student data collected for the state.
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
HB1121
Paraphrase: HB1121, by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, requires a community submit an economic impact study in order to qualify for the Oklahoma Quality Events Incentive Act and changes some of the timeframes within which information must be provided to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 04/19/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
HB1124
Paraphrase: HB1124, by Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds and Sen. James Leewright, R-Bristow, creates the State Broadband Deployment Grant Program to direct competitive grants to applicants seeking to expand broadband internet services and directs the Corporation Commission to create the Rural Broadband Expansion Council to promulgate rules and procedures for the program. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1150
Paraphrase: HB1150, by Rep. Mike Osburn, R-Edmond and Sen. Cody Rogers, R-Tulsa, authorizes the Construction Industries Board to implement the provisions of The Plumbing License Law of 1955, including, but not limited to, defining categories and limitations for such licenses. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1152
Paraphrase: HB1152, by Rep. Mike Osburn, R-Edmond and Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, removes the requirement for certified shorthand reporters to possess a minimum level of court reporting proficiency verified through a court reporting school official.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
HB1568
Paraphrase: HB1568, by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa and Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, creates Maria's Law. It requires that the State Board of Education mandate all schools, as part of any health education curriculum, to include instruction in mental health, with an emphasis on the interrelation of physical and mental well-being, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. It requires the Board to collaborate with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to adopt standards and approve age-appropriate curriculum options for students in grades kindergarten through twelve. It requires the standards and curriculum lists to be available on the website of the State Department of Education. The bill authorizes local school districts to enter into agreements with nonprofit entities and other community partners to assist with or to provide mental health education to students if the nonprofits and community partners are approved by the State Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. It requires the board to promulgate necessary rules. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/14/2021
HB1569
Paraphrase: HB1569, by Rep. Jacob Rosecrants, D-Norman and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, creates the Oklahoma Play to Learn Act. It allows for instruction in early childhood education to foster certain development and learning. It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules, subject to approval by the Legislature, establishing guidelines for professional development programs for early childhood educators and administrators. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1593
Paraphrase: HB1593, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, requires a local district board of education to mandate a program for seventh-grade through twelfth-grade teachers emphasizing the importance of incorporating workplace safety training into the curriculum. It requires the program to be completed the first year a certified teacher is employed by a school district, and then once every third academic year. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1598
Paraphrase: HB1598, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, authorizes the State Department of Education to maintain a statewide registry of vision screeners approved by the State Department of Health that schools may use to test students' vision. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Veto Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1630
Paraphrase: HB1630, by Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, modifies the background check procedure for the purchase of firearms.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1715
Paraphrase: HB1715, by Rep. Brian Hill, R-Mustang and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, repeals language related to reading ability required for a driver license or permit. It also repeals language that requires the Department of Public Safety to deny a driver license application based on lack of school attendance. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1773
Paraphrase: HB1773, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle and Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, requires teacher candidates for the competency-based teacher preparation system provided for in the Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Act in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education to study the philosophy, overarching framework, components, and implementation of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) designed to address the core academic and nonacademic needs of all students. It requires the program to provide for training that utilizes evidence-based assessment, intervention, and data-based decision-making procedures within a tiered system of support to identify students at risk for negative academic or nonacademic outcomes. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/23/2021
HB1775
Paraphrase: HB1775, by Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore and Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, prohibits any institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from requiring any enrolled student to engage in any form of mandatory gender or sexual diversity training or counseling. It provides that voluntary counseling is not prohibited. It prohibits any orientation or requirement that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or a bias on the basis of race or sex. It prohibits any teacher, administrator or other employee of a school district from requiring or incorporating course material asserting that one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex, an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently oppressive, an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex, members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex, an individual's moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex, an individual bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex, meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or that any individual should feel distressed on account of his or her race or sex. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1789
Paraphrase: HB1789, by Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton and Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus, allows local government units authorized by state law to create a purchasing cooperative to contract with a purchasing cooperative to provide leverage in achieving best value or the best terms of contracts and requires such a purchasing cooperative provide public notice through a state or nationally distributed newspaper to serve as the sole public notice. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1796
Paraphrase: HB1796, by Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, allows the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Education Quality and Accountability to grant subject area examination exceptions for initial certification in a field that does not require an advanced degree if the candidate already has an advanced degree in the subject essentially comparable to the content assessed in the examination. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1801
Paraphrase: HB1801, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, renames the Riley Boatwright Act to Riley's Rule. It requires the development of an Emergency Action Plan by each school district board of education. It requires the Emergency Action Plan to be reviewed, updated and rehearsed annually prior to the start of season practices, with school officials and local emergency medical services providers, placed on file with the school district and the emergency medical services provider and included as part of the school's accreditation file. It requires that prior to each athletic event or activity where there are athletes participating from visiting schools, the Emergency Action Plan must be reviewed in a medical time out, including, but not limited to, reviewing the procedures for school officials, game officials and medical personnel present at the event. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/15/2021
HB1815
Paraphrase: HB1815, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Sen. Kimberly David, R-Porter, requires the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to, no later than December 1, 2021, issue a report and recommendations to the Legislature regarding the ability and appropriateness of natural gas utilities to procure, transport and deliver renewable natural gas to customers. It requires the report to address a recommendation for the state's renewable fuel standard or goal to more proactively promote biogas, renewable natural gas and hydrogen as solutions for reducing methane emissions and other environmental problems. It requires the report to discuss the methods for recovery of associated costs from ratepayers, such as transport infrastructure and commodity costs. It requires the report to address the production of educational materials to provide Oklahoma residents with information regarding renewable natural gas and its positive environmental impacts and benefits. It requires the report to discuss future reporting requirements for all producers so the Commission can report progress annually to the Legislature. The bill requires the report to be due to the Legislature no later than December 1, 2021.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1821
Paraphrase: HB1821, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, modifies the process by which state tuition and grants are awarded under the Oklahoma Higher Education Tuition Aid Act.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1849
Paraphrase: HB1849, by Rep. Andy Fugate, D-Oklahoma CIty and Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, modifies the sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property made by or to nonprofit parent-teacher associations or organizations by removing the requirement that they be exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code and requiring that they be sanctioned by a state school district. It also exempts from sales tax sales of tangible personal property made by or to school support organizations. It defines the term "school support organization" to mean a nonprofit organization sanctioned by any school district of the state to collect funds in support of a school or an organization, club or activity of a school in the sanctioning school district. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1875
Paraphrase: HB1875, by Rep. Tammy West, R-Bethany and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, permits each educational institution to choose to designate specific information which will be classified as directory information for students attending the educational institution. It defines the term "directory" by reference to the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. It prohibits all educational agencies or institutions which are not the primary custodians of student directory information of students attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to access the information for educational purposes from releasing or selling any or all student directory information unless disclosure is authorized by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and provisions of state statute. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/13/2021
HB1876
Paraphrase: HB1876, by Rep. Tammy West, R-Bethany and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, requires that the home addresses, home telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, private email addresses, and private mobile phone numbers of current and former public employees not be open to public inspection or disclosure. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/13/2021
HB1882
Paraphrase: HB1882, by Rep. Marilyn Stark, R-Bethany and Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, creates, until Dec. 31, 2022, the 19-member Out-of-Schooltime Task Force to identify, evaluate and recommend a set of best practices for children, youth and families which will improve and increase the number of quality, affordable out-of-school programs in the state. The bill establishes membership and meeting requirements. The bill requires the task force issue a report of its findings to the Governor, Senate President Pro Tempore and House Speaker no later than Dec. 1, 2022. (Amended by House, Stricken Title)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB1962
Paraphrase: HB1962, by Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, changes the definition of qualified higher education expenses to only follow the Internal Revenue Code.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1963
Paraphrase: HB1963, by Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, creates a process for the Governor to appoint a member or members of a local school board if there is a loss of the majority of members of a board of education of a school district or technology center school district as long as the appointment shall be consistent with the remaining requirements for a board member.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1967
Paraphrase: HB1967, by Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, requires a school bus driver to report violations related to driving around stopped school busses on or before the next day school is in session following the alleged offense. (Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Pending Status Date: 04/19/2021
HB1968
Paraphrase: HB1968, by Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, removes additional requirements for school boards to include specific information in their gifted child educational programs. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB1990
Paraphrase: HB1990, by Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, permits, beginning calendar year 2022 and all subsequent years, the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund to be used to reimburse qualified counties for lost revenue due to exemptions granted to veterans and their surviving spouses pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution. The bill provides a county is qualified for reimbursement if the number of exemptions granted to veterans and surviving spouses for the most recently concluded calendar year exceeds 0.8 percent of the total county population according to the latest Federal Decennial Census or most recent annual population estimate. It provides the reimbursement will amount to25 percent of the loss of revenue claimed by the qualified county. It establishes a procedure to apply for reimbursement. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/15/2021
HB2030
Paraphrase: HB2030, by Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, requires the study of the United States Constitution beginning the 2022-2023 school year. It requires the United States History assessment to include the United States naturalization test and prohibits eligibility for graduation unless the students pass the test. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2049
Paraphrase: HB2049, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka and Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer, increases the dollar amount from $50,000 to $100,000 of contracts that require notices calling for bids when it is determined to let the work of a master conservancy district.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2078
Paraphrase: HB2078, by Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew and Sen. Zack Taylor, R-Seminole, modifies and revises the calculation of the State Aid school funding formula. It adjusts the years of data to be used in calculating the average daily membership. The bill modifies the July calculation of per pupil revenue. It revises the calculation for Foundation Aid and alters the calculation for Salary Incentive Aid. It increases percentages of allowable general fund carryover. It prohibits assessments of carryover penalty in fiscal years specified therein. It adjusts weighted calculations for weighted average daily membership. It revises July and December calculations for projected per pupil revenue. (Amended by House, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 01/01/2022 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 03/31/2021
HB2178
Paraphrase: HB2178, by Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, provides a tax deduction beginning after Dec. 30, 2020, for contributions to accounts established pursuant to the Achieving a Better Life Experience Program not exceeding $10,000 for an individual taxpayer and $20,000 for taxpayers filing a joint return, the deduction carried over for up to 5 years. (Amended by House, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2180
Paraphrase: HB2180, by Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada and Sen. Greg McCortney, R-Ada, requires state agencies to, upon the request of the employee, make payroll deductions for the payment of any insurance premiums due a private insurance organization or service company; the organization or company is no longer required to be regulated by the State Insurance Commissioner and have a minimum participation of 500 state employees for legal services. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2183
Paraphrase: HB2183, by Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada and Sen. Robert Standridge, R-Norman, requires the Department of Public Safety to approve at least one public transit agency that has or maintains a program instructing students for a Class A, B or C license to hire or employ third-party examiners and makes it permissible for any public transit agency operating in the state to utilize the third-party examiners hired or employed by a public transit agency approved by the department. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2223
Paraphrase: HB2223, by Rep. Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, requires the State Department of Education to maintain a dyslexia handbook. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2293
Paraphrase: HB2293, by Rep. Dustin Roberts, R-Durant and Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, excludes compensation paid to teachers as it relates to matching contributions from employer retirement contribution calculations when the sole source of the compensation was paid in whole by federal funds or an externally sponsored agreement, such as a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, and received by a teacher for teaching during a summer school program that is outside the scope of the teacher's normal employment. It also provides the teacher will not receive service credit for teaching during such a summer school program. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2297
Paraphrase: HB2297, by Rep. Dustin Roberts, R-Durant and Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, defines "fixed wireless broadband Internet service provider" as it relates to the Ad Valorem Tax Code. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/20/2021
HB2329
Paraphrase: HB2329, by Rep. Mark Lawson, R-Sapulpa and Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer, allows the State Board of Education to grant an exception to the requirements for all certification examinations for teacher candidates who are deaf. It allows the Board to promulgate rules and other requirements as necessary to grant the exceptions. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2396
Paraphrase: HB2396, by Rep. Todd Russ, R-Cordell and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, allows each institute of higher education in Oklahoma to adopt a policy regarding sex trafficking and exploitation prevention and education programs for higher education students. It allows the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education a series of in-depth prevention and education programs to all freshman students enrolled. It establishes requirements for such programs. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2462
Paraphrase: HB2462, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber and Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus, authorizes the State Department of Education to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of food, lodging and other authorized expenses as may be necessary to host, conduct, sponsor or participate in conferences, meetings or training sessions. It permits the department to establish accounts as necessary for the collection and distribution of funds, including funds of sponsors and registration fees, related to such conferences, meetings and training sessions. It permits any expenses incurred be paid directly to the contracting agency or business establishment. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/23/2021
HB2465
Paraphrase: HB2465, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber and Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, permits an approved written examination proctor to administer the written portion of the driver's exam. The bill requires the Department of Public Safety establish procedures to ensure every applicant for an original Class A, B, C or D license and for any endorsements thereon, is examined by the department or an approved written examination proctor. The bill authorizes the department to approve and enter into agreements with local school districts, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or institutions of higher education to act as approved written examination proctors with regard to any written examination. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2564
Paraphrase: HB2564, by Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, modifies language related to election recounts. It permits recounts by electronic voting device. It modifies the cost of recounts and adds costs for recounts by electronic voting device. It permits recounts of statewide Recounts of issue or question elections when requested by the Governor or Attorney General to request a recount of any state question election. It establishes procedures to request a recount. It requires the State Election Board Secretary, subject to available funding to order an automatic recount of a state question if the margin of votes required for approval is 0.5 percent or less of the total number of votes cast for and against a state question involving a statutory issue or question and the margin of votes required for approval is 1.0 percent or less of the total number of votes cast for and against a state question involving a constitutional issue or question. It defines the term "available funding to mean a balance of $250,000 or more in the State Question Recount Revolving Fund as of the date of the election. The bill creates the fund, which will consist of monies appropriated by the Legislature, and caps its balance at $500,000. It requires the State Election Board Secretary to determine the dates and times each county election board will begin a state question recount, and it requires the recount be concluded no later than 45 days after the date of the election. It permits the State Election Board Secretary to prescribe necessary rules and procedures. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2568
Paraphrase: HB2568, by Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid and Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, permits a lottery for savings promotion raffle accounts or programs. The bill defines the term "savings promotion raffle."
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/23/2021
HB2644
Paraphrase: HB2644, by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City and Sen. Kimberly David, R-Porter, allows a public body to hold meetings by teleconference until March 31, 2024. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: S Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2645
Paraphrase: HB2645, by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City and Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, makes it unlawful to carry a firearm by including any property set aside by a county, city, town, public trust with a county, city or town as a beneficiary, or state governmental authority for an event that is secured with minimum-security provisions. It defines minimum-security provisions. It clarifies that it is lawful for a person to carry a firearm on public streets, plazas, sidewalks and alleys. It provides that a person may carry concealed only on any public property set aside temporarily by a county, city, town, public trust with a county, city or town as a beneficiary, or state governmental authority for the holder of an event permit that is without minimum-security provisions. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: S Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2691
Paraphrase: HB2691, by Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin and Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, requires the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to issue a report to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Governor detailing factors in the public education system of the state that contribute to improvements in the: common education system, including, but not limited to, high school graduation rates and college and career assessment scores; higher education and career and technology education systems, including, but not limited to, timely graduation rates and reduced remediation rates; and state workforce, including, but not limited to, career readiness and the ability for new graduates to find in-state employment. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2693
Paraphrase: HB2693, by Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, directs the State Department of Education in coordination with the Office of Education Quality and Accountability to establish a micro-credential program for teacher candidates or teachers who hold a certificate to earn a micro-credential in civics through a working group. The bill directs the agencies to adopt requirements for the micro-credential by July 1, 2022 and made available to teachers and teacher candidates by the 2022-23 school year. The bill provides these micro-credentialed teachers a one-time salary supplement of $3,000 subject to available funding. The bill directs SDE to develop professional development programs designed to help teachers provide instruction in civics with emphasis in certain areas. The bill removes toe end-of-year assessment on United States History. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2748
Paraphrase: HB2748, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, requires the State Board of Education to issue one-year alternative teacher certificates renewable for up to 3 years to teach early childhood education or elementary education if the alternative certified teacher meets certain qualifications.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2749
Paraphrase: HB2749, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, requires school districts receiving more than $2,500 in relation to the Reading Sufficiency Act to spend no less than 10 percent on professional development for teachers teaching prekindergarten through grade 5 and requires the State Department of Education to approve and publish a list of professional development programs that are evidence-based and directly address the cognitive science of how students learn to read. (Stricken Title)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2750
Paraphrase: HB2750, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, states legislative intent that higher education institutions not require an Advanced Placement exam score of more than 3 for course credit. The bill allows a score of 3 or more to be required for granting additional course credit. It directs that all AP exam credit policies be posted on campus websites for the 2021-22 fall term and each academic term following. It directs higher education institutions to conduct biennial reviews of their AP credit policies. It also directs noncompliance to be reported to the House and Senate education committee chairs by Dec. 1 each year. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2752
Paraphrase: HB2752, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, requires the State Department of Education, in coordination with the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, establish a micro-credential program for the purpose of permitting any teacher candidate or teacher who holds a certificate to teach to complete additional coursework and earn micro-credentials in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) endorsement areas including computer science. It requires the State Department of Education and the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability convene a working group to determine how any micro-credential awarded pursuant to any micro-credential will be used and for what purpose. It permits any course offered through a micro-credential program established may be offered in person, online or in a blended format of in-person and online instruction. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2775
Paraphrase: HB2775, by Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Mulhall and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, within the definition of cost ratio includes the loss in value that may be caused by physical deterioration, functional obsolesce or economic obsolescence and adding value of the land, allows the Oklahoma Tax Commission's Ad Valorem Division to provide from year-to-year schedules of values or personal property in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices and International Association of Assessing Officers requirements.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2776
Paraphrase: HB2776, by Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Mulhall and Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, creates the Protecting Revenues for Oklahoma Teachers, Educators and Students (PROTEST) Fund to provide funding to school districts affected by ad valorem tax protests. The bill requires school district boards of education to submit claims for reimbursement for review and approval by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. It caps the amount for which districts are eligible at 50 percent of the amount protested. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Senate Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/20/2021
HB2860
Paraphrase: HB2860, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Act, directs for a proxy establishment to obtain from remote workers proof of basic health benefits plans for the individuals included in an application and requires the proxy establishment to submit the information to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and ensure the that the basic health plans consist of no more than 50 percent of the premium paid by the employee, coverage for basic hospital care, physician care, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, prescription drugs and prenatal care. The bill requires the proxy establishment that facilitates the attraction of remote workers to the state which meets the qualifications specified in the act in order to receive quarterly incentive payments for a 10-quarter period with the amount of such payments equal to the net benefit rate multiplied by the actual gross payroll of new direct jobs for a calendar quarter as verified by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The bill requires, in order to receive incentive payments, that a proxy establishment have an annual gross payroll for new direct jobs projected to equal $1.5 million within 1 year of the first complete calendar quarter following the start date, a number of full-time-equivalent employees working an average 30 or more hours er week in the new direct jobs equal to o in excess of 80 percent of the total new direct jobs. The bill requires proxy establishments to apply to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce with specific information. The bill allows a proxy establishment may apply for an effective date for a project, which shall not be more than 24 months from the date the application is submitted to the department. The bill requires the department to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine the estimated net direct state benefits and the net benefit rate applicable for a 10-quarter period beginning with the first complete calendar quarter following the start date and to estimate the amount of gross payroll for a 10-quarter period beginning with the first complete calendar quarter following the start date. The bill directs the department to notify the Tax Commission of the copy of the contract and the results of the cost-benefit analysis. The bill creates the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Payment Fund and directs the Tax Commission to withhold a portion of taxes levied in the amount deposited shall equal the sum of an amount determined by multiplying the net benefit rate provided by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce by the gross payroll to the fund. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2861
Paraphrase: HB2861, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City, states the payment bonds for an at-risk construction management contracts must be furnished by the construction manager, or a trade contractor under either an agency or an at-risk construction management contract with only those having a direct contractual relationship with the party furnishing the payment bond will have a right of action on the bond.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2862
Paraphrase: HB2862, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, changes the definition of a public construction contract to mean any contract meeting specific qualifications including that it exceeds $100,000, or any construction management trade subcontracts exceeding $50,000.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2863
Paraphrase: HB2863, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, allows the Commissioners of the Land Office to sell, transfer, trade or purchase real property for other state agencies, requires no state agency sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of real property until such agency or the Office of Management Enterprise Services acting on behalf has presented to the Land Office all information on the property in order for the Land Office to provide a proposal for the acquisition or disposal of the applicable real property. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Senate Amendments - Pending Status Date: 04/19/2021
HB2870
Paraphrase: HB2870, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, allows the Commissioners of the Land Office to make payment of fees to investment consultants. The bill extends the amount of time the Land Office has to put out a competitive bids for each custodial bank to 10 years. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2871
Paraphrase: HB2871, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, removes real property under long-term lease of the state or state agencies or subdivisions from the calculation of investments in real property held by the Commission of the Land Office. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2873
Paraphrase: HB2873, by Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston and Sen. James Leewright, R-Bristow, allows a person living in Oklahoma to apply for licensing or certification if there is no conflict with any interstate compact or state-to-state reciprocity or equivalency agreement as determined by the Oklahoma regulatory entity. The bill requires the person show proof of residency or is married to and accompanying an active duty member of the military stationed in Oklahoma, they are currently licensed or certified by another state with a similar scope of work through a substantially similar examination, minimum education requirement and, if applicable, professional work experience, education training and clinical supervision requirements. The bill also requires the other state verifies the person has met these requirements and has maintained good standing for at least one year and sets a process to address any disciplinary action against the person. The bill also requires the person demonstrate verifiable proof as determined by the Oklahoma regulating entity of their work experience, education training and clinical supervision as applicable. The bill requires the regulating entity to apply all this information toward satisfying any requirements for issuance of the requested license or certification in Oklahoma. The bill requires the person pay all applicable fees not exceeding the cost of current in-state licensure fee. The bill requires someone issued a license or certification under this act to be subject to the same rules and laws regulating a person's practice and license or certification as others subject to the same regulating entity's jurisdiction. The bill sets requirements for proving residency. The bill requires all state occupational and professional licenses be reviewed at least once every four years to see if there is a compelling public interest that needs to be protected and if the least restrictive means that would sufficiently protect the public are being used and if the state is actively supervising the regulating entity's actions. The bill also requires regulating entities report information about those seeking licensure or accreditation through this act to the Oklahoma Department of Labor that the department will then compile into an annual report to be reviewed by the Oklahoma Occupational Licensing Advisory Commission.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/21/2021
HB2932
Paraphrase: HB2932, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka, Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa, and Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, states legislative findings related to the federal CARES Act funds. It prohibits, unless expressly authorized by the Legislature, any agency, board, commission, department, council, instrumentality or other entity organized within the executive branch to utilize the federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) allocated to it, in a manner that will or that will be likely to increase the demand for state-appropriated funds or any other state funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, or any fiscal year thereafter. The bill also applies its limits to any federal funds allocated or otherwise made available for expenditure by an act of Congress or pursuant to federal administrative rules or directives of an agency of the federal government authorized by federal law on or after December 1, 2020. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: H Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
HB2939
Paraphrase: HB2939, by Rep. Carl Newton, R-Woodward and Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, requires the county election board secretary record a voter's method of voting - in person on election day, in-person absentee, absentee, or other methods authorized by law -- but not disclose to the public the method of voting for any voter except for a regularly scheduled federal or state election or a statewide special election for a state question. It requires the State Election Board secretary of prescribe necessary rules. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/23/2021
SB0002
Paraphrase: SB0002, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, creates the Save Women's Sports Act. It prohibits anyone of the male sex from playing on athletic teams designated for females, women, or girls. It requires any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity due to a violation of this rule, to have a cause of action for injunctive relief against the school. It requires any student who is subject to retaliation by a school, athletic association, or intercollegiate association for reporting a violation of this rule, to have a cause of action for injunctive relief against the school, or athletic association. It prohibits the State Board of Education, the State Regents, and any athletic association from entering a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against a school for maintaining athletic teams for students of the female sex. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0013
Paraphrase: SB0013, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires a teacher whose certificate is suspended by the State Board of Education be placed on suspension while proceedings for revocation or other action are pending before the State Board of Education. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0021
Paraphrase: SB0021, by Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, modifies language related to school district boards of education suicide awareness and training policies. It changes permissive language to mandatory language regarding the adoption of a policy and districtwide training. It modifies the requirements for the policy. It removes the requirement that training be provided to students in grades seven through twelve and permits districts, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, to provide training to address suicide awareness and prevention to students in grades seven through twelve. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0022
Paraphrase: SB0022, by Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Tammy West, R-Bethany, give a nonprofit that has leased real or personal property from a school the right of first refusal to purchase the property the board of education makes the decision to dispose of it subject to the following conditions: if a board of education receives a bid or offer in a public sale, public bid or private sale for any real or personal property that it desires to accept, then it is required provide notice to the nonprofit organization leasing the property, including the identity of the prospective purchaser of the property, the terms and conditions of the proposed sale and the purchase price to be paid by the prospective purchaser, and the nonprofit organization is required to have 30 days after receipt of the notice to inform the board of education that it elects to purchase the property on the same terms and conditions set forth in the notice, in which event the board of education is required to convey the property to the nonprofit organization on all the same terms and conditions set forth in the notice; provided, however, that if any portion of the consideration included in the purchase price set forth in the notice is not in cash, then the nonprofit organization shall be entitled to pay the fair market value in cash of such noncash consideration. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0048
Paraphrase: SB0048, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, creates the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act. The bill defines applicable terms. The bill prohibits an individual from acting as an athlete agent without holding a certificate of registration under the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act. The bill provides for certain exemptions. It provides an agency contract resulting from conduct in violation of the bill's provisions is void and requires the athlete agent to return any consideration received under the contract. It establishes a process for registration and a schedule of registration and renewal fees. It establishes a process for suspension revocation, or refusal to renew registrations. It permits the Secretary of State to issue a temporary certificate of registration as an athlete agent while an application for registration or renewal of registration is pending. It establishes requirements for agency contracts. It requires certain notices of educational institutions. It establishes a student athlete's right to cancel. It creates record-keeping requirements for agents. The bill prohibits certain conduct. It establishes criminal penalties, civil remedies and civil penalties for violations. It permits the use of electronic signatures. The bill repeals the Uniform Athlete Agents Act. (Amended by House, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause)
Effective Date: 01/01/2022 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0054
Paraphrase: SB0054, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, requires the State Department of Education, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, to designate a school district campus as a Purple Start Campus if the campus applies and qualifies for the designation. The bill establishes qualifications for the designation. The bill defines applicable terms. It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/14/2021
SB0063
Paraphrase: SB0063, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, removes language related to the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act that requires an employee to repay all severance benefits on a proportional basis if an affected employee is reemployed by the agency from which separated as a result of a reduction-in-force within one year of separation and that the repayment amount of the severance benefits received by or paid on behalf of the affected employee be reduced one-three-hundred-sixty-fifths for each day after the separation of the affected employee, provided that any education voucher credit benefits shall not include agency contributions.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
SB0066
Paraphrase: SB0066, by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, exempts any insurance policy sold to any school district from the surplus lines premium tax. (Amended by House, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/13/2021
SB0068
Paraphrase: SB0068, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Max Wolfley, R-Oklahoma City, requires a public school student be considered in compliance with statutory residency provisions if he or she is a student whose parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. It requires a school district accept applications by electronic means for enrollment including enrollment in a specific school or program within the school district and course registration for students. It requires the parent or legal guardian of a student provide proof of residence in the school district within 10 days after the published arrival date provided on official documentation. It permits a parent or legal guardian to use the following addresses as proof of residence: a temporary on-base billeting facility; a purchased or leased home or apartment; or federal government or public-private venture off-base military housing. It defines applicable terms. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0069
Paraphrase: SB0069, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Max Wolfley, R-Oklahoma City, provides a student will be eligible to enroll in a statewide virtual charter school if the student's parent or legal guardian is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within this state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. It requires a statewide virtual charter school to accept applications by electronic means for enrollment and course registration for those students. It requires the parent or legal guardian of a student provide proof of residence in the school district within 10 days after the published arrival date provided on official documentation. It permits a parent or legal guardian to use the following addresses as proof of residence: a temporary on-base billeting facility; a purchased or leased home or apartment; or federal government or public-private venture off-base military housing. It defines applicable terms. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0070
Paraphrase: SB0070, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Tommy Hardin, R-Madill, increases the time period before the date of enrollment from five years to 10 years when a person was discharged or released from activity military service to qualify for in-state enrollment. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0071
Paraphrase: SB0071, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, modifies language related to the Department of Commerce's requirement to promulgate rules for the administration of the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act. It requires the rules establish reporting requirements for successful applicants which allow data collection and analysis by the department on employment, capital investment, changes in assessed value of a project and other impacts resulting from payments and reporting of data by the department to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0076
Paraphrase: SB0076, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Tommy Hardin, R-Madill, exempts the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma from oversight from the Office of Management and Enterprise Services' Fleet Management division. It removes the requirement that the department annually report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of Finance the amount of savings realized from its authority to purchase motor vehicles, and if the report does not document such savings, the cessation of its authority to purchase motor vehicles on January 1, 2022.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
SB0088
Paraphrase: SB0088, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Rande Worthen, R-Lawton, permits competitive bidding to be waived on bond issues by a two-thirds vote of a trust in which a county or municipality is the beneficiary that has fewer than four trustees. It modifies the termination procedure for public trusts to require the approval of a majority of the governing body of the beneficiary. It also modifies the audit requirement for public trusts, imposing a requirement that the trust have assets or revenues more than $50,000 or outstanding debt obligations. It repeals language requiring the filing of a preliminary copy of the official statement, prospectus or other offering document pertaining with the Secretary of State in certain circumstances.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0089
Paraphrase: SB0089, by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, creates the Health Education Act. The bill requires health education be taught in public schools and include, but not be limited to physical health, mental health, social and emotional health and intellectual health. It requires, by the 2022-2023 school year, the State Department of Education to develop a micro-credential for teachers who are assigned the responsibility of teaching health education develop professional development programs that are designed to help teachers provide instruction in health education and incorporate the curriculum into existing coursework and instruction where appropriate. It requires the professional development not be construed to be in addition to existing professional development requirements. It requires school districts, by the 2023-2024 school year, provide instruction addressing all health education subject matter standards. It permits the health education to be integrated into one or more existing subjects or provided as an addition to existing coursework. It requires teachers assigned to teach health education as a stand-alone course be certified in physical and health education. It authorizes the State Department of Education to issue a provisional certificate, valid for not more than two years, to individuals assigned to teach a stand-alone health education course in order to afford the individual the opportunity to obtain certification in physical and health education. It requires the State Textbook Committee include a review of health and physical education instructional materials as part of its textbook review and adoption cycle. The bill creates the "Health Education Revolving Fund" that will consist of all monies received by the State Department of Education from appropriations, gifts, donations and bequests. It requires the subject matter standards for health and physical education include but not be limited to the domains of physical, emotional, social and intellectual health. It requires health literacy include the ability to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions, as well as the importance of proper nutrition and exercise, mental health and wellness, substance abuse, coping skills for understanding and managing trauma, establishing and maintaining positive relationships and responsible decision making. It requires physical literacy include the ability to move with competence and confidence in a wide variety of physical activities in multiple environments that benefit the healthy development of the whole person. It requires the bill's implementation be studied by the districts' Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committees. The bill permits the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0121
Paraphrase: SB0121, by Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Carol Bush, R-Tulsa, requires each school district board of education to adopt a policy allowing a school district employee who is lactating reasonable paid break time each day to use a designated lactation room for the purpose of maintaining milk supply and comfort. It permits the break time to run concurrently with any break time, paid or unpaid, already provided the employee. It also requires the districts to make a reasonable effort to provide a private, secure and sanitary room or other location, other than a toilet stall, where an employee can express her milk or breastfeed her child. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0126
Paraphrase: SB0126, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, modifies the qualifications for private schools to participate in the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program to limit the prohibition on discrimination under federal law to the basis of race, color and national origin. The bill removes the requirement that a student spend at least one year in public school before being admitted to the program. It expands the program's eligibility to participate to include children placed by a court in the guardianship of another. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0128
Paraphrase: SB0128, by Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, creates the Seizure-Safe Schools Act. The bill requires each school district with a student who has a seizure disorder, beginning Jan. 1, 2022, to have at least one employee who has training to administer or assist with self-administration of seizure medication and to recognize symptoms of seizures and take steps to respond. The bill requires the parent or legal guardian of the student to provide written authorization to the school, provide a statement from the student's health care provider, provide medication to the school and collaborate on a seizure action plan before seizure medication can be administered. It requires the authorization be renewed annually. It exempts from disciplinary proceedings school employees who act in compliance with the bill. It also provides immunity from civil liability to school employees who act in compliance with the bill unless the actions are reckless or intentional misconduct. It provides school nurses will not be responsible for and not subject to disciplinary actions for actions taken by a volunteer. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0132
Paraphrase: SB0132, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, expands the grade level up to which school students are to be apprised of the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP) and allowed to sign agreements to participate in the program to eleventh grade from ninth grade. It also increases the maximum age at which a student can sign an agreement to participate to 16 from 15. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0147
Paraphrase: SB0147, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah and Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, provides the calculation of the Commissioners of the Land Office's investments in real property within the 5.0 percent cap shall include the value of real property under long-term lease to the State of Oklahoma, agencies of the state or its subdivisions. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0162
Paraphrase: SB0162, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, creates the Oklahoma Decanting Act. The bill defines applicable terms. The bill establishes the procedures for the transfer of various trusts.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0211
Paraphrase: SB0211, by Sen. Tom Dugger, R-Stillwater and Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, modifies the powers and duties of the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools. It permits a school is accredited by an accrediting organization approved by the US. Department of Education for multiple years, to obtain a sustained license annually during the period of the multi-year accreditation. It modifies the fees the board may assess. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: S Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0222
Paraphrase: SB0222, by Sen. Robert Standridge, R-Norman and Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, modifies the definition of the term "bullying" in the School Safety and Bullying Prevention Act. It changes the term "at school" to "on school premises." The bill requires each school district's policy for the discipline of all children attending public school in that district, and for the investigation of reported incidents of bullying, be updated annually. The bill modifies the requirement for those policies. The bill requires school districts boards of education to hold at least one public hearing on the proposed policy or modifications to the policy before adopting the policy or any modifications. It requires the boards provide notice of the public hearing to students and the parents or legal guardians of students using social media and at least one other communication method regularly used by the board of education. It requires the districts' boards of education to submit a copy of the policy and any modifications to the State Department of Education. It requires the superintendent of each school district to provide to the district board at least once each semester a report on the district's bullying prevention activities and reported incidents of bullying for the time period covered by the report. It requires the report be presented at a public meeting of the board. It requires district boards to provide each employee and each newly hired employee a copy of the district's bullying policy and an explanation of the employee's responsibilities with regard to the implementation of the policy. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0229
Paraphrase: SB0229, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, apportions a certain amount of income tax dollars to the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. It removes language allowing grants to be made by the State Board of Education from the fund to certain public schools, as well as other language limiting those grants and instead directs the board to annually disburse funds from the charter portion of this fund to charter schools not sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board on a per-pupil basis. The bill prohibits charter schools sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board from receiving funds from the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund. The bill directs the State Board of Education to allocate the charter portion and grants annually so that on June 30 of each year there is an amount no greater than $1 million unencumbered in the fund. The bill defines the charter percentage as the amount equal to percentage of students enrolled in charter schools not sponsored by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board based on the first nine weeks of school and the charter portion as the amount equal to the charter percentage multiplied by the nonchargeable statewide local revenue to be apportioned annually to the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund from funds collected from medical marijuana sales or, it insufficient, from income tax collections. The bill defines nonchargeable statewide local revenue as the total amount of building funds received by all school district in the state in the immediately preceding school year in addition of one-fourth of the total four-mill levy funds received statewide in the immediately preceding school year. The bill amends language related to the funding of charter schools sponsored by local boards of education and the State Aid Formula, also cleaning up additional language in this section. The bill states charter schools are not eligible for state-dedicated, local and county revenue allowed to other schools, though is still eligible for any other aid, grants or revenues allowed to other schools. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0237
Paraphrase: SB0237, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee and Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, removes the requirement that a college tuition aid grant must be awarded annually to each eligible, qualified full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a program approved or accredited by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or another appropriate postsecondary agency, removes a requirement that the Regents cannot increase the maximum amount awarded, includes enrollment status, unmet financial need, nearness to completion of a degree or certificate, state employment needs, continuous enrollment and eligibility for other state and institutional student financial aid in deciding factors in awarding grants. (Amended by House, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure, Stricken enacting clause)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0242
Paraphrase: SB0242, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah and Rep. Dustin Roberts, R-Durant, modifies the qualifications of the Department of Career and Technology Education representative on the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) Curriculum Review Board. The bill eliminates the limitation on the number of Department of Career and Technology Education centers that CLEET can authorize annually to offer courses or training. It prohibits the application developed by CLEET from exceeding 20 pages. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0252
Paraphrase: SB0252, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all public high schools and public charter high schools offer a minimum of one computer science course to students. It also requires, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all public middle and elementary schools and public charter middle and elementary schools offer instruction aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer Science. It permits the instruction to be offered through stand-alone computer science courses or through integration in other courses. It establishes requirements for the course. It establishes reporting requirements. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0261
Paraphrase: SB0261, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, creates the Oklahoma Student Borrower's Bill of Rights Act. It defines terms used therein. It requires the Attorney General to prepare a written statement that includes an "Oklahoma Student Borrower's Bill of Rights" for a student loan borrower who takes out a student education loan that is serviced by a student loan servicer. It requires the statement to incorporate all items included therein and be made available to the public and written in plain language designed to be easily understood by the average student loan borrower. It prohibits actions specified therein by student loan servicers. (Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0267
Paraphrase: SB0267, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee and Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs, allows retired educators who have received benefits for at least one year and who have not been employed by a public school during that time to be eligible to be reemployed as an active classroom teacher in common or career tech school district with no limitation on earnings. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/13/2021
SB0282
Paraphrase: SB0282, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Tommy Hardin, R-Madill, requires that following an emergency declaration, the accumulation limits for annual leave will temporarily increase and carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0292
Paraphrase: SB0292, by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs, creates a task force to study concurrent enrollment needs of the state. It provides for task force membership. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Senate to provide staff and administrative support for the task force. It requires the task force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations by November 30, 2022, to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0302
Paraphrase: SB0302, by Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City and Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, requires, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, all visiting teams in all regular season high school athletic competition, not withstanding any policy of a school athletic association, have the same rights to radio broadcast, video stream and provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts as the home team as long as the visiting team has either a valid agreement to broadcast, video stream and/or provide telegraphic play-by-play accounts between a media organization and the school's board of education or the visiting team has a curricular program for students that typically provides streaming for the team's home games. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0310
Paraphrase: SB0310, by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt and Rep. Josh West, R-Grove, adds rape in the first degree or attempt rape in the first degree committed by a 15-, 16-, or 17-year-old to the list of offenses for which the person could7 be charged as an adult. It adds the statements of the victim or victims for the court to consider when ruling on a motion for certification as a youthful offender or juvenile. (Amended by House)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/15/2021
SB0317
Paraphrase: SB0317, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, defines the term "student electrical intern" within the Electrical License Act. The bill requires the Construction Industries Board, upon proper application and payment of fee, to register as a student electrical intern and issue a certificate of such registration to any person who furnishes satisfactory proof to the Board that the applicant is 16years of age or older and enrolled in high school and enrolled in a work-ready or similar program recognized by the board. The bill permits one student electrical intern to work per physical job site with direct supervision under a single journeyman or electrical contractor, provided no student electrical intern will be counted against the maximum number of apprentices who are allowed by law or regulation to work under the supervision of a single journeyman or contractor. It prohibits a student electrical intern from working on high voltage systems defined by the National Electrical Code. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0330
Paraphrase: SB0330, by Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa and Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Mulhall, removes the requirement that the Oklahoma Tax Commission determine the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund balance as of March 1 and September 1 of each year, and when otherwise requested by the Workers' Compensation Commission, and advise the Workers' Compensation Commission in writing within 30 days of each such determination. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0333
Paraphrase: SB0333, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Tammy Townley, R-Ardmore, requires that following an emergency declaration as the accumulation limits for compensatory time will temporarily increase and carryover to the end of the fiscal year following the year in which the emergency declaration ended.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0347
Paraphrase: SB0347, by Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle and Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, prohibits government bodies not affected by reapportionment of districts from calling regular or special elections on the second Tuesday of December 2021, the second Tuesday of January 2022 and the first Tuesday of March 2022. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0403
Paraphrase: SB0403, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City and Rep. Robert Manger, R-Oklahoma City, makes it unlawful for any person, alone or in concert with others and without authorization, to willfully disturb, interfere or disrupt business of any political subdivision, which includes publicly posted meetings, or any political subdivision. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 04/21/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0419
Paraphrase: SB0419, by Sen. J. J. Dossett, D-Owasso and Rep. John Waldron, D-Tulsa, removes a requirement that no deputy of a principal county officer may receive a salary in excess of the principal officer. It authorizes a county to utilize the appropriate State of Oklahoma pay structure in lieu of the salary code specified in statute. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0428
Paraphrase: SB0428, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, requires the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to initiate a request for proposal for the rationalization and determination of which state applications and databases can be immediately transferred to a cloud-based data storage platform. It requires the applications and databases to be limited to customer relationship management tools, case management tools, workflow tools and supplemental financial systems. It authorizes OMES to enter a contract for such services. It requires notice of the request for proposal to be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. It requires the contract to be awarded to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to achieve the desired goal of rationalization of technology for the state. It requires the director to promulgate necessary rules and establish procedures to implement the request for proposal.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/23/2021
SB0487
Paraphrase: SB0487, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs, modifies the membership of the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development Board. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0500
Paraphrase: SB0500, by Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, create and publish a report by March 31 of each year documenting the amount of increments of local taxes and fees apportioned under the Local Development Act in the previous calendar year. It requires the report include an estimate of the economic impact and an estimate of the amount funds benefiting public schools were decreased as a result of the apportionments provided. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0585
Paraphrase: SB0585, by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, includes giving false testimony to a legislative committee, engaging in operations beyond the constitutional or statutory authority delegated to the agency the office is employed by or serves and repeatedly refusing to provide information to a Legislative committee or a Legislator in a timely fashion as habitual or willful neglect of duty. (Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0587
Paraphrase: SB0587, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow, includes entities subject to jurisdiction of the State Board of Career and Technology or the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in eligibility for Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance funds.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S Enrolled Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0609
Paraphrase: SB0609, by Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, modifies the definition of the term "manufacturing facilities" for the Five-Year Ad Valorem Tax Exemption. It increases the qualifying investment cost of construction, acquisition or expansion to $500,000 respect to assets place into service during calendar year 2022 from $250,000. It requires the investment required be increased annually for subsequent calendar years by a percentage equal to the previous year's increase in the Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U") and requires the adjusted amount be the required investment cost in order to qualify for the exemption. It requires the Oklahoma Department of Commerce determine the amount of the increase, if any, on January 1 of each year. It requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission publish on its website at least annually the adjusted dollar amount in order to qualify for the exemption and include the adjusted dollar amount in any of its relevant forms or publications with respect to the exemption. It reduces the qualifying salary requirement to 125 percent of the average county wage as that percentage is determined by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce based upon the most recent US Department of Commerce data for the county where the jobs are located from 175 percent of the federally mandated minimum wage. It adds facilities engaged in the manufacturing, compounding, processing or fabrication of materials into articles of tangible personal property according to the special order of a customer (custom order manufacturing) by manufacturers classified as operating in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sectors 32 and 33 but does not include such custom order manufacturing by manufacturers classified in other NAICS code sectors. It requires, with respect to any entity making an application for the exemption authorized by this section on or after Jan. 1, 2022, the establishment making application for exempt treatment of real or personal property acquired or improved beginning Jan. 1, 2022, and for any calendar year thereafter, to pay new direct jobs an average annualized wage which equals or exceeds specified levels, provided no average wage requirement otherwise required by this subparagraph $25,000 in any county. It requires the maximum wage threshold be indexed and modified from time to time based on the latest Consumer Price Index year-to-date percent change release as of the date of the annual average county wage data release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce. It requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission publish on its website at least annually the adjusted dollar amounts with respect to the maximum wage threshold and include the adjusted dollar amount in any of its relevant forms or publications with respect to the exemption. It requires the entity making application, the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the county assessor of each and every county in which the qualifying assets are located or are to be located to enter into an agreement, which shall contain a clause binding any successor business entity to the terms of the agreement, that establishes the fair cash value of the assets, whether real property or personal property or both, to be entered on the applicable assessment roll for the first year of the exemption period for any application filed to qualify real property, personal property or both for the exemption prior to the first year during which any of the real property or personal property can be treated as exempt. It establishes additional requirements for the agreement. It prohibits, after the expiration of the exemption period, the owner of the real property or personal property or both to modify, whether pursuant to request made to the county assessor or made to the county board of equalization, or pursuant to any protest otherwise authorized by the Ad Valorem Tax Code or other provisions of law, the fair cash value of the assets described in the agreement, and it requires the agreement operate as an estoppel and affirmative defense to any actions, formal or informal, or requests for administrative or judicial relief, to modify the fair cash values and the methodology for depreciation contained in such agreement. It requires the described agreement be a condition precedent to the exemption otherwise authorized by the section and by of Article X, Section 6B of the Oklahoma Constitution. It requires a copy of the agreement be maintained by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and by the county assessor of any county in which real or personal property described by such agreement is located. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0619
Paraphrase: SB0619, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, allows the governing body of each school to obtain liability insurance coverage to protect a student who participates in an apprenticeship, internship or mentorship program. It prohibits the school from charging the student or parent for the cost of providing insurance. The bill requires the State Board of Education to review apprenticeships, internships and mentorships to determine if they are eligible for academic credit. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/14/2021
SB0631
Paraphrase: SB0631, by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell, Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, and Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, creates the Second Amendment Sanctuary State Act. It provides the Legislature occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation by the federal government, any agency of this state or any political subdivision in this state to infringe upon the rights of a citizen of the State of Oklahoma the unalienable right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed to them by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. It prohibits any state agency or any political subdivision from accepting any grants or funding to implement any statute, rule or executive order, judicial order or judicial findings that would have the effect of reduction, repression, diminution or subversion of the right to keep and bear arms against or upon a citizen of this state. It provides the bill's provision cannot be interpreted as an attempt to overturn the provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) or the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968, notwithstanding the repealed sections of the acts. It provides the preemption includes any regulation of arms and ammunition, pursuant to the National Firearms Act of 1934, prohibited or regulated on or after the effective date of this act and any regulations or provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968, prohibited or regulated on or after the effective date of this act. It defines applicable terms. It states the act is made pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and is therefore valid and of full effect under the supremacy clause. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0639
Paraphrase: SB0639, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, permits Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP), also known as Oklahoma's Promise, awards for postsecondary career and technology programs that have been identified as critical occupation areas. It directs Oklahoma Department of Commerce executive director, in consultation with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, to publish by Oct. 1, 2021, and each June 30 thereafter, a list of critical occupation areas that meet the guidelines of identified core competencies of the state based on wealth generation, growth potential and competitive advantage. The bill also directs the State Regents for Higher Education, in consultation with the State Board of Career and Technology Education, to identify postsecondary vocational-technical programs that correlate to identified critical occupation areas. It prohibits, beginning with students who entered into participation in the program in the 2021-2022 school year, an award to be used for courses or other postsecondary units taken in excess of the requirements for completion of a baccalaureate program or a postsecondary vocational-technical program taken more than six years after the student's first semester of postsecondary enrollment. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to award OHLAP benefits for courses of postsecondary units taken more than six years after the student's first semester of postsecondary enrollment only in hardship circumstances, provided no participant may receive benefits beyond a cumulative time period of six years. It requires the student to repay the full amount of the award if the student who entered into the program beginning in the 2021-2022 school year does not complete the courses or other postsecondary units required for a baccalaureate program or a postsecondary vocational-technical program within six years after the student's first semester of postsecondary enrollment. It requires those students to enter into a repayment agreement with the institution of higher education or the technology center school in which the student was enrolled. It requires repayments be deposited into the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Trust Fund. The bill requires the institution, when determining the amount to be repaid, to evaluate hardship cases on a case-by-case basis. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0642
Paraphrase: SB0642, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Dustin Roberts, R-Durant, removes the requirement that the statewide assessment of public school students include a nationally recognized college- and career-readiness assessment or assessments as recommended by the State Department of Education and replaces it with the requirement that the assessment include a multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0644
Paraphrase: SB0644, by Sen. Blake Stephens, R-Tahlequah and Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, changes a reference to the term "handgun" to the term "firearm" in reference to the places where it is unlawful for a person, including a person in possession of a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, to carry any concealed or unconcealed weapon. It permits municipalities to authorize by ordinance all or certain municipal employees to carry concealed firearms for their personal protection according. It requires the employee have been issued a valid handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to be eligible to carry a concealed firearm while working and employed on a municipal property. It provides the carrying a firearm cannot be considered a requirement for continued employment with the municipality, municipal authority or municipal trust. It requires the employee, when carrying a firearm, to at all times carry the firearm on his or her person or requires it be stored in a locked and secured location which is permanently affixed or tethered at the expense of the employee and with permission of the governing body. It exempts the municipality from liability for any loss, damage or injuries that occur in relation to or caused by the possession or storage of a firearm. It provides immunity any municipal employee authorized to carry a firearm and while acting in a reasonable and prudent manner from civil and criminal liability for any injury resulting from the carrying, accidental discharge or intentional discharge of a handgun on municipal property. It also provides immunity to any municipality, public authority or trust with a municipality as a beneficiary, city council, board of trustees or participating local law enforcement agency from civil and criminal liability for any injury, act or other suit at law or in equity resulting from any act, failure to act or refusal to act committed by a municipal employee who carries, accidentally discharges or intentionally discharges a handgun on municipal property. The bill permits firearms only to be carried by a municipal employee in the place of employment of the municipal employee during working hours unless the location is a firearm-prohibited location. It makes any person who violates the provisions of the bill subject to certain penalties in addition to any employment disciplinary actions. The bill lists "firearm-prohibited locations." It provides that the legislation should not be construed as a mechanism to allow municipal employees to carry a firearm as a duty or function of their employment with the municipality. It also provides any act concerning the carrying of a firearm, a refusal or failure to act with a firearm or the accidental or intentional discharge of a firearm be considered taken on the personal behalf of the municipal employee and not on behalf of the municipality and not be considered an act performed within the scope of duties of the employee nor shall it be construed as an act by the municipality, municipal authority or municipal trust, or any employee thereof. The bill modifies the state's preemption authority to include firearm and ammunition components and any policy of a municipality or other political subdivision. The bill clarifies language regarding an individual's right to bring a civil action against the persons, municipality, agency and political subdivision jointly and severally for injunctive relief or monetary damages or both. It permits the court to require the political subdivision to pay reasonable expenses to a person in an action filed under certain conditions. The bill provides the aggrieved party will retain standing in the suit and may recover damages or reasonable expenses if the political subdivision fails to rescind, repeal or otherwise abrogate the unlawful order, policy, ordinance or regulation within 90 days of required notice and the order, policy, ordinance or regulation is subsequently rescinded, repealed or otherwise abrogated after the aggrieved party files suit. The bill defines the term "reasonable expenses" to include but not be limited to attorney fees, expert witness fees and court costs. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0658
Paraphrase: SB0658, by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, requires the State Department of Education to provide and ensure that each school district in this state provides, on the school district website and in any notice or publication provided to parents regarding immunization requests, the following information regarding immunization requirements for school attendance. It requires that a board of education of a public school district or a technology center school district can only implement a mandate to wear a mask or any other medical device as provided and provide any purpose or purposes for the mandate in the text of the mandate. It requires the mandate to be invalidated if three or more relevant studies show that any mask or medical device that would be required under the mandate is found not to be effective for any of the purposes provided in the mandate. It requires the mandate to immediately be invalidated if any mask or medical device that would satisfy the mandate is shown by one or more relevant studies to pose a risk of substantial harm, if used in any manner that would satisfy the mandate, to the wearer of the mask or medical device. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0659
Paraphrase: SB0659, by Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, directs the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission to make a clearinghouse for unmanned aircraft systems in the state and declares OAC the designated agency of the state for the promotion, enhancement and development of unmanned aircraft systems. The bill allows OAC to work with the federal government, state agencies, tribal entities, municipalities and other people or entities in the development of unmanned aircraft systems in Oklahoma. The bill directs the clearinghouse to conduct research on unmanned aircraft system rules, regulations and policies of other states and municipalities in order to provide recommendations and organize or coordinate the applications, letters of support and informational material and notices of groups for any new test site, integration opportunity, pilot program or grant funding when acting on behalf of the state. (Amended by House, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/08/2021
SB0672
Paraphrase: SB0672, by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt and Rep. Kenton Patzkowsky, R-Balko, clarifies that a person who is member or veteran of the US Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard or was discharged under honorable conditions and is between the ages of 18 to 21 is permitted to transport a firearm on a public highway in a vehicle. It also clarifies that any person between the ages of 18 to 20 may transport an unloaded firearm on a public highway in or a vehicle. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0683
Paraphrase: SB0683, by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, permits all non-classified optional public school personnel regularly employed for 20 hours or more per week to join the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System upon hiring, subject to certain statutory provisions and regulations adopted by the system. The bill gives such an employee 30 days from the initial date of hire to make a one-time irrevocable written election to opt out of participation in the System. It provides if an eligible employee fails to make an election within the 30-day period, the eligible employee be deemed to participate in the system. It provides if an eligible employee elects to opt out of participation in the system the the employee will not make any required employee contributions to the system and his or her employer will not make any required employer contributions to the system. It establishes the contribution rate for participating employees. It provides the employer is not prohibited from making the contribution to the system on behalf of the employee. It requires an employee who opts out of participation in the system be ineligible for future participation in the system, provided, that if the employee is hired for a classified position, he or she shall become a member of the system but will not be eligible for prior service credit for service performed while employed in a non-classified position during which the employee opted out of participation in the system. It requires any non-classified optional employee employed on the effective date of this act make an irrevocable written election to participate in or opt out of the system, and if the employee fails to make an election within 30 days from the effective date of this act, the employee will be deemed to participate in the system. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/14/2021
SB0684
Paraphrase: SB0684, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, authorizes the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission to enter into interagency transfers among commissioned law enforcement officers. The bill requires the transfers be bilateral agreements between the appointing authorities of each agency. It requires the transfers be for a period of not less than two years and the temporary assignment period shall not exceed five years. It authorizes the agencies to promulgate necessary rules. (Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0688
Paraphrase: SB0688, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, provides the costs associated with the required background investigation requirements for students apply to attend Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training programs at state technology centers be the responsibility of the student.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Laid Over Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0705
Paraphrase: SB0705, by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, repeals all language related to the Oklahoma Center for Rural Development.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0738
Paraphrase: SB0738, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, requires interlocal agreements created for the purpose of providing insurance to be subject to examination from the Insurance Commissioner in the same manner and frequency as licensed insurance companies in a 12-month time period. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0745
Paraphrase: SB0745, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore and Rep. Mike Dobrinski, R-Okeene, sets actual average salary for different positions to the annual salary limit of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. The bill allows for increases in disability benefits to certain state employees based on credited years of service. The bill prohibits a member of the system receiving benefits who retired prior to July 1, 2002, from receiving a benefit of less than the amount the member was receiving as of June 30, 2002.
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0783
Paraphrase: SB0783, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow, requires the State Department of Education to publish a list establishing the capacity of a class for each grade level in kindergarten through twelfth grades for each of the three tiers of school districts specified therein. It requires each school district to post on its website the capacity for each grade level offered by the school district for the ensuing school year. The bill requires the school district to post on its website the number of student transfers the district can accept before reaching capacity. It requires each school district board of education to adopt an open transfer policy for the school district which specifies its criteria and standards for approval of transfers of students who do not reside in the district. It requires the policy to include the capacity for each grade level for the ensuing school year. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 03/31/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 03/31/2021
SB0802
Paraphrase: SB0802, by Sen. James Leewright, R-Bristow and Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, adds a tribal member to the Oklahoma Rural Broadband Expansion Council. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0807
Paraphrase: SB0807, by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires that school support employees, as defined therein, to be entitled to pay for any time lost when school is closed on account of epidemics or otherwise when an order for such closing has been issued by a health officer authorized by law to issue the order. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 07/01/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/20/2021
SB0825
Paraphrase: SB0825, by Sen. Robert Standridge, R-Norman and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits any municipality that levies a dedicated tax pursuant to a vote of the people for the purpose of funding public safety or any other governmental purpose from redirecting all or a portion of the dedicated tax revenue to another purpose without a vote of the people authorizing such action. (Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0838
Paraphrase: SB0838, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, Sen. James Leewright, R-Bristow, Rep. Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs, and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, creates the Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District Act. The bill authorizes the governing body of a municipality to create a public safety protection district by the adoption of a resolution and approval of the question by 60 percent of the voters of the municipality in the next general election. It provides the district be considered a political subdivision of the state and encompass the borders of the municipality. It permits an assessment of up to 5 mills to be levied by the district for the purposes of paying for police, fire, and jail operations. It exempts from the assessment real property zoned for agricultural or industrial land use, implements of husbandry, livestock employed in support of the family, and personal property owned by for-profit business entities. (Amended by Senate)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/21/2021
SB0850
Paraphrase: SB0850, by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Marilyn Stark, R-Bethany, allows a licensed barber, cosmetologist, hairdresser, manicurist or certificate holder for hair braiding to provide services to a patron or customer in the patron's or customer's private residence. (Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0889
Paraphrase: SB0889, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore and Rep. Josh West, R-Grove, updates language concerning the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System to conform with Internal Revenue Service Code and other federal regulations. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 04/19/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/19/2021
SB0893
Paraphrase: SB0893, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Scott Fetgatter, R-Okmulgee, allows the undergraduate and graduate programs of the same discipline of engineering at an institution to be part of the qualified program if either program is ABET accredited. The bill modifies the definition of the term "qualified person" to require such persons to possess either an undergraduate or graduate degree from a qualified program by an institution or be a licensed Professional Engineer. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0905
Paraphrase: SB0905, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, allows an income tax credit for an employer, for tax years 2022 through 2027, for each verified donation of blood made by an employee as part of a blood drive by an Oklahoma nonprofit blood donation organization. It makes the credit non-refundable. It permits the Tax Commission to determine by rule the documentation required to implement the bill's provisions. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0913
Paraphrase: SB0913, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa, permits the Legislature repeal administrative rules adopted by a state agency, board or commission. It modifies the definition of the term "adopted" regarding proposed administrative rules. It defines the term "expedited repeal." It permits, upon request by a rule-making agency, an expedited rule repeal process to be utilized when a rule or rules meet certain criteria. It prohibits a request for an expedited repeal being initiated after May 1. It requires, upon final legislative adoption, the agency comply with additional publication requirements as provided by law. It permits an agency, at any point prior to final legislative adoption, withdraw the expedited agency rule repeal request. It defines the terms "small business" and "technical legal defect." It requires any agency exempt from all or part of the Administrative Procedures Act maintain and make available for public inspection its exempt rules on any website associated with the agency. It removes outdated language related to a review of administrative rules. The bill requires any preemptive rule approved and published by the Commission on Human Services be posted to the website associated with the commission. (NOTE: The Commission for Human Services was disbanded when voters approved SQ 765 in 2012) The bill changes the time an agency is required to respond to a request from the governor or the Legislature to review its rules to determine whether or not the rules in question should be amended, repealed or redrafted to 30 calendar days from 90 calendar days. It requires agencies respond to requests made by a small business within 90 calendar days. It requires each agency post their rules on any website associated with the agency. It requires the Senate president pro tempore and the House speaker establish by joint rule a Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. It requires current member of the Legislature be appointed to the committee. It requires the Senate president pro tempore and the House speaker name co-chairs of the committee. It requires a quorum of the committee to conduct business and provides that a quorum will be a majority of Senate committee members and a majority of House committee members. It requires the committee meet as needed during the legislative session and at regular intervals during the interim. It provides the function of the committee will be the review of all adopted agency administrative rules and emergency rules including recommending an approval or disapproval of each proposed rule to the Legislature for review. It permits the committee to recommend an agency amend or further consider a proposed rule. It requires the committee approve or disapprove a repeal of rules under the expedited repeal process established in the bill. It requires those rules approved by the committee be presented to the Legislature for final approval for repeal. It requires all committee actions on items for consideration require a majority vote of both the Senate members and the House members of the committee. It grants the committee the power and authority to study the burden of administrative rules on the regulated community, among other things. It adds the chairs of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to the list to receive notice of proposed emergency administrative rules. It permits an emergency rule to be immediately suspended by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules until the emergency rule can be subject to legislative review. It requires s, written notification of the suspension be sent to the agency, governor, Senate president pro tempore, and House speaker within three business days of the suspend. It requires the written notification also provide the reasons for the suspension. It permits the committee to reinstate an emergency rule prior to legislative review without following the approval process as provided by the bill. It requires a notice of rulemaking's information regarding a rule's specific statutory authority include statutory citations. It requires the notice of rulemaking include a notarized statement executed by the agency director affirming the legal authority and a statement of whether or not the subject of the proposed rule or rules has been included in any filed bill of the Legislature within the last two regular legislative sessions. It requires the bill number be included in the statement of the subject matter of the proposed rule or rules did appear in filed legislation. It provides the rule or rules be invalidated when notice does not contain the bill information or the information is deemed inaccurate. It requires an agency to initiate rulemaking proceedings within 30 days after an interested person petitions an agency requesting the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a rule or provide a written response and explanation of its failure to initiate rulemaking proceedings. It permits the Legislature to disapprove all or part of a rule or rules and disapprove or approve the repeal of rules under the expedited repeal process by joint resolution. It also permits rules under consideration at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules during the interim may be acted upon by the Legislature at any time during session. It removes language that permits an agency to seek a governor's declaration approving a rule. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 09/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 04/12/2021
SB0922
Paraphrase: SB0922, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Gerrid Kendrix, R-Altus, creates the Invest In Oklahoma Act. It directs the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to create the Invest In Oklahoma Fund to provide entities funds with opportunities to invest in Oklahoma-based venture capital funds and venture capital funds that make substantial investments in the state. It directs the department to select venture capital funds to qualify for investments within the Invest In Oklahoma Fund based on certain factors. It permits qualified public entities may invest up to 5 percent of their principal into the fund. It permits the following public entities to invest no greater than 5.0 percent of their principal with the Invest In Oklahoma Fund: The Board of Investors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund; The Commissioners of the Land Office; The Teachers' Retirement System; The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; The State of Oklahoma Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges; and The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department Retirement Fund. It requires the department promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of the Invest In Oklahoma Act. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: Sent to Governor Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0936
Paraphrase: SB0936, by Sen. James Leewright, R-Bristow and Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, makes numerous changes to the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act.
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB0999
Paraphrase: SB0999, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, creates the Oklahoma Courier Application Services Act. It defines applicable terms. It prohibits courier application service companies or courier application service drivers from being considered motor carriers of property, nor shall CAS or CAS drivers be considered for-hire motor carriers. It requires courier application service companies to implement a zero-tolerance policy against CAS drivers operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol while providing courier services and to provide notice of this policy on its digital network. The bill requires upon receipt of a credible complaint alleging a violation of the zero-tolerance policy, the CAS must suspend the CAS driver's access to the CAS's digital network and conduct an investigation into the reported incident. It requires the suspension to last the duration of the investigation. It requires every courier application service to require that any motor vehicle that a CAS driver will use to provide courier services meets the equipment standards required of private motor vehicles. It requires a courier application service driver or courier application service on the CAS driver's behalf to maintain liability motor vehicle insurance that recognizes that the driver is a CAS driver or otherwise uses a vehicle to transport property for compensation and covers the driver while the driver is engaged in providing courier services. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: S House Amendments - Read Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB1031
Paraphrase: SB1031, by Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, reinstates the temporary amendments to the Open Meetings Act to permit fully virtual meetings until Feb. 15, 2022, or until 30 days after the governor's COVID-19 state of emergency ends, whichever comes first. It also requires any documents or other materials provided to members of the public body or shared electronically between members of the public body during a meeting utilizing teleconferencing or videoconferencing be immediately available to the public on the website of the public body if the public body maintains a website. It requires a public body that gives public notice of a meeting for which there will be a videoconference option not modify the method of meeting described in the notice prior to the meeting and conduct the meeting according to the methods described in the notice. The bill requires a code or password be included in the public notice if a code or password is required to access the videoconference meeting. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: 02/10/2021 Emergency: Yes
Status: Governor Action - Signed Status Date: 02/10/2021
SB1034
Paraphrase: SB1034, by Sen. Zack Taylor, R-Seminole and Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, changes the name of the Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma's Energy Resources to the Legacy Oil and Gas Well Innovation Committee and separates it from the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. It establishes membership requirements. (Amended by House, Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Stricken enacting clause, Committee Substitute)
Effective Date: 11/01/2021 Emergency: No
Status: H Engrossed Status Date: 04/22/2021
SB1041
Paraphrase: SB1041, by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, appropriates $100,000 from the FY2022 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (Appropriation Bill, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Second Reading - Referred to Joint Committee Status Date: 02/18/2021
Committee(1): Joint Comm on Appropriation & Budget (Senate) (S)
SB1042
Paraphrase: SB1042, by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, appropriates $100,000 from the FY2022 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (Appropriation Bill, Emergency Measure)
Effective Date: / / Emergency: Yes
Status: Second Reading - Referred to Joint Committee Status Date: 02/18/2021
Committee(1): Joint Comm on Appropriation & Budget (Senate) (S)
SCR0002
Paraphrase: SCR0002, by Sen. Robert Standridge, R-Norman, requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education submit a report to the Legislature and to make the report available on its website by December 31, 2021, that includes a list of all persons employed in a faculty or teaching position including their position rank at their respective institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and their compensation during the 2020-2021 academic year; a list of the courses taught and the hours taught by persons employed in a faculty or teaching position at institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education during the 2020-2021 academic year; the tenure policy of each institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the 2020-2021 academic year; and the number of faculty employed by each institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who had tenure during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: S Introduced Status Date: 02/01/2021
SCR0003
Paraphrase: SCR0003, by Sen. Frank Simpson, R-Springer and Rep. Josh West, R-Grove, expresses the Legislature's support for the mission of the Oklahoma Veterans Pilot Program. It requests the Cabinet Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Military and the Chairman of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission to collaborate with the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a statewide public information program designed to educate the public and elicit support for the Oklahoma Veterans Pilot Program.
Effective Date: / / Emergency: No
Status: Secretary of State Status Date: 04/05/2021
