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Contents

Overview ............................................................ 2

Appropriations Overview ................................... 3

General and Miscellaneous Appropriations

Measures ........................................................... 3

Medical Marijuana, Hemp, and Associated

Products ............................................................. 5

Agriculture & Rural Measures ............................ 8

Agriculture Funding ........................................... 9

Business & Labor ................................................ 9

Corrections Funding ......................................... 13

Office of Juvenile Affairs Funding .................... 13

Economic Development & Commerce Measures

......................................................................... 14

Commerce Funding .......................................... 16

Historical Society Funding ................................ 17

Common Education ......................................... 17

Career & Technology Education Funding ......... 24

Common Education (K-12) Funding ................. 25

Higher Education ............................................. 27

Higher Education Funding ................................ 29

Hospital Authority Funding .............................. 29

Energy, Environment, & Utilities ...................... 30

Conservation Commission Funding ................. 34

Corporation Commission Funding ................... 34

Election Measures ........................................... 34

County and Municipal Government ................. 37

Public Finance .................................................. 40

State Government ........................................... 42

OMES Funding ................................................. 47

Health Measures ............................................. 47

Health Funding ................................................ 57

Health Care Authority Funding ....................... 60

Mental Health & Substance Abuse Funding .... 60

Human Services ............................................... 60

Human Services Funding ................................. 65

Insurance Measures ........................................ 66

Liquor, Smoking, & Tobacco ............................ 71

Judiciary/Court Measures ............................... 73

Judiciary Funding ............................................ 77

Professions & Occupations ............................. 78

Public Safety .................................................... 82

Public Safety and Law Enforcement Funding .. 91

Public Employees-

Retirement/Insurance/Pay/Benefits ............... 92

Taxation and Tax Exemptions ......................... 94

Tax Commission Funding ................................ 99

Transportation, Vehicle, and License Measures

........................................................................ 99

Transportation Funding ................................ 105

Veteran Measures ......................................... 107

Veterans Funding .......................................... 110

Senate & House Joint Resolutions ................ 110

Vetoed Measures .......................................... 110

Oklahoma State Senate: Session Overview

Oklahoma State Senate

Committee Staff

August 2021

Overview

The Oklahoma State Senate convened the 1

Session of the 58

Legislature on February

1, 2020, to tackle a host of issues ranging

from extending regulatory oversight related

to marijuana, encouraging economic growth

in the aftermath of COVID-19, adjusting

Senate and House Districts to match the

state’s population, and to continue reforming

the criminal justice system. The 58

Legislature also tackled the issue of rising

utility bills following the prolonged North

American winter storms of 2021.

The Oklahoma State Senate welcomed 7

new members to the body following the

2020 election, including Senators George

Burns, Jo Ana Dossett, Jessica Garvin,

Warren Hamilton, Jake Merrick, Cody

Rogers, and Blake Stephens.

At the beginning of the 1

Session of the

Legislature, the Senate remained

cautious as COVID-19 continued to infect

Oklahomans. Retaining the option for its

members to vote and appear for Senate

business remotely, the Senate cautiously

returned to normal business to maintain the

safety of the public, its members, and its

staff. Following the release of the vaccine in

March to members of the public, the Senate

began to phase out many of the COVID era

restrictions it imposed in the 2020 Session.

With the successful expansion of medical

marijuana growers and retailers throughout

the state, the Legislature grew concerned

with the emerging black market. To combat

these issues, the Senate voted to tighten

financial and license regulations.

The Senate also addressed matters relating

to criminal justice reform and public safety.

The passage of the Sarah Stitt Act and

various measures relating to “restorative

justice” as well as bail reform for medically

frail patients helps to alleviate crowded

prisons and provides prisoners with a viable

path to reintegration. The newly created

Unified State Law Enforcement

Commission will examine the question of

unifying state law enforcement entities to

both reduce the administrative costs of

public safety as well as increase

coordination.

Mask mandates and the specter of “vaccine

passports” also drove the Senate to action

with the passage of SB 658. The measure

prohibits any school district from

implementing a mask mandate without

consulting the county or state health

department as well as prohibits the use of

documents relating to proof of vaccination

for entry.

Appropriations Overview

HB 2900 (Wallace/Thompson) became law

on May 24, 2021, with the approval of the

Governor. The measure provided $9.1

billion in total appropriations, which

included a $212 million increase for

common education. Additionally, the Health

Care Authority a $28 million budget

increase to incorporate newly eligible

Oklahomans that qualify for Medicaid

services.

Subcommittee

Budget

FY21 Total

FY22 GA Bill

Changes

from

Original

Education

$3,953,211,053

$4,165,614,219

5.37%

General

Government

and

Transportation

$1,019,645,842

$1,005,808,701

-1.36%

Health

$1,543,540,021

$1,761,300,769

14.11%

HHS

$844,317,829

$849,821,728

0.65%

NRR

$172,828,417

$157,248,036

-9.01%

Public Safety

and Justice

$859,247,741

$891,232,291

3.72%

Total FY'21

Appropriation

vs. Total

FY'22

Appropriation

$3,953,211,053

$4,165,614,219

5.37%

Additionally, the Legislature needed to

encourage economic recovery in the

pandemic’s aftermath. The Senate chose to

lower individual and corporate income taxes

in HB’s 2962 and 2960 respectively to

encourage investment and job growth.

General and Miscellaneous

Appropriations Measures

SB 1076 (Thompson/Wallace) directs the

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation

Department to make available matching

funds to multicounty organizations using

funds appropriated to it in HB 2900.

SB 1077 (Thompson/Wallace) extends the

maximum 7% workers’ compensation

premium assessment for the Multiple Injury

Trust Fund for a five-year period until fiscal

year 2027.

SB 1083 (Thompson/Wallace) sunsets

provisions of law relating to the Oklahoma

Capitol Improvement Authority issuing

notes, bonds, or other evidences of

obligation for the construction of the State

Health Laboratory on July 1, 2025, if the

Authority has failed to issue such evidences

of obligation by the sunset date.

HB 2780 (Pfeiffer/Rader) adds unpaid

mixed beverage gross receipts tax to taxes

for which corporations, limited liability

corporations and other legal entities are

personally liable. The measure provides that

a claim for refund of erroneously paid sales

taxes may only be made if a vendor refuses

to honor proof of eligibility for sales tax

exemptions. Additionally, the measure

authorizes the Oklahoma Tax Commission

(OTC) to enter into a contract with a state

agency to assist in the collection of any state

tax, penalty, or interest in which that agency

has authority to collect and control. The

Commission must charge a collection

assistance fee to the agency equal to 10% of

the total amount collected. OTC may also

enter into the same type of contract with the

Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission and have the authority to

collect and enforce unemployment tax,

penalties, and interest. The OTC may

$2,000,000,000

$3,000,000,000

$4,000,000,000

$5,000,000,000

$6,000,000,000

$7,000,000,000

$8,000,000,000

$9,000,000,000

$10,000,000,000

FY20 Appropriation

FY21 Appropriation

FY 22 Appropriation

Total Appropriations

garnish the accrued earnings of a delinquent

taxpayer by sending notice and specific

procedures to the taxpayer’s employer and

places liability on the employer for the total

amount of delinquent taxes if they willfully

disregard or refuse a notice from OTC

regarding the delinquency of an employee.

The measure also increases the time period

from 5 days to 15 days, in which delinquent

taxes must be remitted when OTC contracts

with a debt collections agency. Additionally,

the measure removes the name of the

County Government Education Technical

Revolving Fund and alters it to an agency

special account to be used for the collection

and distribution of documentary stamp

revenues, the apportionment of which shall

start in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.

Any funds remaining in the revolving fund’s

reserve account on November 1, 2021, shall

be transferred to the special agency account.

The measure also allows OTC to distribute

funds from the agency special account to the

Oklahoma State University Center for Local

Government Technology or the Oklahoma

Cooperative Extension Service County

Training Program. The measure also limits

the liability of incentive payments made for

film production rebates to the balance of the

Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate

Program Revolving Fund.

HB 2870 (Wallace/Thompson) authorizes

the Commissioners of the Land Office to

pay fees to multiple custodial banks as well

as investment consultants from certain

funds. The measure also directs the CLO to

require written competitive bids for

custodial banks every 10 years rather than

every 5 years.

HB 2893 (Wallace/Thompson) modifies the

apportionment of taxes and fees collected

from the insurance premium tax to the

Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma Police

Pension and Retirement System, the Law

Enforcement Retirement Fund, and the

Education Reform Revolving Fund.

HB 2894 (Wallace/Thompson) eliminates

the second year of an insurance premium tax

apportionment change provided in HB 2741

(2020).

HB 2897 (Wallace/Thompson) creates a

revolving fund in the state treasury for the

Ethics Commission to be known as the

“Ethics Commission Online Filing

Revolving Fund.” The fund shall be a

continuing fund and the deposits to the fund

shall consist of the first $200,000.00

designated for deposit to the fund. Monies in

the fund may be used by the Commission to

develop, maintain, and administer the

Commission’s online filing system and for

payment of fees and charges to other state

agencies for information technology

services.

HB 2898 (Wallace/Thompson) provides that

all monies submitted by sheriffs to the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as

processing fees for applications for a

handgun license are to be deposited in the

General Revenue Fund beginning July 1,

2022.

HB 2907 (Wallace/Thompson) directs the

Oklahoma Conservation Commission’s

Master Irrigator Program to utilize

appropriated dollars as follows:

1) $90,000.00 for training and

2) $50,000.00 for research on the Ogallala

Aquifer

HB 2910 (Wallace/Thompson) authorizes

certain state agencies to establish a Capital

Account Fund consisting of funds from the

agencies’ standard appropriations for the

purpose of maintaining, repairing and

improving agency property.

HB 2911 (Wallace/Thompson) exempts the

Department of Tourism and Recreation from

the requirement that state agencies allocate

1.5% of expenditures for capital projects to

the Oklahoma Arts Council to fund the Art

in Public Places Act.

HB 2951 (Wallace/Thompson) creates the

State-Tribal Litigation Revolving Fund for

the purpose of hiring legal counsel and

paying expenses related to legal

controversies between the State and tribal

governments. The measure provides that if

these provisions are found unconstitutional,

the balance of the Fund shall be reverted to

the General Revenue Fund.

Medical Marijuana, Hemp, and

Associated Products

SB 460 (Paxton/Fetgatter) authorizes

industrial hemp growers to remediate any

industrial hemp so long as all THC is

removed and it is processed as Cannabidiol.

SB 862 (Paxton/Bush) provides that

buildings owned by a county or municipal

government as well as trusts or authorities

with a county or municipal government as

the beneficiary to be designated as smoke

free locations. Such locations prohibit the

use of tobacco, nicotine, marijuana, or other

lawful products consumed in a smoked or

vaporized manner.

SB 1033 (Leewright/Fetgatter) caps the

number of patients a caregiver may cultivate

medical marijuana plants for at no more than

5 licensed patients. The measure provides

for medical marijuana establishments to

maintain a building within 1000 feet of a

new school building provided the license for

such an establishment was granted prior to

the establishment of the building or there

was an error of measurement as it relates to

the distance of the dispensary from the

school. The measurement shall be based on

the distance in a straight line from the school

door nearest the front door of the retail

marijuana establishment to the front door of

the retail marijuana establishment. The

measure also clarifies that any original

medical marijuana business license issued

on or after June 26, 2018, by the Authority,

for a medical marijuana commercial grower,

a medical marijuana processor, or a medical

marijuana dispensary shall be deemed to

have been grandfathered into the location on

the date the original license was first issued

and provides for the grandfathered status to

be transferred is a change in ownership

occurs. The Medical Marijuana Authority

shall not deny any issuance or renewal of

licensure, deny any transfer of licensure due

to a change in ownership, or revoke any

license due to mistake in measurement by

the Authority. The measure authorizes

municipalities to object to the continued

licensure of the grandfathered medical

marijuana dispensary when it is operating

contrary to the required setback distance

from a public or private school. Upon the

municipal government providing the

required documentation outlined in the

measure, the Authority shall not renew or

transfer the medical marijuana dispensary

license and shall cause the license to be

revoked. The measure also clarifies that

“marijuana” shall not include any plant or

material containing delta-8 or delta-10

tetrahydrocannabinol which is grown,

processed or sold pursuant to the provisions

of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program.

The State Department of Health is

authorized by the measure to enter into and

negotiate the terms of a Memorandum of

Understanding between the Department and

other state agencies concerning the

enforcement of laws regulating medical

marijuana by the measure. Additionally, the

measure requires each medical marijuana

research facility, medical marijuana

education facility, and medical marijuana

waste disposal facility develop written

standard operating procedures outlining the

way it operates its seed-to-sale tracking

system. Additionally, the measure authorizes

a publicly traded company as defined in the

measure may purchase up to 40% of the

equity in an existing Oklahoma business that

holds a valid Oklahoma medical marijuana

grower, processor or transporter license.

Such a business must hold a valid medical

marijuana grower, processor or transporter

license for at least 18 months prior to the

investment. A licensed medical marijuana

dispensary shall not be qualified for

investment or equity purchase. The measure

also expands medical marijuana waste to

include any products deemed to have failed

laboratory testing and cannot be remediated

or decontaminated. Medical marijuana waste

shall also include products from a medical

marijuana business facility deemed to have

gone out of business or products that are

unable to be lawfully transferred or sold the

to another commercial licensee. After

November 1, 2021, the measure eliminates

the cap on medical marijuana waste licenses

that may be issued. The State Department of

Health is authorized by the measure to enter

into a contract with the Oklahoma Tax

Commission to collect and enforce the 7%

tax on retail medical marijuana sales. The

assessment, collection, and enforcement

authority shall apply to any tax and any

penalty or interest liability on retail medical

marijuana sales existing at the time of

contracting. The Commission may charge

the Department a 1.5% fee on the gross

collection proceeds.

HB 2272 (Josh West/Murdock) requires

current medical marijuana business licensees

and applicants seeking licensure as a

medical marijuana business to respectively

submit an attestation confirming or denying

the existence of any foreign financial

interests in the medical marijuana business

operation and to disclose such ownership

within 60 days to the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

Control or the Medical Marijuana Authority.

Failure to submit the attestation or

accompanying information to the Bureau

within the specified 60-day period shall

result in the immediate revocation of the

medical marijuana business license.

HB 2279 (Josh West/Kidd) creates the

Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Remediation

Program and provides definitions for terms

used in the act, including Hemp Program,

which is defined as the Oklahoma Hemp

Industrial Reform Program and any final

ruling from the USDA. The measure allows

a person licensed by the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry whose hemp is deemed

noncompliant with the Hemp Program to

request approval from the Department to

remediate the hemp. The licensee must

promptly have the hemp extracted by a

licensed processor into concentrated form

and sampled by a certified laboratory for

THC levels if approved. If the samples are

below USDA levels for THC, the hemp is

compliant and can be sold commercially. If

the samples are noncompliant, the

Department must be notified and the

samples must be destroyed.

HB 2646 (Echols/Taylor) changes several

provisions of law relating to medical

marijuana usage, production, and disposal.

The measure provides that patient licenses

must be signed by an Oklahoma physician

licensed by and in good standing with the

State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision or the State Board of

Osteopathic Examiners. Patients are

authorized by the measure to request the

withdrawal of their caregiver’s license at

any time. The measure extends the time for

the Department of Health to review

dispensary licenses from 2 weeks to 90 days.

Additionally, the measure authorizes

dispensaries to package and sell prerolled

marijuana to licensed medical marijuana

patients and licensed caregivers. Such

products shall contain only the ground parts

of the marijuana plant and shall not include

marijuana concentrates or derivatives and

may not exceed 1 gram. Dispensaries are

also prohibited from displaying or offering

for sale products not contained in a sealed or

separate package. Commercial growers are

authorized by the measure to sell pre-rolled

marijuana to dispensaries. Such products

shall be subject to the same limitations

placed on dispensaries as it relates to

prerolled marijuana. Additionally, the

measure provides that the State Department

of Health may issue 2 types of processor

licenses for hazardous and non-hazardous

materials. Licensed commercial growers

may transfer medical marijuana that has

failed testing to a licensed processor only for

the purposes of decontamination or

remediation. The measure clarifies that the

Department may also inspect a processing

facility up to 2 times a year. The Department

is also directed to establish regulations

which require a medical marijuana business

to submit information to the Oklahoma

Medical Marijuana Authority deemed

reasonably necessary to assist the Authority

in the prevention of diversion of medical

marijuana by a licensed medical marijuana

business. Business licensees are required to

submit a sample or unit of medical

marijuana or medical marijuana product to

the quality assurance laboratory when the

Department has reason to believe the

medical marijuana or medical marijuana

product may be unsafe for patient

consumption. The measure establishes fines

for fraudulently reporting within a 2-year

period information as well. The fine is set at

$5,000.00 for the first violation and

$10,000.00 for second and subsequent

violations. Licensees whose license was

suspended or revoked during the 5 years

preceding an application shall be denied a

license. The Department is authorized by the

measure to issue a written order to any

licensee the Department has reason to

believe has committed a violation. The

written order shall state with specificity the

nature of the violation and shall become a

final order not more than 30 days after the

order is served to the licensee. The licensee

may request an administrative hearing. The

Department is authorized by the measure to

issue an emergency order in certain

circumstances. Entities failing to comply

with the emergency order shall be subject to

a $10,000.00 fine per day of noncompliance.

Additionally, unless the Department

determines otherwise, an application that has

been resubmitted but is still incomplete or

contains errors that are not clerical or

typographical in nature shall be denied. The

measure directs the Department to issue

medical marijuana transporter licenses to

licensed medical marijuana research

facilities, medical marijuana education

facilities and medical marijuana testing

laboratories upon issuance of such license

and upon renewal. Laboratories may not be

owned by any person with a business

interest in a licensed medical marijuana

business or any person who is related to a

person with an interest in the commercial

aspects of the industry. The measure

specifies that distance from schools is to be

measured from the nearest property line of

the school to the nearest perimeter wall of

the dispensary. Properties that are not used

for classroom instruction on core curriculum

and are not on the same campus as a

building used for such do not constitute a

school. The establishment of a school within

1,000 feet of an already existing dispensary

shall not be cause for revocation or

nonrenewal of the license. The measure also

authorizes the Department to appoint 8

additional members to the Medical

Marijuana Advisory Council. The measure

requires the makeup of the council to

include members of the medical marijuana

industry. Any person who manufactures,

distributes, dispenses, prescribes,

administers or uses for scientific purposes

any controlled dangerous substances within

or into this state without first obtaining a

registration issued by the Director of the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and

Dangerous Drugs Control shall be subject to

the same statutory and administrative

jurisdiction of the Director as if that person

were an applicant or registrant.

Agriculture & Rural Measures

SB 775 (Murdock/Dempsey) authorizes the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry to create a Livestock Offender

Registry and to provide access to this

registry to the public on the Department’s

website. Counties in which the offender is

convicted shall submit a certified copy of

the judgment and sentence confirming the

conviction for entry in the Livestock

Offender Registry to the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry or to a statewide livestock

organization designated by the Department.

SB 812 (Murdock/Fetgatter) provides for the

court to order a person to surrender his or

her hunting or fishing license to an officer

from the Department of Wildlife

Conservation present at the hearing upon

conviction of a violation relating to certain

violations. The measure also authorizes the

court clerk to transmit the conviction

information by using an electronic method

authorized by the Department of Wildlife

Conservation.

SB 839 (Dahm/Sean Roberts) specifies that

a game warden shall not have the authority

to use or place a game or wildlife camera on

private property without the permission of

the owner or controller of the property.

SB 844 (Dahm/Gann) repeals the provision

of law entering Oklahoma into the Southern

Dairy Compact.

HB 1001 (Bush/Hall) clarifies the data

required to be maintained by a scrap metal

dealer. The measure provides that any

federally recognized identification card can

be used and requires a vehicle identification

number to be recorded if no license plate is

affixed. Items purchased by a buyer or sold

by a dealer must be captured digitally and

records of the transaction must be

maintained for at least 2 years after the date

of sale. The measure removes separate

requirements for recording data about

purchases of scrap metal under 35 pounds

and of purchases 35 pounds and over. The

person selling the scrap must provide either

a certificate of title, a notarized power of

attorney from the individual on the title

authorizing the seller to dispose of the

vehicle on their behalf, or a statement of

ownership from the seller accompanied by a

bill of sale from the lawful owner. The

measure places any copper wire that is 4

gauge or larger and any copper wire from

which the insulation or coating has been

burned or melted, as well as remote storage

batteries, under the provisions of the Scrap

Metal Dealers Act.

HB 1032 (Mize/Pugh) changes the name of

the Home Bakery Act of 2013 to the

Homemade Food Freedom Act. The

measure provides that the production and

sale of homemade food products that meet

the certain conditions outlined in the

measure shall be exempt from licensing

requirements. Such conditions shall regulate

the sale and delivery of non-time- or -

temperature-controlled-for-safety

homemade food products and requires such

products to be sold directly to the consumer

from the producer. Producers are also

required to complete at least 8 hours of

training approved by the Oklahoma

Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry. Homemade food products must

also have a label affixed to its packaging.

HB 1620 (Mize/Montgomery) prevents any

political subdivision or the state government

from prohibiting agritourism activities,

which is defined as using livestock or other

animals for entertainment or educational

purposes.

HB 1631 (David Hardin/Murdock) requires

nutrient management plans for new or

expanding poultry feeding operations to be

prepared by the operator or designee of the

operator. The plan must be submitted to the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food

and Forestry for review and approval. Every

nutrient plan must be updated and submitted

to the Department every 6 years. The

measure also allows a current operator to

submit a 1-page amendment to the most

recently submitted plan in lieu of a renewal

plan.

HB 2214 (McDugle/Murdock) provides that

every annual license issued by the

Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation

Commission shall be valid for a full 365

days after issuance notwithstanding any

provision of law or rule to the contrary.

HB 2325 (Frix/Bergstrom) provides that

escort vehicle requirements shall not apply

to retail implement dealers transporting farm

implements from a retail distribution point

to a farm or other location within a 150 air-

mile radius from the distribution point.

HB 2364 (Burns/Murdock) prohibits anyone

from labelling a bovine product as

“Oklahoma Certified Beef” unless the

product was bred, born, raised, and

slaughtered in the state.

HB 2467 (Kerbs/Murdock) repeals the Fuel

Alcohol Act.

HB 2471 (Dick Lowe/Kidd) allows the

Department of Agriculture to establish

expiration dates and renewal due dates for

pesticide applicator licenses.

Agriculture Funding

HB 2906 (Wallace/Thompson) directs the

Department of Agriculture to utilize

appropriated dollars as follows:

1) $3 million for the Oklahoma State

University College of Veterinary Medicine;

2) $2 million for the Oklahoma State

University Agriculture Extension Service;

3) $1 million for the Oklahoma State

University Agriculture Experiment Stations;

4) $150,000.00 for facility improvements for

cattle stock shows; and

5) $300,000.00 to hire additional meat

inspectors.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

From

Original

Department

Agriculture

$26,989,607

$31,527,896

16.81%

Business & Labor

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Agriculture

SB 200 (Montgomery/Pae) authorizes a

victim of domestic violence, sexual

violence, or stalking to terminate a lease

without penalty by providing written notice

and a protective order within 30 days of the

incident to his or her landlord. The landlord

may waive the 30-day deadline.

Additionally, the measure prohibits any

landlord from denying renewal of or

terminating a lease because the applicant or

tenant is a victim or alleged victim of

domestic violence, sexual violence, or

stalking regardless of whether there exists a

current protective order. The measure also

prohibits any landlord from denying an

applicant tenancy or retaliate against a

tenant because the applicant or tenant has

previously terminated a rental agreement

using the provisions outlined in this

measure.

SB 228 (Montgomery/O’Donnell) modifies

certain provisions of the Oklahoma General

Corporation Act. The measure authorizes

written notice to be provided in an electronic

format as it applies to organization meetings

of a corporate board and notification

applying to the transfer of stock. The

measure additionally authorizes members of

a board to consent to an action that will be

effective at a future time, provided the

action occurs within 60 days. The measure

also creates a new section of law governing

the document form, signature requirements,

and delivery requirements of electronic

documents. The measure provides for the

issuance of capitol stock to be issued in one

or more transactions in a manner outlined in

a resolution passed by the board. The

resolution must fix a maximum number of

shares that may be issued and a schedule of

issuance. Stock may be issued in a manner

dependent upon facts ascertainable outside

the formula adopted by the board, provided

the manner in which such facts shall operate

upon the formula is clearly and expressly set

forth in the formula or in the resolution

approving the formula. The measure states

that a corporation may not send defective

corporate act to its shareholders for

ratification provided there are no shares of

valid stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

The measure also defines a stock ledger to

mean records administered by or on behalf

of the corporation in which the names of all

the corporation’s shareholders of record, the

address and number of shares registered in

the name of each such shareholder, and all

issuances and transfers of stock of the

corporation are recorded. The measure

removes outdated language relating to

telegrams and replaces it with electronic

transmissions as it relates to granting

consent for certain actions. The measure

requires corporation merger agreements to

clearly show any changes made to the

certificate of incorporation of the surviving

corporation or a statement showing that the

merger shall not amend the certificate if the

merger includes a domestic corporation. In

cases of consolidation, the certificate must

be as set forth in the consolidation

agreement.

SB 273 (Quinn/Miller) requires any person

preparing or persons charging a fee for the

preparation or assistance in preparation of

lien notices on personal property to register

with the Oklahoma Tax Commission and

submit a $50.00 annual registration fee. Any

person found to prepare or assist in the

preparation of a lien notice without

registration shall be assessed a $100.00

penalty. The provisions of this measure do

not apply to a lawful possessor or employee

of a lawful possessor of the property for

which such notices are issued.

SB 335 (Pederson/Newton) provides a

mechanism to revert burial sites to public or

private cemeteries. The measure requires the

site to be unused for 75 years and a

reasonable search to find the owner is to be

conducted by the entity responsible for the

site. A reasonable search, as defined by the

measure, includes sending a certified letter

to the last known address associated with the

site on record and publishing a description

of the site in a newspaper qualified to

publish public notices. If no address is on

file, no letter will be required. If no person

proves their claim on the site within one

year of publication in the paper, the site will

be deemed abandoned. Any person with a

legitimate claim on a site deemed abandoned

shall be compensated with a plot equal in

value to the site deemed abandoned.

SB 549 (Standridge/Frix) provides that

neither a relocation permit nor any outdoor

advertising sign permit shall be issued in

those areas in which a municipality or

county has lawfully enacted a prohibition on

the erection of an outdoor advertising sign.

SB 552 (Murdock/Martinez) increases the

maximum bracket amounts a pawn shop

may levy on finance charges by the

following amounts:

1) $250.00 from $100.00 for 20%,

2) $500.00 from $250.00 for 15%,

3) $1,000.00 from $500.00 for 10% and,

4) $5,000.00 from $1,000.00 for 5%

SB 568 (Montgomery/Hilbert) exempts sales

of securities offered by corporations that

meet the requirements of the federal

exemption for intrastate offerings sold to

persons residing in the state from the

provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform

Securities Act of 2004. Such sales shall be

limited to $5 million transactions and shall

not exceed $5,000.00 per individual. The

issuer shall be required to hold the funds in

an escrow account and shall be required to

make certain notifications. Certain entities

are prohibited from offering securities using

the provisions of the measure.

SB 792 (Leewright/Manger) provides for the

Insurance Commissioner to authorize a

bondsman exceeding the maximum amount

of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

basic deposit coverage when a state of

emergency or disaster is declared. The

measure also requires bondsmen to deposit

cash or other forms of compensation within

2 business days after receiving such

compensation in an established, separate

non-interest-bearing trust account.

Additionally, the measure provides for

bonds posted for a petition for revocation of

a suspended sentence, a petition for

acceleration of a deferred sentence or any

violation of a probationary term to be

exonerated by operation of law in certain

circumstances. Premiums for a bail bond

shall be considered earned when the

defendant on the bond is released from

custody and is not incarcerated in any

capacity or if the bondsman and the payor of

the bond premium have agreed in writing

that the purpose of the bond is to secure the

transfer of the defendant to another

jurisdiction. The payor of the premium or

the depositor of any collateral may request

the return of any unearned bond premiums.

SB 794 (Leewright/Wallace) requires the

Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission (OESC) to shift its filing

methods to prefer electronic e-filing and

provides for the Commission to complete

the process during its OESC 2020-21

business process transformation. All

claimants and employers tendering

documents to the Commission will be

expected to tender the documents

electronically. The measure also exempts

employees of private for-profit entities that

provide to or on behalf of an educational

institution from the requirement to pay

unemployment benefits in on the same terms

and subject to the same conditions as

benefits payable on the basis of other service

subject to the Employment Security Act of

1980. Additionally, the measure specifies

that an individual, seasonal employee shall

only be eligible for payments based on the

wages of the nonseasonal employment. The

OESC is required by the measure to send

notice of overpayment to any individual

receiving more compensation than he or she

is entitled to. If the individual disagrees with

this determination, the individual may file

an appeal of the determination with the

Appeal Tribunal within 10 days of receipt.

The OESC is also authorized to enter into an

agreement with the Department of Human

Services for information required to identify

persons that owe child support obligations.

The measure also requires the OESC to

return overpayments received in the

Employer's Unemployment Tax Account.

The measure directs the OESC to return the

remaining balance of the employer’s

unemployment tax account to the employer

upon terminating the employer’s account,

unless the balance has remained the same

for over 180 days and the employer has not

requested a refund.

SB 796 (Leewright/McEntire) increases the

cap on loan finance charges for supervised

lenders from 27% to 32% per year on that

part of the unpaid balances of the principal

which is $7,000.00 or less and adjusts the

other tiers accordingly. The measure also

provides for lenders to assess a up to a

$28.85 closing fee.

SB 1013 (Daniels/Kannady) provides for

litigation files and investigatory reports of

the Workers’ Compensation Commission to

be considered confidential. The measure

also allows an attorney of the Compliance

Division of the Commission or an

investigator of the Division to provide

testimony on matters the employee has

received through the performance of the

employee’s duties.

HB 1034 (Mize/Pugh) requires banks and

credit unions to transfer the money to the

known heirs of the deceased without

requiring the heirs to open an additional

account if the owner of a bank or credit

union account with $50,000.00 or less dies

and has no payable-on-death beneficiary if

no probate proceedings are pending. The

affidavit sworn to and signed by the known

heirs establishing jurisdiction, heirship and

intestacy may contain a clause indemnifying

the bank from any damages relating to the

release of the funds. The measure provides

that in the event of pending probate

proceedings, the release of the deposits in

the account shall be determined by the court.

HB 1112 (Talley/Allen) eliminates statutory

hunting seasons and authorizes the Wildlife

Conservation Commission to establish

hunting season timeframes.

HB 1772 (Sims/Pugh) requires the State

Board of Health to provide a multi-seasonal

license for snow cone stands that sell hot

beverages in addition to snow cones. Snow

cone stands that do not sell hot beverages

will be classified as a seasonal food

establishment.

HB 2026 (O’Donnell/Daniels) amends the

definition of employee as it relates to the

Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act

to no longer exclude persons who provide

services in a medical care or social services

program or participants in a work or training

program administered by the Department of

Human Services.

HB 2238 (May/Rader) provides that persons

are not prohibited from soliciting rides,

donations, employment, or business from

occupants of vehicles on roadways

maintained by a city or town if they are in

compliance with a permit and regulations

adopted by ordinance.

HB 2397 (Russ/Howard) includes

judgement liens and their holders as it

relates to current law regulating title

insurers.

HB 2398 (Russ/Howard) includes

judgement liens in certain requirements

regarding debt payments on real estate. The

measure also allows an agent representing a

mortgagor or debtor to request the release of

a mortgage or lien if the holder has failed to

do so within 30 days after payment of the

debt.

HB 2501 (Culver/Bullard) defines

“authorized agent or representative” within

the Oklahoma Abstractors Act. The measure

authorizes the release of an abstract to an

authorized agent or representative of the

owner.

HB 2568 (Chad Caldwell/Murdock)

authorizes Oklahoma banks and credit

unions to offer savings promotion raffles as

defined in the measure and provides that

such raffles shall not constitute a violation

of the provisions of Oklahoma lottery and

gambling laws.

HB 2677 (Marti/McCortney) modifies

several provisions of the Pharmacy Audit

Integrity Act. The measure strikes language

relating to appeal procedures to be

specifically described in a contract between

a pharmacy and the entity conducting the

audit and requires the auditing entity to give

the required written notice by certified letter.

A 30-day notice is required to be given prior

to a wholesale purchase audit as well. Audits

are reduced from 75 prescriptions per year

per pharmacist to 50 per year per pharmacist

and must be delivered within 10 days.

Pharmacists may reverse and resubmit

claims within 30 days of receipt of the final

audit report. Auditors are required to

conduct each pharmacy audit under identical

standards, regularity, and parameters as

similarly situated pharmacies. Additionally,

pharmacists are not required to open for

single-patient-use only packaging nor are

they required to submit a full dispensing

report in a wholesale purchase review.

Corrections Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

From

Original

Department of

Corrections

$531,112,247

$544,278,904

2.48%

Pardon and

Parole

$2,273,400

0.00%

Office of Juvenile Affairs Funding

Law Enforcement Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

From

Original

Office of

Juvenile

Affairs

$96,795,111

$93,033,434

-3.89%

$480,000,000

$500,000,000

$520,000,000

$540,000,000

$560,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Corrections

$2,200,000

$2,250,000

$2,300,000

$2,350,000

$2,400,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Pardon and Parole Board

Economic Development & Commerce

Measures

SB 71 (Bergstrom/McDugle) requires the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce to, in

addition to the other rulemaking

requirements relating to the Oklahoma Local

Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive

Leverage Act, establish reporting

requirements for the purpose of collecting

data.

SB 587 (Howard/Boles) adds entities subject

to the jurisdiction of the State Board of

Career and Technology Education or the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education to the list of eligible local

government entities as it relates to the

Oklahoma Community Economic

Development Pooled Finance Act.

SB 608 (Hall/Fetgatter) creates the Filmed

in Oklahoma Act of 2021. The measure

provides for the establishment of an

incentive rebate program for certain film

projects and eligible television series

projects filmed or produced in Oklahoma

that meet the requirements outlined in the

measure. Such projects must provide

evidence that all Oklahoma crew and local

vendors have been paid and that there are no

pending liens against the production

company, file appropriate tax returns,

provide evidence of financing for production

prior to the commencement of principal

photography, provide evidence of a

certificate of general liability insurance with

a minimum coverage of $1 million and a

workers’ compensation policy, and provide

evidence that the projects are completed.

Companies cannot simultaneously claim the

rebate and the sales tax exemption provided

for in current law or the rebate provided in

the Compete with Canada Film Act. If a

production company has received the

exemption from sales taxes and submits a

claim for rebate pursuant to the provisions

of this act, the company shall be required to

fully repay the amount of the exemption to

the Tax Commission. The program shall be

administered by the Oklahoma Department

of Commerce and the Oklahoma Tax

Commission. The Department shall be

required to submit an annual report to the

President Pro Tempore of the Seante,

Speaker of the House, the Chair of the

Appropriations and Budget Committee of

the House of Representatives, the Chair of

the Appropriations Committee of the Senate,

and the Director of the Legislative Office of

Fiscal Transparency detailing the program

and incentive rebate payments on October 1

of each year. The total amount of rebate

payments conditionally pre-qualified by the

Department of Commerce each fiscal year

shall not exceed $30 million. The measure

also caps the amount of rebates awarded to

projects based on the expenditure of the

individual project. The base incentive

amount for a project filmed in this state shall

be a maximum of 20% of the qualified

production expenditure amount. An

incentive for a project filmed in this state for

wages paid to nonresident crew, not

including above-the-line personnel, before

July 1, 2023, shall be provided in the

amount of 7.5%. The measure provides

additional incentives to projects that film or

locate in certain areas outlined in the

measure. The measure also requires projects

to utilize apprentices and display a

Department-approved logo in the end credits

to qualify for the rebate. Additionally, the

$90,000,000

$92,000,000

$94,000,000

$96,000,000

$98,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Office of Juvenile Affairs

measure creates the Filmed in Oklahoma

Program Revolving Fund and provides for

$30 million to be transferred to the Fund

using monies derived from the income tax.

SB 609 (Coleman/Hilbert) provides that the

minimum investment into real property must

be valued at a minimum of $500,000.00 to

qualify for the investment income tax

exemption during calendar year 2022. The

amount shall increase annually based on the

previous year’s increase in the Consumer

Price Index-All Urban Consumers. To

qualify for the exemption using newly

created jobs, the measure requires

corporations to maintain an average

annualized wage which equals or exceeds

the average wage requirement in the

Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act for the

year in which the real or personal property

was placed into service, depending on

location. Additionally, the measure expands

eligibility for the program to include

facilities engaged in the manufacturing,

compounding, processing or fabrication of

materials into articles of tangible personal

property. The measure also modifies the

definition of facility and facilities to specify

that the land, buildings, structures, and

improvements must be used directly and

exclusively in the manufacturing process.

Effective January 1, 2022, and for each

calendar year thereafter, for establishments

with a manufacturer exemption permit and

facilities engaged in manufacturing activities

classified in the NAICS Manual under

Industry numbers 311111 through 339999,

facility and facilities also includes

machinery, fixtures, equipment, and other

personal property used directly and

exclusively in the manufacturing process.

The measure specifies that districts that are

wholly or partially comprised or become

comprised of industries operating under

NAICS code 518210 shall not be subject to

certain findings requirements.

SB 659 (Rosino/Hilbert) creates the

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Development

Act of 2021. The measure establishes the

Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission as the

Clearinghouse for Unmanned Aircraft

Systems (UAS). The Clearinghouse shall

create a partnership between those persons

and entities that currently operate UAS,

those that desire to use this technology in the

future, and any other entity that supports the

research and development of UAS. The

measure also directs the Clearinghouse to

coordinate with other government entities to

develop UAS in the state. Additionally, the

measure updates several terms within the

Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission Act.

SB 739 (Leewright/Bashore) transfers the

regulatory authority relating to the

Oklahoma Tourism Development Act from

the Tourism and Recreation Department to

the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

The measure also provides for the

Department of Commerce to prepare the

report required to determine the company’s

qualifications. The fee for utilizing the

Department in this manner is set at no less

than $5,000.00.

SB 893 (Pugh/Fetgatter) clarifies that

“qualified program” as it relates to the

income tax credit for aerospace employees

shall include graduate and undergraduate

programs. The undergraduate and graduate

programs of the same discipline of

engineering at an institution shall be part of

the qualified program if either program is

ABET accredited. The measure modifies

“qualified employee” 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.

SB 922 (Howard/Kendrix) creates the Invest

In Oklahoma Act. The measure directs the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce to

create the Invest In Oklahoma Fund to

provide entities funds with opportunities to

invest in Oklahoma-based private equity

funds, venture capital funds, and growth

funds. The Department is directed to select

venture capital funds to qualify for

investments within the Invest In Oklahoma

Fund based on factors outlined in the

measure. Qualified public entities may

invest up to 5% of their principal into the

Fund. The Department is directed to

maintain a list of entities participating in the

program.

SB 949 (Hall/Hill) transfers all

administrative rules and responsibilities

relating to the Oklahoma Film and Music

Office to be transferred from the Oklahoma

Tourism and Recreation Department to the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

HB 1124 (Phillips/Leewright) directs the

Department of Commerce to promulgate

rules and procedures for the establishment of

the State Broadband Deployment Grant

Program with the participation and advice of

the Rural Broadband Expansion Council.

The State Broadband Deployment Grant

Program shall include development of a

competitive grant program to award funding

to applicants seeking to expand access to

broadband Internet service. The measure

also creates the State Broadband

Deployment Grant Program Fund.

HB 2040 (McCall/Leewright) provides

definitions for certain telecommunications

and broadband related terms, including

“Broadband”, “Eligible entity”, “Served

area”, “Underserved area”, “Unserved area”,

and “Wireless Internet service provider”.

The measure also directs the Rural

Broadband Expansion Council to develop a

set of broadband incentive award guidelines

to recommend to the Legislature.

HB 2860 (Wallace/Thompson) creates the

Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive

Act. The measure provides for quarterly

incentive payments for a 10-quarter period

for qualifying proxy establishments as

defined in the measure. Proxy

establishments must meet certain

qualifications to receive payments. Such

qualifications shall include roof of basic

health benefits plans for its remote workers

and meeting a certain threshold of

employees and wages. Establishments that

receive these incentive payments are not

eligible to receive credits or exemptions

provided by the Oklahoma Quality Jobs

Program Act, the Small Employer Quality

Jobs Incentive Act or the 21st Century

Quality Jobs Incentive Act. The measure

also directs the Department of Commerce

and the Tax Commission to prepare a

triennial report and to submit the report to

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

Speaker of the House, and Governor no later

than March 1, 2023 and every 3 years

thereafter.

HB 2928 (McCall/Leewright) directs

broadband service providers in the state to

submit a report containing their network

area coverage map to the Department of

Commerce and the Rural Broadband

Expansion Council by October 31, 2021.

The providers would be required to update

this map and report annually. OneNet must

provide mapping of all assets and network

coverage. Internet service providers are also

directed by the measure to disclose the

properties they serve, and average minimum

upload and download speeds at which they

provide services to those properties.

Commerce Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department of

Commerce

$52,739,680

$22,077,680

-58.14%

Historical Society Funding

SB 1081 (Thompson/Wallace) apportions

the appropriations made to the Oklahoma

Historical Society in HB 2900 in the

following manner:

1) $150,000.00 shall be used to hire a grant

writer for Black Towns in Oklahoma

2) Not less than $150,000.00 shall be used to

provide grants for schools to provide

transportation to The Freedom Center &

Clara Luper Civil Rights Center, The

Greenwood Historic District, and The

Oklahoma City National Memorial &

Museum

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Historical

Society

$21,524,457

$23,461,601

9.00%

Common Education

SB 13 (Stanley/Baker) requires a teacher

whose certificate was suspended by the State

Board of Education to be placed on

suspension while proceedings for revocation

or other action are pending before the Board.

These actions do not preclude the initiation

of due process procedures under the Teacher

Due Process Act.

SB 21 (Floyd/McEntire) requires rather than

allows each school district to adopt a policy

related to suicide awareness and training.

The measure requires a board of education

to provide districtwide training to all staff on

a biennial basis addressing suicide

awareness and prevention. It requires rather

than allows school districts beginning in the

2021-22 school year to provide a suicide

prevention training program, provide

curriculum made available by the

Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services or provide a suicide

prevention training program selected from a

list maintained by the Department of Mental

Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Additionally, the measure provides for

suicide awareness and prevention training

for students in grades 7-12 beginning in the

2022-23 school year.

SB 22 (Floyd/Tammy West) modifies the

powers and duties of school district boards

of education. The measure gives a right of

first refusal to purchase real or personal

property to a nonprofit organization that is

leasing the real or personal property from a

board of education when the decision is

made to dispose of the property, whether

such disposal is by public sale, public bid or

private sale. The measure states that if a

board of education receives a bid or offer for

the real or personal property, the board is to

provide notice to the nonprofit organization

leasing the property. The measure gives the

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

$50,000,000

$60,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Commerce

$5,000,000

$10,000,000

$15,000,000

$20,000,000

$25,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Historical Society

nonprofit organization 30 days after receipt

of such notice to inform the board whether it

elects to purchase the property on the same

terms and conditions provided in the notice.

The measure states that if any portion of the

consideration in the purchase price is not in

cash, the nonprofit organization can pay fair

market value in cash of such non-cash

consideration.

SB 54 (Montgomery/Pae) directs the State

Department of Education beginning in the

2022-23 school year to designate a school

campus as a Purple Star School campus if

the school meets certain qualifications

related to availability of services for

military-connected students.

SB 68 (Simpson/Wolfley) directs a student

to be considered in compliance with the

residency requirements for school

attendance if the parent or legal guardian of

the student is transferred or is pending

transfer to a military installation within the

state while on active military duty. It directs

school districts to accept enrollment

applications for such students by electronic

means and directs the parent or legal

guardian of such a student to provide proof

of residence to the school district within 10

days after the published date of arrival. It

defines what shall constitute proof of

residence.

SB 69 (Simpson/Wolfley) allows a student

to enroll in a statewide virtual charter school

if the parent or legal guardian of the student

is transferred or is pending transfer to a

military installation within the state while on

active military duty. It directs statewide

virtual charter schools to accept enrollment

applications for such students by electronic

means and directs the parent or legal

guardian of such a student to provide proof

of residence to the statewide virtual charter

school within 10 days after the published

date of arrival. It defines what shall

constitute proof of residence.

SB 89 (Haste/Baker) creates the Health

Education Act. The measure directs the

State Department of Education to develop a

micro-credential for teachers teaching health

education and professional development

programs no later than the 2022-2023 school

year. It directs school districts by the 2023-

2024 school year to provide instruction

addressing all health education subject

matter standards adopted by the State Board

of Education. It allows health education to

be integrated into one or more existing

subjects. The measure requires teachers

assigned to teach health education as a

stand-alone course to be certified in physical

and health education. The measure also

directs the State Textbook Committee to

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 to carry out the act and directs the

Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committee

within schools to study and make

recommendations regarding implementation

of the Health Education Act.

SB 121 (Hicks/Hasenbeck) requires each

school district board of education to adopt a

policy allowing school employees who are

lactating to take paid break time to maintain

their milk supply. The measure allows the

break time to run concurrently with any

break time and requires school district

boards of education to make reasonable

effort to provide a private, sanitary room for

employees to express milk or breastfeed a

child.

SB 128 (Rader/Dick Lowe) creates the

Seizure-Safe Schools Act. The Act requires

each school district with a student who has a

seizure disorder beginning Jan. 1, 2022, to

have at least 1 employee who has training to

administer or assist with self-administration

of seizure medication and recognize

symptoms of seizures and take steps to

respond. The measure states that before

seizure medication can be administered, the

parent or legal guardian of the student is 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. It requires such authorization to

be renewed annually. The measure exempts

from disciplinary proceedings school

employees who take action in compliance

with the act. It provides immunity from civil

liability to a school employee who takes

action in compliance with the act, unless the

actions rise to the level of reckless or

intentional misconduct. It states that a

school nurse shall not be responsible for and

shall not be subject to disciplinary actions

for actions taken by a volunteer.

SB 211 (Dugger/Luttrell) modifies the

powers and duties of the Oklahoma Board of

Private Vocational Schools. The measure

authorizes the Board to develop applications

for sustained licenses, develop and present

optional training, conduct announced and

unannounced site visits, invoice a travel fee

for site visits, and collect data required to be

reported to the U.S. Department of

Education or any state or federal agency.

The measure allows for schools accredited

by a U.S. Department of Education-

approved accrediting organization for

multiple years to obtain a sustained license.

Additionally, the measure modifies fees for

reviewing a revised or replacement catalog

and provides fees for review of

documentation to be forwarded to the U.S.

Department of Education or another state or

federal agency, for optional training, for

review of enrollment agreements and for in-

state site visits. The measure also directs that

the Board’s base fees will increase by 7% in

fiscal year 2022.

SB 252 (Stanley/Baker) requires all public

and charter high schools to offer a minimum

of one computer science course beginning in

the 2024-25 school year. It also requires all

public and charter elementary and middle

schools to offer instruction in computer

science beginning in the 2024-25 school

year. It allows the courses to be offered in an

in-person setting or as a virtual or distance

course when a traditional classroom setting

is not feasible.

SB 302 (Coleman/Kannady) grants visiting

teams in all regular high school athletic

competitions the same rights to radio

broadcast, video stream and provide

telegraphic play-by-play accounts as the

home team in all seasonal high school

athletic competitions beginning in the 2021-

22 school year. To utilize these rights, the

visiting team must have either a valid

agreement between a media organization

and the school’s board of education or a

curricular program for students that provides

streaming for home games. The bill applies

to contracts for rights to radio broadcast,

video stream and provide telegraphic play-

by-play accounts entered into or renewed on

or after July 1, 2021.

SB 619 (Bullard/Kevin West) requires the

Oklahoma Tax Commission to pay interest

on tax refunds not paid within 45 days for

returns filed electronically and 90 days for

all other returns after the return is filed or

due, whichever is later. The measure also

allows the Commission to provide a later

due date for the returns of individuals and

certain entities if a state of emergency is

declared by the Governor or upon

declaration by the Internal Revenue Service

to postpone deadlines in disaster areas.

Lastly, the measure modifies the period of

underpayment for corporations to be 30 days

after the due date for returns established

under the Internal Revenue Code. The

measure authorizes the State Board of

Education to determine if apprenticeships,

internships, and mentorships are eligible for

academic credit toward meeting the

graduation requirements.

SB 642 (Pugh/Dustin Roberts) requires each

public school district and public charter

school in the state to offer students in grades

10 through 12 the opportunity to take the

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

(ASVAB) test and consult with a military

recruiter beginning in the 2021-22 school

year. It directs the ASVAB test to be

administered during normal school day

hours at a time that doesn’t conflict with

extracurricular activities. It requires the

district or charter school to provide notice of

the date, time and location of the test to

students in grades 10 through 12 and their

parents or legal guardians. The bill allows a

district or charter school to provide an

alternative test that is free and assesses a

student’s aptitude for success in a career

field that does not require postsecondary

education.

SB 658 (Standridge/Kevin West) requires

the State Department of Education and

school districts to provide in any notice or

publication provided to parents regarding

immunization requests the immunization

requirements of the school, including the

requirement to either provide current, up-to-

date immunization records or a signed and

completed exemption form. The measure

also prohibits any school district, institution

of Higher Education, the State Board of

Education, or the State Board of Career and

Technology Education from requiring a

vaccination against COVID-19 as a

condition of admittance to or attendance of

the school or institution. Such entities are

also prohibited from requiring a vaccine

passport as a condition of admittance or

implementing a mask mandate for students

that are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Additionally, the measure also provides that

a board of education for a school district or

technology school district may only

implement a mandate to wear mask or any

other medical device after consultation with

the local county health department or city-

county health department. Such a mandate

must explicitly list the reasons for the

mandate and shall reference the specific

masks or medical devices that would meet

the requirements of the mandate. Any

mandate to implement wearing a mask or

any other medical device shall be

reconsidered at each regularly scheduled

board meeting.

SB 705 (Dahm/Gann) repeals sections of

law creating the Oklahoma Center for Rural

Development Act, which was established to

improve the effectiveness of citizens,

enterprises, and communities in rural

Oklahoma to better meet the quality of life

challenges in the new century.

SB 783 (Pugh/Boles) modifies the

Education Open Transfer Act. It states that

beginning Jan. 1, 2022, the transfer of any

student from one district to another shall be

approved at any time during the year unless

the number of transfers exceeds the capacity

of a grade level for a school site within a

district. If the number of transfer

applications exceeds the capacity of a school

site, the school district is to select transfer

students in the order in which they were

received. It allows a student to be granted a

one-year transfer, with the school district

retaining the ability to deny the continued

transfer if the student has a history of

absences or has committed certain acts that

are subject to out-of-school suspension. The

bill prohibits a student from transferring

more than twice per school year to one or

more districts. The measure directs each

school district board of education by Jan. 1,

2022, to adopt a policy to determine the

number of students a district has the

capacity to accept in each grade level for

each school site. It directs such capacity to

be established by the first day of January,

April, July and October, and it directs school

districts to post the capacity information on

their websites and report it to the State

Department of Education. It allows a denied

transfer request to be appealed within 10

days to the receiving school district board of

education. If the receiving school district

board of education denies the appeal, the bill

allows an appeal to be filed within 10 days

to the State Board of Education. It directs

each school district board of education to

submit to the State Department of Education

the number of student transfers approved

and denied and the reason for denial, and it

requires the Department to publish the data

on its website and share it with the Office of

Educational Quality and Accountability. The

measure directs the Office of Educational

Quality and Accountability to randomly

select 10% of the districts in the state to

conduct an audit of approved and denied

transfers. If the Office finds inaccurate

reporting of capacity levels, the bill directs

the Office to set the capacity levels. The bill

removes language regarding the transfer

application timeline. It clarifies that students

who are the dependent children of a member

of the active uniformed military services of

the United States on full-time active duty

status and students who are the dependent

children of a member of the military reserve

on active duty orders are to be eligible to

enroll in any school district regardless of the

district’s capacity. It removes language

allowing a receiving school district to

approve the transfer of a student whose

parent or legal guardian is employed as a

teacher. It also repeals statutory language

regarding emergency transfers.

SB 807 (Kidd/Baker) directs that school

support employees be entitled to pay for any

time lost when a school district is closed

because of an epidemic or when a closing

order is issued by an authorized health

officer.

HB 1018 (Sterling/Quinn) removes

language requiring the State Superintendent

of Public Instruction to compile and publish

the school law book.

HB 1046 (Kerbs/Montgomery) requires

school districts to provide a copy or a

hyperlink to a copy of the school district’s

most recent audit on the school district’s

website.

HB 1103 (Vancuren/Haste) requires schools

beginning in the 2022-23 school year to

administer biennially the Oklahoma

Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, a

mental health prevention survey, for 6th, 8th

, 10th and 12th grade students, or an

alternative survey. It directs the Department

of Mental Health to maintain the survey and

provide technical assistance. If a school

chooses to administer an alternative survey,

it must apply for a waiver from the

Department of Mental Health. The bill states

that the requirement for the survey is subject

to availability of federal funding, and if

funding is insufficient, administration of the

survey is not required.

HB 1104 (Vancuren/Montgomery) amends

the Student Data Accessibility,

Transparency and Accountability Act of

2013. It modifies the definition of “student

data” to include tribal affiliation and other

data associated with students who have been

identified with American Indian heritage.

HB 1568 (Boatman/Haste) creates Maria’s

Law. The measure directs the State Board of

Education beginning with the 2022-23

school year to require that all schools

include instruction in mental health as part

of any health education curriculum with an

emphasis on the interrelation of physical and

mental well being. It directs the Board, in

consultation with the Department of Mental

Health and Substance Abuse Services, to

revise the Oklahoma Academic Standards

for Health and Physical Education to include

a focus on mental health and develop a list

of age-appropriate resources for students in

grades K-12. It also allows school districts

to enter into agreements with nonprofit

entities or other community partners to assist

in providing mental health education if such

entities or partners are approved by the

Department of Education and the

Department of Mental Health.

HB 1569 (Rosecrants/Pugh) creates the

Oklahoma Play to Learn Act. It allows

educators to create a learning environment

that facilitates child-directed experiences. It

allows school districts to provide ongoing

early childhood professional development

for early childhood educators and

administrators. It also states that a school

district shall not prohibit a teacher from

using play-based learning in early childhood

education.

HB 1593 (Provenzano/Stanley) directs

school district boards of education to require

a professional development program for

teachers that emphasizes the importance of

digital teaching and learning standards. It

requires the program to be completed the

first year a certified teacher is employed by

a school district and then at a frequency

determined by the board. The bill also

directs boards of education to require a

training program for teachers that

emphasizes the importance of recognizing

and addressing the mental health needs for

students. It requires the program to be

completed the first year a certified teacher is

employed by a district and once every third

academic year. It directs boards of education

to require a program for 7th through 12th

grade teachers that emphasizes the

importance of incorporating workplace

safety training into curriculum. It requires

the program be completed the first year a

certified teacher is employed by a district

and then at a frequency determined by the

board. The measure also requires training or

a workshop on alcohol and drug abuse to be

completed the first year a certified teacher is

employed by a district and then once every

third academic year.

HB 1773 (Conley/Garvin) requires the State

Board of Health to provide a multi-seasonal

license for snow cone stands that sell hot

beverages in addition to snow cones. Snow

cone stands that do not sell hot beverages

will be classified as a seasonal food

establishment.

HB 1796 (Miller/Pugh) allows the State

Board of Education, in consultation with the

Commission for Educational Quality and

Accountability, to grant an exception to the

subject-area examination for initial

certification in a field that does not require

an advanced degree if the candidate has an

advanced degree in a subject that is

substantially comparable to the content

assessed on the subject-area exam. It

requires the degree to be from an institution

accredited by a national or regional

accrediting agency recognized by the

Secretary of the U.S. Department of

Education.

HB 1801 (Conley/Stanley) requires school

boards, beginning 2021-2022, to coordinate

with local emergency medical service

(EMS) providers to develop an Emergency

Action Plan for each school facility. The

Emergency Action Plan must be rehearsed

annually with school officials and local

EMS providers. Prior to any athletic event

with visiting teams, the Plan shall be

digitally transmitted to the school’s

administrator or coach.

HB 1875 (Tammy West/Stanley) prohibits

an educational agency or institution, if it is

not the primary custodian of student

directory information of students attending

the institution, from releasing or selling any

or all student directory information unless

such disclosure is authorized by federal law.

If this prohibition does not apply, the

educational institution is authorized to

designate specific information to be

classified as directory information for

students attending the institution.

HB 1882 (Stark/Rader) creates the Out-of-

Schooltime Task Force. The Task Force is

directed 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 Task Force shall be comprised of

19 members. The measure requires

appointments to the Task Force be made no

later than December 1, 2021. Members of

the Task Force shall not receive

compensation or travel reimbursements. The

State Superintendent shall call the first

meeting no later than February 1, 2022, and

must meet at least 6 times prior to the sunset

date of December 31, 2022. Administrative

support for the task force shall be provided

by the House of Representatives. The task

force shall issue a report of its findings to

the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

Speaker of the House, and Governor no later

than December 1, 2022.

HB 1968 (Nollan/Stanley) modifies

language regarding specific information to

be included in a school district’s report on

gifted child educational program

expenditures. It requires all districts to

report expenditures in the Oklahoma Cost

Accounting System. It removes language

that required districts receiving above $1

million or 6% or more of their total State

Aid for gifted and talented programs to

report such expenditures by major object

codes and program classifications and other

districts to report by major object codes.

HB 2030 (O’Donnell/Pugh) directs the

subject matter standards for history, social

studies and U.S. government include the

study of historical documents including the

Declaration of Independence, the U.S.

Constitution, the Federalist Papers and the

Emancipation Proclamation. The bill also

requires rather than allows that the U.S.

naturalization test be administered to

students beginning in the 2022-23 school

year. It requires the subject matter standards

for U.S. government to include the structure

and relationship between national, state,

county and local governments and

simulations of the democratic process. The

bill requires students to pass the U.S.

naturalization test in order to graduate from

a public high school beginning with 9th

graders in the 2021-22 school year. It

requires districts to offer the naturalization

test to students at least once per school year

beginning as early as eighth grade, and it

allows a student to retake the exam as often

as desired until earning a passing score of 60

out of 100. It provides an exemption for

students whose individualized education

program indicates alternative achievement

standards.

HB 2223 (Randleman/Pemberton) directs

the State Department of Education to

maintain the dyslexia handbook created by

the Dyslexia and Education Task Force and

review and make revisions to it a minimum

of every three years. It requires revisions to

the handbook to include information

regarding screening students in kindergarten

through third grades.

HB 2329 (Lawson/Simpson) allows the

State Board of Education to grant an

exception to the requirements for

certification examinations for teacher

candidates who are deaf. It allows the Board

to grant such an exception upon certain

criteria being met. It allows those granted

such exceptions to teach in American Sign

Language immersion programs, the

Oklahoma School for the Deaf, programs for

the deaf or other classroom settings where

American Sign Language is used as the

language of instruction.

HB 2691 (Hasenbeck/Bergstrom) directs the

Commission for Educational Quality and

Accountability to issue a report by Oct. 31,

2021, to the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor

detailing factors in the education system that

contribute to improvements, including

improvements in graduation rates,

assessment scores, timely postsecondary

graduation and career readiness. It allows

the Commission to contract with a private

consultant to assist with the report and to use

state, federal, private funds or grants.

HB 2748 (Baker/Stanley) directs the State

Board of Education to issue a 1-year

alternative teacher certificate renewable for

up to 3 years to teach early childhood

education or elementary education. It

establishes qualifications, including a

declaration of intent to earn standard

certification within 3 years and completing

certain credit hours in classroom

management, reading instruction child

development and math instruction.

HB 2749 (Baker/Pugh) amends the Reading

Sufficiency Act to require districts that

receive more than $2,500 in RSA funding to

spend no less than 10% on professional

development for pre-K through 5th grade

teachers beginning in the 2022-23 school

year. It directs the professional development

to include training in the science of how

students learn to read. The bill directs the

State Department of Education to approve

and publish a list by June 30, 2022, of

professional development programs that can

be used.

HB 2750 (Baker/Pugh) states legislative

intent that institutions of higher education

not require an Advanced Placement exam

score of more than 3 for course credit. It

allows a score of 3 or more to be required

for granting additional course credit. The

bill directs all AP exam credit policies be

posted on campus websites for the 2021-22

fall term and each academic term thereafter.

It directs institutions to conduct biennial

reviews of their AP credit policies. It directs

noncompliance to be reported to the chairs

of the House and Senate education

committees by Dec. 1 each year.

HB 2752 (Baker/Stanley) directs the State

Department of Education to establish a

micro-credential program within 120 days of

the effective date of the act to allow a

teacher candidate or teacher to earn micro-

credentials in science, technology,

engineering and mathematics (STEM)

endorsement areas, including computer

science. It directs SDE and the Commission

for Educational Quality and Accountability

to convene a working group to determine

how a micro-credential will be used.

Career & Technology Education Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department

of Career &

Technology

Education

$137,471,871

$138,852,412

1.00%

Common Education (K-12) Funding

SB 229 (Montgomery/Hilbert) creates the

Redbud School Funding Act. The measure

provides that, in fiscal year 2022, the first

$65 million raised from the 7% gross tax on

medical marijuana sales shall be apportioned

to the State Public Common School

Building Equalization Fund (59.23%), the

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority

(34.62%), and the Oklahoma State

Department of Health for drug and alcohol

rehabilitation programs (6.15%). Surplus

collections raised from the tax shall be

apportioned to the General Revenue Fund of

the State Treasury. Additionally, the

measure provides that sales taxes

apportioned to the State Public Common

School Building Equalization Fund shall not

exceed the state sales tax generated by

medical marijuana sales in the preceding

fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2023 and

each year thereafter. Additionally, the

measure clarifies that except as explicitly

authorized by state law, a charter school

shall not be eligible to receive state-

dedicated, local, or county revenue. The

measure directs the State Board of

Education to disburse redbud school grants

annually from the State Public Common

School Building Equalization Fund to public

schools and eligible charter schools in a

manner outlined in the measure. The State

Department of Education shall consider each

eligible charter school as separate from the

school district that sponsors it when making

these calculations. Eligible charter schools

shall not include a charter school sponsored

by the Statewide Virtual Charter School

Board. The SDE is authorized to reserve not

more than 0.5% of the funds for the purpose

of administrating the fund. The Department

is directed to create a dedicated page on its

website listing annual redbud school grant

recipients and to provide the Chair of the

House Appropriations and Budget

Committee and the Chair of the Senate

Appropriations Committee an estimate of

the upcoming year’s redbud school grant

allocation.

SB 1037 (Thompson/Wallace) allows school

district building funds to consist of federal

monies allocated by the Coronavirus

Response and Relief Supplemental

Appropriation Act of 2021 (CRRSA) and

the federal American Rescue Plan Act of

2021 (ARP).

SB 1038 (Thompson/Wallace) modifies the

definition of “student teacher” to allow such

an individual to receive compensation for up

to 1 full school year as part of an internship.

It clarifies that such compensation is not to

be considered compensation for purposes of

teacher retirement or the minimum salary

schedule. The bill also removes language

allowing only students who have completed

minimum teacher internship requirements to

be eligible to participate in a paid internship

program.

SB 1067 (Thompson/Wallace) apportions

monies appropriated to the State Department

of Education from HB 2900 in the following

manner:

1) $2,437,246,699.00 for Local and State-

supported Financial Support of Public

Schools

$110,000,000

$120,000,000

$130,000,000

$140,000,000

$150,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Career &

Technology Education

2) $704,456,047.00 for benefits, training,

textbooks, and childhood initiative programs

3) $15,027,640.00 Administrative and

Support Functions of the State Department

of Education

4) $3,827,899.00 shall be transferred to the

School Consolidation Assistance Fund

5) $3,827,899.00 shall be transferred to the

Teachers’ Retirement System Dedicated

Revenue Revolving Fund

6) $1,500,000.00 shall be transferred to the

Oklahoma National Board Certification

Revolving Fund

7) $3,300,000.00 shall be transferred to the

Oklahoma School Psychologist, Speech-

language Pathologist, and Audiologist

National Certification Revolving Fund

Additionally, the measure directs the

Department to budget all funds in the

following categories and amounts:

1) Payroll, Salaries or Wages Including Tax-

sheltered Deferment Contracts and

Longevity Payments Authorized by State

Statutes- $18,227,387.00

2) Professional and Personal Services-

$28,696,456.00 3) Contracts Other

Operating Funds- $3,126,828,823.00 4)

Expenditure of Federal Funds

$2,644,741,337.00

The measure also provides that if the funds

allocated to the Teachers’ Retirement Credit

are insufficient to fully fund the employee

contribution credits, the Department may

reduce in equal proportions funds allocated

to the Education Leadership Oklahoma,

Advanced Placement Incentives, Reading

Sufficiency, Teacher and Leader

Effectiveness Programs, Alternative and

High Challenge Education, Required

Assessments, Ag in the Classroom and

Imagine Math to fund the program.

SB 1080 (Thompson/McCall) modifies the

total credit allocation cap on the Oklahoma

Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship,

the method for awarding credits, and eligible

entities for the program. The measure

provides that any taxpayer who makes a

contribution to an eligible public school

foundation or public school district shall be

entitle to a credit equal to 50% of the

contribution made and those who make a

written commitment to contribute the same

amount for an additional year shall be

entitled to a credit equal to 75% of the

contribution made. Such taxpayers shall

provide evidence of the written commitment

to the Oklahoma Tax Commission at the

time of filing the refund claim. The measure

also defines “eligible public school

foundations”. The measure caps the total

annual amount of credits awarded at $25

million for contributions to public school

foundations and public school districts for

tax year 2022 and each year thereafter. If the

Tax Commission determines the total

amount to be awarded shall exceed the cap,

the Commission shall reduce the credits

awarded on a proportional basis.

Additionally, the measure limits the amount

awarded to each public school district at

$200,000.00 annually. Each school or

foundation receiving funding from the

program shall be required to annually report

to the Tax Commission by September 1 of

each year the information outlined in the

measure relating to the educational

scholarships funded by the organization in

the previous academic year.

HB 2078 (Hilbert/Taylor) amends the State

Aid Funding Formula beginning with the

2022-23 school year. It removes language

allowing the initial and midyear State Aid

allocation calculations to be based on the

weighted average daily membership

(WADM) of a district’s second preceding

school year. Instead, it requires each district

to use its WADM from the preceding school

year to calculate its initial State Aid

allocation instead of the higher WADM of

the preceding 2 school years. And, it directs

the midyear adjustment to be based on the

higher WADM of the preceding school year

or the first nine weeks of the current school

year. It increases the allowed general fund

carryover between 3 and 8 percentage points

depending on the total general fund

collections for each district. It also prohibits

a general fund balance penalty from being

imposed on school districts that exceed

prescribed limits during fiscal years 2022

and 2023.

HB 2871 (Wallace/Thompson) directs the

Commissioners of the Land Office when

calculating the 5% cap on investments in

real property to not include the value of real

property under long-term lease to the state,

agencies of the state, or subdivisions thereof.

HB 2890 (Wallace/Thompson) permits

school district to carryover a general balance

fund in excess of limits previously

established by law without a general fund

penalty being assessed. The measure allows

districts to continue this practice through FY

2023. Additionally, the measure provides

that the July calculation of per pupil revenue

be determined by the district’s second

preceding year’s total average daily

membership (ADM).

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department

of Education

$2,992,729,814

$3,164,386,184

5.74%

Office of

Educational

Quality

$1,567,209

0.00%

Higher Education

SB 48 (Daniels/Kannady) creates the

Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act. The

measure updates the Uniform Athlete Act. It

expands the definition of “athlete agent” and

“student athlete” within the Act as well as

adds new requirements to the signing of an

agency contract. Additionally, the Act

provides greater flexibility to students when

choosing between a professional draft or the

continuation of their college education.

Finally, the measure repeals the current

Uniform Athlete Agents Act. Additionally,

the measure creates the Student Athlete

Name, Image and Likeness Rights Act. The

measure specifies that a student athlete may

earn compensation commensurate with

market value for the use of the name, image

or likeness of the student athlete while

enrolled at a postsecondary institution

without penalty or resulting limitation on

participation. A student athlete shall not earn

compensation in exchange for his or her

athletic performance or participation in

intercollegiate athletics or sports

competition.

$2,700,000,000

$2,800,000,000

$2,900,000,000

$3,000,000,000

$3,100,000,000

$3,200,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Education

$1,500,000

$1,550,000

$1,600,000

$1,650,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Office of Educational Quality

& Accountability

SB 132 (Bullard/Baker) amends the

Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program

to allow juniors in public or private high

schools and 16-year-old students who are

educated by other means to enter into

student agreements for the program.

SB 261 (Montgomery/Provenzano) creates

the Oklahoma Student Borrower’s Bill of

Rights Act. The measure directs 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. The statement must

include plain and clear language prohibiting

any student loan servicer from engaging in

any act that misleads, deceives, or defrauds

student borrowers. Loan servicers are also

prohibited from making false statements or

omitting material facts when submitting

reports to a governmental agency.

SB 292 (Haste/Nollan) creates until

November 30, 2022, a 14-member task force

to study and make recommendations

regarding current and future concurrent

enrollment needs of the state and pathways

for awarding degrees and certificates

through concurrent enrollment. It requires

the task force to have an organizational

meeting by September 1, 2021. It prohibits

task force members from receiving

compensation or travel reimbursement. It

subjects the task force to the Oklahoma

Open Meeting Act. The bill also requires the

task force to submit a report of its finding to

the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate and the Speaker of the House by

November 30, 2022.

SB 639 (Pugh/Baker) directs the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education to

administer a survey to students who receive

an Oklahoma Higher Learning Access

Program award and who withdraw from an

institution within The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education, a private

institution of higher learning, or a

technology center school before completing

a degree or certificate program.

Additionally, the measure directs the State

Regents to submit to the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of

the House of Representatives an annual

report on the impact of the Oklahoma

Higher Learning Access Program beginning

December 31, 2022, and each December 31

thereafter.

HB 1775 (Kevin West/Bullard) prohibits an

enrolled student in an institution within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education from being required to engage in

any form of mandatory gender or sexual

diversity training or counseling, but it allows

voluntary counseling. It also prohibits any

orientation or requirement that presents any

form of race or sex stereotyping or bias on

the basis of race or sex. It directs the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education to promulgate rules to implement

these provisions, pursuant to the

Administrative Procedures Act and subject

to approval by the Legislature. Additionally,

the bill prohibits a teacher, administrator or

other employee of a school district, charter

school or virtual charter school from

requiring or making part of a course certain

concepts, including one race or sex is

inherently superior to another race or sex. It

clarifies that the language does not prohibit

the teaching of concepts that align to the

Oklahoma Academic Standards. It directs

the State Board of Education to promulgate

rules to implement these provisions,

pursuant to the Administrative Procedures

Act and subject to approval by the

Legislature.

HB 1821 (McBride/Pemberton) modifies

language relating to the awarding of tuition

aid grants. It allows rather than requires a

tuition aid grant to be awarded annually to

each qualified student. It removes language

regarding the maximum award amount. The

bill directs the State Regents to determine

award priorities based on enrollment status,

unmet financial need, continuous

enrollment, nearness to completion, state

employment needs, eligibility for other

financial aid and availability of funding.

HB 1962 (Nolian/Quinn) modifies the

definition of “qualified higher education

expense” under the Oklahoma College

Savings Plan Act to remove specific

references to tuition, fees, books, etc. and

leaves in place reference to definition under

IRS code.

HB 2396 (Russ/Stanley) directs the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education to allow a series of in-depth

prevention and education programs

regarding sex trafficking and exploitation to

all freshman students enrolled in institutions

within The Oklahoma State System of

Higher Education. It directs institutions to

provide all freshmen the opportunity to

attend one of three on-campus, voluntary

sex trafficking and exploitation prevention

and education programs. It directs program

materials relating to the programs to be

provided at no cost, with the program

provider being solely responsible for

incurring all costs associated with

implementing the programs and related

materials.

HB 2943 (McCall/Treat) transfers the

University Center of Southern Oklahoma in

Ardmore, Oklahoma to the Murray State

College and redesignates the Center as the

Murray State College at Ardmore. The

transfer shall include all real property,

buildings, furniture, equipment, supplies,

records, assets, current and future liabilities,

fund balances, encumbrances, obligations,

indebtedness, legal agreements, powers,

duties, and responsibilities associated with

the University Center of Southern

Oklahoma.

Higher Education Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Regents for

Higher

Education

$802,070,058

$770,414,742

-3.95%

Hospital Authority Funding

HB 2874 (Wallace/Thompson) provides a

sales tax exemption for sales of tangible

personal property or services to the

University Hospitals Trust. The measure

also provides an exemption for the transfer

of tangible personal property or services

made by or to the University Hospitals Trust

or nonprofit entities that are exempt from

taxation that have entered into a joint

operating agreement with the University

Hospitals Trust.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

University

Hospitals

Authority

$66,691,554

$86,591,554

29.84%

$740,000,000

$760,000,000

$780,000,000

$800,000,000

$820,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Regents for Higher Education

Energy, Environment, & Utilities

SB 246 (Allen/Sean Roberts) lowers the

population requirement for counties where

people or entities located in certain areas are

required to use air curtain incinerators for

land clearing operations and air curtain

incinerators for the burning of clean wood

waste or yard brush. Additionally, the

counties required to use air curtain

incinerators shall also include areas where

the Department-certified ambient air quality

monitoring data documents a violation of

primary National Ambient Air Quality

Standards.

SB 448 (Taylor/Boles) defines various terms

associated with recycling procedures in the

Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act.

The measure defines the parameters of what

constitutes an advanced recycling facility

and the various procedures used to

depolymerize, gasify, use, and recover

recycled products.

SB 632 (Taylor/McEntire) adds the proceeds

owed for oil and gas drilling and

development, proceeds from the acquisition

of oil and gas rights, and proceeds from an

unfulfilled contract or agreement for the

purchase of mineral rights to the list of

illustrated rights as it relates to oil and gas.

The FS modifies the Nature, Extent, and

Duration of Oil and Gas Lien to include the

provision to secure the obligation of any

person to pay any proceeds for the

acquisition of oil and gas rights.

SB 1006 (David/Sims) modifies the duties

of the Tri-State Commission by directing the

Commission to coordinate with any relevant

federal or state agency or any other entity to

identify ways to improve the navigability of

the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River

Navigation System.

SB 1021 (David/McBride) creates the

Hydrogen Production, Transportation and

Infrastructure Task Force. The Task Force

shall be comprised of 10 members and shall

disband on December 31, 2021. The

measure requires the Task Force to meet at

least once per month and to hold at least two

separate meetings focusing on the

distribution and production of hydrogen

respectively. The FS additionally provides a

list of representatives the Task Force shall

consult as it investigates the issue. The Task

Force shall be subject to the provisions of

the Open Records Act and its members shall

receive no compensation or travel

reimbursement. The Task Force shall submit

a report of its findings to the Governor,

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and

Speaker of the House no later than

December 1, 2021.

SB 1022 (David/Boles) authorizes the

Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board to issue temporary and

regular water permits that have not been

subject to a protest from an interested party.

SB 1049 (Thompson/Wallace) creates the

February 2021 Unregulated Utility

Consumer Protection Act. The measure shall

provide financial assistance in the form of a

pooled loan program provided for

unregulated utility entities for the purpose of

reducing the impact of costs related to the

extreme weather event that occurred

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University Hospitals Authority

between February 7, 2021, and February 21,

2021. The Oklahoma Development Finance

Authority shall issue and administer the

bonds, notes or other forms of evidence of

indebtedness to fund the loans to

unregulated utility entities under this

program. The Public Utility Division of the

Oklahoma Corporation Commission is

directed by the measure to assist the

Authority in determining the costs an

unregulated utility actually and lawfully

incurred by the weather event through

administrative review before a loan is

approved. Unregulated utilities may apply

for a loan from the Authority through an

application process and must provide the

amount of extreme purchase costs and

extraordinary costs requested for recovery,

whether the unregulated utility is requesting

a loan for all or a portion of the extreme

purchase costs and extraordinary costs,

estimated amount of cost savings from or

demonstration of how utility bill impact to

customers would be mitigated by receiving a

loan for the eligible extreme purchase costs

and extraordinary costs, and any other

information deemed necessary by the

Authority. The Authority shall send the

application to the Corporation Commission

for an audit of the amounts requested for

recovery and then the Commission shall

send the application back to the Authority

for approval or rejection. If the Authority

rejects the application, it must provide the

reasoning for its rejection to the utility and

provide for the utility to resubmit its

amended application. The Authority is

authorized to issue credit with loan terms of

and up to 30 years, which shall be at their

discretion. The measure authorizes the

Authority to take a security interest in any

property or revenues of the unregulated

utility. The loans shall be financed from

revenue by the newly created Unregulated

Utility Consumer Protection Fund. The Fund

shall receive monies derived from the bonds,

notes, or any other form of evidence of

indebtedness issued by the Authority and

any other contributions from unregulated

utilities permitted by law. Upon receiving

the loan provided by the Authority, the

utility must base customer charges mitigated

pursuant to this act on the then-current

monthly billing of the customer and shall

lineitem such charges on the monthly bill of

the unregulated utility customer. The

Authority is also directed by the measure to

notify in writing the Governor, the President

Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker

of the House of Representatives when an

application for a loan is approved or

disapproved and on the date the loan is

issued and prepare an annual report. The

utility revenue bonds or any other

obligations issued shall not at any time be

deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of

any political subdivision thereof or a pledge

of the full faith and credit of the state or any

political subdivision. The measure provides

that the jurisdiction of the Corporation

Commission shall not extend beyond the

audit required for the application process in

this measure. It also authorizes the Authority

to file an application with the Oklahoma

Supreme Court for the approval of bonds

issued and confreres exclusive jurisdiction

upon the Court to hear and determine each

application. The measure also provides that

any bonds issued under this act shall be

reviewed by the Council of Bond Oversight

and also amends the duties of the Authority

to include actions required by this act.

SB 1050 (Thompson/Wallace) creates the

February 2021 Regulated Utility Consumer

Protection Act. The measure shall provide

financial assistance in the form of

securitization and issuance of rate-payer

backed bonds provided to regulated utility

entities for the purpose of reducing costs to

customers related to the extreme weather

event that occurred in February 2021. The

Oklahoma Corporation Commission is

authorized by the measure to mitigate costs

relating to the weather event for customers

by using securitization. The Commission

shall consider revenue requirement savings

that may be incurred to the benefit of

customers by relying on lower carrying

charges, customer utility bill impact that

may be mitigated by mandating a longer

amortization period for recovery, and

whether issuance of ratepayer-backed bonds

that may be completed at a sufficiently low

cost such that customer savings are not

exhausted or offset. The Commission is

authorized to utilize financial advisors to

evaluate applications. Expenses incurred for

those purposes shall be recoverable as

administrative expenses of the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority through the

issuance of ratepayer-backed bonds. The

Commission shall issue a financing order

that determines the rate of maturity for the

bonds, the quantified amount of extreme

purchase costs and extraordinary costs to be

recovered, the frequency of true-up and

reconciliation of the customer repayment

revenues collected, the method by which the

customer repayment charges will be

allocated among the various customer

classes, and the requirement that all funds

received under the irrevocable and

nonbypassable mechanism be provided

immediately to the holder of securitization

property. The bond’s maturity shall not

exceed 30 years. The Commission shall

issue an order no later than 180 days from

the date the Commission receives all

necessary information and documentation.

On the same date a financing order is issued,

a copy of the order shall be delivered to the

Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority. Regulated

utilities are prohibited from recovering the

extreme purchase costs and extraordinary

costs identified and quantified in the

financing order from customers except

through the transfer of securitization

property and prohibits such utilities from

removing the periodic determination of

factors for customer collection with true-up

and reconciliation. The rights and interests

to receive revenues collected by a regulated

utility through the irrevocable and

nonbypassable mechanism created pursuant

to a financing order shall become a

securitization property right at the time the

ratepayer-backed bond is issued pursuant to

a financing order. The rights of the

securitization property owner are not subject

to setoff, counterclaim, surcharge or defense

by the regulated utility or any other person,

creditor or otherwise, in any bankruptcy or

debt collection proceeding of the regulated

utility. The measure authorizes the creation

of a valid and enforceable lien and security

interest in securitization property via an

agreement with the Oklahoma Development

Finance Authority. The measure authorizes

the Authority to borrow money on the credit

of the revenues to be derived from

securitization property received. The

measure specifies that such ratepayer-

backed bonds shall not be an indebtedness

of the state or of the Authority. Additionally,

the State Treasurer is authorized by the

measure to purchase from the Authority at

private sale all or any part of the bonds

issued in this manner. The measure provides

that the Commission may require an audit of

all amounts received from customers under

an irrevocable and nonbypassable

mechanism and paid to a utility, the amounts

paid by the utility to the Oklahoma

Development Finance Authority, or other

holder of securitization property. Such

audits shall be provided to the Governor, the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

and the Authority. The measure provides

that the Authority shall file an application

with the Oklahoma Supreme Court for the

approval of bonds issued and confers

exclusive jurisdiction upon the Court to hear

and determine each application. The Court

shall give such an application precedence

over the other business of the Court and

consider and pass upon the application and

any protests which may be filed against such

application as speedily as possible. Notice of

the hearing must be published in a

newspaper of general circulation in the state

at least 10 days prior to the hearing. The

decision of the Court shall be a judicial

determination of the validity of the bonds,

shall be conclusive as to the Authority, this

state, its officers, agents and

instrumentalities and all other persons, and

thereafter the bonds so approved and the

revenues pledged to their payment shall be

incontestable in any court in this state.

HB 1093 (Kerbs/Murdock) directs the

Oklahoma Water Resources Board to update

its water quality standards to allow for

development of watershed trading programs

by November 1, 2026.

HB 1705 (Newton/Murdock) eliminates the

requirement that persons generating or

shipping hazardous waste must create a

disposal plan and submit it to the

Department of Environmental Quality

(DEQ) for approval. The also measure

eliminates the fee for the generator disposal

plan and modifies the fees for monitoring

and small quantity generators.

HB 1815 (McBride/David) directs the

Oklahoma Corporation Commission to issue

a report and recommendations regarding

availability and appropriateness of natural

gas utilities to procure, transport, and deliver

renewable natural gas to consumers no later

than December 1, 2021. Renewable natural

gas is defined to include biogas-derived

methane gas, hydrogen gas or carbon oxide

from renewable sources, or methane gas

derived from any combination of hydrogen

gas or carbon oxide from renewable sources.

The report shall also address production of

educational materials regarding renewable

natural gas, and discuss future reporting

requirements for producers.

HB 2028 (O’Donnell/Allen) prohibits

excavators from commencing excavation or

demolition if they have knowledge that an

operator has unmarked underground

facilities. Work may begin after notice has

been given and such facilities have been

marked. Excavators are required to maintain

and preserve all marks for the duration of

the excavation or demolition. They are also

required to notify the notification center if

marks are no longer visible or removed and

check for positive response at the

notification center prior to excavation or

demolition. The measure provides time

limits for certain notice and potential

liability for excavators in certain

circumstances. During any state of

emergency, time limitations are

inapplicable. Operators are required to

provide a positive response to the

notification center prior to the expiration of

the required notice period. The measure

provides requirements for the response. The

measure requires all operators to be

members in good standing of the notification

center and requires certain documentation to

be maintained by the notification center.

HB 2029 (O’Donnell/Taylor) clarifies a

requirement that a division order include the

name, address, and tax ID number of each

interest owner.

HB 2049 (McCall/Simpson) modifies the

cost at which a conservancy district contract

requires an advertisement for bids in a

newspaper. The measure requires district

contracts valued more than $100,000,00 to

be advertised.

HB 2330 (Steagall/Rosino) allows drilling

of municipal water wells inside and outside

of the municipal limits.

HB 2402 (Russ/Jech) authorizes counties,

public trusts, and other political subdivisions

operating a public water supply system or

wastewater treatment system to utilize

design-build as a project delivery method for

those water systems. The measure requires

the Department of Environmental Quality to

incorporate a flexible permitting process to

allow this design-build authorization into its

rules and to authorize up to 5 pilot projects

in the interim before those rules are adopted.

Conservation Commission Funding

SB 535 (Bergstrom/Lepak) increases the

maximum civil liability for violating

pipeline safety rules promulgated by the

Corporation Commission from $100,000.00

to $200,000.00 and from $1 million to $2

million for any related series of violations.

SB 536 (Bergstrom/Lepak) 6 increases the

maximum civil liability for violating the

Hazardous Liquid Transportation System

Safety Act from $100,000.00 to $200,000.00

and from $1 million to $2 million for any

related series of violations.

SB 1059 (Thompson/Wallace) extends the

sunset date for the Corporation Commission

Plugging Fund and its associated fees from

July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2026.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Conservation

Commission

$16,865,856

$16,876,719

0.06%

Corporation Commission Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Oklahoma

Corporation

Commission

$11,871,018

$13,192,324

11.13%

Election Measures

SB 347 (Paxton/Martinez) prohibits

municipalities and political subdivisions

from holding an election on the second

Tuesday of December 2021 or the second

Tuesday of January 2022 for the offices of

United States Representative, State Senator,

State Representative and County

Commission districts following the

reapportionment of such districts in order for

the State Election Board to properly

implement new precincts associated with

new district boundaries. Additionally, the

measure adds the second Tuesday of June of

an odd-numbered year for a special election

to fill a vacancy to the list of exceptions to

the rule that no regular or special election to

fill an elective office shall be held by any

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Commission

county, school district, technology center

school district, municipality, fire protection

district or other political subdivision

authorized to call elections.

SB 710 (Jech/Newton) authorizes the

Secretary of the State Election Board to join

the State of Oklahoma as a member in 1 or

more multistate voter list maintenance

organizations and to provide voter

registration data to such organizations upon

joining. The measure provides for the

Secretary to expend such funds as needed

for membership dues. Additionally, if such

organizations identify eligible, but not

registered, citizens or citizens who changed

their address, the Secretary may notify such

citizens about the procedure for becoming a

registered voter or changing the registered

address.

SB 712 (Jech/Dick Lowe) provides for the

Secretary of the State Election Board to

authorize the use of electronic precinct

registries by county election boards. The

Secretary may also purchase any equipment

and software necessary to implement an

electronic precinct registry system, subject

to available funding.

SB 947 (Rosino/Tammy West) requires the

parties responsible for circulating an

initiative petition to indicate whether the

proposal will have a fiscal impact on the

state and if so, the potential source of

funding.

SB 959 (Paxton/Hilbert) modifies

procedures relating to filling a vacancy or

irrevocable resignation in the United States

Senate. The measure provides that an

irrevocable resignation shall occur when a

member of the United States Senate from

Oklahoma provides a written letter of

resignation to the Secretary of State. The

measure requires a special election to be

held for the seat at the next regularly

scheduled statewide Primary, Runoff

Primary, and General Election. If the

vacancy occurs in an even-numbered year

on or before March 1, the special election, if

necessary, shall be held that same year. If

the vacancy is already scheduled to be filled

for a full term at the next available regularly

scheduled election, then no special election

shall be called. The Governor is directed to

appoint a person eligible to hold such office,

who has been a registered voter of the party

of the predecessor in Oklahoma for at least 5

years within 30 days of the vacancy

occurring. The potential appointee shall

submit an oath to the Secretary of State an

oath affirming that the person will not file as

a candidate for the office when it next

appears on the ballot. The Secretary of State

is directed by the measure to publish that

oath.

SB 1066 (Treat/McCall) creates the State

Senate Redistricting Act of 2021. The

measure states that the legislature

determined the United States Census Bureau

failed to meet the deadline to transmit the

tabulations of population of the state, which

necessitates the use of the best alternative

population data. The measure also finds that

the best available population data is United

States Census Bureau’s American

Community Survey for 2015-2019. The

outlined Senate districts shall become

operative on the 15th day following the

General Election in November 2022. The

State Election Board shall conduct the

elections for the Senate in 2022 in

accordance with the provisions of the State

Senate Redistricting Act of 2021. The

measure repeals the provisions of the State

Senate Redistricting Act of 2011. The

measure provides that Senators elected from

even-numbered districts in 2022 shall hold

office until the 15th day succeeding the

General Election in November 2026.

Senators elected from odd-numbered

districts in 2020 shall hold office until the

15th day succeeding the General Election in

November 2024. Each Senate district is

based on the following geography as defined

by the U.S. Census Bureau: counties, tracts,

blockgroups, and blocks. The measure

provides that if the State Senate

Redistricting Act of 2021 and the State

House of Representatives Redistricting Act

of 2021 require any county election board to

create precincts with no residents, the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and

Speaker of the House shall adjust Senate or

House district lines to prevent the creation

of zero population precincts. In no case shall

such an adjustment affect the total

population of a Senate or House district.

HB 1198 (McCall/Treat) creates the State

House of Representatives Redistricting Act

of 2021. The measure designates the Census

Bureau’s American Community Survey

(ACS) Five-Year Estimates for 2015-2019

as the best alternative population data

available for legislative redistricting and

directs the Legislature to use ACS data to

draft redistricting legislation. The new

district boundaries will take effect on the

15th days following the General Election in

November 2022. The State Election Board

will conduct elections for state House

districts in 2022 in accordance with the act

under the new district lines.

HB 1752 (CrosswhiteHader/Rader) sets a

deadline of 30 days from the date the list is

received for the secretary of a county

election board to remove the names of the

deceased from the voter registration

database. A funeral director will be required

to fill out a form from the Secretary of the

State Election Board to notify the secretary

of the county election board of a county

resident’s death. The measure also provides

that an order appointing a guardian shall set

forth findings of fact as to whether the ward

retains sufficient capacity to vote.

HB 1963 (Nollan/Stanley) provides that the

Governor shall appoint the members of a

school board of education of a school

district or technology center school district

that fails to reach a majority due to

vacancies. The Governor shall only appoint

enough members for the school board to

reach a quorum. The appointment or

appointments will be consistent with

existing requirements and only for the

remainder of the term of office.

HB 2087 (McCall/Rader) provides that

officeholder expenses may be expended for

contributions or dues for a political caucus

fund or the costs associated with signage for

naming highways and bridges.

HB 2193 (Stinson/Bergstrom) clarifies that

municipal office as it relates to the

Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial

Disclosure Act shall mean any elective

office established under state or municipal

law.

HB 2564 (Chad Caldwell/Quinn) provides

that a candidate for political office

petitioning for a recount of the vote may

request the vote be counted manually or

electronically. If the candidate or individual

requests that the ballots be recounted by

electronic device, the petition must be

accompanied by a cashier’s check or

certified check in the amount of $600.00 for

the first 3,000 ballots and $300.00 for each

5,000 ballots thereafter. The measure also

provides that the Governor or Attorney

General may request a recount of any state

question. The request shall be in the form of

a petition prescribed by the Secretary of the

State Election Board. The measure also

directs the Secretary of the State Election

Board to order an automatic recount of the

state question’s vote if the margin of votes

required for approval is less than 0.5% or

less of the total number of votes cast for and

against a state question involving a statutory

issue or question. The recount shall also be

order if the margin of votes required for

approval is 1% or less of the total number of

votes cast for and against a state question

involving a constitutional issue or question.

The recount will not occur if there is less

than $250,000.00 in the State Question

Recount Revolving Fund. The Fund shall

never exceed $500,000.00.

HB 2663 (Echols/David) modifies the

deadline for absentee ballot requests. The

measure extends the period from the

Tuesday preceding an election to the third

Monday preceding an election. Such

requests must be submitted to the

appropriate election official. Additionally,

the measure modifies the period a person

may request an in-person absentee ballot for

county elections as well as General,

Primary, Runoff Primary Election, or

Presidential Preferential Primary Elections.

For county elections, the deadline for such

requests remains 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the

Thursday and Friday immediately preceding

the county election. For Primary, Runoff

Primary Election, or Presidential

Preferential Primary Elections, the measure

provides that ballot requests may be made

on the Saturday preceding the election from

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. General Election absentee

ballots may be requested starting on the

Wednesday immediately preceding the

election from 8 a.m. To 6 p.m.

HB 2939 (Newton/Murdock) directs the

secretary of the county election board to

record a voter’s method of voting. The

voter’s method shall not be disclosed to the

public except for during a regularly

scheduled federal or state election or a

statewide special election for a state

question.

County and Municipal Government

SB 143 (Rader/Boatman) authorizes county

employee recognition awards to be

presented at a formal or informal ceremony,

banquet, reception, or luncheon. Monies

may be expended from the county

department’s or division’s operating fund to

pay for the ceremony, banquet, reception, or

luncheon.

SB 277 (Montgomery/Pae) authorizes

municipalities to requires the owner of a

dilapidated property to provide his or her

contact information and provides for such

information to be kept confidential.

SB 280 (Quinn/Humphrey) authorizes any

county with an excise board to establish a

rainy-day fund and capital reserve fund.

Deposits may be made into the rainy-day

fund by resolution of the county. The fund

may contain 50% of the previous year’s

approved budget. Once deposited in the

fund, the monies are not transferrable. The

measure provides for half of the fund to be

utilized for naturalized disasters, 1/8 of the

fund to be used for supplementing the

budget, and 1/8 of the fund to be used to

supplement the current year’s revenue when

collections come in shorter than estimated

and a revenue failure is declared by the

board of county commissioners. Deposits

into the capital reserve fund are also

nontransferable but may be expended in a

manner determined by the board of authority

on county facilities.

SB 483 (Hall/Burns) requires members of

the county board of equalization to attend

and complete a course of instruction

consisting of at least 6 hours for purposes of

instructing the members about the duties

imposed on the board by law. Additionally,

the measure reduces the time members are

afforded to complete the course from 18

months to 12 months. The measure also

establishes an annual 3 hour continuing

education requirement for members. The

Program Director of the Center for Local

Government Technology at Oklahoma State

University is directed to send written

notification of failure to comply with the

educational requirements to the State

Auditor. The State Auditor shall inform the

noncompliant member of their failure to

comply within 30 days of receiving notice.

Members who do not comply with the

provisions of this measure shall not receive

travel reimbursements. Any member that

misses 3 or more meetings shall forfeit their

office. The measure also increases the

maximum compensation a board member

may receive from $50.00 to $100.00.

SB 728 (Paxton/Martinez) provides that the

counties shall be reapportioned by their

respective county board of commissioners

on or before November 30, 2021, following

the final official publication of the Federal

Decennial Census.

SB 736 (Kidd/McEntire) provides for health

districts to also be comprised of multiple

county health departments operating under

agreement to share resources. The measure

also provides for the county board of

commissioner to be able to contract with a

neighboring board of health or board of

county commissioners of any county to

provide the county any or all public health

services. Counties may combine county

millage and designate 1 county as the

operational hub.

SB 828 (Murdock/Newton) provides that

any employee employed to perform duties

that are not in assistance to a county officer

in the performance of the official duties of

the county officer, including, but not limited

to, specialized or technical duties, may

receive a salary in excess of a county

officer. The measure also authorizes a

county to utilize the appropriate State of

Oklahoma pay structure in lieu of the salary

code specified in statute.

SB 838 (Weaver/Nollan) creates the

Oklahoma Public Safety Protection District

Act. The measure authorizes the governing

body of a municipality to create a public

safety protection district by the adoption of a

resolution and placing the question to voters

of the municipality in the next general

election. If a 60% of voters approve the

creation of the district, the municipality shall

exercise oversight and management of the

district. The district will be considered a

political subdivision of the state and will

encompass the borders of the municipality.

An assessment of up to 5 mills may be

levied by the district for the purposes of

paying for police, fire, and jail operations.

The assessment shall not apply to 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.

SB 939 (Taylor/Pfeiffer) provides that any

critical infrastructure company or entity that

acts in compliance with or acts consistently

with government rules, guidelines, or laws

applicable to its sector shall not constitute a

nuisance.

SB 958 (Coleman/Burns) provides the board

of directors for each fire protection district

with the power to acquire a certification to

operate an emergency medical services

agency from the Oklahoma State

Department of Health or contract for

services with a certified or licensed

emergency medical service agency. The

district’s emergency medical service agency

may respond outside of the district

boundaries if the political subdivisions

having jurisdiction over the area provided

the Department proper documentation of

their support.

HB 1036 (Strom/Daniels) authorizes the

board of county commissioner to purchase

or sell materials, tools, and equipment with

a political subdivision which is not subject

to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act at a

price agreed upon by both governing

bodies.

HB 1063 (Boles/Kidd) 3 authorizes the

board of county commissioners to employ

information technology (IT) staff and strikes

language requiring that the data processing

technician’s term may not extend beyond the

term of office of the board appointing them.

HB 1064 (Boles/Kidd) applies a single

method of calculating base salary for county

officers to all counties, and strikes other

methods. The definition of serviceability is

modified to include gross assessed valuation

of all tangible taxable property, rather than

net valuation. The upper limit of the county

officer base salary is increased from

$44,500.00 to $49,500.00. Calculation of

additions to base salary are modified to be

based upon gross assessed valuation rather

than net valuation.

HB 1749 (CrosswhiteHader/Paxton)

authorizes the county treasurer to not bid off

the property in the name of the county and

instead allow the property to remain under

its current ownership. The treasurer is

directed to consider certain factors outlined

in the measure when determining property to

be nuisance property. Determination of a

property as common area nuisance property

could be made at any time. The measure

also provides that all common area nuisance

property bid off in the name of the city or

town shall be for the amount of any

municipal liens due.

HB 1789 (Pae/Howard) authorizes s local

governmental units to create or contract with

a purchasing cooperative to achieve best

value or best terms in contracts. The

measure allows any purchasing cooperative

or interlocal cooperative to utilize a single

legal newspaper of the state to meet its bid

notice requirements of competitive bidding

or bid solicitation. If the project is exclusive

to a county or group of counties, the bid

notice must be published in a legal

newspaper within that county or those

counties.

HB 2225 (Moore/Weaver) authorizes

designees of the chief of police to dispose of

personal property or money seized by the

chief. In the event the property or money

was seized by the police department in

connection with a criminal investigation or

arrest, this determination shall be made by

the court which has jurisdiction over the

criminal offense. If the property has an

actual or apparent value over $250, written

notice must be given to the person last in

possession of the property 3 days prior to the

hearing. A description of the property shall

be included in the notice. If authorized by

ordinance, the municipality may transfer any

currency received into a depository account

for the benefit of its known or unknown

owners prior to any court order for

disposition of the money or legal tender. No

forfeiture proceeding shall be necessary to

authorize the destruction of property that

cannot be returned lawfully to its owner.

The measure also allows a municipality to

provide written notice at the time of arrest

that certain property would be available for

return within 90 days, if it was not seized as

evidence. If the property is worth less than

$250, no further notice is required prior to

obtaining a court order for disposition of the

property. If an affidavit of ownership or

affidavit of right of possession is used to

establish ownership or right of possession,

the claimant may also be required to sign an

agreement to indemnify and defend the

custodians of the property in the event of an

adverse claim to the property.

HB 2506 (Kannady/Allen) modifies the

definition of dilapidated building as it relates

to condemnation procedures. The time a

building must have been boarded and

secured in order to be considered dilapidated

is reduced from 18 months to 6 months.

HB 2747 (Ford/Haste) requires municipal

employers to recognize a bargaining agent

selected by a majority of the firefighters of

the fire department or police officers of the

police department of that municipality as the

exclusive bargaining agent for the

firefighters or police officers of that

municipality until a majority of the

firefighters or police officers withdraw the

recognition. Such agents must be recognized

by a majority of the firefighters or police

officers of that department. Any vote or

ballot authorized by the agreed procedures

shall be accompanied by a copy of the

voter's driver license or other state

authorized identification card. If no parties

can agree on election procedures, either

party may request the American Arbitration

Association to conduct the election and

certify the results. Elections for bargaining

agents may only be held once per 12- month

period.

HB 2778 (Pfeiffer/Coleman) authorizes a

district attorney to destroy records and files

pertaining to felony, misdemeanor, traffic,

wildlife, or juvenile cases if they have been

digitized.

Public Finance

SB 75 (Simpson/Townley) exempts the

Social Security Disability Determination

Services Division of the Department of

Rehabilitation Services from the

requirement to obtain an information

security risk assessment identifying

vulnerabilities associated with the

information system.

SB 88 (Howard/Worthen) modifies voting

requirements for public trusts to waive

public bidding requirements. The measure

authorizes public trusts with fewer than 4

trustees to waive bidding requirements with

2/3’s of the vote instead of 3/4’s of the vote.

Additionally, the measure exempts public

trusts from auditing requirements provided

the trust does not possess any debt

obligations and has assets totaling less than

$50,000.00.

SB 91 (Hall/Boles) modifies the maximum

length of performance-based efficiency

contracts by specifying that the term shall be

the greater of 20 years or the useful life of

the project. Additionally, the measure

provides that a public entity may consider

capital cost avoidance and include additional

revenue that is directly attributed to the

performance-based efficiency contract when

calculating cost-savings.

SB 147 (Thompson/Wallace) directs the

Commissioners of the Land Office when

calculating the 5% cap on investments in

real property to not include the value of real

property under long-term lease to the state,

agencies of the state, or subdivisions thereof.

SB 281 (Quinn/O’Donnell) requires county

investments into bonds issued by the United

States to only be invested in bonds with a

rating of A+ or better by Standard and

Poor’s Corporation or A1 or better by

Moody’s Investor Service or an equivalent

investment grade by a securities ratings

organization accepted by the National

Association of Insurance Commissioners

including investment grade obligations of

state agencies.

SB 345 (Garvin/McEntire) clarifies that

awards made pursuant to the provisions of

the Oklahoma Dental Loan Repayment

Program shall be deposited into an

appropriate loan agency.

SB 382 (Standridge/Conley) exempts the

J.D. McCarty Center from the certain

provisions of the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act.

SB 606 (Rader/Pfeiffer) strikes the

designation for the Oklahoma Local

Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive

Leverage Act Incentive Payment Fund and

changes it from a special fund to an

Oklahoma Tax Commission special account.

The measure also removes language limiting

the liability of the state to the balance

contained in the fund.

SB 789 (Leewright/Wallace) authorizes the

Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission to claim 25% of the federal

relief funds made available to the state,

decease the surcharge to be charged to each

employer to a percentage rate that is

sufficient to bring the balance of the fund to

$25 million, borrow federal funds, and allow

the balance of the fund to drop to $10

million if needed during a state of

emergency declared by the Governor, the

Oklahoma Legislature, the United States

President, or the United States Congress.

SB 840 (Kidd/Boles) increases the cap for

county agents making purchases or lease

agreements without following bidding

procedures from $15,000.00 to $25,000.00.

The measure also provides for county

purchasing agents to purchase goods and

services from the next lowest bidder or the

best quote if the lowest bidder refuses to

provide such goods and services provided

the purchase amount is below $25,000.00.

SB 853 (J.J. Dossett/Burns) exempts the

Oklahoma Military Department from the

provisions of the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act as it applies to purchasing

heraldry items.

SB 867 (Pugh/Tommy Hardin) authorize the

Military Department to purchase products

which are available through a General

Services Administration contract. The

products do no need to be on a current state

contract before a purchase can be made.

SB 868 (Pugh/Tommy Hardin) provides for

federal programs administered by the

Military Department with a Certified

Procurement Officer making purchases on

behalf of the program to be regarded as an

individual purchasing entity.

SB 1051 (Thompson/Wallace) repeals the

authority for the Department of Mental

Health and Substance Abuse Services to

issue notes and bonds in an amount not to

exceed $6 million.

HB 1061 (Boles/Paxton) directs funds to the

Crime Victims Compensation Fund that

would otherwise be deposited to the credit

of the General Revenue Fund; for this

reason the measure will have a negative

revenue impact on the General Revenue

Fund.

HB 1376 (McCall/Pugh) subjects the

Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission to the

provisions of the Public Competitive

Bidding Act of 1974 as it relates to contracts

for airport and air navigation facility

construction and repair. The Department of

Transportation may administer the process.

HB 1990 (Trey Caldwell/Montgomery)

provides that monies from the Ad Valorem

Fund may be used to reimburse counties for

homestead exemptions granted to 100

percent disabled veterans and surviving

spouses if the number of exemptions granted

to veterans and surviving spouses for the

most recently concluded calendar year 0.8%

of the total county population according to

the latest Federal Decennial Census or most

recent annual population estimate. The

reimbursement provided in this paragraph

shall amount to 25% of the loss of revenue

claimed by the qualified county.

HB 2331 (Steagall/Newhouse) exempts the

Oklahoma Military Department from the

requirement to obtain an information

security risk assessment by the Information

Services Division of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services.

HB 2365 (Burns/Coleman) creates the

Oklahoma Supplier Diversity Initiative. The

program shall provide convenience for

qualified and certified small business

enterprises and minority business enterprises

in contracting projects in underserved areas.

Qualified businesses, as defined in the

measure, shall register with the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services

(OMES). OMES is directed by the measure

to allow registered vendors to be

automatically notified of opportunities to do

business with the state for specific

commodities. The measure directs the State

Purchasing Director to submit an annual

report to the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor

on or before September 1. The report shall

detail the status of the percentile of state

funds expended on contracts awarded to a

certified Oklahoma Department of

Transportation Disadvantaged Business

Enterprise and all of the entities certified by

the United States Small Business

Administration in the preceding fiscal year.

HB 2861 (Wallace/Rosino) provides that

only persons having a direct contractual

relationship with the party furnishing the

payment bond would have a right of action

upon a bond as it relates to at-risk

construction management contracts.

HB 2862 (Wallace/Pemberton) raises the

thresholds for completive bidding

requirements. For public construction

contracts, the amount is raised from

$50,000.00 to $100,000.00. The limit that

may be negotiated with a qualified

contractor is raised from $5,000.00 to

$10,000.00. The limit on contracts for right-

of-way clearance to not be considered

construction contracts and required to be

open for bidding is raised from $50,000.00

to $100,000.00. The limit on contracts for

projects of the Oklahoma Department of

Wildlife conservation relating to fish and

wildlife conservation is raised from

$25,000.00 to $50,000.00. The limit on

contracts under an emergency authority

declared by the governing body of a public

agency is raised from $75,000.00 to

$150,000.00.

State Government

SB 28 (Bergstrom/Josh West) broadens the

classification of “political subdivision”

within the Governmental Tort Claims Act to

include substate planning districts and

regional councils of government.

SB 62 (Montgomery/Luttrell) extends the

sunset date for the Oklahoma Strategic

Military Planning Commission from

December 31, 2020, to December 31, 2025.

SB 63 (Montgomery/Frix) removes the

requirement for a state employee who

departed an agency under a separation

agreement to repay the state agency if he or

she is employed within 1 year of the

execution of the separation agreement.

SB 76 (Simpson/Tommy Hardin) strikes the

requirement for the Military Department to

annually report to the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the

House, and the Secretary of Finance the

amount of savings realized from its authority

to purchase motor vehicles.

SB 118 (Hall/Osburn) authorizes the

Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority to

hold executive sessions closed to the public

when discussing security plans and

procedures including, but not limited to,

cybersecurity matters. Records pertaining to

security plans and cybersecurity may be kept

confidential.

SB 123 (Hall/Osburn) exempts the

Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority from

the provisions of the Information

Technology Consolidation and Coordination

Act.

SB 148 (Rader/Dills) increases the number

of members on the Oklahoma Uniform

Building Code Commission within the

Construction Industries Board from 11 to

13. The additional members must be a

licensed electrical engineer from a state-

recognized professional engineering firm

and a licensed mechanical engineer from a

state-recognized professional engineering

firm respectively. The measure requires

these members to be appointed within 90

days of the effective date.

SB 282 (Simpson/Tommy Hardin) provides

for annual leave cap placed on state

employees to temporarily increase and

carryover to the new fiscal year following an

emergency declaration.

SB 364 (David/Josh West) moves the

domicile of the district for the Grand River

Dam Authority from Craig County to Mayes

County.

SB 428 (Thompson/Hilbert) requires the

Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services 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.

SB 487 (Pugh/Nollan) modifies the

membership of the Oklahoma Science and

Technology Research and Development

Board. The measure provides for the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

Speaker of the House, and Governor to

appoint members to the Board for a term of

4 years. The Secretary of Science and

Innovation shall serve as Chair.

SB 492 (Taylor/Newton) authorizes the

Corporation Commission and its members to

utilize an electronic signature to satisfy

requirements in law requiring the signature

of a member, the Chair, or the Vice-Chair.

Additionally, the Corporation Commission

is authorized to utilize an electronic image

of the Commission’s seal.

SB 585 (Dahm/Sean Roberts) specifies that

constitutional neglect of duty shall include

giving false testimony to a committee of

either house of the Legislature, engaging in

operations beyond the constitutional or

statutory authority delegated to the agency

that the officer is employed by or serves, or

repeatedly refusing to provide information

to a committee or member in a timely

manner.

SB 758 (Pugh/Osburn) authorizes the Real

Estate Appraiser Board to employ a Director

to oversee the organization and activities of

the Board. Additionally, the measure

removes the Board’s authority to develop

guidelines relating to appraiser examinations

and the requirement to study the number of

appraisers licensed in the state. The measure

also provides for employees of the Board to

considered unclassified employees of the

Oklahoma Insurance Department. The

Director may employ temporary employees.

The Insurance Department is also required

to provide administrative support for the

Board.

SB 802 (Leewright/Phillips) modifies the

membership of the Rural Broadband

Expansion Council. The measure clarifies

that a current or past mayor may serve on

the Council and increases the maximum

population of the municipality a mayor

serves to remain eligible to serve on the

Council from 25,000 to 35,000. The

measure also increases the membership of

the Council by 2, adding a resident of this

state who is a Wireless Internet Service

Provider as well as a Tribal Leader of a tribe

recognized in this state.

SB 870 (Rader/Pfeiffer) removes the

requirement for the Oklahoma Tax

Commission (OTC) to prepare its audit

according to the standards established by the

Governmental Accounting Standards Board

and to submit the results of its audit to the

State Auditor and Inspector. The measure

also modifies the OTC’s audit by providing

for such audit to be an annual, operational

audit instead of a continuous audit.

Language requiring the OTC to furnish

necessary office space for employee of the

State Auditor is stricken by the measure.

SB 910 (Murdock/Newton) requires the

auction for the sale of land owned by the

Commissioners of the Land Office to be

held in the county in which the land is

situated.

SB 913 (Daniels/O’Donnell) provides for

the Legislature to repeal an agency rule by

joint resolution and removes the Governor’s

authority to repeal agency rules by

declaration. Agencies exempted from the

procedures of the Administrative Procedures

Act or pursuing a preemptive rule are

directed by the measure to publish exempt

rules on any website associated with the

agency. Every agency is also directed to

publish agency rules on the website

associated with the agency. Additionally, the

measure requires agencies to respond to

small businesses requesting a review of their

rules no later than 90 business days and to

the Legislature or Governor within 30 days

instead of the 90 days currently provided for

in law. The measure also directs the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate and

Speaker of the House to establish a Joint

Committee on Administrative Rules.

Membership shall be comprised of current

members. The chairs of the Joint Committee

shall be appointed by both the President and

Speaker. The Joint Committee shall consider

proposed rules, amending rules, and repeal

requests submitted by an agency. Those

rules approved by the Committee shall be

presented to the Legislature for final

approval for repeal. All Committee actions

on items for consideration require a majority

vote of both the Senate members and the

House members of the Committee.

Emergency rules must be sent to the chairs

of the Joint Committee in addition to the

other recipients outlined in current law. The

measure requires agencies providing notice

of a new rule to provide 1 electronic copy to

of the complete text of the proposed rule,

amendment, or revocation and a copy of the

notice to the Governor and to the

appropriate cabinet secretary. The Governor

or relevant cabinet secretary may disapprove

the rule within 30 days. If the Governor or

the cabinet secretary disapproves a rule, the

affected agency shall be notified in writing

of the reasons for disapproval. Agencies

may proceed with the rulemaking process if

the Governor or secretary does not expressly

disapprove the rule within 30 days of

receiving notice. The measure also creates a

new section of law in the Act by providing

for the expedited repeal of rules beginning

September 1, 2021. An agency may submit a

request for expedited repeal to the President

Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker

of the House, whereupon they will assign

the request to the Joint Committee to

conduct the repeal process. Such a request

shall be accompanied by a statement of the

purpose for the repeal. Upon completion of

the comment period, the Joint Committee

may schedule a hearing on the agency repeal

request. If the Committee approves the

repeal, it shall be presented to the

Legislature for final approval.

SB 961 (Daniels/Lepak) prohibits any state

agency or official from imposing any filing

or reporting requirement on an organization

regulated or specifically exempted from

regulation under the Oklahoma Solicitation

of Charitable Contributions Act more

stringently that is otherwise required by

federal and state law. The provisions of this

measure shall only apply to private

foundations or charitable trusts, excluding

nonprofit hospitals.

SB 1015 (Daniels/Rick West) provides that

records received from risk pool participants

that can otherwise be obtained from risk

pool participants shall be considered

confidential.

SB 1031 (Treat/Echols) extends the sunset

date as it relates to authorizing public bodies

to meet via teleconference or

videoconference as modified for the

emergency conditions from November

15,2020, to February 15, 2022 or until 30

days after the Governor ends the declared

state of emergency relating to the threat of

COVID-19. The measure also requires

public bodies giving notice of meetings to

be conducted via videoconference to not

modify the method of meeting described in

the notice prior to the meeting and to include

the code or password to access the meeting

in the public notice when applicable.

SB 1064 (Daniels/Kannady) is the annual

Duplicates Section bill that conforms

multiple versions of statutes.

HB 1140 (Fetgatter/Taylor) transfers the

Oklahoma Chief International Protocol

Office from the Office of the Secretary of

State to the Department of Commerce.

HB 1146 (Osburn/Treat) places all state

employee positions under the administration

of the Human Capital Management Division

of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services beginning January 1, 2022. Persons

employed by the Governor, Lt. Governor,

Speaker of the House, or President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, as well as elected

officials, political appointees, and up to 5%

of an agency’s executive management shall

not be placed under the Division’s

administration. The measure directs the

Division to establish and maintain a dispute

resolution system for state agencies and

employees, to promulgate rules necessary to

perform duties required by the measure,

receive and act on complaints arising from

disciplinary actions by state employees, use

administrative law judges as independent

contractors, submit quarterly reports on

workload statistics to the Legislature, and

create and administer a confidential

whistleblower program. The measure

sunsets the Oklahoma Merit Protection

Commission on December 31, 2022.

HB 1236 (McCall/Treat) expands the duties

of the Attorney General to include

monitoring and evaluating any action by the

federal government including executive

orders by the President of the United States,

rules or regulations promulgated by an

agency of the federal government or acts of

Congress. The Attorney General is directed

to determine whether any such action

violates the Tenth Amendment to the

Constitution of the United States. The

measure creates the State Reserved Powers

Protection Unit within the Office of the

Attorney General to carry out these duties. If

the Attorney General determines the action

constitutes a violation of the Tenth

Amendment, the Attorney General shall

determine whether the state should seek an

exemption from the application of the action

or seek to have the action declared

unconstitutional. The measure also creates

the State Reserved Powers Protection Unit

Revolving Fund, which shall consist of the

first $10 million of funds derived from the

corporate income tax beginning July 1,

2021, and ending July 1, 2025.

HB 1783 (Luttrell/Weaver) expands the

regulatory of the Oklahoma State Athletic

Commission to include amateur kickboxers

and amateur kickboxing events. This

measure also eliminates the exemption from

the provisions of the Oklahoma State

Athletic Commission Act for amateur

combative sports events conducted or

sponsored by amateur sanctioning bodies.

USA Boxing events and events sponsored or

conducted by the International Olympic

Committee are exempted from the

provisions of the Oklahoma State Athletic

Commission Act by the measure.

HB 1816 (McBride/Weaver) creates “Cali’s

Law.” The measure designates the rescue

animal as the state pet of Oklahoma.

HB 1876 (Tammy West/Stanley) extends an

exception to the Oklahoma Open Records

Act relating to public employee personal

information. The home addresses, home

telephone numbers, Social Security

numbers, private email addresses, and

private mobile phone numbers of current

and former public employees shall not be

open to public inspection or disclosure.

Public records created using a private email

address or private mobile phone are not to

be included within this exception.

HB 2296 (Dustin Roberts/Bullard) re-

creates the Red River Boundary

Commission. The Commission is directed to

confer and act in conjunction with

representatives from Texas to evaluate the

methods and other information used to

establish the Texas boundary in the Texoma

area as well as determine the location of the

south bank of the Red River as located and

marked by the US Army Corps of

Engineers. Additionally, the Commission is

charged with redrawing the boundary with

Texas on any real property for which the

Army Corps of Engineers was granted an

easement for construction and operation of a

water pipeline in the Texoma area. The

commission is required to report findings

and recommendations no later than January

15, 2022, and issue a final report no later

than January 30, 2025.

HB 2326 (Frix/Pemberton) provides that a

member of the Oklahoma Abstractors Board

that has served 2 consecutive terms may be

reappointed after the expiration of at least 1

full term. The measure provides that a

felony conviction that could result in the

loss of an abstract license must substantially

relate to the practice of abstracting and pose

a reasonable threat to public safety.

HB 2338 (Kendrix/Pugh) provides that the

Director, department heads, emergency

responders, and other essential employees of

the Department of Corrections may be

permitted to use a state-owned or state-

leased vehicle to provide transportation

between the residence of the employee and

the assigned place of employment and

between the residence and any location other

than the assigned place of employment to

which the employee travels in the

performance of the official duty of the

employee. Department heads, emergency

responders, and other essential employees

must obtain permission from the Director to

receive such transportation.

HB 2462 (Dick Lowe/Howard) authorizes

the State Department of Education to enter

into contracts and agreements for the

payment of food, lodging and other

expenses to host, conduct, sponsor or

participate in conferences, meetings or

training sessions.

HB 2648 (Hill/Bullard) deems any order or

rule issued by any governmental entity

pursuant to an emergency that requires

closure of any place of worship as a

substantial burden even if the order or rule is

one of general applicability.

HB 2863 (Wallace/Thompson) requires state

agencies to present to the Commissioners of

the Land Office a complete appraisal of real

property including the present fair value, the

value of improvements, and the actual

condition of the improvements on the

property before the property can be sold,

leased, disposed of, or exchanged.

Additionally, the agency must provide a 20-

day period to the CLO to provide a proposal

for acquisition or disposal of the property.

The CLO may decline the proposal.

HB 2965 (McCall/Treat) extends the sunset

date of the entities outlined in the measure to

2024.

OMES Funding

HB 2902 (Wallace/Thompson) directs

$1,920,000 of FY-2022 appropriations to the

Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for the Pay for Success program.

The measure requires the Office to expend

this amount according to certain population

criteria.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Office of

Management and

Enterprise

Services

$113,886,169

$102,781,593

-9.75%

Health Measures

SB 4 (Garvin/Marti) authorizes pharmacists

to substitute an interchangeable biological

product for a prescribed biological product

under certain conditions. The product must

be approved by the U.S. Federal Drug

Administration as an interchangeable

product and the patient must be informed of

the change. Pharmacists must make an entry

into their records showing the name of the

product and the manufacturer after

dispensing the product. An entry into the

$50,000,000

$100,000,000

$150,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Office of Management and

Enterprise Services

electronic records system is presumed to

provide notice to the prescriber. The

measure directs the State Board of Pharmacy

to maintain a link on its Internet website to

the current list of all biological products

determined by the FDA to be

interchangeable with a specific biological

product. If no electronic records system is in

use by the pharmacy, the pharmacist is

authorized to communicate the biological

product dispensed to the prescriber using

facsimile, telephone, electronic

transmission, or other prevailing means

when required.

SB 42 (Rader/Dills) exempts individuals

providing personal care services in the home

from the licensing provisions of the Home

Care Act. The measure also updates

statutory language relating to the regulation

of care homes by replacing the State Board

of Health with the State Commissioner of

Health as the oversight entity.

SB 57 (Rader/Echols) authorizes members

of the Opioid Overdose Fatality Review

Board to access information collected at the

central repository under the Anti-Drug

Diversion Act. The measure also adds a

reference to a definition for the term “opioid

use disorder” as used in the opioid

prescription limit law. The measure also

clarifies exemptions for hospice care and

palliative care, and removes the requirement

that a patient be in active treatment for

cancer to be exempted. The measure

removes language allowing the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous

Drugs Control to provide unsolicited

notification to the licensing board if a

pharmacist or practitioner has exhibited

prescriptive behavior consistent with

generally recognized standards indicating

potentially problematic prescribing patterns.

Additionally, the measure specifies that

opioid use disorder is to be defined by the

American Psychiatric Association and

clarifies exemptions for patients receiving

cancer or aftercare cancer treatment or

palliative care in conjunction with a serious

illness.

SB 58 (Rader/Echols) exempts practitioners

ordering a controlled dangerous substance to

be administered through a hospice program

from electronic prescription requirements.

SB 95 (Stanley/Miller) requires the medical

examiner to conduct a sudden unexplained

infant death investigation (SUIDI) when the

death of an infant occurs in this state and the

cause of death is considered undetermined.

Medical examiner is defined as the Chief

Medical Examiner, Deputy Medical

Examiner, or a designee of the Chief

Medical Examiner. The examiner must

interview the parent, legal guardian or

caregiver of, or person who last had contact

with, the deceased infant. The measure

directs the State Department of Health to

retain a copy of each completed SUIDI

reporting form as well as provide a copy of

each completed SUIDI reporting form to the

Child Death Review Board.

SB 96 (Hall/McEntire) requires the medical

examiner to conduct a sudden unexplained

infant death investigation (SUIDI) when the

death of an infant occurs in this state and the

cause of death is considered undetermined.

Medical examiner is defined as the Chief

Medical Examiner, Deputy Medical

Examiner, or a designee of the Chief

Medical Examiner. The examiner must

interview the parent, legal guardian or

caregiver of, or person who last had contact

with, the deceased infant. The measure

directs the State Department of Health to

retain a copy of each completed SUIDI

reporting form as well as provide a copy of

each completed SUIDI reporting form to the

Child Death Review Board.

SB 104 (Haste/McEntire) authorizes

physical therapy sessions to be provided

remotely via telehealth to individuals or

groups. The measure defines telehealth and

telecommunication.

SB 136 (Simpson/Roe) modifies the time

period of the annual report compiled by the

State Department of Health pursuant to the

Oklahoma Breast and Cervical Cancer Act.

The measure requires the Department to

submit the report once every 5 years instead

of annually.

SB 164 (Stanley/Roe) authorizes

participation in an experimental treatment

program in life-threatening emergencies

without informed consent, provided the

treatment is approved by an accredited

institutional review board as well as

approval and continuing review of the

research activity has approved both the

research activity and a waiver of informed

consent. In no case shall an experimental

treatment regimen be approved on a

pregnant patient.

SB 187 (Rosino/Josh West) removes the Bill

Willis Community Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services Center Tahlequah

and the Norman Alcohol and Drug

Treatment Center from, and adds the

Oklahoma Crisis Recovery Unit in

Oklahoma City to, the list of maintained

facilities within the Department of Mental

Health and Substance Abuse Services. The

measure also removes references to the

Tahlequah and Norman facilities.

SB 207 (Garvin/McEntire) provides for

administrative judges to consider appeals by

any applicant or recipient of benefits

provided by the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority. The measure requires the

Administrator of the Authority to only

appoint administrative judges from another

state agency as established in the State

Medicaid Plan and approved by the Centers

for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

SB 208 (Garvin/Moore) modifies birth

certificates as it relates to naming the father

of the child. The measure removes the

requirement for the husband to be married to

the mother at the time of conception and

adds language providing for the husband to

be placed on the certificate as the father if

the mother and husband were married any

time during the 300 calendar days preceding

the birth. The measure also directs the State

Commissioner of Health to authorize the

secure electronic transmission of any birth,

death, paternity or adoption data and other

documents or information necessary to

comply with the Uniform Parentage Act or

for the purpose of assisting with programs

administered by the Department of Human

Services. The measure also directs the

Commissioner to amend birth certificates

involving a child born out of wedlock to

reflect the paternity of the child upon

receiving such documentation and an

acknowledgement of paternity from both

parents. The measure prohibits the

Department of Human Services from

releasing such documents and directs the

Department of Health and Department of

Human Services to enter into a data sharing

agreement.

SB 344 (Garvin/McEntire) exempts

ambulatory surgical centers that are not

certified by the Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services from the requirement to

submit data and information relating to

tumors to the Commissioner of Health.

SB 368 (Bullard/Hill) prohibits any

governmental entity from declaring or

deeming a religious institution and any

activity directly related to the institution’s

discharge of its mission and purpose to be

nonessential. Additionally, the measure

prohibits the closure of such institutions for

the purposes of health or security that is

greater than that imposed upon any private

entity facing the same or similar health or

security conditions.

SB 378 (Rosino/Bush) creates Everett’s

Law. The measure prohibits any covered

entity from considering any individual

ineligible to receive an anatomical gift

solely due to an individual’s disability, deny

any medical services relating to organ

transplants, refuse to refer an individual for

the purpose of being evaluated for or

receiving an organ transplant, refuse to place

an individual on the waiting list, place an

individual lower on the priority list due to

his or her disability, and refuse to accept

health insurance coverage. Covered entities

must also provide for reasonable

modifications to its policies, practices or

procedures to allow individuals with

disabilities access to transplantation-related

services. Covered entities violating the

provisions of this measure may be held

liable by affected individuals. The measure

also prohibits a health carrier from denying

coverage or limiting provider reimbursement

solely due to a disability.

SB 388 (Rosino/Josh West) provides for the

eligibility of a patient for home care services

to be certified by a healthcare provider and

care of the patient shall be overseen by the

healthcare provider. Healthcare provider, as

defined in the measure, includes physicians,

physician assistants, or Advanced Practice

Registered Nurses. Current law provides

physicians with the sole authority to

determine eligibility.

SB 398 (Rosino/Baker) authorizes

pharmacists to administer immunizations

that have been approved or authorized by

the Food and Drug Administration without a

patient-specific prescription or similar

arrangement.

SB 405 (Stanley/Roe) clarifies the

expiration term for each class of member on

the Advisory Committee on Midwifery. The

first class’s term shall expire on January 31,

2023, the second’s shall expire on January

31, 2025, and the third’s shall expire on

January 31, 2027. The measure authorizes

the Advisory Committee on Midwifery to

investigate all reported violations of

Shepherd’s Law and requires all information

obtained during investigations to be kept

confidential. Such record can be introduced

by the State Department of Health in

proceedings before the Committee. The

measure also prohibits confidential

investigative records to be subject to

discovery or subpoena in any civil or

criminal proceeding unless the Committee

decides to give such information to law

enforcement or other state agencies as

necessary and appropriate. Additionally, the

measure prohibits any data required to be

submitted to the Department of Health

pursuant to Shepherd’s Law to contain any

personally identifying information of the

client by the midwife and it considers the

records to be confidential and collected for

statistical information purposes only.

SB 406 (Garvin/Boles) authorizes the

Oklahoma Children’s Hospital to extend

services to persons over the age of 21.

Additionally, the measure authorizes the

University Hospitals Authority to designate

other names under which the Oklahoma

Medical Center may operate. The measure

allows the University Hospitals Authority to

assign its inpatient and outpatient hospital

and clinical facilities and office and research

buildings, facilities, or property under its

control to the Oklahoma Children’s

Hospital, University Hospital or another

division of University Hospitals. It also

updates the name of the “Children’s

Hospital of Oklahoma” to “Oklahoma

Children’s Hospital” and prohibits the use of

either term without permission. The measure

also modifies, deletes, and repeals obsolete

language and updates names of facilities

under the University Hospitals Authority.

SB 511 (Montgomery/Bush) defines harm-

reduction services in the Uniform Controlled

Dangerous Substances Act. Harm-reduction

services are programs established to reduce

the spread of infectious disease, reduce drug

dependency, and increase safe recovery and

disposal of used syringes and sharp waste.

Government entities or their partners,

religious institutions, nonprofits, tribal

governments, and for-profit companies may

establish a harm-reduction service. Such

services are authorized to possess certain

drug paraphernalia items to further the goals

of the service, refer patients to mental health

services, offer referrals for drug treatment

programs, and employ rapid testing for

sexually transmitted infections. Entities

seeking to establish a harm-reduction

service shall register with the State

Department of Health.

SB 574 (McCortney/McEntire) directs the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority to

establish a health information exchange

certification with input from stakeholders.

Certification shall be required for a health

information exchange organization to

qualify as an Oklahoma Statewide Health

Information Exchange (OKHIE). Until such

time as the health information exchange

certification is established by OHCA, an

OKHIE shall mean either Oklahoma State

Health Information Network and Exchange

(OKSHINE) or a health information

exchange organization that was previously

certified by the Oklahoma Health

Information Exchange Trust. OKSHINE is a

unit of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority

charged with facilitating the exchange of

health information to and from authorized

individuals and healthcare organizations.

Individuals and entities using the system

shall not be held liable in any action for

damages or costs of any nature that result

solely from the person’s use or failure to use

OKSHINE information or data. The measure

also specifies that users providing data to the

network shall retain the ownership rights of

such information. Additionally, the measure

repeals provisions of law relating to the

study of creating such a network.

SB 584 (Dahm/Olsen) extends the

prohibition on providers receiving funding

from the state to include political

subdivision funding if such providers are

found to have transferred any human fetal

tissue for valuable consideration if the

transfer affects interstate commerce.

SB 647 (Pugh/Stark) creates Lily’s Law and

defines fetal death and stillbirth.

Additionally, the measure subjects birthing

centers and medical facilities to the same

requirement to maintain a written policy for

the disposition of the remains of a child

from a stillbirth or fetal death event as

licensed hospitals.

SB 673 (McCortney/Newton) modifies the

definition of the term telemedicine

throughout statute to be uniform. The

measure defines telemedicine to include

synchronous mechanisms such as

videoconference, asynchronous mechanisms

such as exchanging health information,

patient monitoring, mHealth, and other

electronic means that support clinical health

care.

SB 674 (McCortney/McEntire) requires

every health benefit plan offered in the state

to provide coverage of telemedicine. No

insurer may exclude a service for coverage

solely because the service is provided

through telemedicine and is not provided

through in-person consultation or contact

between a health care professional and a

patient for services. Reimbursements for

telemedicine services may not exceed the

copayment or coinsurance applied.

Additionally, any benefit restrictions

imposed on telemedicine treatments must be

equally applied to in-person treatments.

Additionally, no insurer may prohibit the

prescription of medicine through

telemedicine that are more restrictive that

applicable state and federal law.

Additionally, the State Department of Health

is directed to request a report from the

Statewide Health Information Exchange that

will provide the data outlined in the

measure.

SB 689 (Pugh/Miller) modifies the

membership requirements for the Advisory

Committee on Medical Care for Public

Assistance Recipients. The measure caps the

total membership to 15 members and

requires the board to include a member

representing individuals with developmental

disabilities, a member representing nursing

homes, and a member representing 1 or

more behavioral health professions.

Additionally, the Committee must include

the Commissioner of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services or a designee as

well as a member of a federally recognized

American Indian tribe. Appointments shall

be for a term of 4 consecutive years after

January 1, 2022. The chair shall serve for a

term of 1 year.

SB 718 (McCortney/McEntire) authorizes

facilities without a pharmacy license to

distribute or dispense dialysate or peritoneal

dialysis devices necessary to perform home

peritoneal dialysis to patients with end stage

renal disease (ESRD) provided certain

conditions are met.

SB 778 (Daniels/Lepak) requires physicians

to, prior to administering an abortion-

inducing drug, to follow procedures outlined

in the measure. The physicians must

determine the woman’s blood type and

administer RhoGAM at the time of the

abortion if the woman is Rh negative.

Additionally, the physician must inform the

woman that she may see the remains of her

unborn child after the procedure. The

physician must also document the

gestational age and intrauterine location of

the pregnancy and whether the patient

received treatment for Rh negativity. The

physician must then schedule a follow-up

exam 7-14 days after the procedure.

Informed consent must be obtained 72 hours

prior to administering the drug. The consent

form shall be published by the State Board

of Medical Licensure and Supervision and

must be filled in the manner prescribed by

the measure. Additionally, the State

Department of Health shall receive a report

from each facility providing abortions using

the consent forms to promote maternal

health. Using these reports, the Department

shall compile a comprehensive annual

statistical report for the Legislature. The

measure provides for the confidentiality of

each patient to be maintained. Physicians

shall report any adverse health event relating

to the administration of an abortion-inducing

drug to the Department. No abortion-

inducing drug may be provided on state

grounds. Any person found to have violated

the provisions of this measure shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor or a felony if the person

fraudulently used an abortion-inducing drug.

Persons found to have violated the

provisions of this measure shall be subject to

professional and civil penalties. The

Legislature may also appoint 1 or more

members who sponsored or cosponsored this

measure to intervene as a matter of right in

any case in which the constitutionality of

this act is challenged. The measure provides

for severability of its provisions.

SB 779 (Daniels/Lepak) directs the State

Board of Pharmacy, State Board of Medical

Licensure, and Supervision, and the State

Board of Osteopathic Examiners to

promulgate rules to create a certification

program to oversee and regulate the

provision of abortion-inducing drugs, which

shall be known as the Oklahoma Abortion-

Inducing Drug Certification Program. The

State Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate

rules to create a certification program to

oversee and regulate the manufacture and

distribution of abortion-inducing drugs by

manufacturers and distributors licensed by

the State Board of Pharmacy. The State

Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision

and the State Board of Osteopathic

Examiners shall promulgate rules to create a

certification program to oversee and regulate

the provision of abortion-inducing drugs by

physicians licensed by the respective state

licensing board. Such drugs shall only be

distributed and provided in this state only by

manufacturers or distributors certified to do

so under this program. The measure outlines

the process for certification, and states that

any physician found to be in violation of

these provisions shall be suspended from

practice until such time that the physician

demonstrates full compliance. Individuals in

another state shall be required to follow

certification procedures outlined in this

measure. The State Board of Pharmacy is

required to adopt an electronically based

reporting system for certified physicians to

annually report the demographics,

medication used, complicating events,

unresolved cases, and number of patients

served. Physicians shall be prohibited from

administering abortion-inducing drugs to

women with certain risk factors and any

woman with a pregnancy 10 weeks into their

pregnancy. Physicians shall also be required

to report certain information relating to

complications, deaths, and other health

events to the State Department of Health as

it relates to the administration of abortion

inducing drugs. Any physician

administering abortion-inducing drugs shall

be required to maintain hospital admitting

privileges or enter into a written agreement

with an associated physician in the county or

contiguous county where the abortion-

inducing drug was provided. Any person

found to have distributed an abortion-

inducing drug to persons not qualified to

administer such drugs shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor or a felony if a drug is

provided to a pregnant woman without her

knowledge. Persons found to have violated

the provisions of this measure shall be

subject to professional and civil penalties.

Additionally, the State Board of Pharmacy

shall levy a fine of not less than $5 million

on manufacturers and $250,000.00 for

physicians who violate the provisions of this

measure. The Board must also create a

website a complaint portal for patients,

pharmacy, nursing, and medical

professionals and the public to submit

information about potential violations. The

Board must review each complaint and

determine a disposition including referral to

another appropriate state agency, within 30

days. The Legislature may also appoint 1 or

more members who sponsored or

cosponsored this measure to intervene as a

matter of right in any case in which the

constitutionality of this act is challenged.

The measure provides for severability of its

provisions.

SB 782 (Garvin/McEntire) directs any

pharmacy maintaining an emergency

medication kit to establish a policy and

procedures governing the maintenance and

dispensation of emergency medication. The

measure also authorizes pharmacies to

designate a person who shall be responsible

for transmitting required information for

dispensation of controlled dangerous

substances to the central repository of the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and

Dangerous Drugs Control. Pharmacies are

required to register emergency medication

kits as a pharmacy location with the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and

Dangerous Drugs Control. The total volume

of controlled dangerous substances in each

kit shall be limited to 3 doses per licensed

bed or sixty individual doses.

HB 1006 (Bush/Pugh) creates the

Transparency in Health Care Prices Act. The

measure requires each health care provider

and facility to publicize the most common

health care services electronically or via

their website. Health care facilities are also

required to make common diagnosis and

outpatient CPT codes public. The price list

must be updated annually.

HB 1014 (Roe/Simpson) provides that all

information created, received, investigated,

held, or maintained by the State Department

of Health concerning any person who has

participated in a public health investigation

are exempt from the provisions of the

Oklahoma Open Records Act. The measure

also prohibits the attendance of students

having or suspected of having a

communicable disease in public or private

schools. The responsibility of removing such

students is transferred from teachers to

schools.

HB 1071 (Boatman/Stanley) expands the list

of entities exempted from the provisions of

the Oklahoma Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Services Act by including services provided

by a health center as defined in the Public

Health Service Act.

HB 1638 (Lepak/Bergstrom) requires the

funeral director or person acting in such

capacity to give notification to the person

providing personal data for a death

certificate that knowingly providing false

information or misrepresentation is a felony.

The measure prohibits knowingly providing

false personal data to a certifier of a death

certificate or misrepresenting any person's

relationship to the decedent.

HB 1690 (Newton/Jech) removes the

requirement that the board of directors of a

Federally Qualified Health Center be

considered a public body and subject to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Meeting Act.

The measure removes penalties and

reporting requirements for non-compliance

with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. The

measure modifies the definition of “public

body,” and further requires the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority to ensure that

Federally Qualified Health Centers receive

at minimum, payment for services in

accordance with U.S. law.

HB 1784 (Pae/Paxton) requires food

vendors utilizing kratom as an ingredient to

disclose on the product label, or a quick

response (QR) code on the product label

linked to a website, the factual basis on

which that representation is made. Vendors

must provide test results to confirm items

listed on the product label upon request by

the State Department of Health. Any failure

to disclose this information shall proscribe

any effort by the vendor to sell the item

based on containing kratom. Vendors are

prohibited from adulterating kratom

products and may not sell kratom products

containing at least 2% of the alkaloid

composition of the product. No kratom

product may be sold if it contains any

synthetic alkaloid including synthetic

mitragynine, synthetic 7-

hydroxymitragynine or any other

synthetically derived compounds. Persons

convicted of violating the provisions of this

measure shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

and subject to a $500.00 fine for a first

offense and a fine of not more than

$1,000.00 fine for second and subsequent

offenses. Such persons shall also be

prohibited from selling kratom products for

3 years.

HB 1794 (Miller/Pugh) defines dementia as

it relates to the renamed Alzheimer's

Dementia and Other Forms of Dementia

Special Care Disclosure Act. The measure

requires the State Department of Health to

develop the disclosure form for certain

recipients. Additionally, the measure

requires the facility to submit the disclosure

form to the Department prior to entering into

any agreement to provide care or services.

The State Department of Health must

examine and review each disclosure at the

time the disclosure is submitted to the

Department. The measure requires certain

information to be included in the

disclosures. Additionally, the measure

creates the Alzheimer-Dementia Disclosure

Act Advisory Council. The Council is

directed to make recommendations State

Commissioner of Health regarding the

disclosure form and rules promulgated in the

measure. The Council shall be comprised of

9 members. Members on the Council shall

serve without compensation and shall

receive staff assistance from the State

Department of Health. The Department shall

also establish a website with a list of those

facilities that have filed a disclosure form.

HB 1877 (Tammy West/Coleman) creates

new procedure for an assisted living center

when a resident is prescribed an

antipsychotic drug. The center will ensure a

resident is assessed at least quarterly for

effectiveness and possible side effects and

the results shall be documented and

provided to the resident or their

representative. The center will also ensure

the resident care staff understand potential

benefits and side effects of the medication.

Additionally, the assisted living center will

document the rationale for use and describe

the condition that indicates administration,

monitor the use of the drugs for potential

harm to the resident, and document the

results of the monitoring when prescribed on

an as-needed basis.

HB 1904 (Roe/Garvin) requires persons

performing abortions in the state to be board

certified in obstetrics and gynecology.

HB 2006 (Townley/Stanley) requires the

Board of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services to promulgate rules and

standards for certification of Problem

Gambling Treatment Counselors. The

measure requires the rules to include criteria

for certification and renewal outlines the

criteria for application of certification as a

Problem Gambling Treatment Counselor.

The Board may also establish an application

and renewal fee. The measure allows limited

use of the title of Problem Gambling

Treatment Counselor and prohibits

practicing other professions unless licensed

to do so. Failure to comply with the rules

and standards declared by the Board are

grounds for revocation, suspension, or

nonrenewal of certification.

HB 2009 (Townley/Coleman) authorizes an

advanced practice registered nurse to sign a

death certificate. The measure clarifies how

“suicide” is recorded as the manner of death

on a death certificate.

HB 2120 (McEntire/Montgomery) provides

that if there is substantial evidence that an

insurer is insolvent and the condition of that

insurer renders the continuance of its

business hazardous to the public or to

holders of its policies or certificates of

insurance or if an insurer has exceeded its

powers or fails to comply with the laws of

this state, the Insurance Commissioner must

require said insurers to file a written plan of

action within 30 days of notification of

insolvency. Additionally, the Commissioner

may require the insurer to take additional

action within 90 days of notification. The

Commissioner may determine at any time

during or after the 90-day period that

judicial or administrative proceedings

should be initiated to place the insurer in

conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation

proceedings. The Commissioner may also

assess a $500.00 fine per day for failure to

timely file a written plan of action.

HB 2441 (Russ/Daniels) requires persons

performing or inducing an abortion to first

attempt to determine whether her unborn

child has a heartbeat. Upon detecting a

heartbeat, an abortion may not be performed

unless the mother has a condition that so

complicates her medical condition that it

necessitates the abortion of her pregnancy to

avert her death or to avert serious risk of

substantial and irreversible physical

impairment of a major bodily function. No

such condition may be determined to exist if

it is based on a claim or diagnosis that the

woman will engage in conduct which she

intends to result in her death or in substantial

and irreversible physical impairment of a

major bodily function. Persons found to

have violated the provisions of this measure

shall be guilty of homicide.

HB 2566 (Chad Caldwell/McCortney)

requires every long-term care facility in the

state to provide reasonable access to a

resident through family, compassionate

caregivers, or the Oklahoma Long Term

Care Ombudsman to withdraw consent at

any time. Such facilities must also provide

reasonable access to a resident by health

care providers who are contracted with the

facility to withdraw such consent. The

measure directs long-term care facilities to

include and submit to the State Department

of Health in their emergency-preparedness

plan procedures for visitation during an

emergency. The visitation plan shall be

made available by the facility to contracted

health care providers, family members,

essential support persons, and

compassionate caregivers upon request.

Long-term care facilities are prohibited from

unilaterally eliminating visitation for any

reason. The measure provides that visitation

may be suspended for a period not to exceed

72 hours based upon the emergency-

preparedness plan provided to the State

Department of Health.

HB 2676 (Marti/Weaver) allows controlled

dangerous substances issued by a

practitioner to be dispensed with an

electronic prescription if certain conditions

apply. The measure also allows electronic

prescriptions to be utilized for compounded

prescriptions, compounded infusion

prescriptions, and prescriptions issued under

approved research protocols.

HB 2687 (Hasenbeck/Bergstrom) creates the

“No Patient Left Alone Act. The measure

provides that each minor or adult admitted

to a hospital has the right to have a parent,

guardian or person standing in loco parentis

who shall have the ability to be present

while the minor patient is receiving hospital

care. The measure authorizes hospitals to

establish visitation policies that limit or

restrict visitation under certain

circumstances outlined in the measure.

Hospitals may require visitors to wear

personal protective equipment, provided that

any such required equipment shall be

provided by the hospital. The measure also

prohibits the termination of visitation rights

by the hospital, the State Department of

Health or any governmental entity,

notwithstanding declarations of emergency

declared by the Governor or the Legislature.

Health Funding

SB 131 (McCortney/McEntire) creates the

Ensuring Access to Medicaid Act. The

measure specifies which Medicaid

populations may be required to enroll in

managed care plans by the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority, which populations may

voluntarily enroll in managed care plans,

and which populations the Authority is

prohibited from requiring managed care

enrollment for or offering enrollment to. The

measure directs the Authority to develop

network adequacy standards for all managed

care organizations and dental benefit

managers. Managed care organizations and

dental benefits managers are required by the

measure to contract to the extent possible

and practicable with all essential community

providers, all providers who receive directed

payments, and other providers the Authority

may specify. Additionally, managed care

organizations and dental benefits managers

are required to notify the Authority of all

changes materially affecting the delivery of

care or the administration of its program and

must meet certain medical loss ratios. Such

organizations are prohibited from requiring

providers to contract for all products that are

currently offered or that may be offered in

the future by the managed care organization

or dental benefit manager or subcontractor.

Managed care organizations are required by

the measure to make a determination on a

request for an authorization of the transfer of

a hospital inpatient to a post-acute care or

long-term acute care facility within 24 hours

of receipt of the request. The measure also

establishes deadlines for managed care

organizations and dental benefit managers to

determine prior authorization for care

ordered by primary care or specialist

providers. Denials of prior authorization

requests shall be subject to peer-to-peer

review unless such requests are for services

not covered by the state Medicaid program.

Managed care organizations and dental

benefit managers are required to comply

with certain requirements outlined in the

measure as it relates to processing and

adjudication of claims for payment

submitted in good faith by providers for

health care items and services furnished by

such providers to enrollees. Such

requirements include processing clean

claims within 14 days, establishing a process

a provider may provide such additional

information as may be necessary to

substantiate a claim, conducting

postpayment audits in accordance with the

requirements of the measure, and applying

readmission penalties in compliance with

rules and regulations promulgated by the

Authority. The Authority is directed by the

measure to establish procedures for

enrollees or providers to seek review by the

managed care organization or dental benefit

manager of any adverse determination made

by the managed care organization or dental

benefit manager. Providers shall have 6

months from the receipt of a claim denial to

file an appeal. Additionally, the Authority

shall require managed care organizations

and dental benefit managers to participate in

readiness reviews. Such reviews shall assess

the criteria outlined in the measure. A

managed care organization or dental benefit

manager found to be in violation of the

provisions of this measure shall be subject to

1 or more non-compliance remedies of the

Authority. The Oklahoma Health Care

Authority may only execute the transition of

the delivery system of the state Medicaid

program to the capitated managed care

delivery model 90 days after the Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services has

approved all contracts entered into between

the Authority and all managed care

organizations and dental benefit managers

following submission of the readiness

reviews to the Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services. The Authority is also

directed to create a scorecard that compares

managed care organizations and dental

benefit managers within 1 year of

transitioning to the delivery model.

Additionally, the Authority is directed to

establish minimum rates of reimbursement

from managed care organizations and dental

benefit managers to providers who elect not

to enter into value-based payment

arrangements and fixes the rates until July 1,

2026 at percentages of the fee schedule of

the Authority. Managed care organizations

are required to offer value-based payment

arrangements to providers, but may not

require such arrangements. The measure

also creates the MC Quality Advisory

Committee to make recommendations to the

Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority and the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority Board on quality measures used

by managed care organizations and dental

benefit managers in the capitated managed

care delivery model of the state Medicaid

program. A majority of the members shall

be providers participating in the capitated

managed care delivery model of the state

Medicaid program.

SB 434 (McCortney/McEntire) creates the

I/T/U Shared Savings Program. The

Program provides for non-I/T/U services to

receive 100% of the federal matching rate if

such services are rendered to an American

Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) Medicaid

beneficiary as a result of a referral from an

I/T/U facility provider. The Health Care

Authority is also directed by the measure to

distribute 50% of any savings that result

from the I/T/U Shared Savings Program.

Any savings not distributed to I/T/U

facilities or spent on administrative costs

shall be deposited in the I/T/U Shared

Savings Revolving Fund. The Authority is

directed to provide an annual report on the

Revolving Fund to the Governor, President

Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of

the House.

SB 918 (Treat/Echols) repeals regulations

relating to the performance of abortions in

the state. The measure does not repeal 21

O.S. Section 861, which states that a person

convicted of inducing a woman to take any

medicine, drug, or substance with the intent

of inducing a miscarriage is guilty of a

felony unless such measures were taken to

preserve the life of the woman. A person

may be imprisoned for no less than two

years and no more than five years if

convicted. The measure also does not repeal

the Choosing Childbirth Act, which provides

grants to non-profit organizations that help

women carry their children to term. The

measure will only take effect if the Attorney

General certifies that the United States

Supreme Court overruled the central holding

of Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the

United States Constitution is adopted that

restores to the State of Oklahoma the

authority to prohibit abortion.

SB 1045 (Thompson/Wallace) modifies the

Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment

Program (SHOPP). The measure defines

“directed payments” as specific payments

made by managed care plans to providers

under certain circumstances that assist states

in furthering the goals and priorities of their

Medicaid programs. The measure provides

that funds from SHOPP may be used to fund

supplemental or directed payments.

Additionally, the measure modifies the

assessment calculation methodology from a

rate needed to generate an amount up to the

sum of certain expenses to a fixed rate. The

measure fixes the assessment rate at 3% for

the calendar year ending December 31,

2022, and 3.5% for the calendar year ending

December 31, 2023. The rate will be fixed at

4% for the calendar year ending December

31, 2024, and each year thereafter. The

measure provides that the base year for

assessment shall be determined annually by

the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.

Additionally, the measure renders the

portion of the SHOPP fee attributable to

certain expenses null and void if federal

matching funds for the program become

unavailable. The measure also eliminates the

termination date of the program and

removes a cap on quarterly transfers of

funds. The measure extends the time period

the Authority has to make quarterly hospital

access payments from 10 days to 14 days.

SB 1046 (Thompson/Wallace) provides that

of the funds appropriated to the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority, $28,844,877.00 shall

be used for program growth. Additionally,

the measure provides that $16,733,682.00

shall be used to expand the dental benefit of

the state’s Medicaid enrollees and

$7,555,287.00 shall be used for alternative

treatments for pain management of the

state’s Medicaid enrollees. The measure also

authorizes the Administrator of the

Authority to make a request for exemption

to the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services in writing and file a revised budget

program unless both the Chair and Vice

Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on

Budget and Program Oversight provide

written notification to the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services within

12 calendar days of the Committee’s receipt

of the exemption request that the exemption

subverts the intention and objectives of the

Legislature in establishing the original limit.

Additionally, the Administrator may request

the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services an early transfer of

tax collections to the General Revenue Fund

for the purpose of early allocation to the

agency’s disbursing funds to alleviate cash-

flow problems.

HB 2904 (Wallace/Thompson) increases the

funding for the Oklahoma Athletic

Commission by $100,000 as well as the

continuation of the Choosing Childbirth Act,

both within the Oklahoma State Department

Health. The PCS also maintains funding for

sickle cell outreach ($50,000) and

Uncompensated Care fund at $1.9 million.

The measure requires the State Department

of Health to utilize an amount necessary to

hire and employ, in addition to current

staffing, certain positions at the Oklahoma

Medical Marijuana Authority. The Medical

Marijuana Authority is required to establish

the qualifications and salary for each

position and hire such persons no later than

December 1, 2021.

HB 2950 (Wallace/Thompson) creates the

Ambulance Service Provider Access

Payment Program Act, which directs the

Oklahoma Health Care Authority to, upon

recommendation of the Oklahoma

Ambulance Alliance, to assess Oklahoma-

licensed ambulance service providers a fee.

Monies received pursuant to this fee shall be

deposited in the newly created Ambulance

Service Provider Access Payment Fund. The

measure specifies how the monies in the

fund are to be used, provides for

implementation, and lists exempt entities.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department of

Health

$58,337,964

$59,337,964

1.71%

$50,000,000

$52,000,000

$54,000,000

$56,000,000

$58,000,000

$60,000,000

$62,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Health

Health Care Authority Funding

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Health Care

Authority

$1,000,039,368

$1,194,337,303

19.43%

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Funding

SB 1047 (Thompson/Wallace) provides that

$1,541,252.00 appropriated to the

Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services in HB 2900 shall be used to

supplement program growth. Additionally,

the measure apportions the appropriations

made to the Department in HB 2900 in the

following manner:

1) $500,000.00 shall be used to carry out the

provisions of SB 848

2) $2,000,000.00 shall be used to carry out

the provisions of HB 2877

3) An increase in funding shall be provided

for crisis intervention training sessions

4) $2,034,000.00 shall be used to expand

connectivity programs between law

enforcement officers, mental health

providers and Oklahomans in a mental

health crisis

5) $7,500,000.00 shall be used to expand the

number of mental health crisis centers and

urgent care centers

6) $2,966,000.00 shall be used for additional

mobile crisis teams to respond and diffuse

crisis situations in communities

7) $500,000.00 hall be used to maintain 5

pilot programs to provide offenders

incarcerated in county jails in the State of

Oklahoma access to United States Food and

Drug Administration-approved, evidence-

based, medication assisted treatment for

opioid and alcohol dependence.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department of

Health &

Substance Abuse

$334,915,240

$321,489,597

-4.01%

Human Services

SB 27 (Stanley/Moore) directs the

Department of Human Services to forward

fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of

Investigation Interstate Identification Index

as it relates to conducting fingerprint-based

criminal records of placement homes. In the

event a person in the placement home does

not submit to the check within 5 business

days immediately after emergency

placement of the child, the child shall be

immediately removed from the emergency

placement home.

SB 45 (Stanley/Talley) requires the

Department of Human Services to include in

the background check for applicants a

fingerprint-based national criminal history

record check. The measure authorizes the

Department to directly request a national

criminal history record check from the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

$900,000,000

$1,000,000,000

$1,100,000,000

$1,200,000,000

$1,300,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Oklahoma Health Care

Authority

$300,000,000

$320,000,000

$340,000,000

$360,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Mental

Health & Substance Abuse

SB 65 (Montgomery/Dustin Roberts)

modifies the term “deployment” as it relates

to the Deployed Parents Custody and

Visitation Act by adding any transfer

pursuant to military orders requiring

presence in a foreign country.

SB 93 (Hicks/McBride) replaces the term

“retarded person” with “an individual with

intellectual disability” as it relates to funeral

expenses for children in the custody of the

Department of Human Services.

SB 134 (Daniels/Kannady) adds the

requirement for the Judiciary Committees of

the Senate and House to review the schedule

of basic child support obligations every 4

years. The review must include economic

data from the Title IV-D Child Support

Program in the Department of Human

Services and provide opportunity for public

input. Information relating to the report, as

well as the current membership of the

Committees, must be published on both the

Senate and House websites. Current law

only requires the Committees to review

child support guidelines.

SB 198 (Rosino/Lawson) modifies “least

restrictive alternative” in the Oklahoma

Guardianship and Conservatorship Act to

mean an approach to meeting the needs of

an individual that restricts fewer rights of

the individual than would the appointment

of a guardian or conservator. The measure

also adds “supported decision making” to

the Act and defines it as assistance from 1 or

more persons chosen by an individual in

understanding the nature and consequences

of potential personal and financial decisions.

Additionally, the measure requires court

orders appointing a guardian for a person to

include a specific finding that it was

established by clear and convincing

evidence that the identified needs of the

subject of the proceeding cannot be met by a

protective arrangement instead of

guardianship or other less restrictive

alternatives. The FS provides for the court to

dismiss the action if the court finds that less

restrictive alternatives to guardianship are

feasible and adequate to meet the needs of

the child. The measure also requires such

guardianships to be used only as is

necessary to promote and protect the

wellbeing of the person and to promote the

self-reliance of the person.

SB 199 (Rosino/Lawson) prohibits the

disclosure of agency records to Department

of Human Services employees whose

official duties include the audit or

investigation of programs, services,

administrative, or employment matters

involving the Department or the Medicaid

program unless such access is limited to the

purposes for which the disclosure is

authorized.

SB 300 (Rosino/Kannady) requires the court

that issued a temporary guardianship for

vulnerable adults as it relates to involuntary

protective orders to dismiss the temporary

guardianship when the underlying

conditions that created the emergency have

been removed. The measure also requires

the Department of Human Services limit

provided services in temporary

guardianships to protective services or the

establishment of eligibility for protective

services for the person and estate. The

measure also directs the Department to

request dismissal of a temporary

guardianship when certain conditions are

met.

SB 340 (Paxton/Boatman) removes the

requirement for prospective adoptive parents

to sign a release of information allowing the

release of the results of any search to the

agency or person conducting the home study

or home study update. The measure also

strikes language requiring such the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and

the Department of Human Services to

conduct a home study investigation on such

parents.

SB 421 (Rosino/Echols) provides for the

calculation of gross income as it relates to

child support to be calculated on the basis of

current income if a parent is incarcerated for

more than 180 days, provided, the

incarceration is a result of indirect contempt

of court for failure to pay child support or

crime of omission to provide child support

or for any offense for which the obligee’s

dependent child or the oblige was a victim.

Upon release, child support obligations shall

revert to the preincarceration order amount

beginning the first day of the month 90 days

after release. The measure also modifies the

calculation used to determine income if

evidence of current income is not available

or equitable by adding the average wages

and hours worked in the parent’s particular

industry and geographic area and the

parent’s education, training, work

experience, and ability to work. Such

calculation shall also include wages the

parent could earn consistent with the

minimum wage rate of not less than 25

hours a week. Veteran benefits received by a

child are also treated in a manner similar to

Social Security Title II benefits by the

measure.

SB 433 (Rosino/Lawson) requires any

investigation of a community-based service

provider conducted by the Department of

Human Services to notify the provider of

areas of concern and administrative

information. Areas of concern and

administrative information are not

considered to be final investigative findings

and will not be included in the final

investigative report.

SB 960 (Treat/McCall) extends the age at

which a child may be relinquished to

medical services providers or child rescuers

from 7 days to 30 days of age. Such

relinquishments are to be considered an

affirmative defense in child abandonment

cases. The measure provides for such

relinquishments to be effectuated by an in-

person transfer of the child to the medical

services provider or child rescuer or by

leaving the child in a newborn safety device

that meets certain criteria. Providers or

rescuers that install such a device shall be

responsible for the cost of installation and

maintenance. directs the State Department of

Health to award grants to organizations that

provide healthcare services to mothers and

infants for the purpose of reducing the rates

of maternal mortality and infant mortality by

3% within the 5 years of the measure’s

effective date.

SB 987 (Weaver/Bush) authorizes the court

to order a child to be transported to a

location approved by the court for an

interview or examination as it relates to

child abuse investigations. The court may

also designate a person to transport the

child. The measure directs the court to

consider safety protocols based on the

gender of the child when determining who

shall transport the child.

HB 1085 (Boatman/Daniels) authorizes the

court to waive e requirement for a child

abuse and neglect information system

(CANIS) search if it cannot be obtained in a

reasonable time and the court determines

that it is in the minor's best interest that the

CANIS search be waived in emergency

placement proceedings.

HB 1086 (Boatman/Daniels) authorizes a

guardian to petition a court to transfer or

convey ward-owned property deemed a

resource by federal or state authority into a

protective arrangement. A protective

arrangement shall not modify any state or

federal authorized rules regarding exemption

or transfer of assets or resources for

determination of Medicaid or Social

Security eligibility and is not considered a

sale of property. Additionally, a court order

authorizing a protective arrangement will

not have any impact on the protective

arrangement’s consideration in the actual

Medicaid eligibility determination decision.

HB 1151 (Osburn/Howard) modifies the

child custody hearing process to give courts

the option to consider evidence of the ability

of parents to communicate on issues related

to their children in addition to evidence of

harassment, domestic violence and stalking.

The measure provides that if equal access is

not granted to both parents, the court shall

issue findings and conclusion of law to

support its decision.

HB 1709 (Hill/Rosino) changes a

qualification for continuation of successful

adulthood services. The services may

continue until 21 years of age provided the

individual is in the custody of the

Department of Human Services or a

federally recognized Indian tribe and in an

out-of-home placement at the time of their

sixteenth birthday. Previous law stipulated

that this must occur at the time of their

eighteenth birthday.

HB 1797 (Miller/Garvin) prohibits any

individual who is under investigation for

heinous and shocking abuse while

responsible for a child to work with children

or reside in a childcare facility while the

investigation is pending. Employers are also

prohibited from contracting with such

persons while the investigation is pending.

measure also states that if the Department

determines a substantiated finding of

heinous and shocking abuse by a person

responsible for a child, the Department shall

notify the childcare facility owner and the

childcare resource and referral agency

within 1 business day after the finding. The

facility shall also notify parents or guardians

within 72 hours of the finding. The

Department will also develop a process

prohibiting the perpetrator from future

childcare employment. Any person who is

the perpetrator of a substantiated finding by

the Department of heinous and shocking

abuse may not o work with children, reside

in a childcare facility, or be hired by an

employer who offers or provides services to

children.

HB 1902 (Roe/Garvin) provides that the

safety plan monitor of a child who is in a

safety plan with the Department of Human

Services may, if the parent of the child is

unavailable, authorize medical or dental

treatment or examinations which are

necessary for the well-being of the child.

HB 1992 (Trey Caldwell/Kidd) requires the

Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) to provide

a report to the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, Speaker of the House, and Governor

on the feasibility of entering into a contract

for or operating group homes of any level at

the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center

campus located in Manitou, Oklahoma no

later than October 1, 2021. The measure

provides that the OJA may enter into other

contracts with state agencies, the federal

government, and tribes to allow for the

placement of children or young adults in the

custody of such an entity to reside and

participate in any identified OJA contracted

or operated program or facility.

HB 2311 (Lawson/Haste) defines “fixed

wireless broadband Internet service

provider” as an entity that offers Internet

access through a stationary fixed point-to-

point connection, often requiring direct line

of sight between the provider’s wireless

transmitter and its end-user consumer’s

receiver as it relates to the Ad Valorem Tax

Code. The measure clarifies that fixed

wireless broadband Internet service

providers are not included in the definitions

of transmission company and public service

corporation.

HB 2312 (Lawson/Haste) modifies the

competency evaluation process to include

youthful offenders in addition to

delinquency. The measure also adds

language that a copy of the child’s petition

or information is presented to the court. The

measure also modifies who may file a

motion for determination of competency to

state that the district attorney or the child’s

attorney shill file this motion under a

reasonable basis. At any time prior to or

during delinquency or youthful offender

proceedings, the Office of Juvenile Affairs

may file a Motion to Intervene to raise

issues of competency.

HB 2317 (Lawson/Haste) establishes a

grievance process for children detained in an

adult facility and provides that the Office of

Juvenile System Oversight shall receive

grievances for investigation, resolution, and

referrals. Each facility in which children is

directed to create grievance policies and

procedures available upon public request

and to make resources readily accessible to

children in the facility. The provisions of

this measure do not apply to children housed

in a Department of Corrections facility or

housed under a Department of Corrections

contract.

HB 2318 (Lawson/Garvin) modifies rules

on the termination of parental rights to

include any findings of child abuse or

neglect or failing to protect any child from

abuse or neglect as legal grounds for the

termination of parental rights.

HB 2327 (Bashore/Stanley) creates a

procedure to provide notice and an

opportunity to review to the individual and

to the facility if the individual is employed

with an Office of Juvenile Affairs affiliated

facility as it relates to the Restricted

Registry.

HB 2352 (Lawson/Garvin) provides that the

Director of the Department of Human

Services and the Executive Director of the

Office of Juvenile Affairs may enter into

agreements on behalf of the state with

Indian tribes in Oklahoma regarding care

and custody of Indian relating to the care of

Indian children. Such agreements may

transfer the jurisdiction of over child

custody proceedings and may be done on a

case-by-case basis. Additionally, the

measure clarifies that the State ratifies all

agreements in conformity with the Federal

Indian Child Welfare Act executed prior to

the enactment of the measure and provides

that the provisions of the measure shall

apply retroactively to any case filed or

pending at the time that an agreement

vesting concurrent jurisdiction is entered

into between the state and an Indian tribe.

The measure also removes the requirement

for the Administrative Director of the Courts

(ADC) to develop a form used to collect

data related to the adoption of each child.

HB 2367 (Burns/Coleman) provides that a

child 16 years of age or older may enter into

contracts to obtain housing if he or she

receives a certification of unaccompanied

status from a youth services provider with

the Department of Human Services. The

certification shall show that they determined

the child is homeless or a victim of domestic

violence or abuse. The provider is required

to notify the parent or guardian that the child

is seeking unaccompanied child status.

Certification of this status does not

discharge the parent or guardian of parental

or legal authority.

HB 2565 (Chad Caldwell/McCortney)

provides that evidence of material,

educational, or cultural disadvantage as

compared to other children shall not be

sufficient to prove that a child is deprived as

it relates to the Oklahoma Children’s Code.

The measure also modifies “neglect” to

include the failure to protect the child from

harm or threatened harm of which any

reasonable and prudent person responsible

for the child's health, safety or welfare

would be aware. Neglect shall not include a

child who engages in independent activities,

except if the person responsible for the

child's health, safety or welfare willfully

disregards any harm or threatened harm to

the child, given the child's level of maturity,

physical condition or mental abilities.

HB 2899 (Wallace/Thompson) states that

applications for Home and Community

Based Medicaid Water Services for the

Community Waiver, In-Home Supports

Waiver for Adults, and In-Home Supports

Waiver for Children operated by the

Department of Human Services cannot be

made until the applicant has been an

Oklahoma resident for 5 years prior to the

application date.

Human Services Funding

SB 1044 (Thompson/Wallace) transfers the

Support Service Providers Grant Program

and from the Department of Rehabilitation

Services to the Department of Human

Services and reduces the total amount of

grants awarded annually from $300,000.000

to $250,000.00.

SB 1073 (Thompson/Wallace) states that

portions of the appropriations made to the

Department of Human Services in HB 2900

be used in the following manner:

1) $2,000,000.00 shall be used for providing

services for persons with developmental

disabilities

2) $250,000.00 shall be used to implement

the provisions of SB 1044

3) $1,004,344.00 shall be used to fund debt

service obligations for the renovation and

construction of the Robert M. Greer Center

located in Enid, Oklahoma

4) $2,800,000.00 shall be transferred to the

Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Account

It also states that all federal monies received

by the state during the fiscal year ending

June 30, 2022, from the Temporary

Assistance to Needy Families Block Grant

and the Child Care and Development Fund

Block Grant to meet the provisions of

federal law relating to such grants. As well

as stating targeted priorities for increased

FMAP funds not related to COVID-19.

HB 2905 (Wallace/Thompson) provides that

$1.5 million of the funds appropriated to the

Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be used to

increase the funding of the Community

Based Youth Services Division of the Office

of Juvenile Affairs. This funding shall be

used to supplement existing funding.

Appropriations made in the 1st session of

the 58th Oklahoma Legislature may be

budgeted for fiscal year 2022 or fiscal year

2023. Funds remaining after each fiscal year

deadline for expending funds, if not

budgeted for the next year, shall lapse to the

credit of the proper fund. These

appropriations may not be budgeted in both

fiscal years simultaneously. Funds budgeted

for fiscal year 2022 and not required to pay

of obligations in that fiscal year may be

budgeted for fiscal year 2023 after the

agency to which the funds have been

appropriated has prepared and submitted a

budget work program revision removing the

funds from the previous fiscal year and have

it approved by the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department of

Human Services

$713,831,158

$717,585,502

0.53%

Insurance Measures

SB 66 (Haste/Sims) exempts surplus line

policies sold to school districts from the

surplus lines premium tax.

SB 122 (Montgomery/Sims) authorizes

credit as either an asset or a reduction from

liability on account of reinsurance if an

insurer is domiciled or has its head office in

a reciprocal jurisdiction. A reciprocal

jurisdiction is a jurisdiction that is subject to

a covered agreement with the United States,

is a member state of the European Union, a

jurisdiction within the United States that

meets the standards of the National

Association of Insurance Commissioners, or

a jurisdiction that meets all previous

requirements as determined by the Insurance

Commissioner. The Insurance

Commissioner is directed by the measure to

publish a list of assuming insurers that have

satisfied these conditions. The

Commissioner may add an assuming insurer

to the list if a National Association of

Insurance Commissioners accredited

jurisdiction has added the assuming insurer

to a list of such assuming insurers. Should

the Commissioner determine that an insurer

no longer meets the requirements, the

Commissioner may revoke or suspend

eligibility of the insurer in accordance with

the procedures outlined in the measure.

Credit may only be assumed after the

effective date of this measure.

SB 137 (Taylor/ODonnell) creates the Act

Concerning Interpretation of Oklahoma

Insurance Laws. The measure clarifies that

any legal treatise, scholarly publication,

textbook, or other explanatory text does not

constitute the law or public policy of the

State if such a statement conflicts with the

Constitution of the United States, a statute of

the state, case law, or other common law

adopted in the State.

SB 287 (Quinn/Sims) modifies various

regulations relating to the Travel Insurance

Act. Travel assistance services is amended

to include all noninsurance services offered

to consumers and removes language

requiring such services to be offered by a

limited lines travel insurance producer.

Additionally, the measure specifies that

travel insurance may not include pre-paid

funeral contracts. The measure also

authorizes limited lines producers to sell,

solicit, and negotiate travel insurance

without an appointment by an insurer. The

measure specifies that that travel insurance

shall be classified and filed for purposes of

rates and forms under an inland marine line

of insurance. Cancellation requirements are

modified by the measure by allowing

policyholders to cancel a policy provided the

primary policyholder is not on a trip and

other conditions outlined in the measure are

met. Unfair trade practices are also modified

by the measure by excluding certain

practices requiring the consumer to choose

between purchasing the coverage required

by the destination jurisdiction through the

travel retailer or limited lines travel

$700,000,000

$710,000,000

$720,000,000

$730,000,000

$740,000,000

$750,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Human

Services

insurance producer supplying the trip or

travel package or agreeing to obtain and

provide proof of coverage that meets the

requirements of the destination jurisdiction

prior to departure. Insurers are held

responsible for the acts of a travel

administrator managing travel insurance

underwritten by the insurer.

SB 288 (Quinn/O’Donnell) lowers the

percentage of an insurance company’s

admitted assets that a single mortgage loan

issued to any individual to 3% and

authorizes insurers to invest 45% of the

company’s admitted assets invested in total

aggregate amount in mortgage loans if the

portfolio average loan to value is 75% or

less of fair market value.

SB 330 (Rader/Pfeiffer) removes the

requirement for the Oklahoma Tax

Commission to verify the balance of the

Self-insurance Guaranty Fund and to inform

the Workers’ Compensation Commission of

the balance.

SB 392 (Standridge/McEntire) directs health

insurers to provide direct payment or

reimbursement to a licensed pharmacist for

providing a health care service to an

individual if said pharmacist provided care

for which he or she is licensed to practice

and the health benefit policy, contract, or

agreement of the individual that received

care provides for payment or reimbursement

of the service.

SB 472 (Daniels/Kannady) provides for an

annual $1.75 million payment to be made to

the credit of the Workers' Compensation

Administrative Fund derived from premiums

on employers.

SB 490 (Quinn/Hill) includes home

warranties within the legal framework of the

Oklahoma Home Service Contract Act.

Warranties and home service contracts are

also not classified as insurance by the

measure.

SB 529 (Quinn/Mize) modifies an interest

rate used in calculating minimum

nonforfeiture amounts relating to life

insurance annuities from 1% to 1/15 of 1%.

SB 550 (Newhouse/Pae) requires insurers

denying a clean claim to notify the insured,

enrollee or subscriber, assignee of the

insured, enrollee or subscriber, and health

care provider within 30 days after receipt of

the claim by the insurer. The notification

must state the reason for the denial and

include instructions on where a person or

entity that received notification may

respond. Recipients may submit a detailed

appeal in writing explaining why the claim

should be approved.

SB 738 (Montgomery/McEntire) modifies

conditions that consider an entity an insurer.

The measure specifies that an entity

organized for the purpose of transacting

insurance that ensures an Oklahoma

educational institution will be considered an

insurer for all kinds of insurance that the

entity transacts. The measure removes the

requirement that the entity must within a

twelve-month period receive aggregate

premiums of $1,000,000.00. Additionally,

the measure requires the Insurance

Commissioner to serve notice to an

insolvent insurer. The insurer must file a

written plan of action within thirty days of

notification. If the Insurance Commissioner

further determines that supervision is

necessary, the Commissioner is required to

serve notice to the insurer that supervision is

required. Insurers must comply with the

requirements of the Insurance Commissioner

and will have 90 days from the date of

notice to comply unless the Commissioner

determines otherwise. The Commissioner is

authorized to initiate judicial or

administrative proceedings against

noncompliant insurers. Additionally, the

measure authorizes the Insurance

Commissioner to assess a fine for failure to

timely file a written plan of action required

by this act in an amount not to exceed

$500.00.

SB 887 (Quinn/Sneed), otherwise known as

the Insurance Omnibus Bill, authorizes the

Insurance Commissioner to fine insurance

carriers for failing to file a market conduct

statement for up to $1,000.00 for each

occurrence. The measure also provides for a

Business Character Report to contain data

that is up to 6 months old instead of 1 year.

Insurance carriers are also authorized to

provide reasonable exceptions to the rate of

the insurer, rating classifications, company

or tier placement, or underwriting rules or

guidelines for a consumer who has

experienced and whose credit information

has been directly influenced by certain

catastrophic events outlined in the measure.

Applicants for the exception must request

the exception in writing. The measure

additionally authorizes the Oklahoma

Automobile Insurance Plan to issue policies

of insurance in the name of the plan for the

applicants as it relates to equitable

apportionment. Participating members shall

be liable to the plan for all costs, expenses,

and liabilities in proportion to its share of

voluntary market premium and must file an

annual audited financial statement with the

Commissioner. The measure provides for

surplus line licensees to be fined $25.00 per

policy for failing to remit the surplus line

tax. Additionally, the measure requires

insurers to reimburse clean claims filed

electronically within 1 year and provides for

notices of expiration for claims to be given

not more than 1 year after the date of the

loss. The measure also creates the Motor

Service Club limited lines category for

limited line insurance. Nonresident

administrators shall also be required to

notify the Commission of any termination of

employment within 30 days instead of 15.

Any entity making application to the

Oklahoma Insurance Department as a third-

party administrator (TPA) or within 30 days

of a change for a licensed TPA shall provide

current National Association of Insurance

Commissioners Biographical Affidavits and

independent third-party background reports

from a NAIC-approved vendor on behalf of

all officers. The measure increases the

licensing fee for limited line producers to

$40.00. The measure modifies the

membership of the Oklahoma Property and

Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association

and authorizes each insurer to appoint an

alternate representative. Any person serving

as an alternate representative shall, while

serving, have all the powers and

responsibilities of the appointed insurer

representative. Additionally, the Association

may use legal postings on its website to

satisfy notification requirements. The

measure provides for insurance policies

issued by members and later transferred to

another insurer to be considered to have

been issued by a member insurer which is an

insolvent insurer in the event that the insurer

to which the policy has been transferred.

Prepaid funeral benefit permit holders are

prohibited from changing the name under

which the permit holder operates unless they

receive permission to do so from the

Commissioner. The permit holder must first

obtain permission for such a change from

the Commissioner 30 days prior to the

change. The Commissioner may deny or

approve any request to change the name.

Certificates of dormancy, as defined by the

measure, may be issued by the

Commissioner. Dormant captive insurance

companies are companies that ceased

transacting the business of insurance and

have no remaining liabilities. Such

companies shall not be liable for any

insurance taxes and may possess a total of

$25,000.00 in unimpaired, paid-in capital,

and surplus funds. Dormant companies shall

be subject to examination by the

Commissioner. The measure also modifies

the date by which the Insurance

Commissioner must make certain reports

provided to the Commissioner available to

the public from June 1 to December 31 of

each year. Additionally, the measure

clarifies in the event an insurance company

cancels any personal residential insurance

coverage, notice of the cancellation is

required to be provided by the insured to the

insurer. The measure also requires the

cancellation notice to provide the date of

cancellation of the policy and the insurance

company is required to reimburse the

insured for any premiums paid for coverage

beyond the date of cancellation. The

measure provides that in the event an

insured cancels a homeowner’s policy or

any other personal residential insurance

coverage, a notice is required to be provided

by the insured to the prior insurer. An

insurer canceling any personal residential

coverage is required to make the

cancellation of coverage effective as of the

date of the inception of the new coverage

and the insurer will not be liable for claims

arising after the date of inception.

SB 1030 (Quinn/Mize) provides for the

Insurance Commissioner to levy a civil

penalty of up to $1,000.00 per violation.

Additionally, the measure requires insurers

to pay the $200.00 filing fee relating to

market conduct statements at the time of

filing.

SB 1035 (Quinn/Sneed) updates definition

for risk retention group. A risk retention

group seeking to be chartered for domicile

in this state is required to be chartered and

licensed to only write liability insurance

pursuit to the insurance laws of Oklahoma.

The measure requires all risk retention

groups chartered in the state to file with the

Insurance Department and the National

Association of Insurance Commissioners

(NAIC) an annual statement in a form

prescribed by the Association and in

electronic form if required by the Insurance

Commissioner. The measure requires the

risk retention group or purchasing group to

submit an appropriate revision of changes in

any item of the plan of operation or

feasibility study within ten (10) days of the

change to the Insurance Commissioner for

approval. Once the plan is approved, a copy

of the approved revision plan must be

submitted to the Commissioner within thirty

(30) days of the date of approval. The

measure prohibits the risk retention group or

purchasing group from offering additional

kinds of liability insurance in this state or

any other state until a revision of the plan is

approved by the Commissioner. The

measure requires the risk retention group to

provide the Commissioner a summary of

specific information. The information is

required to then be transmitted to the

National Association of Insurance

Commissioners. Existing risk retention

groups are required to comply with certain

governance standards within one year of the

effective date of this act. Risk retention

groups licensed after the effective date are in

compliance at the time of licensure. The

measure provides the requirements and

conditions for the Board of Directors of risk

retention groups. The measure also requires

the risk retention group to have an audit

committee with certain conditions. The risk

retention group or purchasing group is

required to pay a filing fee determined by

the Commissioner for application of charter.

At the time of application for charter, the

risk retention group is required to provide

the Commissioner a summary of certain

information which will then be forwarded to

the National Association of Insurance

Commissioners. This will satisfy the

requirements of Oklahoma law. The

measure requires each risk retention group

to pay premium taxes and taxes on

premiums of direct business for risk and

report premiums for direct business for risks

to the Commissioner. The measure removes

the requirement of risk retention groups to

pay the tax for risks insured within the state

and the mandatory reporting of all premiums

paid to it for risks insured within the state.

The measure adds “claimants against its

insureds” to the list of entities prohibited

from receiving any from any insurance

insolvency guaranty fund or similar

mechanism. The measure also specifies that

when insurance is bought from insurers not

authorized in the state, such risks will not be

covered by any insurance guaranty fund or

similar mechanism in the state. The measure

removes the exemption of a purchasing

group being exempt from state law and

modifies the provision to include a

purchasing group and its insurer or insurers

to be subject to all applicable laws of

Oklahoma with the exception of any law of

this state that would prohibit the

establishment of a purchasing group in

regards to liability insurance. Additionally,

the measure prohibits an insurer from

providing advantages to a purchasing group

or its members based on the loss and

expense experience of the group such as

advantages on rates, policy forms and

coverage that is not afforded to other

persons or entities. A purchasing group

which intends to do business in the state is

required to list all other states in which the

group intends to do business with to the

Insurance Commissioner. The measure also

clarifies that individuals, firms, associations,

or corporations are prohibited from

soliciting, negotiating or procuring liability

insurance from an insurer not authorized to

do business in the state of Oklahoma. The

measure requires a special purpose captive

insurance company to pay the Department of

Insurance a non-refundable fee of three-

hundred dollars ($300.00) for reviewing its

application to determine whether it is

complete. The measure requires the

Insurance Commissioner to specify the

amount relating to the minimum capital and

surplus of a series captive insurance

company. Certain papers relating to

mergers, consolidation, conversion,

mutualization and change of control are

confidential and not subject to subpoena or

distribution with an exception relating to the

authority of the Commissioner under

Oklahoma law. The measure requires

modifications, assets and liabilities by use of

GAAP accounting principles to be reported

with certain requirements. The measure

requires modifications, assets and liabilities

to be reported with certain conditions. Each

series captive insurance company is required

to pay a minimum aggregate tax of three-

thousand five-hundred dollars ($3,500.00).

Lastly, the measure provides conditions for

annual maximum tax premiums.

HB 1019 (Worthen/Simpson) modifies the

cap amounts for a 30-day and 90-day supply

of insulin to an amount not to exceed $30.00

for a 30-day supply and $90.00 for a 90-day

supply for each covered prescription.

HB 2123 (McEntire/McCortney) directs the

Insurance Commissioner to determine the

duties assigned to the Patient’s Right to

Pharmacy Choice Commission.

Additionally, the Commissioner may

employ actuaries, statisticians, accountants,

and attorneys on behalf of the Commission.

The measure authorizes the Commission to

approve, disapprove, or approve with

modifications any filings submitted to it.

The Commission may also conduct

examinations and investigations of insurance

matters within the scope of its authority. The

authority to investigate pharmacy benefits

managers is transferred from the Insurance

Commissioner to the Pharmacy Choice

Commission. Other duties transferred to the

Pharmacy Choice Commission include

reviewing complaints, and requiring

restitution from pharmacy benefits managers

who have violated the law.

HB 2180 (Johns/McCortney) directs state

agencies to make payroll deductions for the

payment of any insurance premiums due a

private insurance organization or service

company upon the request of a state

employee. The measure strikes the

requirement for such organizations or

companies to be regulated by the State

Insurance Commissioner and have a

minimum participation of 500 state

employees for legal services.

HB 2323 (Frix/Pemberton) prohibits

insurers and preferred provider

organizations from unilaterally removing a

provider from the network solely because

the provider informs an enrollee of the full

range of physicians and providers available

to the enrollee. Provider agreements may not

prohibit, penalize, terminate, or otherwise

restrict a preferred provider from referring to

an out-of-network provider, provided the

insured signs an acknowledgement of

referral that the insured may incur certain

charges, deductibles, and higher

coinsurance.

HB 2403 (Russ/Quinn) requires the

Insurance Department to only terminate a

license that failed to renew after a 12-month

inactive period upon notification 90 days

prior to termination of the license.

HB 2678 (Marti/McCortney) expands the

list of practices constituting an unfair claim

settlement practice to include failing to

include any amount paid by an enrollee or

on behalf of an enrollee by another person

when calculating the enrollee's total

contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum,

deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other

cost-sharing requirement as it relates to a

health insurer that provides pharmacy

benefits or a pharmacy benefits manager that

administers pharmacy benefits for a health

plan.

Liquor, Smoking, & Tobacco

SB 85 (Coleman/Strom) authorizes the

holder of multiple small brewer licenses to

sell beer produced at any brewery for which

the licensee has a license, at any other

brewery for which the licensee has a license,

or on premises located contiguous to such

properties.

SB 262 (Thompson/Echols) provides for the

excise tax on wine shipped directly to a

consumer by a winery maintaining a

Winemaker Self-Distribution License be

collected and remitted by the winery. The

wholesaler who purchases the alcoholic

beverages for sale shall collect the excise tax

on all other wine and spirits sales.

SB 315 (Coleman/McDugle) authorizes

distiller licensees to sell spirits produced by

the licensee for either on-premises or off-

premises consumption to consumers on the

licensed distillery premises or in an area

controlled by the licensee located

contiguous to the licensed distillery

premises as well as sell spirits at public

events such as trade shows or festivals. The

measure provides that such products sold

must have been sold to and shipped to an

Oklahoma licensed wine and spirits

wholesaler and then made available for

purchase by the Oklahoma licensed distiller.

These sales shall be capped at 15,000

gallons per year.

SB 385 (Coleman/Strom) authorizes a retail

spirits licensee to host alcoholic beverage

tastings for consumers on its licensed

premises provided the conditions outlined in

the measure are met. Servings shall be

limited, on the licensee’s premises, poured

from original containers, supervised by the

licensee, and served only to persons 21 years

of age or older. Licensees are directed to

maintain records of any samples served. The

licensee shall not permit any alcoholic

beverages content or retail container

unsealed in connection with sampling to

remain on the licensed premises at the close

of the business on that day.

SB 499 (Coleman/McEntire) requires stores

selling alcoholic beverages to customers to

present the 13.5% gross tax on alcohol as a

separate item on the receipt. This

requirement shall not apply to catered,

public, and special events.

SB 760 (Pugh/Osburn) authorizes persons to

transport alcoholic beverages from one

licensed premises to the common use area if

the facility contains multiple licensed

premises. The ABLE Commission shall

designate common drinking area for the

consumption of alcoholic beverages in such

facilities.

SB 1078 (Thompson/Wallace) modifies

several definitions, including “tobacco

products” and adds several definitions which

include “smokeless tobacco,” “snuff,”

“chewing tobacco,” “smoking tobacco,”

“pipe tobacco,” and “roll-your-own

tobacco.” The following sections conform

statutory language to the new definitions.

HB 1096 (Strom/Coleman) authorizes a

retail, mixed beverage, on-premises beer and

wine, public event, special event, charitable

auction, charitable alcoholic beverage event,

or complimentary beverage licensee to

communicate with a brewer, beer

distributor, small brewer, small brewer self-

distributor, or brewpub self-distributor on

social media. Licensees may request free

social media advertising from such persons.

Such persons may share social media posts

provided the post does not contain the retail

price of any alcoholic beverage.

HB 2122 (McEntire/Coleman) creates the

Oklahoma Cocktails To Go Act of 2021.

The measure allows establishments holding

a caterer’s or a mixed beverage license to

sell single-serve wine and cocktails to-go as

long as they are in a sealed tamper-proof

container. The sealed container must be

properly labeled as outlined in the measure.

Deliveries must be made by employees of

the establishment and must be at least 21

years of age. The employee must be able to

verify the age of the customer as well. If

delivered or picked up, the beverage must be

placed in the trunk of the vehicle, or in the

rear compartment of the vehicle if there is

no trunk. Third-party deliveries of cocktails

are prohibited. Entities holding a license to

manufacture alcoholic liquors or beverages

are prohibited from being able to sell

cocktails to-go.

HB 2277 (Bashore/Leewright) clarifies that

mixed beverage licensees permitted to offer

drink specials are not required to offer such

drink specials at all venues operating under

the same license.

HB 2380 (Marti/Coleman) authorizes

alcoholic beverage licensees to provide self-

pour automated devices for dispensing beer

and wine. Such licensees must use an ABLE

approved device to dispense the alcoholic

beverages and may only dispense 10 ounces

of wine or 32 ounces of beer per serving.

Licensees are required to provide constant

video monitoring at all times during which

the licensee is open, keep such footage for at

least 60 days, and provide the footage upon

request to any ABLE Commission agent or

other authorized law enforcement.

HB 2511 (Kannady/Howard) requires every

manufacturer of a vapor product sold or

intended to be sold in the state to deliver to

the ABLE Commission an attestation

certifying that the product was available for

purchase in the United States as of August 8,

2016, and the manufacturer has applied for a

marketing order from the FDA on or before

September 9, 2020, or that the manufacturer

has received a marketing order or other

authorization from the FDA. The measure

further requires manufacturers to notify the

ABLE Commission within 30 days of any

material change to the attestation, and

directs the ABLE Commission to develop a

directory listing of all manufacturers and

their vapor products that have provided

attestations. Any vapor product not in the

directory is prohibited from being

manufactured, distributed, sold, bartered or

furnished in the state.

HB 2665 (Echols/Coleman) separates the

alcoholic beverage manufacturer license

from the nonresident seller license and sets

its fees based on the number of cases sold

per year. For 50 cases or less, the licensing

fee is set at $50.00 with a $100.00 annual

fee. If the licensee sells between 51 and 500

cases, the licensing fee is set at $75.00 with

a $225.00 annual fee. For licensees sealing

over 501 cases per year, there shall be a

$150.00 licensing fee and an additional

$450.00 annual fee.

HB 2674 (Marti/Howard) clarifies that a

person must be 21 years of age to purchase

nicotine products. Nicotine products include

any product that contains nicotine extracted

or isolated from plants, vegetables, fruit,

herbs, weeds, genetically modified organic

matter, or that is synthetic in origin and is

intended for human consumption.

HB 2726 (Pittman/Coleman) defines “bottle

service” and “club suite” in the Oklahoma

Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. A bottle

service is defined as the sale and provision

of spirits in their original packages by a

mixed beverage licensee to be consumed in

that licensee’s club suite. A club suite is

defined as a designated area within the

premises of a mixed beverage licensee that

is exclusive to patrons specifically granted

access by the licensee. Spirits in the original

packages must be consumed in the club suite

of a mixed beverage licensee and cannot be

removed if not consumed in their entirety or

before the period a club suite was made

available ends. Spirits in their original

packages consumed in the club suite must be

provided exclusively by the mixed beverage

licensee.

Judiciary/Court Measures

SB 16 (Floyd/Bush) provides access to the

Crime Victims Compensation Board written

documentation included with a sexual

assault forensic evidence kit tested by an

accredited forensic lab if such

documentation is essential to determine

eligibility for compensation. Additionally,

the measure modifies the time period by

which the Board may examine sexual assault

forensic evidence kits involving an adult 18

years of age or older. The measure also

specifies that victims who undergo forensic

medical examination within 120 hours of the

assault shall be found to have fully

cooperated.

SB 31 (Daniels/Moore) requires the court to

enter an order dismissing a plaintiff’s case

against a defendant if the defendant

demonstrates that he or she was not timely

served. The court is directed by the measure

to dismiss the action 200 days after the filing

of the action in which no service has been

made on any defendant.

SB 38 (Thompson/Echols) places oversight

of the drug court programs established by

the Oklahoma Drug Court Act under the

Administrative Office of the Courts. The

measure also establishes a county Drug

Court Fund under the county treasurer’s

management. All monies received by the

county drug court shall accrue to the Drug

Court Fund. Additionally, the measure

extends judicial immunity to include any

duty required by law to be performed by a

judge of a drug court.

SB 44 (Hicks/Strom) requires any charges or

warrants issued for failure to appear in court

to be dismissed upon the defendant showing

the court that he or she was incarcerated or

otherwise detained by law enforcement at

the time of the failure to appear.

SB 50 (Howard/Worthen) requires each

criminal case filed in the traditional manner

to also be cross-referenced to a mental

health court case file by the court clerk if the

case is subsequently assigned to a mental

health court program. The measure provides

for the originating case to remain open to the

public and requires the court to determine

what information or pleadings are to be

retained in the mental health case court file.

The mental health case court file is closed to

the public.

SB 90 (Howard/Chad Caldwell) provides

that an affidavit of publication provided by a

publisher or authorized employee shall

constitute conclusive proof that the

newspaper has published the notice,

advertisement, or publication.

SB 97 (Brooks/Miller) trikes the prohibition

on videoconference technology as it relates

to using such technology in a jury trial or a

trial before a judge in a district court.

SB 140 (Brooks/Newton) modifies the

definition of “offender” as used in the

Delayed Sentencing Program for Young

Adults. The measure increases the maximum

age from 21 to 25 to participate in the

program for those who have not been

sentenced for a nonviolent felony offense.

SB 153 (Howard/Moore) authorizes the use

of a trust created by the court on behalf of

person under 18 years of age when

depositing recovered monies.

SB 155 (Howard/Kendrix) directs the

Oklahoma Supreme Court to maintain a

calendar of cases pending before the court

and to publish the calendar on its website.

Entries on the calendar shall include dates

the court shall hear oral arguments, cases

challenging the constitutionality of an act of

the Legislature, dates of court conferences,

dates the court is closed, and any

information that will assist the public in

monitoring cases. Entries noting oral

arguments must include the case number,

names, counsel of record, and a summary of

the case. The Supreme Court must also

weekly publish a list of cases for which it

has granted review.

SB 162 (Howard/McEntire) creates the

Oklahoma Decanting Act. The measure

provides for the authorized trustee with full

discretion to distribute the principal of the

trust to distribute all or part of the principal

of that trust in favor of a trustee of a second

trust for the benefit of the current trust.

Authorized trustees may grant a power of

appointment in the second trust to one or

more of the current beneficiaries of the first

trust who is eligible to receive the principal

outright under the terms of the first trust.

The measure also authorizes petitioners to

petition a court to order a distribution.

Authorized trustees with limited discretion

to distribute the trust may distribute all or

part of the principal of that trust in favor of a

trustee of a second trust, provided the

beneficiaries of the second trust are

substantially the same as the members of the

current trust. The measure authorizes

special-needs fiduciaries to exercise similar

distribution powers as authorized trustees

with full discretion. The measure authorizes

the interest of a special-needs trust to have

an interest in additional financial tools, such

as a pooled trust as defined by Medicaid law

for the benefit of the beneficiary with a

disability. The measure describes various

notification requirements associated with

“decanting” a trust.

SB 171 (Daniels/Moore) prohibits the court

clerk from publishing court records on its

website if the cases involve rape, sodomy,

sex crimes, sexual images, lewd or indecent

conduct, pornography, child abuse or

neglect, domestic abuse, kidnapping,

extortion of a vulnerable victim, human

trafficking, or similar offenses.

SB 310 (Murdock/Josh West) requires the

court to give consideration to the statements

of the victim or victims of a juvenile crime

when ruling on any motions for certification

as a youthful offender or an alleged juvenile

delinquent. The measure also removes rape

in the 1st degree from the list of crimes

designating an offender aged 15-17 as a

youthful offender. Additionally, the measure

provides that any person aged 15-17 who is

charged with rape in the first degree or

attempted rape in the first degree may be

held accountable for his or her act as if the

person was an adult.

SB 578 (Floyd/Munson) clarifies the

requirements for statements made under

penalty of perjury.

SB 677 (Kidd/Osburn) removes the

requirement for the court clerk to first offer

all or part of the records subject to

destruction to the Archives and Records

Division of the Oklahoma Department of

Libraries for preservation. The measure also

authorizes destruction of court records

related to a domestic relations case in which

a minor child is involved after 20 years, and

records related to a domestic relations case

that does not involve a minor child after 10

years. Records pertaining to protective

orders may be destroyed 1 year after the

case was dismissed and no further action

taken in the case, or 10 years after the order

was issued.

SB 1002 (Weaver/Moore) removes the term

cases involving misdemeanors from

“signature” as it relates to criminal

procedure.

HB 1022 (Worthen/Weaver) provides that

the payment of the fine and costs not

accompanied by a written plea of guilty or

nolo contendere is deemed to be a plea of

nolo contendere and is to function as a

written, dated and signed citation form

acceptable to the court.

HB 1024 (Worthen/Daniels) prohibits any

person who has been convicted of a violent

crime or a crime that requires the person to

another state from applying for or obtaining

a license to serve process. Currently licensed

persons subject to this prohibition shall not

have their license renewed. The measure

strikes language which required a person

applying to be a process server to publish

notice of the hearing for a license. The

measure requires notice of the application to

be sent to the Administrative Office of the

Courts. Any person who knowingly and

willfully serves process in Oklahoma

without a process server license or who

holds himself or herself out to be a process

server licensed by the State of Oklahoma

when the person is not licensed shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor. The measure

provides that assault of a process server is a

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment

for up to 1 year in the county jail, a fine of

not more than $1,000, or both such fine and

imprisonment. The measure states that it is a

crime to fail to control an animal at the time

a legal process is being served.

HB 1152 (Osburn/Garvin) removes the

requirement to possess a minimum level of

court reporting proficiency for applicants

seeking to be examined for enrollment as a

certified shorthand reporter.

HB 1632 (David Hardin/Weaver) modifies

the writ of execution form used in actions of

forcible entry and detainer by providing that

physical possession of the property is to be

restored to the plaintiff.

HB 1776 (Conley/Weaver) provides that an

attorney employed by the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation may enter an

appearance in court if requested to do so by

another prosecuting authority as it relates to

quashing subpoenas, other discovery

matters, expungement applications,

evidentiary hearings, and forfeiture

proceedings. The measure also expands the

requirement for a person convicted of a drug

crime to provide a blood or saliva sample to

law enforcement to include any person

convicted under the provisions of the

Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances

Act.

HB 1799 (Miller/Rosino) modifies the

process for expunging a juvenile court

record. The petition for expungement may

be filed orally or as a written petition and

must be presented at the time the case is

before the court for a final review or any

time after an informal adjustment agreement

has been successfully completed and the

court dismissed the case or is closing it due

to a lack of jurisdiction or the child reaching

the age of 18 or 19 years of age if

jurisdiction of the court was previously

extended. A person who reaches the age of

18 can file for their own expungement

provided they meet all the requirements. A

written petition for the expungement of the

juvenile court records must be allowed if the

state objected to oral written or written

petition. If expungement is granted, the

measure provides that an attorney will

prepare a written order of expungement and

send it to all relevant parties. Landlords shall

not require an applicant to disclose any

information contained in any expunged

juvenile court records.

HB 1980 (Lepak/Daniels) directs the

Judicial Nominating Commission to

promulgate rules to promote transparency in

the Judicial Nominating Commission’s

selection process. The rules must be

published on the Commission’s website.

HB 2229 (Moore/Howard) creates the

Uniform Interstate Depositions and

Discovery Act. The measure creates uniform

procedures for the issuance of subpoenas.

HB 2548 (Stinson/Howard) creates the

Uniform Power of Attorney Act. The model

legislation adopted in approximately 30

states brings uniformity to the power of

attorney in the various states in probate

procedures. The measure provides

definitions and procedures used in the act

regarding the use of power of attorney. The

measure also repeals various existing

Oklahoma statutes regarding power of

attorney that are now addressed in the

measure.

HB 2746 (Ford/Newhouse) exempts

municipal or state law enforcement officers

employed in a county with a population of

more than 255,000 and federal law

enforcement officers from jury duty. The

measure provides that municipal or state law

enforcement officers in counties with a

population of less than 255,000 may serve

on noncriminal actions only.

HB 2913 (Wallace/Thompson) provides that

the Administrative Director of the Courts is

responsible for and has control over matters

concerning the budget, personnel,

technology, purchases and other

administrative operations over all courts of

this state, including the Court of Civil

Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals,

and performing such additional duties as

may be assigned by the Chief Justice.

Judiciary Funding

SB 343 (Paxton/Boles) clarifies the

authority of courts to collect court fines and

fees through tax warrant intercepts.

HB 2689 (Hasenbeck/Taylor) provides that

on October 1, 2021, each court reporter shall

receive a one-time stipend of $1,250.00.

HB 2869 (Wallace/Howard) provides a

salary increase to members of the Judiciary.

HB 2889 (Wallace/Thompson) appropriates

$7,500,000 from the General Revenue

Cashflow Reserve Fund to the Supreme

Court for the support of the District Courts.

HB 2912 (Wallace/Thompson) extends the

apportionment of $10 collected from district

court civil case filings to the Court Clerk’s

Records Management and Preservation Fund

until 2027.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

District

Courts

$75,480,361

$68,241,076

-9.59%

District

Attorneys

and District

Attorney

Council

$56,642,149

$58,779,782

3.77%

Supreme

Court

$16,212,078

$16,223,855

0.07%

Oklahoma

Indigent

Defense

System

$17,508,363

$20,537,878

17.30%

$20,000,000

$40,000,000

$60,000,000

$80,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

District Courts

$20,000,000

$40,000,000

$60,000,000

$80,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

District Attorneys and

District Attorneys Council

Professions & Occupations

SB 49 (Floyd/Osburn) increases the initial

application fee for a chiropractic license

from $175.00 to $300.00 and removes the

examination fee of $175. The measure also

lowers the fee for an original license by

relocation of practice from $350 to $300.

Additionally, the measure allows applicants

to take an examination given by the National

Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

SB 100 (Stanley/Davis) modifies

requirements for applicants to take the

licensing examination administered by the

Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners. The

measure specifies applicants may fill out an

electronic application online and removes

the requirement for applicants to be free

from contagious or infectious diseases. The

measure also changes the requirement for

applicants to demonstrate loyalty to the

United States and states that such persons

must instead legally reside in the United

States.

SB 270 (Murdock/Hasenbeck) modifies

various provisions relating to veterinarians.

The measure defines telemedicine and

provides for veterinarians and clients to

interact in real-time via digital means. The

measure also creates the Probable Cause

Committee, which shall consist members

from the State Board of Veterinary Medical

Examiners as outlined in the measure. The

newly created Committee shall negotiate

and settle disputes. The measure also

extends the prohibition on the Veterinary

Center from entering into any program

agreements from 2018 to 2025. The measure

also creates a new duty for the State Board

to grant scholarships to an individual

advancing toward obtaining a degree in

veterinary medicine from an Oklahoma

higher education institution. The State Board

is authorized by the measure to contract with

third-party entities as necessary to carry out

this new duty. Additionally, the measure

provides for any member of the military or

their spouse licensed in another recognized

jurisdiction but residing in the state to

submit a completed application for licensure

or registration in Oklahoma.

SB 317 (Daniels/Sims) defines “student

electrical intern” and “listed electrical

apprentice” within the Electrical License

Act. The measure directs the Construction

Industries Board to issue a license as a listed

electrical apprentice to any person who has

been certified by the Committee of

Electrical Examiners as having 10,000 hours

of experience or more as an electrical

apprentice. Associated fees for the license

are set at the same rate as the registration for

electrical apprentices. The fee for an

electrical intern registration is set at half the

amount of the fee for the registration of

electrical apprentices. The measure also

prohibits electrical apprentices from

supervising the work of a registered

electrical intern. Only one intern may work

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on a job site under a single journeyman or

electrical contractor; however, the intern

shall not be counted against the maximum

number of apprentices who are allowed to

work under a journeyman. Up to 2 electrical

apprentices may work on a job site under a

single journeyman or electrical contractor.

SB 408 (Garvin/Miller) defines

“teledentistry” as the remote delivery of

dental patient care via telecommunications

and other technology for the exchange of

clinical information and images for dental

consultation, preliminary treatment planning

and patient monitoring. The measure also

adds the Commission on Dental

Competency Assessments to the list of

entities the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry

may accept examinations from and provides

that the Board may make allowances in

requirements of all candidates for licensure

and issue temporary licenses for extended

periods of time or as needed if government

officials declared a health pandemic through

a resolution. The resolution shall have a

beginning and an end date and shall

automatically expire no less than 30 days

after the end of the disaster is declared by

governmental officials. The measure

modifies the continuing education hours

required for oral maxillofacial surgery

assistants from 12 hours to 8 hours of

continuing education and requires such

courses to be taken every 2 years instead of

every 3 years. Publishing papers, presenting

clinics, and lecturing shall also qualify as 6

credited hours. The measure provides that

Residents and Fellows with a valid permit

may supervise student dental clinics under

the authority of the Dean or Associate Dean

of the University of Oklahoma College of

Dentistry. The measure adds the practices of

dental anesthesiology, oral medicine, and

orofacial pain as specialties that may be

licensed by the Board. The measure

consolidates the unprofessional conduct

sections for dental hygienists. SB 408

requires the patient record to include

documentation of any medications

prescribed, administered, or dispensed to the

patient. Additionally, the measure

establishes the required content of

continuing education courses provided to

dentists and dental hygienists and provides

for such courses to be taken online. The

measure also extends the period a laboratory

prescription may remain active from 3 years

to 7 years and authorizes dentists to refer

patients to a lab in order for the patient to

select the shading or matching shades of a

prosthetic device being prepared for the

dentist to deliver to the patient.

SB 654 (Standridge/Chad Caldwell) creates

a $25.00 annual renewal license fee for

resident care homes to replace the current

two-year renewal license fee of $50.00.

Renewal licenses may be issued for a period

24-36 months for the license period

immediately following November 1, 2021.

The measure also extends the maximum

licensure period for adult day care centers to

36 months. The measure also establishes a

$10.00 renewal fee per bed for a continuum

of care facility or assisted living center. This

renewal license shall expire 3 years from the

date of issuance. The initial license shall

expire 180 days from the date of issuance.

SB 748 (Jech/Martinez) provides for the

reports, proceedings, and other records

submitted to or generated by any peer

review committee or peer reviewer to be

privileged and not subject to discovery,

subpoena, or other means of legal

compulsion for their release. The design

professional who retains or employs the peer

reviewer or peer review committee is the

holder of the privilege. A peer review

committee or peer reviewer may report to

and discuss activities, information, and

findings with other peer review committees

or peer reviewers or the design professional

who retains or employs such reviewers. The

members of a peer review committee are

also exempt from any civil liability for

reporting activities and findings to another

reviewer or committee.

SB 850 (Dahm/Stark) authorizes licensees in

the fields of cosmetology and barbering to

provide services to customers in the

customer’s home. Such services shall not be

subject to inspection or rules promulgated

by the State Board of Cosmetology and

Barbering. Customers shall assume the

liability for the services and any home

equipment utilized by the licensee or

certificate holder and may review the

person’s license or certificate for validity

and authority to perform the services

requested.

HB 1102 (Olsen/Daniels) modifies the

categories of “unprofessional conduct” to

include the performance of an abortion

unless the procedure is performed to prevent

the death or significant physical impairment

of the mother. An abortion may not be

performed based solely on the mental or

emotional health of the mother,

notwithstanding a claim or diagnosis that the

woman may engage in conduct which she

intends to result in her death. The State

Board of Health shall impose penalties on

persons violating the provisions of this

measure which may include suspension of

the license for a period of not less than 1

year. The measure also directs the Attorney

General to calculate costs paid for by the

state or local entities in court challenges to

this act. The office of the Attorney General

is also required to report such amounts for

each calendar quarter to all members of the

Legislature.

HB 1147 (Osburn/Pugh) redesignates the

State Architectural and Registered Interior

Designers Act as the State Architectural and

Registered Commercial Interior Designers

Act and designates interior designers as

commercial interior designers. The measure

adds definitions for commercial interior

designer, nonstructural commercial interior

construction, and fire and life safety

systems. Additionally, the measure requires

each registered commercial interior possess

a seal showing certain information outlined

in the measure. All technical submissions

prepared by such registered commercial

interior designer, or under the responsible

control of the registered commercial interior

designer, shall be sealed, signed and dated.

The measure prohibits a registered

commercial interior designer from accepting

or receiving compensation from an

individual other than their client in

connection with reparation or construction

of a building interior in which they are

employed and from bidding or holding

interest in an entity bidding for a contract for

reparation or erection of a structure for

which they have prepared plans or

specifications, unless the contract is a

design/build contract.

HB 1148 (Osburn/Rosino) provides that

only a real estate licensee may market for

sale an equitable interest in a contract for the

purchase of real property between the

property owner and a prospective purchaser.

HB 1150 (Osburn/Rogers) gives the

Construction Industries Board rulemaking

authority to implement the provisions of the

Plumbing License Law of 1955, including

categories and limitations for licensure.

HB 1742 (Dills/Newhouse) adds a definition

for alkaline hydrolysis as it relates to

cremation as well as defines crematory as a

structure containing a furnace or alkaline

hydrolysis vessel. The measure eliminates

the $25.00 fee for funeral directors applying

for a license after failing to renew said

license within a 3-year period.

HB 1817 (Dempsey/Rader) 7 exempts

501(c)(3) organizations that meet certain

conditions from the provisions of the

Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for

Mortgage Licensing Act.

HB 1934 (Martinez/Paxton) provides that

any provision in a design professional

services agreement which requires an entity

or its insurer to indemnify or otherwise hold

harmless another entity against liability

arising from death or bodily injury, or

damage to property, due to negligence or

fault of the entity or its agents is void and

unenforceable.

HB 2072 (McCall/Bullard) authorizes the

Oklahoma Funeral Board to issue a

temporary funeral director or embalmer

license in the event a statewide emergency is

declared by the Governor. The authorization

ends 1 year from the effective date of the

act.

HB 2680 (Marti/Rosino) specifies that the

practice of optometry shall include the

dispensing of medications to treat ocular

abnormalities.

HB 2741 (Ford/Howard) allows a tow

operator or wrecker yard operator to release

a motor vehicle to a legal representative or

an immediate family member who is within

the first or second degree of consanguinity

or affinity if the owner of the vehicle is dead

or incapacitated. The measure increases the

license application fee for a wrecker license

from $100.00 to $500.00. The measure

apportions $90.00 to the General Revenue

Fund and $410.00 to the Department of

Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund to

administer the Wrecker Services Division

and modernize computer programs. The

measure increases the wrecker license

renewal fee from $50.00 to $250.00 and

apportions $200.00 to the Department of

Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund to

administer the Wrecker Services Division

and modernize computer programs. The

measure removes a requirement that the

Tow Request and Authorization Form be

completed in quadruplicate. Allows the

Department to notify the owner of a towed

vehicle the vehicles location by first-class

mail. The measure allows for the release of

personal property in a towed vehicle when

the registered owner or representative of the

owner provides proof of identity.

HB 2770 (Randleman/Standridge) modifies

the court in which appeals, or legal actions

are brought as it relates to the Psychology

Interjurisdictional Compact. The court is

changed from the U.S. District court for the

state of Oklahoma to the U.S. District court

for the state of Georgia.

HB 2873 (Wallace/Leewright) creates the

Universal Licensing Recognition Act. The

measure provides that a person moving to

Oklahoma would be able to apply for

licensing or certification for an occupation

with a similar scope of practice, and the

applicant supplies verifiable proof of

physical residency in the state or is married

to and accompanying an active-duty

member of the Armed Forces to an official

permanent change of station to a military

installation located in the state. The

Oklahoma regulatory entity would apply all

similar and verifiable work experience in the

manner most favorable to the applicant.

Certain examination requirements and fees

would still apply to the applicant. The

applicant must also demonstrate that they

are free of any complaint, investigation,

suspension, revocation or discipline by any

other regulatory entity or jurisdiction for

unprofessional conduct.

Public Safety

SB 3 (Bullard/Humphrey) authorizes

sheriffs and peace officers to utilize

telemedicine to assess a person whom the

officer reasonably believes needs treatment

by a mental health professional.

Additionally, the measure requires officers

to transport such individuals in need of

treatment or subject to an emergency

detention or protective custody order to the

nearest facility within a 30- mile radius. The

law enforcement agency that transported

such an individual to an urgent recovery

clinic shall be responsible for any

subsequent transportation of such individual

pending completion of the initial

assessment, emergency detention, protective

custody, or inpatient services. If no such

facility is available, transportation to a

facility shall be completed by either the

Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services or an entity contracted by

the Department for alternative

transportation.

SB 10 (Taylor/Dick Lowe) eliminates the

November 1, 2022, sunset date as it relates

to the $10.00 fine applied to persons

convicted of a speeding violation 1-10 miles

per hour over the speeding limit.

SB 17 (Floyd/Bush) specifies that an officer

conducting a lethality assessment on a

potential domestic abuse victim must

implement the protocol referral process to a

domestic violence advocate from a certified

or tribal program in a manner outlined in the

measure. Regardless of the results of the

lethality assessment, referral information for

shelters, domestic violence programs and

other social services must be provided to the

victim.

SB 87 (Haste/Bush) authorizes persons in

possession of a controlled dangerous

substance who appear to be in need of help

to, in lieu of arrest, be taken to an approved

drug treatment center or approved center for

substance abuse evaluation by a law

enforcement officer. Such centers shall be

subject to the appropriate county, municipal,

or tribal authority. The Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Services may approve or disapprove

individual treatment centers. Additionally,

the treatment center must receive annual

approval from the county’s district attorney.

SB 94 (Hall/Mize) adds the President of the

Association of Oklahoma Narcotic

Enforcers and the Executive Director of the

State Board of Pharmacy or their designees

as members to the Opioid Overdose Fatality

Review Board.

SB 106 (Allen/ODonnell) modifies various

provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense

Act. The measure defines completed

application to mean all fields are completed,

questions answered and contains all required

signatures on the Application for Self-

Defense Act License and all required

documents. The 90-day renewal grace

period provided to license holders is

removed from the Act and requires renewal

applications to be denied if a current license

is pending suspension or revocation or has

been suspended or revoked. Additionally,

the measure removes the preclusive period

for holders that have 2 or more convictions

of public intoxication provided the holder

has a certified statement from a licensed

physician stating that the person is not in

need of substance abuse treatment. The

measure establishes a preclusive period of 5

years for persons whose license was

suspended or revoked. The measure requires

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

to utilize the Immigration Alien Query

database for non-United States citizens in

the course of its background check and

authorizes the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation OSBI to conduct a National

Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS)

as part of the license background check.

SB 172 (Rosino/Walke) directs the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

(OSBI) to coordinate with the United States

Attorney’s Office and the United States

Department of Justice to obtain federal

funding no later than January 1, 2022, for

the purpose of gathering data to address the

issue of missing and murdered indigenous

persons. The measure creates the Office of

Liaison for Missing and Murdered

Indigenous Persons under the OSBI. The

newly created Office shall work with tribal,

state, and federal authorities on missing

persons and homicide cases, provide

guidance to victims’ families, facilitate

training and promote best practices, and

consult with community organizations to

promote community relations.

SB 242 (Thompson/Dustin Roberts)

modifies the membership of the Council on

Law Enforcement and Education Training

(CLEET) by requiring the appointee from

the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology to have experience in the

creation and review of curriculum as well as

experience in teaching criminal justice or

law enforcement courses. The measure

further requires CLEET’s application form

to not exceed 20 pages.

SB 272 (Weaver/Worthen) creates the

Kelsey Smith Act. The measure authorizes a

law enforcement agency, as defined in the

measure, to request and receive the call

location of a user’s communication device

from a telecommunication company in order

to respond to a call for emergency services

or in an emergency situation that involves

risk of death or serious physical harm. The

measure requires notice to be provided to

the user whose information was provided to

law enforcement 30 days after the call for

emergency services or the emergency

situation. Every telecommunication

company registered to do business in the

state must annually submit emergency

contact information to the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) to facilitate

requests from a law enforcement agency.

Carriers are not required to submit

emergency contact information for

individual.

SB 283 (Brooks/Ford) requires persons

convicted of giving alcohol to a minor to

attend a victims impact panel program in

addition to other fines levied for such

violations.

SB 304 (Jech/Gann) amends the judgment

and sentence form used to transfer a prisoner

to the custody of the Department of

Corrections. The measure clarifies the role

of jail trust administrators as it relates to

such transfers.

SB 312 (Burn/Dempsey) provides for

persons convicted of identity theft from a

victim less than 18 years of age shall be

guilty of a felony and face a term of

imprisonment of not less than 2 years and

not more than 10 years as well as a fine of

not more than $100,000.00.

SB 319 (Standridge/Pae) exempts research

institutions conducting a scientific study on

tobacco use and cessation from the

provisions prohibiting the distribution of

tobacco products to persons under 21 years

of age.

SB 320 (Garvin/McEntire) provides for the

“medically frail” and “medically vulnerable”

as defined in the measure to receive

consideration in compassionate parole

proceedings. The measure defines medically

frail as it relates to medical parole to mean

an individual with a medical condition

which precludes the individual from

performing 2 or more activities of daily

living on their own. The measure also

defines medically vulnerable as an

individual with 1 or more medical

conditions which makes the individual more

likely to contract an illness or disease while

incarcerated that could lead to death or

cause an individual to become medically

frail. The measure specifies the medical

conditions that place an individual in the

medically vulnerable category. The measure

also requires victim notification to be

provided.

SB 348 (Paxton/Worthen) creates a statute

of limitations for first- and second-degree

manslaughter. The statute of limitations is

set at 10 years after the crime is reported to a

law enforcement agency.

SB 361 (David/Wallace) allows immediate

family members to participate in peer

support counseling sessions provided to

emergency and public safety personnel and

provides for said participation to be kept

confidential.

SB 365 (David/Steagall) creates the

Oklahoma Distinguished Meritorious

Service Medal for extended exemplary

service to the state and provides for the

award to be granted posthumously.

SB 367 (David/Kannady) authorizes

Intermediate Emergency Medical

Technicians, Advanced Emergency Medical

Technicians, or paramedics to withdraw

blood for the purpose of testing a person’s

blood alcohol content. The measure also

removes tests involving a person’s breath,

saliva, or urine from the list of tests whose

costs are borne by law enforcement.

Additionally, the measure outlines standards

for any breathalyzer test to be considered

admissible as evidence in court proceedings.

Such tests must use a device that is

accredited by the U.S. Department of

Transportation in the Federal Register and

calibrated by a device from a list of

approved devices published by the U.S.

Department of Transportation. The test must

also be administered by a person properly

licensed by the Board of Tests for Alcohol

and Drug Influence. The FS provides that

analysis of a person’s blood to be considered

valid and admissible in evidence must be

performed by a properly accredited

laboratory.

SB 371 (David/O’Donnell) creates the

Unified State Law Enforcement

Commission. The Commission is tasked

with studying and evaluating the feasibility

of unifying the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation, the Oklahoma Bureau of

Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, and the

Department of Public Safety into a single

law enforcement agency. The Commission

is also directed to submit its findings to the

Governor, President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, Speaker of the House, and minority

leaders of the Senate and House no later

than December 1, 2021. The Commission

will be comprised of 10 members. Members

will not receive compensation but shall be

eligible to receive travel reimbursements.

Members are directed to meet at least once a

month.

SB 403 (Stanley/Manger) modifies

provisions of law barring any person from

interfering with or disrupting business. The

measure adds political subdivisions and

clarifies that disrupting business shall

include publicly posted meetings.

SB 456 (Coleman/Mize) adds inmates

convicted on counts relating to child abuse

or neglect as well as inmates convicted of

exploitation of a vulnerable adult to the list

of persons deemed ineligible to be placed in

the Electronic Monitoring Program.

SB 631 (Hamilton/Sean Roberts) creates the

Second Amendment Sanctuary State Act.

The measure occupies and preempts the

entire field of legislation by any agency of

this state or 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. The preemption shall

include the provisions of the National

Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control

Act of 1968.

SB 646 (Bergstrom/Steagall) authorizes

employees and owners of an establishment

serving alcohol to carry a firearm. The

employee must receive permission from the

owner to carry a firearm. Additionally, the

measure caps the fine for persons convicted

of violating the prohibition on carrying

firearms in a bar, refusing to leave an

establishment, or refusing to leave the bar at

$250.00.

SB 672 (Murdock/Patzkowsky) clarifies that

a person who is member or veteran of the

United States Armed Forces, Reserves or

National Guard or was discharged under

honorable conditions from the United States

Armed Forces, Reserves, or National Guard

between the ages of 18 to 21 to transport a

firearm on a public highway in his or her

vehicle. The measure also clarifies that any

person between the ages of 18 to 20 may

transport an unloaded firearm on a public

highway in or on his or her vehicle.

SB 801 (Weaver/Kevin West) requires

supervising agencies or contracted providers

as it relates to community sentencing to file

a statement with the court defining the

provision which has been successfully

completed instead of the administrator of the

local system.

SB 848 (David/Wallace) direct the

Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services to contract with public and

private entities to provide peer support crisis

intervention, counseling, and wellness for

the law enforcement, firefighter, emergency

medical, and corrections communities

impacted by trauma, anxiety, or addiction.

Such entities must be qualified shall be

required to be derived from the International

Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)

and shall employ the Critical Incident Stress

Management (CISM) crisis intervention

process. The measure outlines the content of

the training that must be provided.

SB 889 (Weaver/Josh West) modifies

retirement disbursement language to comply

with recent revisions to the Internal Revenue

Service and Treasury Regulations.

SB 926 (Jett/Eric Roberts) authorizes

municipalities to issue citations for

discharging an air powered pistol or rifle

when the projectile leaves the premises in an

intentional or negligent manner to the

individual or guardian of the individual who

discharged the air powered pistol or rifle.

SB 980 (Weaver/Worthen) adds the offenses

of child sexual exploitation or permitting

child sexual exploitation and soliciting

sexual conduct or communication with a

minor by use of technology to the list of

crimes allowing the court to authorize wire

the interception of wire, oral, or electronic

communications by law enforcement.

HB 1023 (Worthen/Weaver) provides that

any contraband item seized in a prison by

any agency may be forfeited by said agency

and sold in the manner governing the sale of

seized property by a peace officer.

HB 1026 (Worthen/Montgomery) provides

that the Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training may establish and

certify additional law enforcement and

criminal justice programs at institutions

operating under the State Board of Career

and Technology Education for teaching

students between 16 and 19 years of age.

The tuition or fees for law enforcement and

criminal justice-related programs shall be

similar in cost as other vocational and

technical education courses and subjects

offered at technology center schools.

HB 1029 (Kerbs/Weaver) expands the

category of “security guard” to include

active reserve certified peace officers as it

relates to the Oklahoma Security Guard and

Private Investigator Act.

HB 1095 (Strom/Daniels) allows the court

to prohibit a defendant from entering,

visiting or residing within the judicial

district in which the defendant was

convicted until after completion of his or her

sentence. The court must ensure the

defendant has access to services or programs

which the defendant is required to

participate as a condition of probation. The

measure provides that when seeking to enter

the prohibited judicial district for personal

business not related to his or her criminal

case, the defendant shall be required to

obtain approval by the court.

HB 1135 (Fetgatter/Taylor) modifies

provides that a peace officer, government

employee engaged in the performance of

their duties, firefighters, emergency medical

personnel, or public utility employees

engaged in addressing an emergency, and

parties engaged in oil and gas operations

may enter garden, yard, pasture, or field of a

landowner without their express permission.

The measure also permits railroad

employees and emergency equipment from

entering such land to restore rail service, the

entrance of utility employees or contractors

while acting in the scope of their

employment, and employees or contractors

of valid easement or license holders while

acting in the scope of their employment to

enter the land. The measure also provides

for several persons of certain occupations to

enter the land of the owner unless expressly

prohibited from doing so. The measure

provides that a person convicted of entering

another’s land to commit waste, theft, or

damage shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by imprisonment in the county

jail for a term of not less than 30 days and

not more than 6 months as well as a fine of

not less than $50.00 and not more than

$500.00.

HB 1246 (McCall/Treat) would allow an

individual’s Social Security number to be

sufficient documentation when securing a

prescription that requires state-issued

identification, if the individual’s state-issued

identification card has been expired for less

than 1 year and they have no other form of

identification that complies with the

requirements.

HB 1567 (Boatman/Weaver) provides that

possessing 28 grams or more of heroin shall

constitute aggravated trafficking.

Additionally, persons found to traffic at least

1 gram of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

or Phencyclidine (PCP) shall be subject to a

maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years

and imposes a minimum of 2 years and

maximum of life in prison for persons

trafficking more than 10 grams of LSD or

PCP. Persons found to have trafficked 1

gram of fentanyl shall be subject to a

maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years

and a fine of not less than $100,000.00 and

not more than $250,000.00. Persons found

to have trafficked 5 grams of fentanyl shall

be subject to a minimum term of 2 years and

a maximum term of imprisonment for life

and a fine of not less than $250,000.00 and

not more than $500,000.00.

HB 1630 (David Hardin/Pemberton) amends

various sections of the Oklahoma Self-

Defense Act. The measure provides that

renewal applications are to be denied if the

current license is subject to suspension or

revocation or if the license has previously

been suspended or revoked by the Bureau

and removes the ability of the Bureau to

examine medical or other records during a

renewal application. Additionally, a person

who has been precluded from obtaining a

carry license due to convictions for public

intoxication may obtain a certified statement

from a licensed physician stating that the

person is not in need of substance abuse

treatment to remove the preclusion. A 5-year

preclusion period is also created if a

previously issued handgun license has been

revoked. The measure requires the OSBI to

conduct a search of the Immigration Alien

Query for non-United States citizens as part

of its background check and requires

applicants to include a declaration of

citizenship or admission number for a non-

United-States citizen. The measure requires

the applicant to acknowledge that the

applicant has reviewed the Federal Bureau

of Investigation Privacy Act Statement. The

measure requires that the license card

contain the date of issuance of the handgun

license.

HB 1643 (Humphrey/Bullard) prohibits any

individual from publishing identifying

information of a law enforcement officer

with the intent to threaten, intimidate,

harass, or stalk law enforcement officials.

Individuals convicted of violating the

provisions of this measure are subject to a

misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months

in the county jail, a fine of up to $1,000.00

or both fine and imprisonment. Punishment

for a second or subsequent offense is up to 1

year in the county jail, a fine of up to

$2,000.00 or both fine and imprisonment.

The measure allows elected county officials

and peace officers to request that the county

assessor not make information available on

the internet.

HB 1651 (Humphrey/Bullard) repeals the

requirement for persons convicted after

November 1, 2012, to be subject to post-

imprisonment supervision for a period of not

less than 9 months nor more than 1 year

following confinement of the person.

HB 1674 (Kevin West/Standridge) provides

that any person who unlawfully obstructs the

normal use of any public street, highway, or

road within by restraining motor vehicle

traffic, by approaching motor vehicles, or by

endangering the safe movement of motor

vehicles or pedestrians are guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in

the county jail, a fine on not less than

$100.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or both

such fine and imprisonment. Additionally,

the person is liable for all damages to person

or property. The measure provides that a

motor vehicle operator who unintentionally

causes injury or death while fleeing a riot is

not to be held criminally or civilly liable.

The measure provides that if an organization

is found to be a conspirator with persons

committing riot related crimes, the

organization may be punished by a fine that

is ten times the amount of said fine

authorized by the appropriate provision.

HB 1679 (Stark/Weaver) creates the Sarah

Stitt Act. The measure directs the

Department Corrections to provide inmates

released from its custody with relevant

documentation to assist the inmate in

obtaining post-release employment and to

coordinate with the Department of Public

Safety to provide a REAL ID Noncompliant

Identification Card if the inmate does not

have a current state-issued identification

card or driver license. The measure provides

that if no other form of identification is

available, the Department of Public Safety

shall allow the use of a Department of

Corrections consolidated record cards to

serve as a valid identification document to

obtain a REAL ID Noncompliant

Identification Card. REAL ID Noncompliant

Identification Cards issued with a

consolidated record card from the

Department of Corrections for inmates shall

be valid for a period of 4 years from the

month of issuance. The fee charged for the

issuance or replacement of a REAL ID

Noncompliant Identification Card shall be

deposited in the Department of Public Safety

Revolving Fund.

HB 1684 (Grego/Coleman) allows a peace

officer to file a report with the district

attorney to see if an arrest is warranted as it

relates to investigations involving certain

gambling offenses.

HB 1753 (CrosswhiteHader/Haste) removes

the requirement for the Carl Albert Mental

Health and Substance Abuse Services

Center to provide a psychiatrist to the

Department of Corrections.

HB 1759 (Ranson/Taylor) prohibits the use

of malicious computer programs on a

computer or computer network as defined in

the measure and provides that is it unlawful

to willfully solicit another of any acts

prohibited by the Oklahoma Computer

Crimes Act.

HB 1770 (Dobrinski/Weaver) provides that

it shall be unlawful for any person to

maliciously throw an object at or in the

direction of any person riding a bicycle,

equine, or animal drawn vehicle. Persons

convicted of violating this provision shall be

subject to a term of imprisonment not more

than 1 year and/or a fine of $500.00.

Additionally, no driver of any vehicle shall

use a horn when passing a person riding a

bicycle, equine or animal-drawn vehicle

under normal conditions if no imminent

danger of a collision exists. The measure

also provides that bicyclists may extend

their arm horizontally to the right to signal a

right turn and may extend their right hand

and arm downward to their right side to

signal a stop or decrease in speed.

HB 1777 (Conley/Weaver) requires

toxicology laboratories collecting and

analyzing blood, breath, saliva, or urine for

law enforcement to be accredited by the

American Board of Forensic Toxicology or

by an accrediting body with an independent

system based upon ISO/IEC 17025

standards.

HB 1880 (Tammy West/Jech) authorizes

district attorneys to create restorative justice

programs for nonviolent offenders who

qualify for a deferred prosecution

agreement. The measure authorizes the

District Attorneys Council to develop and

administer a 5-year restorative justice pilot

program utilizing citizen-led mediation

panels. The measure defines the term

“restorative justice” as an alternative means

to the traditional criminal justice model for

qualifying nonviolent offenses. The measure

provides that the pilot program is to expire

November 1, 2026.

HB 1892 (Boatman/Weaver) creates the

Advisory Task Force on Prevention of

Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation.

The Task Force shall be comprised of 13

members and is directed to study human

trafficking, prostitution, and child

exploitation in the state. The Task Force is

directed to create and provide a report of

such studies to the President Pro Tempore of

the State Senate, the Speaker of the House,

and the Governor by February 1, 2022. A

Senate member of the Task Force is required

to call the first meeting to order by

September 1, 2021. Staff of the Oklahoma

State Senate and Oklahoma House of

Representatives shall jointly assist in

staffing the Advisory Task Force.

HB 1948 (Cruz/Floyd) broadens the term

family or household members as it relates to

the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act

and in the Domestic Abuse Reporting Act to

include persons otherwise related by blood

or marriage.

HB 1967 (Nollan/Pemberton) requires

school bus drivers to report a violation of

passing a loading or unloading school bus

on or before the end of the next business day

following the alleged offense instead of

within 24 hours of the alleged offense.

HB 2053 (McCall/Standridge) requires law

enforcement officers issuing a citation for

unsafe tire tread depth to include the tread

depth of the offending tire on the citation.

HB 2054 (McCall/Standridge) authorizes

motorists to drive in the left lane while not

attempting to pass another motorist if the

left lane is on a county road and if the

roadway is not part of the Interstate or

turnpike system.

HB 2056 (McCall/Rader) provides that

when there is an active lien from a

commercial lender in place on a vehicle,

motor license agents shall be prohibited

from transferring the certificate of title on

that vehicle until the lien is satisfied.

HB 2095 (Lepak/Daniels) modifies

racketeering as relates to the Oklahoma

Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt

Organizations Act to include unlawful

assemblies.

HB 2236 (May/Weaver) creates a new

felony for failing to report to an employer,

insurance carrier, or thirdparty administrator

any earned income while receiving

temporary total disability benefits. The

measure also changes the qualification

requirements for personnel assigned to the

Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigation

Unit by requiring personnel to be certified as

a peace officer by the Oklahoma Council on

Law Enforcement Education and Training in

lieu of a minimum of 3 years of certified law

enforcement experience.

HB 2275 (Josh West/Pemberton) directs the

Community Sentencing Division of the

Department of Corrections to submit

statistical information relating to community

sentencing participation by county, the total

number of qualifying and non-qualifying

community sentences per month for each

local community sentencing system, total

number of community sentences ordered per

month, program participation, and the

annual average cost per offender. The

measure provides that a copy of the report

must be submitted to the Oklahoma

Statistical Analysis Center for publication

on the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation’s website.

HB 2295 (Dustin Roberts/Leewright)

provides that a person arrested for the

violation of a protective order, an act of

domestic violence, domestic abuse, stalking

or harassment shall not be eligible for a

personal recognizance bond.

HB 2316 (Lawson/Rader) modifies the

competency evaluation process to include

youthful offenders in addition to

delinquency. The measure also adds

language that a copy of the child’s petition

or information is presented to the court. The

measure also modifies who may file a

motion for determination of competency to

state that the district attorney or the child’s

attorney shill file this motion under a

reasonable basis. At any time prior to or

during delinquency or youthful offender

proceedings, the Office of Juvenile Affairs

may file a Motion to Intervene to raise

issues of competency.

HB 2515 (Stinson/Daniels) clarifies that

child abuse and neglect may apply to any

person responsible for the health of the child

instead of merely the child’s parents.

HB 2544 (Stinson/Jech) redefines the

definition of vulnerable adult to remove the

requirement to have to be in a nursing home.

HB 2546 (Munson/Floyd) creates the

“Sexual Assault Victims’ Right to

Information Act. The measure provides that

a sexual assault victim retains the rights

provided in the measure regardless of

whether the victim agrees to participate in

the criminal justice system at any time and

regardless of whether the victim agrees to

receive a medical evidentiary examination to

collect sexual assault forensic evidence.

Such rights include the right to

confidentially consult, either in person

virtually or telephonically, with a sexual

assault victims’ advocate before the

commencement of any medical evidentiary

or physical examination and the right to

request and receive the results and status of

the analysis of the sexual assault forensic

evidence relating to the victim. Additionally,

if the victim retains counsel, such counsel

may be present during all stages of the

investigation or other interaction with

representatives from the legal or criminal

justice systems within the state.

HB 2645 (Echols/Bergstrom) prohibits any

person from carrying a firearm on 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. Such events must meet the

criteria outlined in the measure. A person

may carry a firearm on such property if the

property does not meet the minimum-

security provisions outlined in the measure.

HB 2656 (Echols/Taylor) modifies

definition of marijuana to strike the

reference to cannabidiol as it relates to a

federally approved drug or substance. The

measure provides that any prescription drug

approved by the federal Food and Drug

Administration that is designated,

rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled

substance under federal law is to be

excluded from Schedule I and must be

prescribed, distributed, dispensed, or used in

accordance with federal law unless the

Board of Pharmacy acts. If the Board of

Pharmacy does not act, the drug is deemed

to be designated, rescheduled, or deleted as

a controlled substance.

HB 2666 (Echols/Garvin) clarifies the

definition of rape to include acts within or

without the bonds of matrimony.

HB 2773 (Pfeiffer/Weaver) requires

members of the Pardon and Parole Board to

uphold and promote the independence,

impartiality, fairness, and integrity of the

Board and to avoid impropriety or the

appearance of impropriety. A member of the

Board who determines that circumstances

would cause a reasonable person with

knowledge of all the relevant facts would

question the board members impartiality the

board member must disclose any potential

conflict of interest and withdraw from

participation in the matter.

HB 2774 (Pfeiffer/Bullard) requires all law

enforcement agencies, sheriffs, jailers,

prison keepers, and their deputies who have

custody of a person who is the subject of an

immigration detainer request to comply with

any request made in the immigration

detainer request provided by the federal

government and to inform persons identified

in the immigration detainer request that they

are being held because of the request. If a

person provides proof of citizenship,

sheriffs, jailers, and prison keepers are not

required to hold the person. The measure

also requires all sheriffs, jailers, prison

keepers, and their deputies to allow

reasonable access to their detention facilities

to the United States Immigration and

Customs Enforcement for the purpose of

identifying inmates.

HB 2877 (Wallace/Taylor) authorizes

sheriffs and peace officers to utilize

telemedicine to assess a person whom the

officer reasonably believes needs treatment

by a mental health professional.

Additionally, the measure requires officers

to transport such individuals in need of

treatment or subject to an emergency

detention or protective custody order to the

nearest facility within a 30- mile radius. The

law enforcement agency that transported

such an individual to an urgent recovery

clinic shall be responsible for any

subsequent transportation of such individual

pending completion of the initial

assessment, emergency detention, protective

custody, or inpatient services. If no such

facility is available, transportation to a

facility shall be completed by either the

Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services or an entity contracted by

the Department for alternative

transportation.

Public Safety and Law Enforcement

Funding

SB 1054 (Thompson/Wallace) directs

monies from the General Appropriations

Bill (HB 2900) provided to the Department

of Public Safety to be spent in the following

manner:

1) $439,120.00 for any necessary

expenditures related to interoperable

communications inside the State Capitol

Building

2) $4,000,000.00 to hold a trooper academy

or additionally academies, subject to

available funding.

SB 1082 (Thompson/Wallace) apportions

the appropriations made to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce in HB 2900 in the

following manner:

1) $1,460,000.00) to implement the

provisions of Aerospace Commerce

Economic Services Act

2) $15,000,000.00 shall be used to fund and

implement the Oklahoma Accelerator

Program

HB 1015 (Roe/McCortney) strikes obsolete

language as it relates to reimbursing county

jails for medical care provided to inmates.

HB 2908 (Wallace/Thompson) requires the

Department of Corrections to direct funds in

the following manner:

1) $8 million to improve the correctional

officer to inmate ratio at correctional

facilities

2) $9.24 million for hepatitis C treatment;

3) $1.8 million for a contractual per diem

increase at the Lawton Correctional and

Rehabilitation Facility; and

4) $9,235,258 for transfer to the Department

of Corrections Offender Management

System Revolving Fund.

Agency

FY21

Appropriation

FY22

Appropriation

Change

from

Original

Department of

Public Safety

$101,824,395

$102,827,246

0.98%

Oklahoma

State Bureau

Investigation

$75,480,361

$68,241,076

-9.59%

Oklahoma

Bureau of

Narcotics and

Dangerous

Drugs

$3,145,330

0.00%

Council on

Law

Enforcement

Education and

Training

$3,370,833

$3,661,579

8.63%

Alcoholic

Beverage

Laws

Enforcement

Commission

$2,898,589

$2,753,659

-5.00%

Public Employees-

Retirement/Insurance/Pay/Benefits

SB 107 (Montgomery/Russ) authorizes the

Office of Management and Enterprise

Services to renew vision plan contracts with

plan providers for succeeding 1-year terms if

the provider had a contract for the

immediately preceding year. The Office may

require the provider to submit rate

schedules, contact information for the plan,

policy limits and applicable deductibles, and

billing practices of the plan prior to the

renewal.

SB 267 (Pemberton/Nichols) provides for

members of the Teacher Retirement System

that retired as of July 1, 2020, who received

benefits for at least 1 year to be reemployed

by a school district with no limitations on

earnings, provided the teacher was not

employed in a school district during the 1-

year period.

$90,000,000

$95,000,000

$100,000,000

$105,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Department of Public Safety

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation

$3,000,000

$3,100,000

$3,200,000

$3,300,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Oklahoma Bureau of

Narcotics and Dangerous

Drugs

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

$3,000,000

$4,000,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Council on Law Enforcement

Education and Training

$2,600,000

$2,800,000

$3,000,000

$3,200,000

FY19…

FY20…

FY21…

FY 22…

Alcoholic Beverage Laws

Enforcement Commission

SB 333 (Simpson/Townley) extends the

time limit within which accrued

compensatory time may be used by state

employees and provides for such accrued

time to be carried over into the new fiscal

year after the Governor declares an

emergency.

SB 650 (David/Echols) modifies the

statutory minimum benefit allowance

amount for employee benefit plans

beginning with Plan Year 2022. The act

requires that the allowance amount for Plan

Year 2022 be increased by 2% from the

previous year’s amount and provides for an

additional 2% increase in the allowance

amount for Plan Year 2023 from the

previous year’s amount. It then establishes

the allowance amount in Plan 2023 as the

statutory minimum benefit allowance

amount.

SB 683 (Kidd/Lepak) removes the

requirement for full-time nonclassified

optional personnel to have been regularly

employed for a full year before joining the

Teachers’ Retirement System. The measure

also provides for all nonclassified optional

personnel regularly employed for 20 hours

or more per week to be enrolled in the

System upon hiring. Such persons may opt

out of the System within 30 days of hiring.

The opt out shall be irrevocable, unless the

person is later hired into a classified

position.

SB 684 (Weaver/Moore) 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 to enter into

bilateral interagency transfers among

commissioned law enforcement officers.

The measure specifies that such transfers

must be for a period between 2-5 years.

SB 687 (Weaver/Humphrey) directs the 9-1-

1 Management Authority to begin

implementing the Next Generation 9-1- 1

program, which shall provide for

connectivity and interoperability between

state, regional, and local next-generation

systems. Training program standards must

include instruction on recognizing the need

for and delivery of HighQuality

Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) following

evidence-based, nationally recognized

guidelines that can be delivered by 9-1-1

call takers. Additionally, the measure directs

the Oklahoma Tax Commission to provide

the Authority a monthly report showing the

9-1-1 wireless fee deposits including the

name of the provider and the amount of each

deposit.

SB 745 (Weaver/Dobrinski) modifies the

annual retirement pay of retired police

officers to the annual salary limit of the

Economic Growth and Tax Relief

Reconciliation Act of 2001 multiplied by

2.5% multiplied by the number of years of

credited service. The measure provides for

members who retire as a result of a disability

to have such payments multiplied by 20

years of credited service, regardless of

whether the member served 20 years or not,

or the actual years of credited service if the

member served more than 20 years. At no

time shall a member receiving benefits

receive less than the amount the member

was receiving as of June 30, 2002.

SB 809 (Weaver/Ford) authorizes campus

police officers to retain the sidearm and

badge issued to them prior to retirement.

The measure provides that compensatory

time that accrued or expired during

emergency declarations issued in response

to the novel coronavirus shall carry over to

the end of the fiscal year following the year

in which the emergency declaration ended.

HB 2278 (Josh West/Rosino) measure

provides that, as it relates to distributions in

the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and

Retirement System required to be made after

December 31, 2019, for individuals who are

70 ½ years old after that date, such

distributions shall take into account that age

70 ½ was stricken from the Code and

replaced by age 72.

HB 2293 (Dustin Roberts/Paxton) excludes

compensation paid to teachers if the sole

source of such compensation was paid for in

whole by federal funds or an externally