Legislation – from Wendi

Week 10

This week was the final week of committee work. We finished hearing the Senate bills in the House committees and the Senate heard the House bills. The bills that have survived the process thus far are now eligible to heard on the floor. The final step will be to send the bills to the governor’sContinue reading “Week 10”

Week 7

We just finished one of the deadline weeks at the Oklahoma State Capitol. This deadline required passing all bills to be heard this session out of the chamber of origin. Each chamber sent more than 300 bills to the other chamber and now the process will begin again. With so many bills to consider, IContinue reading “Week 7”

Week 6

This week was the annual OYE (Oklahoma Youth Expo) at the State Fairgrounds in OKC. Students who participate in FFA and 4H across the state attend this weeklong event to exhibit their livestock. The OYE Legislative Showmanship event is held annually and gives legislators an opportunity to learn from local students how to show livestock.Continue reading “Week 6”

Week 5

In the Oklahoma Legislature we are increasingly hearing bills promoting public-private business partnerships. Through legislation and executive negotiations, these partnerships are infiltrating many industries such as healthcare, mental health, tourism, agriculture, education, and energy. Ours is properly designed as a system of free and voluntary exchange. A free market is always the most efficient allocationContinue reading “Week 5”

Special Session: Redistricting

I insist on placing truth and transparency in governance above the mere appearance of unity. If House Republicans go into a special session being told that the appearance of a unified front is of utmost importance, we have set the stage for a week of compromise at the expense of the people we are electedContinue reading “Special Session: Redistricting”

HB1236

HB1236 passed the House 79 to 18 (breaking largely along party lines). The purpose of HB1236 was to assert the authority of the Oklahoma Legislature, under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, to reserve to itself those powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to theContinue reading “HB1236”