LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
48th Oklahoma Legislature
First Session - 2001
OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION
From: Bryce Fair &
Carolyn McCoy
Friday, February 23, 2001
Highlights This Week:
Tuition Bills Pass Senate
Appropriations Committee: On
Wednesday, the full Senate Appropriations Committee approved two tuition bills:
·
SB 580 [text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB580_int.rtf
] by Sen. Jim Dunlap (R – Bartlesville) would provide the Oklahoma State
Regents authority to set tuition and fee limits.
The bill passed,
but received 8 “no” votes. Those
Senators voting against the bill included:
Sen. Robert Kerr, D
- Altus
Sen. Sam Helton, D -
Lawton
Sen. Bruce Price, D
- Hinton
Sen. Dick Wilkerson,
D - Atwood
Sen. Herb Rozell, D
- Tahlequah
Sen. Jeff Rabon, D -
Hugo
Sen. Johnnie
Crutchfield, D - Ardmore
Sen. Rick
Littlefield, D – Grove
[Note: Sen. Keith Leftwich (D – OKC) debated against the bill but was
not officially recorded as a “no” vote.
His vote may have been overlooked by the committee clerk.]
·
SB 596 [text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB596_int.rtf
] by Sen. Cal Hobson (D – Lexington) is a “shell” bill that could be used for
increasing current statutory tuition limits.
The bill passed without opposition.
Other
bills approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee included:
Lottery
Scholarship Bill Fails: Also at
Wednesday’s meeting, the Senate Appropriations Committee defeated SB 809 by
Sen. Brad Henry (D – Shawnee) [text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB809_int.rtf
]. The bill would have created the
Helping Oklahoma People Excel (HOPE) Scholarship program to provide tuition
scholarships to all residents graduating high school with a B grade average and
a family income under $75,000. The bill
failed by a narrow margin on a 15-15 tie vote.
The program was intended to have been funded by state lottery proceeds. The resolution that would have authorized a
state vote on the lottery proposal, SJR 24 [text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SJR24_int.rtf
] was defeated in the same committee meeting by a 14-16 vote.
Final
Appropriations Levels Certified:
On Tuesday, the State Board of Equalization set the final amount of
funds available to the Legislature for appropriation this session. Tuesday’s certified amount was $315.6
million above the level appropriated last year, not including funds available
in the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The
Rainy Day Fund has $78.8 which may be appropriated by the Legislature under
certain conditions. The $315.6 million
was an increase of $17.9 million from the Board’s initial estimate on December
29, due almost entirely to increased projections of natural gas tax
receipts. Following are several items
related to the amount of appropriated funds available.
House
and Senate Advance Supplemental Appropriations: This week both the House and Senate advanced
supplemental appropriation bills that would provide funding to state agencies
to address critical budget issues in the current fiscal year.
- HB 1564 [text: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB1564_cs.rtf
] would appropriate a total of $118.1 million. Included in the amount are three appropriations for higher
education totaling $16.3 million.
Those funds are intended for three purposes-- $2.8 million for debt
payments on capital bond projects; $9 million to go toward the backlog of
private donations awaiting state matching funds in the endowed chairs
program; and $4.4 million to meet extraordinary utility cost increases at
the institutions. The bill was
approved by the House Appropriations and Budget Committee and is now
pending action on the House floor.
- SB 322 [text: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb322_engr.rtf
] appropriates only $13.6 million, primarily for debt payments on capital
bond projects, including $2.8 million for higher education. The bill also includes $3.25 million
for graduate medical education in the Tulsa area (sometimes referred to as
the “Hillcrest” issue).
Supplemental funding for graduate medical education was not
included in HB 1564 as passed by the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. SB 322 passed out of the Senate
Appropriations Committee on Wednesday and was approved on the Senate floor
by a 39-0 vote on Thursday. The
bill now goes to the House for further consideration.
Tuition
Tax Credit: This week the House
Revenue and Taxation Committee approved HB 1729 by Rep. Kenneth Corn (D – Howe)
[text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02HB/HB1729_int.rtf
]. The bill would allow individual
Oklahoma taxpayers to claim a credit of up to $500 on their state income taxes
for any tuition paid to a public or private college in Oklahoma. The revenue loss to the state is estimated
at up to $48 million. Rep. Corn
indicated that a final version of the bill would likely reduce this cost estimate
significantly.
Upcoming
Meetings/Activities:
·
March 6 – Higher Education Day at the Capitol
Upcoming Legislative Deadlines:
March
15, Thursday.......................................................................... Bills
from Floor of House of Origin
March
29, Thursday.................................................................. Bills
from Committee of Opposite House
April
19, Thursday............................................................................. Bills
from Floor of Opposite House
May
25, Friday.................................................................................................... Sine
Die Adjournment
SB 90 - Re-creating State Accrediting Agency/Capitol-Medical
Center Improvement and Zoning Commission
SB 322 -
Appropriations - State Regents & University Hospitals
Bills Passed in Senate Committee
SB 73 - Governmental Tort Claims
SB 81 - Creating the Science & Technology Council
SB 110 - Employee benefits meetings
SB 117 - Internet - sales tax exemption
SB 147 - Investment of funds by Commissioners of the Land
Office
SB 149 - Tuition Scholarship Revolving Fund - Use of funds
SB 154 - Osteopathic Medicine - Licensing
SB 168 - Reading Sufficiency Act
SB 181 - Construction
SB 195 - Dental hygienists
SB 322 - Appropriations - State Regents & University
Hospitals
SB 335 - Sex Offenders Registration
SB 341 - OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery -
Name change
SB 372 - Tobacco Settlement Fund - Board members
SB 377 - Nursing Practice Act
SB 389 - Salary bonus for nationally certified
speech-language pathologists, audiologists and school psychologists
SB 396 - Board members - Congressional districts
SB 408 - OU and OSU police officers - Retirement system
SB 410 - Open Meeting - Allowing public comment
SB 416 - Health insurance - Out-of-state providers
SB 417 - Telephone answering - State agencies/higher
education institutions
SB 419 - Teachers’ Retirement System board of trustees
SB 423 - Health insurance - Retention of coverage
SB 438 - Health insurance - High-deductible plans/medical
saving accounts
SB 439 - Campus security - Ordering someone to leave
SB 440 - Electric power - Transferable tax credit
SB 447 - Purchasing - Sole-source
SB 465 - Consultant contracts
SB 496 - Educational Indicators reports
SB 499 - Teacher residency program
SB 502 - Health insurance - Determination of plans
SB 522 - Forestry Code
SB 535 - Sales tax exemption - teacher training related to
robotics
SB 553 - International Building Code
SB 564 - Technology
SB 571 - Travel reimbursement - Per diem rates
SB 580 - Authority for setting tuition/fees
SB 586 - Tuition Equalization Grant Program
SB 592 - Electronic/on-line transaction fee
SB 596 - Tuition limits
SB 599 - Gross production tax - Apportionment
SB 611 - Agency closing due to hazardous weather - Paid
leave
SB 633 - Continuance of life insurance
SB 635 - Leave-sharing
SB 637 - Insurance claims reimbursement
SB 675 - Health insurance coverage for child
SB 680 - State Employee Advocacy Rights
SB 681 - Retired teachers’ organization
SB 682 - Privatization of state functions
SB 684 - Leave benefits/Deferred savings
SB 687 - Leave benefits
SB 689 - University Hospital - Services for correctional
inmates
SB 694 - Creating Oklahoma Institute of Technology
SB 701 - Social studies curriculum
SB 711 - Health insurance - Mammography coverage
SB 733 - Health insurance - Colon cancer screening
SB 788 - 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission
SB 790 - Advanced Placement Incentive Program
SB 796 - Correctional employees - Tuition assistance
SB 810 - School testing
SB 813 - Teacher certification/competency
SJR 13 - Creating the State and Education Defined
Contribution Retirement Plan Task Force
SJR 26 - Apportioning land to Oklahoma City Community
College
Bills Failed in Senate Committee
SB 809 - Quality Education Initiative
Act/Educational Facilities Grant Program/HOPE Scholarship
SJR 24 - Lottery
HB 1214 -
Area vo-tech districts - name change
HB 1252 -
Purchasing
HB 1523 - Appropriations - University Hospitals
HB 1530 - Appropriations to
Agriculture Dept. - OSU’s financial management assistance program/diagnostic
laboratories
HB 1532 - Asbestos abatement
HB 1537 - Jazz Hall of Fame/Greenwood
Cultural Center
HB 1636 -
Smoking in Public Places
Bills Passed in
House Committee
HB 1003 - Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund
HB 1029 - Dental hygienists
HB 1031 - Sales tax exemption - private school tuition
HB 1070 - Travel reimbursement
HB 1072 - University of Oklahoma cancer treatment/research
program
HB 1132 - Appropriations to offset insurance premium
increase
HB 1196 - Oklahoma Institute of Technology
HB 1197 - Workers’ Compensation
HB 1231 - Police Corps educational opportunities
HB 1248 - Teachers’ Retirement System
HB 1249 - Tuition waiver for spouse and children of disabled
law enforcement members
HB 1253 - Criminal history - teacher licensure
HB 1266 - Computer crimes
HB 1305 - Teacher certification
HB 1315 - Administrative hearings
HB 1322 - Electronic signatures
HB 1332 - Employee productivity programs
HB 1364 - Payments in lieu of ad valorem
HB 1373 - Campus police - biological evidence
HB 1378 - Agricultural Linked Deposit Program
HB 1388 - Workforce Investment Act
HB 1405 - Storage tank regulations
HB 1499 - Education reform/forgivable loan program
HB 1503 - Center for Rural Development - Northeastern State
University
HB 1559 - General appropriations
HB 1564 - Appropriations
HB 1593 - State employee salary increase
HB 1600 - Professional development institutes for
middle-grade teachers
HB 1630 - Teacher salaries
HB 1640 - Bond approval
HB 1641 - Graduation requirements for mathematics challenged
HB 1642 - Creating the Office of Technology
HB 1662 - Charging fee for electronic/online transaction
HB 1692 - Public Safety officers’ salaries - college degree
HB 1696 - General appropriations
HB 1710 - Appropriating to Teachers’ Retirement System
HB 1711 - Teacher certification for superintendents &
principals
HB 1718 - Workers’ Compensation - Mediation
HB 1719 - Teachers’ Retirement - Unfunded liability
HB 1729 - Income tax credit for tuition
HB 1736 - Ad valorem tax for charitable institutions
HB 1767 - Partnership for School Readiness
HB 1768 - Leave
HB 1823 - Zero-based budgeting
HB 1864 - Limiting Internet access
HB 1889 - Workers’ Compensation
HB 1898 - Workers’ Compensation
HB 1938 - Governmental Tort Claims
HB 1953 - Medical information privacy
HB 1964 - Medical micropigmentation regulation
Bills Failed in
House Committee
None
Bills Signed by the Governor
HB 1119 - Leave
sharing
Bills Added to the
Tracking List:
SB 322 - Appropriations
HB 1196 - Creating the Oklahoma Institute of Technology
HB 1231 - Police Corps educational opportunities
HB 1249 - Tuition waiver for spouse and children of disabled
law enforcement members
HB 1388 - Workforce investment
HB 1564 - Appropriations
Bills Deleted from
the Tracking List:
None
If you are unable to print copies of the bills in this report, please
contact Carolyn McCoy at (405) 225-9165 or e-mail her at “cmccoy@osrhe.edu”.
INDEX
BILLS OF INTEREST TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Tax
Credit
For
college tuition, HB 1729, HB 1890
For teacher’s materials, SB
54, SB 356, SB 693, HB 1287
Transferable
for electric power, SB 440
Deduction
for College Savings Plan contributions, HB 1896
Exemption
for
College
graduates, SB 639, HB 1687
College
students, SB 639
Museums,
HB 1637
Retirement
benefits, SB 370, HB 1325, HB 1446, HB 1860
Payment
of student loans, SB 729
Research
contract, SB 729
Items
for Internet providers, SB 117
Teacher
training, SB 535
Ticket
sales, SB 25
Tuition
for private schools, HB 1031
Revenues
for Teachers’ Retirement System, SB 518
Teacher
Adjunct,
HB 1648
Alternative
certification, SB 380, SB 813
Certification,
SB 373, SB 380, SB 388, HB 1305, HB 1371, HB 1647, HB 1711, HB 1744
Competency,
SB 41, SB 56, HB 1647, HB 1744
Criminal
history, HB 1253
Deaf
education, HB 1654
Forgivable
loans, HB 1499
Institute
grants, SB 813
Leadership
preparation, HB 1747
BILL SUMMARIES
Status
Reported as of February 22, 2001
SENATE BILLS
SB 25 (Morgan/Nations) - EVENT
TICKETS/SALES TAX EXEMPTION.
Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of admission tickets to
recreational events or activities that are located at and operated by a State
System institution; requiring that an amount equivalent to the amount that
otherwise would be required to be collected must be separately stated on the
admission ticket and used for funding policies, practices, programs and
services to promote gender equity. (68
§ 1356) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB25_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
02/13/2001 Title Stricken
02/13/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb25_sflr.rtf
02/19/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 33 (Robinson/Askins) - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Amending sections pertaining to services
that may be provided by a physician assistant; modifying the membership of the
Physician Assistant Committee, requiring the inclusion of a director, or
designee, representing all physician assistant higher educational programs in
the state. (59 §§ 519.2, 519.3, 519.6,
519.7, 519.10; 63 § 2-312) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB33_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
SB 41 (Crutchfield/McCarter) - TEACHER COMPETENCY REVIEW PANEL. Repealing a section relating to the Teacher
Competency Review Panel. (70 §
6-202) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB41_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB 54 (Dunlap) - TAX CREDIT FOR TEACHER MATERIALS.
Providing income tax credit for public school teachers purchasing
classroom supplies. (68 § 2357.66) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB54_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB 56 (Capps) - TEACHER COMPETENCY REVIEW PANEL.
Repealing the Teacher Competency Review Panel. (70 § 6-202) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB56_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB 57 (Capps/Begley) - Physician
Manpower Training Commission.
Modifying membership requirements of Physician Manpower Training
Commission; removing the president of the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic
Medicine and Surgery and the executive chief of staff of the Oklahoma Medical
Center from the commission. (70 §
697.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB57_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
02/12/2001 Senate Committee - Committee
Substitute Do Pass - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb57_sflr.rtf
02/14/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 73 (Helton/Askins) - Governmental
Tort Claims. Increasing from
$125,000 to $200,000 the total liability for claims brought under the
Governmental Tort Claims Act for certain losses arising out of a single act,
accident or occurrence. (51 § 154) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB73_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
2/15/01Title
stricken
2/20/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb73_sflr.rtf
SB 81 (Dunlap/Perry) - Science
and Technology. Creating a
Science and Technology Council to target marketing opportunities for the state;
providing for the chair to be the vice president of technology development of
the University of Oklahoma. (74 §§ 5060.40, 5060.41) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB81_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate General Government Committee
02/19/2001 Title Stricken
02/19/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb81_sflr.rtf
SB 90 (Crutchfield/Easley) - STATE ACCREDITING AGENCY/CAPITOL-MEDICAL
CENTER. Re-creating until 2007
various entities including the State Accrediting Agency and the Capitol-Medical
Center Improvement and Zoning Commission.
(74 § 3908) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB90_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Sunset Committee
02/19/2001 Direct to Calendar
2/20/01Bill
Amended and Passed - Senate (36-6) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb90_engr.rtf
02/21/01 House
Introduction and First Reading
02/22/01 Second Reading -
Referred to House Committee: Govt Ops & Agency Oversight
SB 99 (Mickle) - INVENTORY RECORDS. This is
a shell bill relating to inventory records of state entities. (74 § 110.2) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB99_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 110 (Mickle) - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Requiring agencies to provide employee benefit informational
meetings. (74 § 1344) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB110_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Government Operations Committee
02/22/2001 Senate Committee - Committee Substitute Do Pass
SB 117 (Monson/Rice) - TAX EXEMPTION/INTERNET SERVICE. Providing sales tax exemption for Internet
inputs. (68 §§ 1352, 1357)
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
2/20/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 130 (Cain/Benson) - Governmental
Tort Claims. Modifying the
Governmental Tort Claims Act; expanding scope of definition of political
subdivision. (51 § 152) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB130_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
2/20/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 132 (Monson/Cox) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Providing that an insurer who provides
family health insurance coverage to a parent of a child who is ordered by a
court to provide health coverage to provide that such requirements shall not
apply where the coverage is through a group plan and the group’s coverage is
through the insurer is discontinued or the noncustodial parent ceases to be
eligible for participation in the group plan.
(36 § 6058A) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB132_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
2/8/01 Senate
Committee - Passed - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb132_sflr.rtf
02/14/01 General Order - Senate
SB 141 (Williams) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND. Clarifying language relating to the Tobacco
Settlement Fund. (62 § 50) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB141_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 147 (Herbert/Glover) - EDUCATIONAL FUNDS. Increasing from 45 percent to 60 percent the
portion of permanent school funds, other educational funds and public building
funds the Commissioners of the Land Office may invest in equity securities. (64 § 51)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB147_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Committee Substitute Do Pass
SB 149 (Wilcoxson) - Tuition
Scholarship REVOLVING FUND.
Changing the name of the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Revolving Fund to
the Oklahoma Scholarship Revolving Fund; allowing monies to be used only for
payment authorized by the Academic Scholars Act, the Oklahoma Higher Learning
Access Program Act and the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Act. (62 § 41.29e) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB149_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Committee Substitute Do Pass
SB 152 (Monson) - HEALTH
INSURANCE. Creating the Unintended
Pregnancy and Abortion Reduction Act; requiring insurers to provide
contraceptive services coverage. (36 §§
6060.61, 6060.62) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB152_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
2/15/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 154 (Shurden) - OSTEOPATHIC
MEDICINE. Relating to the
Osteopathic Medicine Act; requiring specified interns be licensed; providing
limits on practice involving electronic means; modifying licensing
procedures. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB154_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
2/22/01Senate
Committee - Passed
SB 168 (Wilcoxson/Coleman) - READING SUFFICIENCY. Relating to the Reading Sufficiency Act;
modifying assessment procedures; modifying contents of program of reading
instruction; modifying report requirements.
The committee substitute adds language establishing reading goals and
making the standard for evaluating instruction. (70 § 1210.508C) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB168_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/14/2001 Committee Reassignment: Education
02/19/2001 Senate Committee - Committee Substitute Do Pass - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb168_cs.rtf
SB 178 (Hobson) - PHYSICAL THERAPY. Amending
the Physical Therapy Practice Act. (59
§ 887.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB178_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
2/15/01Senate
Committee - Com Sub Passed
SB 179 (Pruitt) - DRUG/ALCOHOL
PROGRAMS. Reducing workers'
compensation premium for successful participation in drug- and alcohol-free
program. (36 §§ 927.1/97.4) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB179_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 181 (Robinson/Ferguson) - CONSTRUCTION/BIDDING. Amending procedures relating to design
consultant, construction manager contracts and competitive bidding
requirements. (61 §§ 62, 130) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB181_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Government Operations Committee
02/22/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass
SB 189 (Maddox/Matlock) - ORTHOTICS/PROSTHETICS. Creating the Orthotics and Prosthetics
Practice Act. (59 §§ 30001/3008) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB189_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Small Business Committee
2/15/01Title
stricken
2/15/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb189_sflr.rtf
02/19/2001 General Order – Senate
SB 192 (Shurden/Erwin) - HEALTH
INSURANCE. Requiring accident and
health insurance insurers to reimburse all clean claims within 45 days after
receipt. (36 §§ 1219, 4008; 63 § 2514;
74 § 1328) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB192_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
02/13/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb192_sflr.rtf
SB 195 (Morgan) - DENTAL
HYGIENISTS. Modifying procedures
and requirements for employment of dental hygienists; requiring supervision;
requiring examinations; limiting number of dental hygienists. (59 §§ 328.3, 328.34) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB195_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
2/22/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 210 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/OCAST.
Appropriating to the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology (OCAST). http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB210_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
02/20/01 General Order - Senate
SB 212 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/OCAST.
Providing budgetary limitations for the Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB212_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
02/20/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 239 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/STATE REGENTS.
Appropriating to the State Regents.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB239_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
02/20/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 240 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/STATE REGENTS.
Appropriating to the State Regents.
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB240_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
02/20/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 241 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/Physician
Manpower Training Commission.
Providing budgetary limitations for the Physician Manpower Training
Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB241_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
SB 250 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS. This is
a shell bill appropriating to various educational entities, including the
Teacher Preparation Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB250_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 255 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/TEACHER PREPARATION COMMISSION. Providing budgetary limitations for the
Teacher Preparation Commission. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB255_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 263 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. This is a shell bill appropriating to various health service
entities, including the University Hospitals Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB263_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 268 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. Providing budgetary limitations for the University Hospitals
Authority. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB268_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 280 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS/TOURISM INTERNSHIP. Authorizing the State Regents to establish an internship program
in conjunction with the Tourism and Recreation Department for students enrolled
in an institution of the State System who are pursuing an Associate or Business
Administration degree in the area of tourism management. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB280_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 304 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS. This is
a shell general appropriations bill. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB304_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
SB 319 (Haney/Mass) - DEFERRED SAVINGS. Clarifying
language relating to the State Employees Deferred Savings Incentive Plan. (74 § 1707)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB319_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
SB 321 (Haney/Mass) - STRATEGIC PLANS.
Clarifying language relating to agency strategic plans. (62 § 45.3)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB321_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
SB 322 (Haney/Mass) - APPROPRIATIONS. The
committee substitute makes appropriations from the special cash fund,
appropriating $2,843,396 to the State Regents and $192,564 to the University
Hospitals Authority. Amended by adding
an appropriation of $3,250,000 from the special cash fund to provided matching
funds for the Direct Medical Education Supplemental Incentive Payment program
to support graduate medical education for residents and interns.
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
2/21/01Withdrawn
from Calendar and Returned to Appropriations
2/21/01Senate
Committee - Committee Substitute Passed
- http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb322_sflr.rtf
2/22/01Bill
Amended and Passed - Senate (39-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb322_engr.rtf
SB 323 (Haney/Mass) - LONG-RANGE CAPITAL PLANS.
Authorizing funds for capital projects of the State Regents. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB323_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
SB 325 (Haney/Mass) - Tobacco Settlement Fund.
Clarifying language relating to the Tobacco Settlement Fund. (62 § 50)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB325_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
2/20/01Withdrawn
from Committee; Direct to Calendar
SB 335 (Cain) - SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION.
Relating to the Sex Offenders Registration Act; requiring parolees from
other states or the United States to register; requiring registration where
offender works or attends school. (57
§§ 582/585, 587) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB335_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 341 (Williams) - OSU COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC
MEDICINE. Changing the name of the Oklahoma College of
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery to the Oklahoma State University College of
Osteopathic Medicine; creating the Oklahoma State University Health Sciences
Center. (70 § 3423) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB341_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 349 (Robinson) - Workers’ Compensation.
Clarifying language relating to Workers’ Compensation. (85 § 21)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB349_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 350 (Pruitt) - RELIGIOUS LAND USE.
Creating the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of
2001; prohibiting burden upon free exercise of religion; providing exception;
prohibiting imposing a land use regulation in a certain manner. (51 §§ 270/276) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB350_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 351 (Wilcoxson/Coleman) - TUITION
SCHOLARSHIP. Limiting the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship
Program to freshman and junior years of enrollment; requiring students to
achieve at least a 3.25 grade point average in high school; providing that
payment of scholarships begins during the 2003-2004 academic year. (70 §§ 2611, 2612) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB351_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 356 (Laughlin) - TAX CREDIT/TEACHER’S
MATERIALS. Establishing an
income tax credit for public school teachers who purchase school materials,
supplies or equipment directly related to education and used in the
classroom. (68 § 2357.66) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB356_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB 363 (Laughlin) - SCHOOL TESTING. Relating to Oklahoma School Testing Program
Act; providing for development of a comprehensive criterion-referenced test as
an alternative means of demonstrating required competencies. (70 § 1210.508) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB363_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Laid Over
SB 370 (Snyder) - INCOME TAX/RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Deleting age and income restrictions to qualify for an income tax
exemption for retirement benefits. (68
§ 2358) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB370_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
SB 372 (Taylor/Adair) - Tobacco
Settlement Fund. Providing for appropriation of monies from
Tobacco Settlement Fund; setting terms of office of members of the Board of
Investors of the Tobacco Settlement Fund.
(62 § 50) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB372_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass
SB 373 (Leftwich/Nance) - TEACHER CERTIFICATION/SUPERINTENDENTS. Authorizing State Board of Education to
grant exemption from certification requirements for superintendents in districts
with average daily membership over $25,000.
(70 § 3-126) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB373_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
02/12/2001 Senate Committee - Do
Pass -
http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb373_sflr.rtf
02/14/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 377 (Monson/Askins) - NURSING PRACTICE.
Amending various sections of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act. (59 § 276.2) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB377_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Human Resources Committee
2/21/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb377_sflr.rtf
SB 380 (Wilcoxson) - ALTERNATIVE TEACHER
CERTIFICation. Modifying requirements for alternative
teacher certification; creating alternative teacher assistance program;
repealing teacher competency review panel.
(70 §§ 6-122.3, 6-122.4, 6-202) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB380_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
SB 388 (Williams/Roach) - NATIONAL
BOARD CERTIFICation. Authorizing standard certification to
teachers holding National Board Certification.
(70 § 6-190) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB388_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
02/12/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass
- http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb388_sflr.rtf
02/20/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 389 (Crutchfield/Staggs) - TEACHER
BONUS. Providing annual salary bonus to nationally
certified speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and school
psychologists (70 § 6-205) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB389_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 396 (Morgan) - BOARD APPOINTMENTS/CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING. Providing for appointment of members of
State boards, commissions, and authorities to be filled based on congressional
districts. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB396_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Government Operations Committee
02/22/2001 Title Stricken
02/22/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 399 (Herbert/Morgan) - OPEN MEETING/OPEN RECORDS. Expanding the term “public body” for
purposes of the Open Meeting Act and the Open Record Act. (25 § 304, 51 § 24A.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB399_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 408 (Monson) - OU & OSU campus police. Allowing election for limited participation
in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System for OU and OSU police
officers. (47 § 2-314) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB408_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as
Amended
SB 410 (Williamson/Vaughn) - OPEN MEETING. Relating to the Open Meeting Act; allowing
public comment. (25 § 311) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB410_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
2/20/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb410_sflr.rtf
SB 416 (Maddox) - HEALTH INSURANCE.
Relating to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board; providing
for discounts with out-of-state providers.
(74 §§ 1304, 1307.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB416_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass
SB 417 (Maddox) - TELEPHONES. Requiring
that a person answer the telephones of state agencies and higher education
institutions. (74 § 3306) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB417_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 419 (Morgan) - RETIREMENT. Clarifying
language relating to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System
of Oklahoma. (70 § 17-106) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB419_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
2/15/01Committee
Reassignment: Appropriations
02/20/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Committee
Substitute Do Pass
SB 423 (Maddox) - HEALTH INSURANCE.
Relating to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board; providing
for retention of coverage. (74 §
1315) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB423_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass
SB 425 (Morgan) - HEALTH INSURANCE.
Clarifying language relating to the State and Education Employees Group
Insurance Board and treatment of diabetes.
(74 § 1307.2) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB425_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 427 (Morgan) - RETIREMENT. Requiring
the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, upon a member making application
to retire, to provide an application to join retired teachers'
organization. (70 §§ 17-122,
17-122.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB427_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
SB 438 (Helton/Kirby) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Deleting certain restrictions on the type of
high-deductible plan that can be offered by the State and Education Employees
Group Insurance Board; deleting provisions relating to medical saving accounts. (74 § 1371)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB438_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Committee
Substitute Do Pass
SB 439 (Maddox/Kirby) - CAMPUS SECURITY. Expanding list of persons who may order
another to leave institution; requiring grievance procedure. (21 § 1376)
http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB439_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/01 Senate Committee - Do Pass as
Amended
SB 440 (Easley/Glover) - TAX CREDITS/ELECTRICITY. Providing tax credits for production and
consumption of zero-emission electric power; providing that nontaxable entities
shall be eligible to establish a transferable tax credit. http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB440_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Finance Committee
2/20/01Title
stricken
2/20/01Senate
Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 447 (Dickerson) - PURCHASING. For purposes
of the Central Purchasing Act, modifying sole source/sole brand procedures,
limits, and reports. (74 § 85.45j) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB447_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 450 (Stipe/Gray) - TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS.
Compensating telecommunications providers for use of system by
interconnected carriers. (17 §§
139.102, 139.110) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB450_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Business & Labor Committee
SB 465 (Stipe) - CONSULTANTS/CONSTRUCTION.
Requiring all state agencies, boards and commissions except the
Department of Transportation and the Transportation Authority to use consultant
and construction contract forms required by the Director of the Department of
Central Services; specifying that all drawings, plans, specifications, and
models made by a consultant doing work for this state shall be the property of
this state. (61 §§ 60, 61; 69 §§
708.1/708.3) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB465_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Appropriations Committee
02/21/2001 Title Stricken
02/21/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as
Amended
SB 469 (Stipe/Dunegan) - BOND ISSUES. Authorizing agencies to apply to the
Oklahoma Supreme Court for approval of bond issues. Amended by inserting that the Supreme Court may develop rules for
approval of obligations. (20 §
14.1) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB469_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Judiciary Committee
02/13/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb469_sflr.rtf
02/19/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 489 (Maddox) - Workers’ Compensation.
Clarifying language relating to computation time for purposes of the
Workers’ Compensation Act. (85 §
3.11) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB489_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Rules Committee
SB 496 (Williams/Roberts) - EDUCATIONAL
INDICATORS. Relating to the Oklahoma Educational Indicators
Program; changing date by which reports shall be published. (70 § 1210.531) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB496_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
02/19/2001 Senate Committee - Do Pass
- http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb496_sflr.rtf
02/21/2001 General Order - Senate
SB 499 (Williams) - TEACHER RESIDENCY.
Relating to the residency program; authorizing certain early-childhood licensed
teachers to participate in residency program.
(70 § 6-195) http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/SB499_int.rtf
2/6/01 Referred
to Senate Education Committee
02/19/2001 Title Stricken
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