2023 Legislation

Bill	Principal Authors	Committees	Current Status
HB1001	Olsen, Jim (H)	H Public Safety (H) - 02/07/2023 H Public Safety (H) - 02/28/2023 H States' Powers (H) - 02/28/2023 H States' Powers (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1001, by Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, reduces the minimum age at which a person is allowed to carry or transport a concealed or unconcealed weapon to 18 years of age from 21 years of age by reference to the Oklahoma Constitution's provisions regarding the minimum age to vote.
HB1006	West, Rick (H) Murdock, Casey (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1006, by Rep. Rick West, R-Heavner and Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, requires students absent from school be given an excused absence if the reason for such absence is to participate in scheduled 4-H activities or programs as approved by the county 4-H educator. It requires the number of excused absences allowed to be subject to the attendance policy of the school district board of education. It requires a 4-H educator provide documentation as proof of student participation in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H upon request from a school principal or attendance officer. It requires students be given the opportunity to make up any schoolwork missed while participating in activities or programs sponsored by 4-H. It prohibits students from having their class grades adversely affected for lack of attendance or participation due to their participation in activities or programs sponsored by 4-H. It prohibits a school principal or his or her from crediting a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H with an excused absence if the participation occurs during the schedule established by the State Board of Education for the administration of statewide student assessments or any period of time for which the student has been disciplined, suspended, or expelled, if the terms of punishment would preclude the student from participating in an educational field trip or extracurricular activity.
HB1010	West, Rick (H)	H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023 H General Government (H) - 02/14/2023 H General Government (H) - 02/15/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1010, by Rep. Rick West, R-Heavner, permits any state agency, department, institution, or satellite office that is subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act but is located in a county without contracted vendors to purchase necessary equipment and supplies from a local business without first obtaining a waiver from or the permission of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services' Purchasing Division. It requires any state agency that elects to make purchases from local vendors to maintain a document file for each acquisition the state agency makes and requires it include, at a minimum, justification for the acquisition, supporting documentation, copies of all contracts, if any, pertaining to the acquisition, evaluations, written reports if required by contract and any other information the State Purchasing Director requires to be kept.
HB1028	Talley, John (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1028, by Rep. John Talley, R-Stillwater, modifies the prohibition on use of corporal punishment on certain students. It removes the exception for a parental waiver of the prohibition.
HB1029	Talley, John (H) Stanley, Brenda (S)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/22/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB1029, by Rep. John Talley, R-Stillwater and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, requires the State Department of Education Office of Federal Programs to adopt a standard form for school districts to use to identify homeless students. Parents, or students if they are not in their parent's custody, must fill out the form annually at enrollment.
HB1035	Rosecrants, Jacob (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1035, by Rep. Jacob Rosecrants, D-Norman, adds mental health counseling and occupational therapy appointments to the exemptions for a child to attend school. It clarifies language related to custody and control of children.
HB1041	Randleman, Randy (H) Stanley, Brenda (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB1041, by Rep. Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, permits a school district to issue an alternate diploma to a student who meets the definition of a student with the most significant cognitive disabilities and who participates in the Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP) beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. It requires an alternate diploma be standards-based, aligned with requirements for a standard diploma, and obtained by the school year in which a student turns 22 years of age. It provides that an alternate diploma will not terminate a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) unless they reach the maximum age of FAPE. It requires the IEP team to determine subsequent courses and services for students who receive an alternate diploma. It prohibits students participating in the OAAP from being precluded from attempting to meet the requirements of a standard diploma and participation in the OAAP will not determine a student's educational setting under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The bill permits students who meet requirements for an alternate diploma to count as having received a standard diploma for purposes of calculating and reporting the adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR). It permits a student to be awarded an alternate diploma upon completion of specified curriculum units or sets of competencies at the secondary level.
HB1372	West, Tammy (H)	H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/07/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/20/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1372, by Rep. Tammy West, R-Bethany, requires a candidate receiving more than 50 percent of the votes case in a school board of education primary election to be seated at the first meeting following the April election date.
HB1376	Boatman, Jeff (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1376, by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, requires school districts to provide school meals for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years at no cost to a child who is a member of a household in which the total annual income during the preceding tax year does not exceed an amount equal to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
HB1397	Lepak, Mark (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1397, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, requires the State Department of Education to develop a curriculum about the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968, the natural law and natural rights principles, and the tactics of non-violent resistance employed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It allows the course to be taught as a stand-alone unit or integrated into pre-existing course work. It requires there to be an additional unit of instruction studying other acts of discriminatory injustice, such as genocide, committed elsewhere around the globe.
HB1424	Vancuren, Mark (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/27/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/28/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1424, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, requires an Education Employee Assistance Program be created within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. It permits the program to provide assistance to public school districts in the management of employees whose personal problems may have a negative impact on job performance. It also permits the program to provide for assessment, referral, consultation, and problem resolution assistance to school district employees and their family members seeking corrective help with medical or mental health problems, including alcohol or drug abuse and emotional, marital, familial, financial, or other personal problems. It requires participation in the Education Employee Assistance Program to be voluntary. The bill permits the department to contract with entities to carry out the purposes and functions of the Education Employee Assistance Program and requires it to establish standards and criteria for entities to be eligible to contract with the department. It requires the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to promulgate necessary rules and to establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of the Education Employee Assistance Program. It provides the bill's provisions do not nullify a school district's existing employee assistance program or prohibit a school district from establishing its own employee assistance program, provided programs established by school districts will be subject to compliance with rules promulgated by the board to ensure equitable treatment of employees. It establishes requirements for records related to employee participation in the Education Employee Assistance .
HB1425	Vancuren, Mark (H) Stanley, Brenda (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB1425, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, extends the application of whistleblower protections to school support employees.
HB1426	Vancuren, Mark (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1426, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, prohibits accumulated sick leave from being lost due to any break in employment and prohibits the ability to transfer accumulated sick leave to be negated due to any break in employment for school employees.
HB1441	Provenzano, Melissa (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1441, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, removes certain requirements for when school employees have to go through certain professional developments and gives local school boards of when those trainings will occur.
HB1445	Provenzano, Melissa (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1445, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, requires a school district board of education post on its website a copy of the bond proposal, including each project to be funded by the bond proceeds, a description of each project, and the estimated cost for each project 30 days before a bond election.
HB1446	Provenzano, Melissa (H)	H General Government (H) - 02/02/1202 H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1446, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, requires, if a student completes any required courses or sets of competencies in mathematics prior to ninth grade, for those to be counted toward the units necessary to fulfill mathematics courses required for graduation.
HB1544	Moore, Anthony (H) Rader, Dave (S)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H Engrossed
	Paraphrase HB1544, by Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton and Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, defines an �athletic trainer� as a person employed full-time by a board of education who is a Certified Athletic Trainer with current certification from the Board of Certification of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and is also currently licensed to practice in the state in accordance with the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. It requires an athletic trainer employed by a board of education to be accorded the same protection of laws and all other benefits as a certified teacher
HB1634	Staires, Clay (H) Bergstrom, Micheal (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/16/2023	H Engrossed
	Paraphrase HB1634, by Rep. Clay Staires, R-Skiatook and Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, allows for the search of shoes and hand and head coverings of students.
HB1758	Manger, Robert (H)	H County & Municipal Government (H) - 02/07/2023 H County & Municipal Government (H) - 02/27/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1758, by Rep. Robert Manger, R-Oklahoma City, prohibits county assessors from using an unmanned aircraft to inspect real or personal property for the purpose of valuation, data collection, or any other purpose related to the assessor�s duties.
HB1770	Hasenbeck, Toni (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1770, by Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, requires school districts to provide remediation to students who score below benchmark on the ACT or SAT.
HB1823	Conley, Sherrie (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/21/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/27/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1823, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, creates the Elections Reform Act of 2023.
HB1825	Conley, Sherrie (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1825, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires a county treasurer to provide a property tax bill for any property sold to an entity that is exempt from paying property tax when requested by the seller. The requirement to provide the tax bill is retroactive to property sales occurring on or after January 1, 2023.
HB1840	Kerbs, Dell (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1840, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee, transfers the administration of the school lunch program to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture from the State Department of Education, effective July 1, 2025.
HB1863	Kerbs, Dell (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023	Prefiled
	Paraphrase HB1863, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee,
HB1882	Waldron, John (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1882, by Rep. John Waldron, D-Tulsa, prohibits annual reports as provided under the Oklahoma School Testing Program from assigning grades to school sites and school districts.
HB1934	McCall, Charles (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 03/01/2023 H Rules (H) - 03/02/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1934, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka, provides that schools provide plans for parent participation in curriculum transparency and content appropriateness.
HB1935	McCall, Charles (H) Daniels, Julie (S)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/16/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023 S Public Safety (S) - 02/23/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB1935, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, creates the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act. It provides refundable tax credits to students not participating in public education, in amounts of $5,000 per child for private school attendance and $2,500 for homeschool attendance.
HB1936	McCall, Charles (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 03/02/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB1936, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka, requires the transfer of a student from one school site to another school site within the school district where the student resides to be approved at any time in the year, unless the grade level of the receiving school site has reached capacity. It requires that if the capacity of a grade level is insufficient to enroll all eligible students, the school district must select intra-district transfer students based on the preferences outlined therein and then in the order in which the intra-district transfer applications were received. It requires the capacity of a school site to be determined by the school district board of education based on its policy adopted. It allows a student to be granted a one-year intra-district transfer and may automatically continue to attend the school each school year to which the student transferred with the approval of the school district. It provides that at the end of each school year, a school district can deny continued intra-district transfer of the student for the reasons outlined therein. It allows any sibling of a student who transfers intra-district to attend the school site to which the student transferred, if the school district policy gives preference to sibling transfers regardless of capacity, and the sibling of the transferred student does not meet a basis for denial as outlined therein. It requires that buy the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year, the school district board of education must establish the number of intra-district transfer students the school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site within the district. It requires that after establishing the number of intra-district transfer students the school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site, the board of education must: publish in a prominent place on the school district website the number of intra-district transfer students for each grade level for each school site within the school district which the district has the capacity to accept; and report to the State Department of Education the number of intra-district transfer students for each grade level for each school site within the school district which the district has the capacity to accept.
HB2002	Conley, Sherrie (H)	H Judiciary -- Criminal (H) - 02/07/2023 H Judiciary -- Criminal (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2002, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, modifies the definition of �obscene material.�
HB2003	Boatman, Jeff (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2003, by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, allows the county treasurer to allow taxpayers owning taxable property within the county the option to prepay taxes levied upon an ad valorem basis using the prepayment option provided therein. It requires the prepayment option to allow taxpayers to make installment payments to pay toward taxes levied upon an ad valorem basis for the following fiscal year.
HB2007	Davis, Dean (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2007, by Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, allows for the search of the shoes, socks, and hand and head coverings of students.
HB2009	Davis, Dean (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2009, by Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, modifies class size limits as well as stipends for certain teachers.
HB2017	Ranson, Trish (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2017, by Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, requires the State Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, in consultation with school district superintendents and school district boards of education, to develop and make available to school districts information, training, and resources to help school employees recognize and address the mental health needs of students. It requires the information made available to school districts to include, but not be limited to, information about violence de-escalation.
HB2050	Hardin, David (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2050, by Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell, prohibits any student who is 18 years of age, and who has not completed four years of high school work, from neglecting or refusing to attend and comply with the rules of some public, private, or other school, or receive an education by other means for the full term the schools of the district are in session. It provides exemptions.
HB2078	Caldwell, Chad (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2078, by Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid, requires all material purchased by a public school or made available on school property, including professional development material be made available to members of the board of education of the school district, members of the State Board of Education, employees of the State Department of Education and legislators.
HB2108	Pae, Daniel (H) Howard, Brent (S)	H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023 H General Government (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2108, by Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton and Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus, defines a public health emergency and allows public bodies to conduct public meetings and executive sessions utilizing digital means as long as no public official is counted as present while utilizing digital means for more than one-fourth of the regular or special meetings in a one year time period, a quorum of members are physically present, and the person using the digital means must confirm by audio or visual affirmation to the public to be the actual member and can only participate from a fixed location. The bill sets requirements for documents provided digitally during a meeting and gives certain liability, and directs how minutes of such a meeting should be handled. The bill requires if a public body maintains a website, has dedicated information technology employees, and has immediate access to a high-speed internet connection, meetings held without a physical meeting place open to the public be streamed live on a website, made available by telephonic means, or video of the meeting made available through an alternative website. The bill requires video of such meetings to be maintained by the public body and available to the public for a period of at least seven business days after the meetings become official. The bill prohibits the use of private electronic communications concerning public business among members of the governing body during a public meeting.
HB2114	Martinez, Ryan (H)	H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023 H General Government (H) - 02/28/2023 H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 02/28/2023 H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 03/02/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2114, by Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, removes language that requires certain identification documents to be issued only to US citizens, nationals and legal permanent residents. The bill prohibits any applicant or licensee providing an individual tax identification number to Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator from being provided voter registration services. It requires Service Oklahoma to, at least quarterly, transmit to the Secretary of the State Election Board identifying information that includes the name, date of birth, residential address, and mailing address, of all applicants or licensees who have provided an individual tax identification number. It requires the State Election Board Secretary compare the transmitted identifying information with the list of registered voters in each county and to notify the secretary of any relevant county election board of any matches based on the identifying information provided by Service Oklahoma. It requires the county election board secretary to notify the proper authority to investigate whether a violation related to voting crimes or voter registration has occurred. It requires a person applying for the issuance or renewal of a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License who provides an individual tax identification number (ITIN) to pay an additional $500 fee that will be deposited into the Service Oklahoma Revolving Fund.
HB2136	McDugle, Kevin (H)	H Public Safety (H) - 02/07/2023 H Public Safety (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2136, by Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, explicitly allows a handgun to be carried in any structure, building, or office space which is owned or leased by a city or town for the purpose of conducting business with the public, allows municipalities to authorize certain employees or public officials to have a concealed or unconcealed handgun or other firearms in a firearm-prohibited location owned, leased or maintained property by the municipality.
HB2139	McDugle, Kevin (H)	H Public Safety (H) - 02/07/2023 H Public Safety (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2139, by Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, allows someone to carry a handgun on school property if they possess a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and meet other requirements authorized by the board of education of the school district.
HB2158	Lowe, Dick (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2158, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, requires school districts provide a half unit or set of competencies of personal financial literacy to be taken in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade.
HB2162	Lowe, Dick (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2162, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, increases minimum salary schedule for teachers.
HB2169	Lowe, Dick (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2169, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, allows assessors 18 months to be accredited after being elected to office, includes contractors in certain requirements, changes requirements for fees to be paid to certain accounts. The bill requires that each elected county assessor, first deputies, and all personnel, including contractors, involved in the appraisal of all energy producing properties, including petroleum, wind energy, and solar energy real property and personal property assets shall be required to successfully complete a course provided by the Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government Technology on the valuation of energy producing properties within twelve (12) months of the effective date of this act.
HB2171	Ford, Ross (H)	H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/07/2023 H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/27/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2171, by Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, directs the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System to authorize a one-time benefit distribution to members who have been retired for at least two years, and sets the benefit increase between $1,500 and $3,200 without modifying the final average compensation and sets further requirements.
HB2180	West, Kevin (H) Thompson, Kristen (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2180, by Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore and Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-, directs a student enrolled in a virtual charter school alternative education program designated by the State Department of Education who attends a full abbreviated school day be counted in full attendance for purposes of computing the average daily attendance and average daily membership of the virtual charter school.
HB2181	West, Kevin (H)	H Public Health (H) - 02/07/2023 H Public Health (H) - 02/22/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2181, by Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits any person having or suspected of having a communicable disease to be compelled to be moved from the place where they are sick to any place other than their own residence unless the individual does not reside in a permanent residence. The bill prohibits any person with a communicable disease or head lice from attending school and makes it the responsibility of the parent or guardian to exclude the school from such a person in compliance with the school�s communicable disease policy. The bill removes language related to certain agreements. The bill repeals statues related to removing diseased people from a premise.
HB2249	Burns, Ty (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2249, by Rep. Ty Burns, R-Morrison, allows students who transfer during summer break in accordance to the Education Open Transfer Act to be eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. The bill states student who is the dependent child of a member of the active uniformed military services of the United States who transfers will be eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association on the first day of attendance at the receiving school.
HB2258	Sterling, Danny (H) Green, Grant (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2258, by Rep. Danny Sterling, R-Tecumseh and Sen. Grant Green, R-, requires one unit of set of competencies of agricultural power and technology, agricultural communications, or agricultural horticulture offered by a comprehensive high school career and technology education program.
HB2260	Sterling, Danny (H) Floyd, Kay (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2260, by Rep. Danny Sterling, R-Tecumseh and Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, allows civil settlements to affect teacher employment.
HB2265	Johns, Ronny (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2265, by Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada, allows a school district to offer students in grades eleven and twelve an elective course in law enforcement and sets certain standards for the course.
HB2279	Echols, Jon (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2279, by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, requires the Board of Trustees of each of the state's six pension systems to grant benefit increases when there is positive inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It amends the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act to include a safe harbor clause that allows the bill to be treated as a nonfiscal retirement bill in the legislative process.
HB2314	Hilbert, Kyle (H) Pugh, Adam (S)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/22/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2314, by Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, deletes requirement limiting student transportation within boundaries of the school district. The bill allows a board of education to provide transportation to students living outside of the boundaries and routes established by the State Board of Education.
HB2318	McBride, Mark (H) Thompson, Roger (S)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023	H Engrossed
	Paraphrase HB2318, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, extends the provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship tax credit to contributions made to eligible college and university foundations. The tax credits are capped at $25 million total for all university foundations, and $6 million per individual institution of higher education.
HB2358	Boles, Brad (H) Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2358, by Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, removes class size penalty if the class size limitation is exceeded because the school district received siblings and children in foster care.
HB2377	Culver, Bob (H)	H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 02/07/2023 H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 02/23/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2377, by Rep. Bob Culver, R-Tahlequah, creates the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
HB2414	Johns, Ronny (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2414, by Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada, requires members of a charter school sponsor governing board which contracts with an education management organization to complete instruction and continuing education. The bill requires any state funds appropriated to any charter school to remain public funds maintained in public accounts subject to audit and oversight. It requires the State Auditor and Inspector to conduct an operating agreement review in the third year of the charter school contract term.
HB2504	Lepak, Mark (H)	H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/07/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/13/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2504, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, creates the Federal Election Communications Transparency Act of 2023 to ensure that the Governor and State Legislature are made aware of all communications made to state agencies responsible for overseeing elections by any federal executive branch agency. The bill creates the Unlawful Federalization of Elections Act of 2023 and requires federal election guidance be reviewed by the State Legislature before it is carried out.
HB2513	Pittman, Ajay (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2513, by Rep. Ajay Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, requires the State Department of Education to establish a Handle with Care Program to enable a law enforcement officer to notify the program when a child is exposed to a traumatic even or other even that may affect his or her ability to succeed at school. It requires the Department to establish guidelines and provide training.
HB2528	Lepak, Mark (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/21/2023 H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/27/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2528, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, modifies various definitions related to the Oklahoma Teacher's Retirement System. The bill establishes a five-year vesting period for those who become a member of the Teachers' Retirement System after July 1, 1967, through October 31, 2017. It also gives those members an indefinite extension of membership beginning with the sixth year following the member's last contributing membership. The bill modifies how members make proper application for retirement. It provides procedures for a joint annuitant's death. The bill modifies retirement options. The bill releases the system from liability under certain circumstances. It modifies how certain expenses are to be paid. The bill specifies when a member must be physically present to complete the terms of the employment contract. It modifies earnings limits.
HB2540	O'Donnell, Terry (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/22/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2540, by Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa, requires a school district board of education to spend at least 65 percent of its operational expenditures on classroom expenditures. It defines the terms "classroom expenditures" and "operational expenditures."
HB2546	O'Donnell, Terry (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2546, by Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa, requires classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity not occur in kindergarten through grade five or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.
HB2555	Baker, Rhonda (H) McBride, Mark (H) Thompson, Roger (S)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023	H Engrossed
	Paraphrase HB2555, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, creates the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program, a four-year pilot program to encourage high school graduates to pursue degree-seeking or certificate-seeking post-secondary education training in industries which are critical to the economic growth of the state. It requires the program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, which will establish. the scholarship amounts and student eligibility for the program may vary by individual higher education institution or technology center school. It establishes minimum eligibility requirements for students. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to identify eligible critical industry programs offered by state public higher education institutions and state public technology center schools in coordination with the State Board of Career and Technology Education and requires they include computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity programs. It requires the program to match state funds up to $15.0 million on a pro rata basis with funds from state public higher education institutions, state public technology center schools, and private funding sources to provide scholarships for eligible students. It requires state matching funds be capped for each higher education institution and technology center school. It permits the chancellor to make reductions in the payments made to participants if sufficient funds are not available to award scholarships to eligible participants during any fiscal year. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to set aside funds for the full commitment made to a participating student at the time a scholarship is awarded on behalf of the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to utilize Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program designated funds for administration of the program. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in cooperation with the State Board of Career and Technology Education to prepare and submit an annual report on the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program on or before July 1 of each year to the House Speaker, Senate President Pro Tempore and the Governor.
HB2558	Baker, Rhonda (H) McBride, Mark (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2558, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, updates references to the Commission on Educational Quality and Accountability. It requires the State Board of Education to provide a bonus in the amount of $3,000 annually over a five-year period, to be paid not later than January 31 each year, to teachers with National Board Certification. The bill modifies the requirements for the bonus. It reduces the duration of the bonus to five years from 10 years. It removes salaries for those with National Board Certification from the Minimum Salary Schedule.
HB2559	Baker, Rhonda (H) McBride, Mark (H) Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023	H Engrossed
	Paraphrase HB2559, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, changes the name of the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive to the Inspired to Teach Program. It permits students who have completed high-school level instruction at home, or completed General Educational Development (GED) test requirements to participate in the program. It defines the term "full-time student."
HB2562	Baker, Rhonda (H) McBride, Mark (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2562, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, modifies the membership of the State Board of Education. It increases the total membership from 10 to 11. It changes the appointing authorities for board members. It requires the Governor appoint six member and requires the House Speaker and the Senate President Pro Tempore each appoint two members. It sets qualifications for the appointees. It updates language regarding vacancies to conform.
HB2569	McBride, Mark (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/15/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/15/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2569, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, imposes a moratorium on the State Board of Education's ability to approve and impose new school accreditation rules without specific legislative authorization. It requires the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability to review and prepare a report, by January 1, 2024, of all statutes and rules the State Board uses to determine school accreditation and deficiencies.
HB2672	Baker, Rhonda (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2672, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires a dyslexia awareness program offered as teachers� professional development be approved by the State Department of Education. The bill removes language that school districts will not be required to electronically submit the annual updates to the Board if the last plan submitted to the Board was approved and expenditures for the program include only expenses relating to individual and small group tutoring, purchase of and training in the use of screening and assessment measures, summer school programs and Saturday school programs. The bill requires, each year on or before October 1, a school district to report to the State Board Education for students enrolled in prekindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, and third grades the number of retained students, the number of times a student has been retained, and the number of students in transitional classrooms. The bill modifies the allocation of funds under the Reading Sufficiency Act. It establishes uses for the funds.
HB2673	Baker, Rhonda (H) Pugh, Adam (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2673, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, permit, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the statewide student assessment system to include a retest of the nationally recognized college- and career-readiness assessment administered pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of this subsection, or nationally recognized, portable career-readiness assessments that lead to a National Career Readiness Certificate. It requires the assessments be available for students in the fall semester of their twelfth grade year and be administered at no cost to students.
HB2674	Baker, Rhonda (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2674, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires the subject matter standards for computer science include an emphasis on computing systems, networks and the Internet, data and analysis, algorithms and programming, and impacts of computing. It modifies the requirements to graduate to include computer science or technology, engineering, aerospace, or aviation in place of computer technology. The bill modifies the requirements for a report by the State Department of Education regarding computer science courses or content offered at each school and district during the previous school year.
HB2675	Baker, Rhonda (H) Stanley, Brenda (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2675, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, creates until Nov. 1, 2024, a task force to study and make recommendations to modernize the high school graduation requirements in Oklahoma. The bill establishes membership and meeting requirements. It requires the task force submit a report of its findings and recommendations by Nov. 1, 2024, to the Governor, House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore.
HB2676	Baker, Rhonda (H)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2676, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, clarifies language related to the School District Empowerment Program. The bill modifies certain definitions. The bill removes language that requires each school district board of education maintain and annually review, following consultation with or involvement of representatives selected by local teachers, a written policy of evaluation and corresponding professional development for all teachers and administrators. The bill removes language that requires certain data collected pursuant to be available to authorized representatives of the State Department of Education and its contracting designees. The bill removes the requirement that Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System include an individualized program of professional development for all teachers and administrators as adopted by the school district board of education. It permits school districts to submit a request to the State Board of Education to use an alternate evaluation system other than the system selected by the board if the school district establishes the capacity to implement a research-based performance review evaluation system which meets the criteria of the TLE system. The bill permits the State Department of Education to collect school district evaluation information only as is required for federal reporting. It removes the requirement that certain evaluation requirements apply to teachers who are employed on temporary contracts for a complete school year and to teachers who are employed in positions fully funded by federal or private categorical grants, except that such teachers shall be employed only for the duration of the temporary contract or the grant.
HB2678	Baker, Rhonda (H) McBride, Mark (H) Murdock, Casey (S)	H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2678, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, and Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, prohibits a person from being appointed to serve on the State Board of Education if the person serves on a board of education of a school district which is supervised by the State Board.
HB2679	Baker, Rhonda (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023 H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2679, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, allows the provider of a teacher certification pathways pilot program to establish a partnership with a college or university.
HB2682	Lepak, Mark (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/21/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/27/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2682, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, creates the Elections Reform Act of 2023.
HB2685	Hays, Neil (H)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/21/2023 H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/27/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2685, by Rep. Neil Hays, R-Checotah, creates the Elections Reform Act of 2023.
HB2718	Hefner, Ellyn (H) McBride, Mark (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2718, by Rep. Ellyn Hefner, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, creates the Oklahoma's Promise Inclusive Act to provide an award to eligible students who are pursuing studies in this state at a CTP program, that will relieve students from paying nonguaranteed resident tuition at state educational institutions. The bill defines applicable terms. It establishes eligibility requirements for students. The bill establishes policies, procedures and regulations of the program.
HB2730	Menz, Annie (H)	H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023 H General Government (H) - 02/28/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2730, by Rep. Annie Menz, D-Norman, provides that if a records request cannot be completed within ten business days of the request, a person from the public body receiving the record request must provide written notice to the requestor indicating the reason for the delay and specifying a date within a reasonable time when the information requested will be available for inspection or duplication.
HB2772	Munson, Cyndi (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2772, by Rep. Cyndi Munson, D-Oklahoma City, modifies eligibility requirements for the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program
HB2775	McCall, Charles (H) Daniels, Julie (S)	H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023 H Rules (H) - 02/16/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023 S Public Safety (S) - 02/23/2023	S Introduced
	Paraphrase HB2775, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, appropriates a total of $500 Million to the State Department of Education (SDE) for purposes of distribution to the various public school districts of the state for common education and the funding of a $2,500 active classroom teacher raise.
HB2827	Blancett, Meloyde (H)	H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/09/2023 H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/13/2023 H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023	H General Order
	Paraphrase HB2827, by Rep. Meloyde Blancett, D-Tulsa, requires the State Board of Education to award grants, subject to the availability of funds, to public school districts for the purpose of employing school nurses, school counselors, and mental health professionals to provide services and support to students.
SB0016	Bullard, David (S) Conley, Sherrie (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0016, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires the State Board of Education establish a two-year pilot program to provide grants to public school districts to provide child care for children of school district employees. It permits the grants to be use to establish an on-site child care facility licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act for children of school district employees that is located on school district property; to contract with a child care facility licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act to provide child care for school district employees; or to provide school district employees with stipends to help cover a portion of child care-related expenses for children of school district employees. It requires the the State Board of Education establish criteria for awarding grants and requires that the criteria include the availability of licensed child care facilities in the school district and the need for child care resources among school district employees. It requires a public school district seeking to participate in the pilot program apply to the State Board of Education for a grant in the manner and on a form prescribed by the board. It also requires the State Board of Education ensure that pilot program grants are given to a representative sample of Oklahoma school districts, including a school district with an average daily membership (ADM) of more than 2,500 students 10,000 students; a school district with an ADM of 2,500 students or less; and a school district with an ADM of 1,000 students or less. It requires school districts that receive pilot program grants a report to the State Board of Education two years after implementation of the pilot program that includes an itemized accounting of how grant funds were spent, an evaluation of the program by school district employees who were provided child care through the grant program, and recommendations, if any, for future program operations.
SB0026	Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0026, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, permits a coach to enter an opposite sex locker room before, during, or after an athletic activity and all students present are fully clothed.
SB0027	Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/15/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0027, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, adds the option of a composite score of 1110 or higher on the SAT to the qualification requirements for the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP) for students who have graduated within the previous three years from a high school not accredited by the State Board of Education. It permits students who have completed the core curriculum and are seeking admission to a technology center school overseen by the State Board of Career and Technology Education to qualify for OHLAP.
SB0034	Hall, Chuck (S) Duel, Collin (H)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/09/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0034, by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry and Rep. Collin Duel, R-Guthrie, corrects statutory references related to the prevention of youth access to tobacco, which was moved from Title 37 to Title 63 in 2016.
SB0039	Stanley, Brenda (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0039, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, makes whistleblower protections for teachers applicable to support employees.
SB0045	Bergstrom, Micheal (S) Hasenbeck, Toni (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0045, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, clarifies and modifies the duties of the School Finance Review Commission to include, but not be limited to, reviewing teacher compensation, and benefits; administrative costs including, administrative functions that may be shared between school districts; opportunities for school districts to be operated in a cost-effective manner; variances in per-pupil and administrative expenditures among school districts with comparable enrollment, demographics, and outcomes on statewide assessments; and expenditures that are not directly or sufficiently related to improving student outcomes.
SB0089	Kirt, Julia (S) Echols, Jon (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/14/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0089, by Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, requires a public body provide written notice to a requestor if a records request under the Open Records Act cannot be completed within five business days of the request that indicates the reason for the delay and specifying a date within a reasonable time when the information requested will be available for inspection or duplication.
SB0093	Rader, Dave (S) Moore, Anthony (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023	S Engrossed
	Paraphrase SB0093, by Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, requires students complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education. It provides for certain exemptions. The bill requires the State Department of Education develop and publish materials for students, parents, and legal guardians explaining the requirements to complete the FAFSA, the benefits to completing the FAFSA, and the opt-out provisions and an opt-out form to be used by school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools. It requires the superintendent of each school district to designate a school employee to collect information regarding student compliance with bill's provisions and requires the collection and storage of the information comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules that address the method by which a student is to provide proof to a school district, public charter school, or virtual charter school that the student has completed and submitted the FAFSA as required.
SB0099	Daniels, Julie (S) Lepak, Mark (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0099, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, requires deductions from school districts be reauthorized annually. The bill requires no further debt to a professional organization will accrue if a school employee requests the payroll deduction be terminated. The bill requires authorization for professional organization dues and political contributions be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of Education and contain a statement in 14-point boldface font reading: "I am aware that I have a First Amendment right, as recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court, to refrain from joining and paying dues or making political contributions to a professional employee organization. I further realize that membership and payment of dues or political contributions are voluntary and that I may not be discriminated against for my refusal to join or financially support a professional employee organization. I hereby authorize my employer to deduct dues and/or political contributions from my salary in the amounts specified in accordance with my professional employee organization's bylaws. I understand that I may revoke this authorization at any time." The bill requires authorization containing an employee's full name, position, professional organization, and signature be submitted to the school district.
SB0100	Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/15/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0100, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, requires every school district undergo a risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School Security Institute by July 1, 2026. The bill requires the assessment include recommendations to increase security on school district property. It exempts schools districts that underwent a risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School Security Institute in the two years prior to the effective date of the bill. It requires school districts to coordinate with the Oklahoma School Security Institute to conduct reassessments every five years.
SB0101	Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	S Appropriations (S) - 01/31/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations, Education (S) - 02/15/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0101, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, appropriates $20 million for them FY2024 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to be deposited in the Oklahoma School Security Revolving Fund to administer the Oklahoma School Security Grant Program. The bill requires 85 percent of the funds be used to provide Oklahoma School Security Grant Program grants to public schools, technology center schools, and private schools and for 15 percent to be used to provide Oklahoma School Security Grant Program grants to institutions of higher learning. The bill establishes requirements for an institution of higher learning, technology center school, public school, or private school to be eligible for an Oklahoma School Security Grant Program award. The bill requires the annual report on the Oklahoma School Security Grant Program submitted by the Department of Emergency Management include a list of the recipients of grant awards and information on how grant funds were used during the previous year.
SB0107	Bergstrom, Micheal (S) Lepak, Mark (H)	S Energy & Telecommunications (S) - 01/31/2023 S Energy & Telecommunications (S) - 02/07/2023 S Energy & Telecommunications (S) - 03/02/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0107, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from entering into a contract or agreement with any company that is directly influenced or owned by a designated country, that is related to critical infrastructure and that would grant the company access or control of critical infrastructure, cybersecurity networks, or public utilities. The bill permits the Governor to designate countries as threats to critical infrastructure. The bill requires the Governor first consult with the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Director of the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security for assessments of threats to critical infrastructure. The bill defines applicable terms.
SB0110	Weaver, Darrell (S) Lowe, Dick (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0110, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education to divide the territory of technology center school districts having a population of more than 225,0000 into board zones. It requires the board of education of the technology center school district to consist of one member elected from each of the district zones. It requires voters of each district zone to elect a person who is a resident of the district zone to represent the district zone on the school board beginning with any election held after July 1, 2023. It requires the office to become vacant if the member ceases to be a resident of the district zone for which they are elected and provides for the vacancy to be filled. It requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education to promulgate rules prescribing the manner in which the elections are held.
SB0112	Thompson, Roger (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0112, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, amends the transportation factor in the State Aid Formula.
SB0126	Bullard, David (S) Conley, Sherrie (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0126, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires an arresting law enforcement agency to notify the superintendent of the school district or public school in which a student is enrolled if in the course of an arrest for a violent crime it is discovered that the person being arrested is a student of a school district or public school. The bill requires the notification and any information regarding the adjudication of the student be conducted with due regard to the statutory provisions regarding the confidentiality of juvenile. It requires the information be kept as part of the student's permanent records and included in the records provided to a receiving district due to a student transfer conducted pursuant to the Education Open Transfer Act. The bill requires a student's parent or legal guardian to notify the school if the student has been arrested for a violent crime, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and prior to enrollment.
SB0129	Bullard, David (S) West, Kevin (H)	S Rules (S) - 01/31/2023 S Rules (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Rules (S) - 02/08/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0129, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits public funds from being directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, health care provider, or individual that provides or refers for gender transition procedures. It prohibits gender transition procedures from being provided or referred for by or in a health care facility owned by the state or a county or local government or by a health care provider employed by the state or a county or local government. The bill defines applicable terms. It exempts certain procedures from the prohibition.
SB0147	Hicks, Carri (S) Dempsey, Eddy (H)	S Health & Human Services (S) - 01/31/2023 S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/07/2023 S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/09/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0147, by Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Eddy Dempsey, R-Valliant, allows a school district to stock glucagon and requires written consent and waiver of liability.
SB0150	Hicks, Carri (S) Moore, Anthony (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0150, by Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, requires the minimum salary schedule adopted and transmitted to the State Board of Education to include the base salary amounts including the minimum state salary amounts provided for in Section 18-114.14 of this title and district increments in excess of the minimums; and district-paid benefits, such as life, dental, disability, salary protection, vision, cancer, and health supplemental insurance.
SB0154	Stanley, Brenda (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0154, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, provides exemptions from certain reading screening instruments to specified students.
SB0169	Burns, George (S) Gollihare, Todd (S)	S Public Safety (S) - 01/31/2023 S Public Safety (S) - 02/07/2023 S Public Safety (S) - 02/23/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0169, by Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard and Sen. Todd Gollihare, R-, requires law enforcement officers and emergency medical service providers that serve an area in which a school district is located to be physically present and directly involved in a minimum of one security drill required by statute. The bill requires school districts to notify law enforcement officers and emergency medical service providers at least 48 hours before conducting a security drill which they are expected to attend.
SB0175	Floyd, Kay (S) McEntire, Marcus (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0175, by Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, names an existing portion of statute that relates to suicide awareness and drug abuse policies Evan's Law.
SB0194	Murdock, Casey (S) Newton, Carl (H)	S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/20/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0194, by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt and Rep. Carl Newton, R-Woodward, requires the appointment of the Secretary of the Land Office to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
SB0244	Seifried, Ally (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0244, by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, modifies permissible dates for school district elections.
SB0261	Howard, Brent (S) Kannady, Chris (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0261, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, considers a library a political subdivision for the means of the Governmental Tort Claims Act.
SB0317	Pemberton, Dewayne (S)	S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/27/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0317, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, adds reporting requirements pursuant to the promulgation of rules by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce as it relates to the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act.
SB0322	Seifried, Ally (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023	S Engrossed
	Paraphrase SB0322, by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, allows certain tuition aid grants to be used for transition and postsecondary programs specified therein.
SB0329	Bergstrom, Micheal (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0329, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, allows school district boards of education and other agencies specified therein to apply directly for federal funds.
SB0332	Dossett, Jo Anna (S) Vancuren, Mark (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0332, by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa and Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, modifies the definition of �career teacher.�
SB0358	Daniels, Julie (S) Echols, Jon (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0358, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, removes the requirement for previous public school attendance to be eligible to receive a scholarship through the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. It exempts children who were adopted while in the permanent custody of an international child-placing agency, a child-placing agency in this state, or a federally recognized Indian tribe.
SB0359	Pugh, Adam (S) Lowe, Dick (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0359, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, delays the modification of the calculation of Foundation Program Income and Salary Incentive Aid beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, rather than the 2022-2023 school year. The bill requires the State Department of Education to include in its annual budget request the amount of protested ad valorem tax revenues held as prescribed in statute for all school districts in this state for the preceding year.
SB0360	Pugh, Adam (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0360, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, requires every public elementary school site to employ a reading specialist to assist in providing literacy and reading instruction to students in grades three and below.
SB0362	Pugh, Adam (S) Baker, Rhonda (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0362, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, exempts any person who has obtained a criminal history record check for teacher certification or for employment with a school in the immediately preceding five years from being be required to have a national criminal history record check if the teacher produces a copy of a the national criminal history record check. It also requires any person who has been employed as a full-time teacher by a school district in Oklahoma who applies for employment as a full-time teacher in another school district to provide a letter from the school district in which the teacher was employed stating the teacher left in good standing. It removes other exemptions from obtaining new criminal history record check.
SB0364	Pugh, Adam (S) Baker, Rhonda (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0364, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, entitles a full-time employee of a public school district who has been employed by the school district for at least one year and has worked at least 1,250 hours during the preceding 12-month period to 12 weeks of paid maternity leave following the birth of the employee's child. The bill requires the 12 weeks of paid maternity leave to be used in the 12 months following the birth of the school district employee's child and to expire at the end of the 12-month period. The bill requires the paid maternity leave be in addition to and not in place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as provided for in state statute. It requires a school district employee who takes maternity leave not be deprived of any compensation or other benefits to which the employee is otherwise entitled. The bill requires the legislature appropriate each fiscal year adequate funding to the State Board of Education for the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to eligible school district employees. It requires the State Board of Education to allocate an amount to fully fund paid maternity leave from the funds appropriated to it for the support of public school activities if the Legislature does not appropriate adequate funding specifically for the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to school district employees. It permits the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules.
SB0365	Pugh, Adam (S) Vancuren, Mark (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0365, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, clarifies language related to the State Regents for Higher Education's biennial report concerning its Advanced Placement credit policy. The bill states it is the intent of the Legislature that in establishing the minimum required score on a College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examination for granting course credit for a particular lower division course, institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall not require a score higher than the minimum score recommended by a nonprofit higher education association that makes recommendations on college-level equivalencies, provided the president of the institution may determine, based on evidence, that a higher score on the examination is necessary to indicate that a student is sufficiently prepared to be successful in a related, more advanced course for which the lower division course is a prerequisite. The bill requires institutions to post on campus websites their CLEP examination policy effective for the 2023-2024 academic year and for each following academic year.
SB0375	Howard, Brent (S) Newton, Carl (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/14/2023	S Engrossed
	Paraphrase SB0375, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Carl Newton, R-Woodward, sets the date for the primary election as the third Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, the declaration of candidacy as the second Monday of April on any even-numbered year.
SB0397	Hamilton, Warren (S) Conley, Sherrie (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0397, by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain and Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires each school district board of education, charter school governing body, and public library governing body appoint a committee by September 1, 2023, to conduct an inventory of print and nonprint materials and media located in their libraries. It requires a library media specialist employed by a school district or charter school to be included on the committee. The bill requires the inventory be completed by July 1, 2024. The bill requires the materials and media be designated with one of the following ratings: "Elementary" means the content of the print or nonprint material or media is suitable for children enrolled in grades pre-kindergarten through five; "Junior high" means the content of the print or nonprint material or media may not include material unsuitable for a child enrolled in grades six, seven, and eight, and parents and legal guardians are encouraged to provide guidance to their children in selecting print and nonprint materials and media rated "junior high;" "Under 16" means the content of the print or nonprint materials or media may not include material inappropriate for children under the age of 16, and parents and legal guardians are urged to provide guidance to their children in selecting print and nonprint materials and media rated "under 16;" and "Juniors and seniors" means the content of the print or nonprint material or media may include some material not suitable for minors. It requires, beginning July 1, 2024, school districts and charter schools include only print and nonprint materials and media designated as "elementary" in elementary school libraries serving students in grades pre-kindergarten through five; include only print and nonprint materials and media designated as "elementary" or "junior high" in elementary school libraries that serve students in grades pre-kindergarten through eight; include only print and nonprint materials and media designated as "elementary", "junior high", or "under 16" in junior high school and high school libraries; and place print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" in a section of the library accessible only to librarians, teachers, and other school staff. It requires print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" only be available to a student if he or she has presented a librarian, teacher, or other school staff with written consent from a parent or legal guardian. It requires public libraries to place print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" in a section of the library accessible only to library staff beginning July 1, 2024. It also requires print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" only be available to an individual under the 18 if he or she has presented library staff with written consent from a parent or legal guardian. It requires, beginning July 1, 2024, no print or nonprint material or media in a school district library, charter school library, or public library include content that the average person age eighteen (18) or older applying contemporary community standards would find has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest in sex.
SB0404	Daniels, Julie (S) Echols, Jon (H)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0404, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, deems it to be a substantial burden to exclude any person or entity from participation in or receipt of governmental funds, benefits, programs, or exemptions based solely on the religious character or affiliation of the person or entity.
SB0416	Pemberton, Dewayne (S) Moore, Anthony (H)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/16/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0416, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, exempts the lease of office space or real property subject to supervision of the Commissioners of the Land Office, institutions comprising The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, or district boards of education from procedures for disposal and lease of real property specified.
SB0428	Montgomery, John Michael (S) Wallace, Kevin (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0428, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, allows school districts to enter into contracts with a security system that automatically calls 9-1-1 and alerts certain school personnel that can be used on a smartphone.
SB0467	Stanley, Brenda (S) Miller, Nicole (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/15/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0467, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City and Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond, creates the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Act. It states the act�s purpose to facilitate the mobility of teachers through a collective regulatory framework amongst member states to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move across state lines. It defines terms used therein. It provides the member states of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact will create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission. It requires the Commission to be a joint interstate governmental agency comprised of states that have enacted the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact.
SB0473	Paxton, Lonnie (S) Hilbert, Kyle (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0473, by Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, allows school employees on leave to retain insurance coverage.
SB0482	Pugh, Adam (S) McBride, Mark (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0482, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, increases minimum teacher pay.
SB0489	Thompson, Roger (S) Hilbert, Kyle (H)	S Appropriations (S) - 01/31/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0489, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, appropriates $44,115,503 from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Revolving Fund to the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund.
SB0495	McCortney, Greg (S) Lowe, Dick (H)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/16/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0495, by Sen. Greg McCortney, R-Ada and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, defines and prohibits unfunded mandates from the Legislature or any other government entity on another political subdivision.
SB0503	Bullard, David (S) West, Kevin (H)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0503, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits any political subdivision from allowing or permitting a public display of lewd acts or obscene material in a public place including but not limited to parades, shows, concerts, plays, or any other activity where a minor could witness such lewd acts or obscene material. It also bars individuals from being allowed to show lewd acts or obscene material in a public place where any other individual could witness such lewd acts or obscene material. It requires any individual intentionally displaying lewd acts or obscene material in front of a minor to be guilty of a felony. It provides any person to have a cause of action against such individual who intentionally commits such acts in any way a minor was exposed to the lewd act or obscene material, or an individual was unwillingly exposed to the lewd act or obscene material.
SB0516	Pugh, Adam (S) Echols, Jon (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0516, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, creates the Statewide Charter School Board. It requires the board to have the sole authority to sponsor statewide virtual charter schools in Oklahoma and can sponsor charter schools in Oklahoma. It provides for membership of the nine-voting member board. It requires that, beginning July 1, 2024, statewide virtual charter schools must be sponsored only by the Statewide Charter School Board. It abolishes, effective July 1, 2024, the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and the Statewide Charter School Board shall succeed to any contractual rights and responsibilities and settlement agreements incurred by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in a virtual charter school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024. It requires the State Board of Education to be responsible for accreditation of charter schools and virtual charter schools and ensure compliance with special education laws and federal laws and programs administered by the State Board of Education. It creates the Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund.
SB0519	Pugh, Adam (S) Echols, Jon (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0519, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, authorizes the Commissioners of the Land Office to lease real property to a charter school formed pursuant to the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. It requires the Commissioners of the Land Office to provide a right of first refusal to a charter school located in the same county or an adjacent county as the real property available for lease.
SB0522	Pugh, Adam (S) Baker, Rhonda (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0522, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires a mentor teacher to provide guidance, support, coaching, and assistance to a teacher in his or her first year of teaching at an employing school district, regardless of the length of time the teacher has been certified.
SB0525	Pugh, Adam (S) Hasenbeck, Toni (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0525, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, requires a certified teacher who, at the request of the employing school district, takes and passes a subject area competency examination to earn certification and teach an additional subject in the school district to be reimbursed by the school district. It clarifies the reimbursement will be an amount equal to the cost of the subject area competency examination.
SB0526	Pugh, Adam (S) Echols, Jon (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0526, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, removes all reference to the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System and incentive pay plans and requires a district to provide a professional development with a focused and individualized program.
SB0527	Pugh, Adam (S) Martinez, Ryan (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0527, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, modifies the State Aid Formula.
SB0528	Pugh, Adam (S)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0528, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, creates, until November 30, 2024, the Early Childhood Literacy Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the teaching of literacy to students in early childhood and elementary grade levels.
SB0529	Pugh, Adam (S) Johns, Ronny (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0529, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada, creates the Oklahoma Teacher Corps Program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in order to help students who graduate from an approved teacher preparation degree program and agrees to teach at a school meeting certain criteria for four years. The bill sets the amount of assistance at the amount of tuition and mandatory fees for the courses in which the person enrolls for completion of a bachelor's degree. The bill directs how money should flow through the institute to the individual. The bill requires the individual to provide annual proof of employment after their graduation. The bill prohibits those taking part in the program from receiving an Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program award. The bill requires repayments from those who do not complete the program. The bill creates the Oklahoma Teacher Corps Revolving Fund for the program.
SB0531	Pugh, Adam (S) Miller, Nicole (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0531, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond, creates the Rewarding Student Outcomes Act, to build an outcomes-based career, college, and military readiness incentive program for school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools in this state. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make an annual report on each district's economically disadvantaged population. The bill requires public schools to have at least a 1 percent increase in the number of annual graduates in a cohort shown to be college, career or military ready to receive a Rewarding Student Outcomes Act bonus of $1,500 if the annual graduate is economically disadvantaged and $500 if the graduate is not economically disadvantaged. The bill requires annual reports on the program, with letter scores for each school. The bill requires climate surveys at schools. The bill describes certain credentials and tests that can be used to qualify a student as college, career or military ready.
SB0550	Seifried, Ally (S) Moore, Anthony (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S Engrossed
	Paraphrase SB0550, by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, requires private and out-of-state degree-granting institutions that operate in the state by any modality meet the same standards of academic quality and fiscal responsibility required of institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and directs the State Regents to establish and collect annual fees from applicants for authorization costs, require applicants for authorization submit payment into the Tuition Recovery Revolving Fund, which is created in the bill, to offset student tuition losses in the event an authorized institution closes or ceases operations, and be authorized to deny, revoke of not review an institution's authorization if it does not meet The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education standards.
SB0556	Newhouse, Joe (S) Sims, Lonnie (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0556, by Sen. Joe Newhouse, R-Tulsa and Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, requires a notarial officer to maintain a written or electronic record of each notarial act performed under the provisions therein. It requires each record to include a statement of the notarial act performed, the date on which it occurred, the name of the person appearing before the notarial officer, and a statement of the means by which the notary made the required determination of the identity of the person.
SB0583	Montgomery, John Michael (S) Hilbert, Kyle (H)	S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/13/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0583, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, requires that beginning in 2023, by April 15 of each year and by the end of each calendar year, the Tax Commission to submit reports on the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund to the Senate Appropriations Committee chair and House Appropriation and Budget Committee chair. It provides specifics for the report.
SB0606	Rader, Dave (S) Pfeiffer, John (H)	S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/20/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0606, by Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa and Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Mulhall, deletes the authorizations of the Oklahoma Tax Commission to grant an extension without penalty, upon written request of the taxpayer and for a good cause, of not to exceed 15 days for the filing of the returns as required by the Ad Valorem Tax Code.
SB0634	Montgomery, John Michael (S)	S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 01/31/2023 S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/21/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0634, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, allows members of the Oklahoma Teacher's Retirement System who retire with at least 20 years of credible service to receive a partial lump-sum payment equal to one-half of the unreduced retirement benefit at the date of retirement and a reduced annuity.
SB0654	Rosino, Paul (S) Burns, Ty (H)	S Veterans & Military Affairs (S) - 01/31/2023 S Veterans & Military Affairs (S) - 02/07/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Veterans & Military Affairs (S) - 02/15/2023 S Finance (S) - 02/27/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0654, by Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Ty Burns, R-Morrison, creates the Captain Steven L. Farley Goldstar Families Act. It requires the surviving spouse and children of a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action or killed in the performance of his or her duty after September 11, 2001, to be eligible for a waiver of: undergraduate resident tuition at institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and resident tuition for a postsecondary program at a technology center school operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education.
SB0677	Treat, Greg (S)	S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0677, by Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, requires the address of residence and the mailing address of a candidate provided on a Declaration of Candidacy to be kept confidential; provided, however, such address information can be provided to a candidate, candidate representative, or other lawful authority in anticipation of or as part of a contest of candidacy or contest of an election as provided for in this title or as part of a petition challenge as provided by law. It requires that prior to filing a Declaration of Candidacy, a candidate must obtain a voter registration verification form from the secretary of the election board with whom the candidate is required to file. It requires the candidate to provide the form with the Declaration of Candidacy.
SB0684	Stanley, Brenda (S)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0684, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, allows that after the initial physical inspection of property, changes to property can be discovered with the use of digital aerial images taken by fixed-wing aircraft complying with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
SB0710	Rosino, Paul (S) Baker, Rhonda (H)	S Health & Human Services (S) - 01/31/2023 S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/07/2023 S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/23/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0710, by Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, authorizes any school employee to administer an opiate antagonist in the event of a suspected overdose to do so regardless of whether there is a prescription or standing order in place.
SB0715	Floyd, Kay (S) Lawson, Mark (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0715, by Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Mark Lawson, R-Sapulpa, requires a public body to notify a requestor if it has determined to keep a requested record confidential, and allows the requestor to file action and the court can release the record if it finds that the public interest in the records outweighs the privacy interest and must order any redactions necessary to protect innocent parties. The court may award a requesting party court costs and reasonable attorney fees if it finds that the denial of access to the records by the public body was unreasonable.
SB0761	Howard, Brent (S) Pae, Daniel (H)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0761, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, defines a public health emergency and allows public bodies to conduct public meetings and executive sessions utilizing digital means as long as no public official is counted as present while utilizing digital means for more than one-fourth of the regular or special meetings in a one year time period, a quorum of members are physically present, and the person using the digital means must confirm by audio or visual affirmation to the public to be the actual member and can only participate from a fixed location. The bill sets requirements for documents provided digitally during a meeting and gives certain liability, and directs how minutes of such a meeting should be handled. The bill requires if a public body maintains a website, has dedicated information technology employees, and has immediate access to a high-speed internet connection, meetings held without a physical meeting place open to the public be streamed live on a website, made available by telephonic means, or video of the meeting made available through an alternative website. The bill requires video of such meetings to be maintained by the public body and available to the public for a period of at least seven business days after the meetings become official. The bill prohibits the use of private electronic communications concerning public business among members of the governing body during a public meeting.
SB0812	Dossett, Jo Anna (S)	S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023 S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0812, by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, requires that 5 percent of all state contracts be awarded to businesses that have been in operation for less than five years, beginning July 1, 2024.
SB0838	Bullard, David (S) McDugle, Kevin (H)	S Public Safety (S) - 01/31/2023 S Public Safety (S) - 02/07/2023 S Public Safety (S) - 03/02/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0838, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, allows certain teachers to carry firearms.
SB0839	Pugh, Adam (S) Martinez, Ryan (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/28/2023	H Introduced
	Paraphrase SB0839, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, adds the requirement that any school athletic association of which a public school is a member contract for legal representation with the Attorney General's Office.
SB0926	Jett, Shane (S) Vancuren, Mark (H)	S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/21/2023 S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0926, by Sen. Shane Jett, R-Shawnee and Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, states that for the purpose of state salary increments, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than 10 years of active duty in the military service. For the purposes of retirement, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five years of active duty in the military service.
SB0964	Kidd, Chris (S) Caldwell, Trey (H)	S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 01/31/2023 S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/07/2023 S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0964, by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika and Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, allows members of the Oklahoma Teacher Retirement System who have not been employed for one year to be reemployed as a classroom teacher without limiting their earnings for no more than three years.
SB0991	Green, Grant (S) Hilbert, Kyle (H)	S Education (S) - 01/31/2023 S Education (S) - 02/07/2023 S Education (S) - 02/14/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB0991, by Sen. Grant Green, R- and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, modifies grade levels for which agricultural education programs are to be designed from grade eight to grade seven.
SB1055	Kidd, Chris (S) Pae, Daniel (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB1055, by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika and Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, removes language about teleconferencing for public meetings.
SB1056	Standridge, Robert (S) West, Kevin (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/28/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB1056, by Sen. Robert Standridge, R-Norman and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, modifies language related to obscene material as it relates to minors. It requires the contemporary community standard for minors to be applied. It defines the term "contemporary community standards for minors" to mean obscene material with regards to a minor if two or more secular news outlets in the broadcast area that includes the area where minors are potentially being given such material refuse to read, show, or otherwise communicate the material to their audience because the outlet determines the material is inappropriate, vulgar, or sexually explicit, or if two or more secular print news outlets who distribute materials in the area that includes the area where minors are potentially being given such material refuse to print or otherwise communicate the material because the outlet determines the material is inappropriate, vulgar, or sexually explicit. It prohibits use of the reasonable person standard when an adult knowingly provides material that qualifies as obscene to a minor without written informed consent by the minor's parent or guardian.
SB1085	Dahm, Nathan (S) Olsen, Jim (H)	S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023 S Judiciary (S) - 02/21/2023	S General Order
	Paraphrase SB1085, by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, modifies dates for reapportionment of the territory of school districts into board districts from between August 1 and December 31 to between April 8 and August 31.

Bill

Principal Authors

Committees

Current Status

Class

Position

HB1001

Olsen, Jim (H)

H Public Safety (H) - 02/07/2023
H Public Safety (H) - 02/28/2023
H States' Powers (H) - 02/28/2023
H States' Powers (H) - 03/01/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1001, by Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, reduces the minimum age at which a person is allowed to carry or transport a concealed or unconcealed weapon to 18 years of age from 21 years of age by reference to the Oklahoma Constitution's provisions regarding the minimum age to vote.

HB1006

West, Rick (H)
Murdock, Casey (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1006, by Rep. Rick West, R-Heavner and Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, requires students absent from school be given an excused absence if the reason for such absence is to participate in scheduled 4-H activities or programs as approved by the county 4-H educator. It requires the number of excused absences allowed to be subject to the attendance policy of the school district board of education. It requires a 4-H educator provide documentation as proof of student participation in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H upon request from a school principal or attendance officer. It requires students be given the opportunity to make up any schoolwork missed while participating in activities or programs sponsored by 4-H. It prohibits students from having their class grades adversely affected for lack of attendance or participation due to their participation in activities or programs sponsored by 4-H. It prohibits a school principal or his or her from crediting a student who participates in an activity or program sponsored by 4-H with an excused absence if the participation occurs during the schedule established by the State Board of Education for the administration of statewide student assessments or any period of time for which the student has been disciplined, suspended, or expelled, if the terms of punishment would preclude the student from participating in an educational field trip or extracurricular activity.

HB1010

West, Rick (H)

H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023
H General Government (H) - 02/14/2023
H General Government (H) - 02/15/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1010, by Rep. Rick West, R-Heavner, permits any state agency, department, institution, or satellite office that is subject to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act but is located in a county without contracted vendors to purchase necessary equipment and supplies from a local business without first obtaining a waiver from or the permission of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services' Purchasing Division. It requires any state agency that elects to make purchases from local vendors to maintain a document file for each acquisition the state agency makes and requires it include, at a minimum, justification for the acquisition, supporting documentation, copies of all contracts, if any, pertaining to the acquisition, evaluations, written reports if required by contract and any other information the State Purchasing Director requires to be kept.

HB1028

Talley, John (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1028, by Rep. John Talley, R-Stillwater, modifies the prohibition on use of corporal punishment on certain students. It removes the exception for a parental waiver of the prohibition.

HB1029

Talley, John (H)
Stanley, Brenda (S)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/13/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/22/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB1029, by Rep. John Talley, R-Stillwater and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, requires the State Department of Education Office of Federal Programs to adopt a standard form for school districts to use to identify homeless students. Parents, or students if they are not in their parent's custody, must fill out the form annually at enrollment.

HB1035

Rosecrants, Jacob (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1035, by Rep. Jacob Rosecrants, D-Norman, adds mental health counseling and occupational therapy appointments to the exemptions for a child to attend school. It clarifies language related to custody and control of children.

HB1041

Randleman, Randy (H)
Stanley, Brenda (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB1041, by Rep. Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, permits a school district to issue an alternate diploma to a student who meets the definition of a student with the most significant cognitive disabilities and who participates in the Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP) beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. It requires an alternate diploma be standards-based, aligned with requirements for a standard diploma, and obtained by the school year in which a student turns 22 years of age. It provides that an alternate diploma will not terminate a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) unless they reach the maximum age of FAPE. It requires the IEP team to determine subsequent courses and services for students who receive an alternate diploma. It prohibits students participating in the OAAP from being precluded from attempting to meet the requirements of a standard diploma and participation in the OAAP will not determine a student's educational setting under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The bill permits students who meet requirements for an alternate diploma to count as having received a standard diploma for purposes of calculating and reporting the adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR). It permits a student to be awarded an alternate diploma upon completion of specified curriculum units or sets of competencies at the secondary level.

HB1372

West, Tammy (H)

H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/07/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/20/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1372, by Rep. Tammy West, R-Bethany, requires a candidate receiving more than 50 percent of the votes case in a school board of education primary election to be seated at the first meeting following the April election date.

HB1376

Boatman, Jeff (H)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/09/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Education (H) - 02/20/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1376, by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, requires school districts to provide school meals for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years at no cost to a child who is a member of a household in which the total annual income during the preceding tax year does not exceed an amount equal to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

HB1397

Lepak, Mark (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1397, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, requires the State Department of Education to develop a curriculum about the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968, the natural law and natural rights principles, and the tactics of non-violent resistance employed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It allows the course to be taught as a stand-alone unit or integrated into pre-existing course work. It requires there to be an additional unit of instruction studying other acts of discriminatory injustice, such as genocide, committed elsewhere around the globe.

HB1424

Vancuren, Mark (H)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/09/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/27/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/28/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1424, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, requires an Education Employee Assistance Program be created within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. It permits the program to provide assistance to public school districts in the management of employees whose personal problems may have a negative impact on job performance. It also permits the program to provide for assessment, referral, consultation, and problem resolution assistance to school district employees and their family members seeking corrective help with medical or mental health problems, including alcohol or drug abuse and emotional, marital, familial, financial, or other personal problems. It requires participation in the Education Employee Assistance Program to be voluntary. The bill permits the department to contract with entities to carry out the purposes and functions of the Education Employee Assistance Program and requires it to establish standards and criteria for entities to be eligible to contract with the department. It requires the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to promulgate necessary rules and to establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of the Education Employee Assistance Program. It provides the bill's provisions do not nullify a school district's existing employee assistance program or prohibit a school district from establishing its own employee assistance program, provided programs established by school districts will be subject to compliance with rules promulgated by the board to ensure equitable treatment of employees. It establishes requirements for records related to employee participation in the Education Employee Assistance .

HB1425

Vancuren, Mark (H)
Stanley, Brenda (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB1425, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, extends the application of whistleblower protections to school support employees.

HB1426

Vancuren, Mark (H)

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1426, by Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, prohibits accumulated sick leave from being lost due to any break in employment and prohibits the ability to transfer accumulated sick leave to be negated due to any break in employment for school employees.

HB1441

Provenzano, Melissa (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1441, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, removes certain requirements for when school employees have to go through certain professional developments and gives local school boards of when those trainings will occur.

HB1445

Provenzano, Melissa (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1445, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, requires a school district board of education post on its website a copy of the bond proposal, including each project to be funded by the bond proceeds, a description of each project, and the estimated cost for each project 30 days before a bond election.

HB1446

Provenzano, Melissa (H)

H General Government (H) - 02/02/1202
H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1446, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, requires, if a student completes any required courses or sets of competencies in mathematics prior to ninth grade, for those to be counted toward the units necessary to fulfill mathematics courses required for graduation.

HB1544

Moore, Anthony (H)
Rader, Dave (S)

H Engrossed

Paraphrase: HB1544, by Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton and Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa, defines an �athletic trainer� as a person employed full-time by a board of education who is a Certified Athletic Trainer with current certification from the Board of Certification of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and is also currently licensed to practice in the state in accordance with the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. It requires an athletic trainer employed by a board of education to be accorded the same protection of laws and all other benefits as a certified teacher

HB1634

Staires, Clay (H)
Bergstrom, Micheal (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/16/2023

H Engrossed

Paraphrase: HB1634, by Rep. Clay Staires, R-Skiatook and Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, allows for the search of shoes and hand and head coverings of students.

HB1758

Manger, Robert (H)

H County & Municipal Government (H) - 02/07/2023
H County & Municipal Government (H) - 02/27/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1758, by Rep. Robert Manger, R-Oklahoma City, prohibits county assessors from using an unmanned aircraft to inspect real or personal property for the purpose of valuation, data collection, or any other purpose related to the assessor�s duties.

HB1770

Hasenbeck, Toni (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1770, by Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, requires school districts to provide remediation to students who score below benchmark on the ACT or SAT.

HB1823

Conley, Sherrie (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/21/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/27/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1823, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, creates the Elections Reform Act of 2023.

HB1825

Conley, Sherrie (H)

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1825, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires a county treasurer to provide a property tax bill for any property sold to an entity that is exempt from paying property tax when requested by the seller. The requirement to provide the tax bill is retroactive to property sales occurring on or after January 1, 2023.

HB1840

Kerbs, Dell (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1840, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee, transfers the administration of the school lunch program to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture from the State Department of Education, effective July 1, 2025.

HB1863

Kerbs, Dell (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023

Prefiled

Paraphrase: HB1863, by Rep. Dell Kerbs, R-Shawnee,

HB1882

Waldron, John (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1882, by Rep. John Waldron, D-Tulsa, prohibits annual reports as provided under the Oklahoma School Testing Program from assigning grades to school sites and school districts.

HB1934

McCall, Charles (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 03/01/2023
H Rules (H) - 03/02/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1934, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka, provides that schools provide plans for parent participation in curriculum transparency and content appropriateness.

HB1935

McCall, Charles (H)
Daniels, Julie (S)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/16/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023
S Public Safety (S) - 02/23/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB1935, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, creates the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act. It provides refundable tax credits to students not participating in public education, in amounts of $5,000 per child for private school attendance and $2,500 for homeschool attendance.

HB1936

McCall, Charles (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 03/02/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB1936, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka, requires the transfer of a student from one school site to another school site within the school district where the student resides to be approved at any time in the year, unless the grade level of the receiving school site has reached capacity. It requires that if the capacity of a grade level is insufficient to enroll all eligible students, the school district must select intra-district transfer students based on the preferences outlined therein and then in the order in which the intra-district transfer applications were received. It requires the capacity of a school site to be determined by the school district board of education based on its policy adopted. It allows a student to be granted a one-year intra-district transfer and may automatically continue to attend the school each school year to which the student transferred with the approval of the school district. It provides that at the end of each school year, a school district can deny continued intra-district transfer of the student for the reasons outlined therein. It allows any sibling of a student who transfers intra-district to attend the school site to which the student transferred, if the school district policy gives preference to sibling transfers regardless of capacity, and the sibling of the transferred student does not meet a basis for denial as outlined therein. It requires that buy the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year, the school district board of education must establish the number of intra-district transfer students the school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site within the district. It requires that after establishing the number of intra-district transfer students the school district has the capacity to accept in each grade level for each school site, the board of education must: publish in a prominent place on the school district website the number of intra-district transfer students for each grade level for each school site within the school district which the district has the capacity to accept; and report to the State Department of Education the number of intra-district transfer students for each grade level for each school site within the school district which the district has the capacity to accept.

HB2002

Conley, Sherrie (H)

H Judiciary -- Criminal (H) - 02/07/2023
H Judiciary -- Criminal (H) - 03/01/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2002, by Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, modifies the definition of �obscene material.�

HB2003

Boatman, Jeff (H)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/09/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/13/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/13/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2003, by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, allows the county treasurer to allow taxpayers owning taxable property within the county the option to prepay taxes levied upon an ad valorem basis using the prepayment option provided therein. It requires the prepayment option to allow taxpayers to make installment payments to pay toward taxes levied upon an ad valorem basis for the following fiscal year.

HB2007

Davis, Dean (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2007, by Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, allows for the search of the shoes, socks, and hand and head coverings of students.

HB2009

Davis, Dean (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2009, by Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, modifies class size limits as well as stipends for certain teachers.

HB2017

Ranson, Trish (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2017, by Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, requires the State Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, in consultation with school district superintendents and school district boards of education, to develop and make available to school districts information, training, and resources to help school employees recognize and address the mental health needs of students. It requires the information made available to school districts to include, but not be limited to, information about violence de-escalation.

HB2050

Hardin, David (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2050, by Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell, prohibits any student who is 18 years of age, and who has not completed four years of high school work, from neglecting or refusing to attend and comply with the rules of some public, private, or other school, or receive an education by other means for the full term the schools of the district are in session. It provides exemptions.

HB2078

Caldwell, Chad (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2078, by Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid, requires all material purchased by a public school or made available on school property, including professional development material be made available to members of the board of education of the school district, members of the State Board of Education, employees of the State Department of Education and legislators.

HB2108

Pae, Daniel (H)
Howard, Brent (S)

H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023
H General Government (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2108, by Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton and Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus, defines a public health emergency and allows public bodies to conduct public meetings and executive sessions utilizing digital means as long as no public official is counted as present while utilizing digital means for more than one-fourth of the regular or special meetings in a one year time period, a quorum of members are physically present, and the person using the digital means must confirm by audio or visual affirmation to the public to be the actual member and can only participate from a fixed location. The bill sets requirements for documents provided digitally during a meeting and gives certain liability, and directs how minutes of such a meeting should be handled. The bill requires if a public body maintains a website, has dedicated information technology employees, and has immediate access to a high-speed internet connection, meetings held without a physical meeting place open to the public be streamed live on a website, made available by telephonic means, or video of the meeting made available through an alternative website. The bill requires video of such meetings to be maintained by the public body and available to the public for a period of at least seven business days after the meetings become official. The bill prohibits the use of private electronic communications concerning public business among members of the governing body during a public meeting.

HB2114

Martinez, Ryan (H)

H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023
H General Government (H) - 02/28/2023
H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 02/28/2023
H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 03/02/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2114, by Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, removes language that requires certain identification documents to be issued only to US citizens, nationals and legal permanent residents. The bill prohibits any applicant or licensee providing an individual tax identification number to Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator from being provided voter registration services. It requires Service Oklahoma to, at least quarterly, transmit to the Secretary of the State Election Board identifying information that includes the name, date of birth, residential address, and mailing address, of all applicants or licensees who have provided an individual tax identification number. It requires the State Election Board Secretary compare the transmitted identifying information with the list of registered voters in each county and to notify the secretary of any relevant county election board of any matches based on the identifying information provided by Service Oklahoma. It requires the county election board secretary to notify the proper authority to investigate whether a violation related to voting crimes or voter registration has occurred. It requires a person applying for the issuance or renewal of a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License who provides an individual tax identification number (ITIN) to pay an additional $500 fee that will be deposited into the Service Oklahoma Revolving Fund.

HB2136

McDugle, Kevin (H)

H Public Safety (H) - 02/07/2023
H Public Safety (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2136, by Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, explicitly allows a handgun to be carried in any structure, building, or office space which is owned or leased by a city or town for the purpose of conducting business with the public, allows municipalities to authorize certain employees or public officials to have a concealed or unconcealed handgun or other firearms in a firearm-prohibited location owned, leased or maintained property by the municipality.

HB2139

McDugle, Kevin (H)

H Public Safety (H) - 02/07/2023
H Public Safety (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2139, by Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, allows someone to carry a handgun on school property if they possess a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and meet other requirements authorized by the board of education of the school district.

HB2158

Lowe, Dick (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2158, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, requires school districts provide a half unit or set of competencies of personal financial literacy to be taken in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade.

HB2162

Lowe, Dick (H)

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2162, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, increases minimum salary schedule for teachers.

HB2169

Lowe, Dick (H)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/09/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Finance (H) - 02/20/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2169, by Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, allows assessors 18 months to be accredited after being elected to office, includes contractors in certain requirements, changes requirements for fees to be paid to certain accounts. The bill requires that each elected county assessor, first deputies, and all personnel, including contractors, involved in the appraisal of all energy producing properties, including petroleum, wind energy, and solar energy real property and personal property assets shall be required to successfully complete a course provided by the Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government Technology on the valuation of energy producing properties within twelve (12) months of the effective date of this act.

HB2171

Ford, Ross (H)

H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/07/2023
H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/27/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2171, by Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, directs the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System to authorize a one-time benefit distribution to members who have been retired for at least two years, and sets the benefit increase between $1,500 and $3,200 without modifying the final average compensation and sets further requirements.

HB2180

West, Kevin (H)
Thompson, Kristen (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2180, by Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore and Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-, directs a student enrolled in a virtual charter school alternative education program designated by the State Department of Education who attends a full abbreviated school day be counted in full attendance for purposes of computing the average daily attendance and average daily membership of the virtual charter school.

HB2181

West, Kevin (H)

H Public Health (H) - 02/07/2023
H Public Health (H) - 02/22/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2181, by Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits any person having or suspected of having a communicable disease to be compelled to be moved from the place where they are sick to any place other than their own residence unless the individual does not reside in a permanent residence. The bill prohibits any person with a communicable disease or head lice from attending school and makes it the responsibility of the parent or guardian to exclude the school from such a person in compliance with the school�s communicable disease policy. The bill removes language related to certain agreements. The bill repeals statues related to removing diseased people from a premise.

HB2249

Burns, Ty (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2249, by Rep. Ty Burns, R-Morrison, allows students who transfer during summer break in accordance to the Education Open Transfer Act to be eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. The bill states student who is the dependent child of a member of the active uniformed military services of the United States who transfers will be eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association on the first day of attendance at the receiving school.

HB2258

Sterling, Danny (H)
Green, Grant (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2258, by Rep. Danny Sterling, R-Tecumseh and Sen. Grant Green, R-, requires one unit of set of competencies of agricultural power and technology, agricultural communications, or agricultural horticulture offered by a comprehensive high school career and technology education program.

HB2260

Sterling, Danny (H)
Floyd, Kay (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2260, by Rep. Danny Sterling, R-Tecumseh and Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, allows civil settlements to affect teacher employment.

HB2265

Johns, Ronny (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2265, by Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada, allows a school district to offer students in grades eleven and twelve an elective course in law enforcement and sets certain standards for the course.

HB2279

Echols, Jon (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2279, by Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, requires the Board of Trustees of each of the state's six pension systems to grant benefit increases when there is positive inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). It amends the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act to include a safe harbor clause that allows the bill to be treated as a nonfiscal retirement bill in the legislative process.

HB2314

Hilbert, Kyle (H)
Pugh, Adam (S)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/22/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2314, by Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, deletes requirement limiting student transportation within boundaries of the school district. The bill allows a board of education to provide transportation to students living outside of the boundaries and routes established by the State Board of Education.

HB2318

McBride, Mark (H)
Thompson, Roger (S)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/21/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/02/2023

H Engrossed

Paraphrase: HB2318, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, extends the provisions of the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship tax credit to contributions made to eligible college and university foundations. The tax credits are capped at $25 million total for all university foundations, and $6 million per individual institution of higher education.

HB2358

Boles, Brad (H)
Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2358, by Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, removes class size penalty if the class size limitation is exceeded because the school district received siblings and children in foster care.

HB2377

Culver, Bob (H)

H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 02/07/2023
H Judiciary -- Civil (H) - 02/23/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2377, by Rep. Bob Culver, R-Tahlequah, creates the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

HB2414

Johns, Ronny (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2414, by Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada, requires members of a charter school sponsor governing board which contracts with an education management organization to complete instruction and continuing education. The bill requires any state funds appropriated to any charter school to remain public funds maintained in public accounts subject to audit and oversight. It requires the State Auditor and Inspector to conduct an operating agreement review in the third year of the charter school contract term.

HB2504

Lepak, Mark (H)

H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/07/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/13/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2504, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, creates the Federal Election Communications Transparency Act of 2023 to ensure that the Governor and State Legislature are made aware of all communications made to state agencies responsible for overseeing elections by any federal executive branch agency. The bill creates the Unlawful Federalization of Elections Act of 2023 and requires federal election guidance be reviewed by the State Legislature before it is carried out.

HB2513

Pittman, Ajay (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2513, by Rep. Ajay Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, requires the State Department of Education to establish a Handle with Care Program to enable a law enforcement officer to notify the program when a child is exposed to a traumatic even or other even that may affect his or her ability to succeed at school. It requires the Department to establish guidelines and provide training.

HB2528

Lepak, Mark (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/21/2023
H Banking, Financial Services & Pensions (H) - 02/27/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2528, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, modifies various definitions related to the Oklahoma Teacher's Retirement System. The bill establishes a five-year vesting period for those who become a member of the Teachers' Retirement System after July 1, 1967, through October 31, 2017. It also gives those members an indefinite extension of membership beginning with the sixth year following the member's last contributing membership. The bill modifies how members make proper application for retirement. It provides procedures for a joint annuitant's death. The bill modifies retirement options. The bill releases the system from liability under certain circumstances. It modifies how certain expenses are to be paid. The bill specifies when a member must be physically present to complete the terms of the employment contract. It modifies earnings limits.

HB2540

O'Donnell, Terry (H)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/22/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2540, by Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa, requires a school district board of education to spend at least 65 percent of its operational expenditures on classroom expenditures. It defines the terms "classroom expenditures" and "operational expenditures."

HB2546

O'Donnell, Terry (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2546, by Rep. Terry O'Donnell, R-Catoosa, requires classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity not occur in kindergarten through grade five or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.

HB2555

Baker, Rhonda (H)
McBride, Mark (H)
Thompson, Roger (S)

H Engrossed

Paraphrase: HB2555, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, and Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, creates the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program, a four-year pilot program to encourage high school graduates to pursue degree-seeking or certificate-seeking post-secondary education training in industries which are critical to the economic growth of the state. It requires the program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, which will establish. the scholarship amounts and student eligibility for the program may vary by individual higher education institution or technology center school. It establishes minimum eligibility requirements for students. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to identify eligible critical industry programs offered by state public higher education institutions and state public technology center schools in coordination with the State Board of Career and Technology Education and requires they include computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity programs. It requires the program to match state funds up to $15.0 million on a pro rata basis with funds from state public higher education institutions, state public technology center schools, and private funding sources to provide scholarships for eligible students. It requires state matching funds be capped for each higher education institution and technology center school. It permits the chancellor to make reductions in the payments made to participants if sufficient funds are not available to award scholarships to eligible participants during any fiscal year. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to set aside funds for the full commitment made to a participating student at the time a scholarship is awarded on behalf of the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to utilize Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program designated funds for administration of the program. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in cooperation with the State Board of Career and Technology Education to prepare and submit an annual report on the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program on or before July 1 of each year to the House Speaker, Senate President Pro Tempore and the Governor.

HB2558

Baker, Rhonda (H)
McBride, Mark (H)

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2558, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, updates references to the Commission on Educational Quality and Accountability. It requires the State Board of Education to provide a bonus in the amount of $3,000 annually over a five-year period, to be paid not later than January 31 each year, to teachers with National Board Certification. The bill modifies the requirements for the bonus. It reduces the duration of the bonus to five years from 10 years. It removes salaries for those with National Board Certification from the Minimum Salary Schedule.

HB2559

Baker, Rhonda (H)
McBride, Mark (H)
Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

H Engrossed

Paraphrase: HB2559, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, changes the name of the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive to the Inspired to Teach Program. It permits students who have completed high-school level instruction at home, or completed General Educational Development (GED) test requirements to participate in the program. It defines the term "full-time student."

HB2562

Baker, Rhonda (H)
McBride, Mark (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2562, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, modifies the membership of the State Board of Education. It increases the total membership from 10 to 11. It changes the appointing authorities for board members. It requires the Governor appoint six member and requires the House Speaker and the Senate President Pro Tempore each appoint two members. It sets qualifications for the appointees. It updates language regarding vacancies to conform.

HB2569

McBride, Mark (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/15/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/15/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2569, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, imposes a moratorium on the State Board of Education's ability to approve and impose new school accreditation rules without specific legislative authorization. It requires the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability to review and prepare a report, by January 1, 2024, of all statutes and rules the State Board uses to determine school accreditation and deficiencies.

HB2672

Baker, Rhonda (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2672, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires a dyslexia awareness program offered as teachers� professional development be approved by the State Department of Education. The bill removes language that school districts will not be required to electronically submit the annual updates to the Board if the last plan submitted to the Board was approved and expenditures for the program include only expenses relating to individual and small group tutoring, purchase of and training in the use of screening and assessment measures, summer school programs and Saturday school programs. The bill requires, each year on or before October 1, a school district to report to the State Board Education for students enrolled in prekindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, and third grades the number of retained students, the number of times a student has been retained, and the number of students in transitional classrooms. The bill modifies the allocation of funds under the Reading Sufficiency Act. It establishes uses for the funds.

HB2673

Baker, Rhonda (H)
Pugh, Adam (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2673, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, permit, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the statewide student assessment system to include a retest of the nationally recognized college- and career-readiness assessment administered pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of this subsection, or nationally recognized, portable career-readiness assessments that lead to a National Career Readiness Certificate. It requires the assessments be available for students in the fall semester of their twelfth grade year and be administered at no cost to students.

HB2674

Baker, Rhonda (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2674, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires the subject matter standards for computer science include an emphasis on computing systems, networks and the Internet, data and analysis, algorithms and programming, and impacts of computing. It modifies the requirements to graduate to include computer science or technology, engineering, aerospace, or aviation in place of computer technology. The bill modifies the requirements for a report by the State Department of Education regarding computer science courses or content offered at each school and district during the previous school year.

HB2675

Baker, Rhonda (H)
Stanley, Brenda (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2675, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon and Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, creates until Nov. 1, 2024, a task force to study and make recommendations to modernize the high school graduation requirements in Oklahoma. The bill establishes membership and meeting requirements. It requires the task force submit a report of its findings and recommendations by Nov. 1, 2024, to the Governor, House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore.

HB2676

Baker, Rhonda (H)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2676, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, clarifies language related to the School District Empowerment Program. The bill modifies certain definitions. The bill removes language that requires each school district board of education maintain and annually review, following consultation with or involvement of representatives selected by local teachers, a written policy of evaluation and corresponding professional development for all teachers and administrators. The bill removes language that requires certain data collected pursuant to be available to authorized representatives of the State Department of Education and its contracting designees. The bill removes the requirement that Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System include an individualized program of professional development for all teachers and administrators as adopted by the school district board of education. It permits school districts to submit a request to the State Board of Education to use an alternate evaluation system other than the system selected by the board if the school district establishes the capacity to implement a research-based performance review evaluation system which meets the criteria of the TLE system. The bill permits the State Department of Education to collect school district evaluation information only as is required for federal reporting. It removes the requirement that certain evaluation requirements apply to teachers who are employed on temporary contracts for a complete school year and to teachers who are employed in positions fully funded by federal or private categorical grants, except that such teachers shall be employed only for the duration of the temporary contract or the grant.

HB2678

Baker, Rhonda (H)
McBride, Mark (H)
Murdock, Casey (S)

H Common Education (H) - 02/07/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/14/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2678, by Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, and Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, prohibits a person from being appointed to serve on the State Board of Education if the person serves on a board of education of a school district which is supervised by the State Board.

HB2679

Baker, Rhonda (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/21/2023
H Common Education (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2679, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, allows the provider of a teacher certification pathways pilot program to establish a partnership with a college or university.

HB2682

Lepak, Mark (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/21/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/27/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2682, by Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, creates the Elections Reform Act of 2023.

HB2685

Hays, Neil (H)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/21/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/21/2023
H Elections & Ethics (H) - 02/27/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2685, by Rep. Neil Hays, R-Checotah, creates the Elections Reform Act of 2023.

HB2718

Hefner, Ellyn (H)
McBride, Mark (H)

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2718, by Rep. Ellyn Hefner, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, creates the Oklahoma's Promise Inclusive Act to provide an award to eligible students who are pursuing studies in this state at a CTP program, that will relieve students from paying nonguaranteed resident tuition at state educational institutions. The bill defines applicable terms. It establishes eligibility requirements for students. The bill establishes policies, procedures and regulations of the program.

HB2730

Menz, Annie (H)

H General Government (H) - 02/07/2023
H General Government (H) - 02/28/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2730, by Rep. Annie Menz, D-Norman, provides that if a records request cannot be completed within ten business days of the request, a person from the public body receiving the record request must provide written notice to the requestor indicating the reason for the delay and specifying a date within a reasonable time when the information requested will be available for inspection or duplication.

HB2772

Munson, Cyndi (H)

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2772, by Rep. Cyndi Munson, D-Oklahoma City, modifies eligibility requirements for the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program

HB2775

McCall, Charles (H)
Daniels, Julie (S)

H Rules (H) - 02/07/2023
H Rules (H) - 02/16/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/16/2023
S Public Safety (S) - 02/23/2023

S Introduced

Paraphrase: HB2775, by Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka and Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, appropriates a total of $500 Million to the State Department of Education (SDE) for purposes of distribution to the various public school districts of the state for common education and the funding of a $2,500 active classroom teacher raise.

HB2827

Blancett, Meloyde (H)

H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 02/07/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/09/2023
H Appropriations & Budget, Health (H) - 02/13/2023
H Appropriations & Budget (H) - 03/01/2023

H General Order

Paraphrase: HB2827, by Rep. Meloyde Blancett, D-Tulsa, requires the State Board of Education to award grants, subject to the availability of funds, to public school districts for the purpose of employing school nurses, school counselors, and mental health professionals to provide services and support to students.

SB0016

Bullard, David (S)
Conley, Sherrie (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0016, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires the State Board of Education establish a two-year pilot program to provide grants to public school districts to provide child care for children of school district employees. It permits the grants to be use to establish an on-site child care facility licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act for children of school district employees that is located on school district property; to contract with a child care facility licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act to provide child care for school district employees; or to provide school district employees with stipends to help cover a portion of child care-related expenses for children of school district employees. It requires the the State Board of Education establish criteria for awarding grants and requires that the criteria include the availability of licensed child care facilities in the school district and the need for child care resources among school district employees. It requires a public school district seeking to participate in the pilot program apply to the State Board of Education for a grant in the manner and on a form prescribed by the board. It also requires the State Board of Education ensure that pilot program grants are given to a representative sample of Oklahoma school districts, including a school district with an average daily membership (ADM) of more than 2,500 students 10,000 students; a school district with an ADM of 2,500 students or less; and a school district with an ADM of 1,000 students or less. It requires school districts that receive pilot program grants a report to the State Board of Education two years after implementation of the pilot program that includes an itemized accounting of how grant funds were spent, an evaluation of the program by school district employees who were provided child care through the grant program, and recommendations, if any, for future program operations.

SB0026

Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0026, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, permits a coach to enter an opposite sex locker room before, during, or after an athletic activity and all students present are fully clothed.

SB0027

Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/15/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0027, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, adds the option of a composite score of 1110 or higher on the SAT to the qualification requirements for the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP) for students who have graduated within the previous three years from a high school not accredited by the State Board of Education. It permits students who have completed the core curriculum and are seeking admission to a technology center school overseen by the State Board of Career and Technology Education to qualify for OHLAP.

SB0034

Hall, Chuck (S)
Duel, Collin (H)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/09/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0034, by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry and Rep. Collin Duel, R-Guthrie, corrects statutory references related to the prevention of youth access to tobacco, which was moved from Title 37 to Title 63 in 2016.

SB0039

Stanley, Brenda (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0039, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, makes whistleblower protections for teachers applicable to support employees.

SB0045

Bergstrom, Micheal (S)
Hasenbeck, Toni (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0045, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, clarifies and modifies the duties of the School Finance Review Commission to include, but not be limited to, reviewing teacher compensation, and benefits; administrative costs including, administrative functions that may be shared between school districts; opportunities for school districts to be operated in a cost-effective manner; variances in per-pupil and administrative expenditures among school districts with comparable enrollment, demographics, and outcomes on statewide assessments; and expenditures that are not directly or sufficiently related to improving student outcomes.

SB0089

Kirt, Julia (S)
Echols, Jon (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/14/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0089, by Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, requires a public body provide written notice to a requestor if a records request under the Open Records Act cannot be completed within five business days of the request that indicates the reason for the delay and specifying a date within a reasonable time when the information requested will be available for inspection or duplication.

SB0093

Rader, Dave (S)
Moore, Anthony (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023

S Engrossed

Paraphrase: SB0093, by Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, requires students complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education. It provides for certain exemptions. The bill requires the State Department of Education develop and publish materials for students, parents, and legal guardians explaining the requirements to complete the FAFSA, the benefits to completing the FAFSA, and the opt-out provisions and an opt-out form to be used by school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools. It requires the superintendent of each school district to designate a school employee to collect information regarding student compliance with bill's provisions and requires the collection and storage of the information comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules that address the method by which a student is to provide proof to a school district, public charter school, or virtual charter school that the student has completed and submitted the FAFSA as required.

SB0099

Daniels, Julie (S)
Lepak, Mark (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0099, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, requires deductions from school districts be reauthorized annually. The bill requires no further debt to a professional organization will accrue if a school employee requests the payroll deduction be terminated. The bill requires authorization for professional organization dues and political contributions be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of Education and contain a statement in 14-point boldface font reading: "I am aware that I have a First Amendment right, as recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court, to refrain from joining and paying dues or making political contributions to a professional employee organization. I further realize that membership and payment of dues or political contributions are voluntary and that I may not be discriminated against for my refusal to join or financially support a professional employee organization. I hereby authorize my employer to deduct dues and/or political contributions from my salary in the amounts specified in accordance with my professional employee organization's bylaws. I understand that I may revoke this authorization at any time." The bill requires authorization containing an employee's full name, position, professional organization, and signature be submitted to the school district.

SB0100

Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/15/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0100, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, requires every school district undergo a risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School Security Institute by July 1, 2026. The bill requires the assessment include recommendations to increase security on school district property. It exempts schools districts that underwent a risk and vulnerability assessment conducted by the Oklahoma School Security Institute in the two years prior to the effective date of the bill. It requires school districts to coordinate with the Oklahoma School Security Institute to conduct reassessments every five years.

SB0101

Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

S Appropriations (S) - 01/31/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations, Education (S) - 02/15/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0101, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, appropriates $20 million for them FY2024 General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to be deposited in the Oklahoma School Security Revolving Fund to administer the Oklahoma School Security Grant Program. The bill requires 85 percent of the funds be used to provide Oklahoma School Security Grant Program grants to public schools, technology center schools, and private schools and for 15 percent to be used to provide Oklahoma School Security Grant Program grants to institutions of higher learning. The bill establishes requirements for an institution of higher learning, technology center school, public school, or private school to be eligible for an Oklahoma School Security Grant Program award. The bill requires the annual report on the Oklahoma School Security Grant Program submitted by the Department of Emergency Management include a list of the recipients of grant awards and information on how grant funds were used during the previous year.

SB0107

Bergstrom, Micheal (S)
Lepak, Mark (H)

S Energy & Telecommunications (S) - 01/31/2023
S Energy & Telecommunications (S) - 02/07/2023
S Energy & Telecommunications (S) - 03/02/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0107, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from entering into a contract or agreement with any company that is directly influenced or owned by a designated country, that is related to critical infrastructure and that would grant the company access or control of critical infrastructure, cybersecurity networks, or public utilities. The bill permits the Governor to designate countries as threats to critical infrastructure. The bill requires the Governor first consult with the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Director of the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security for assessments of threats to critical infrastructure. The bill defines applicable terms.

SB0110

Weaver, Darrell (S)
Lowe, Dick (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0110, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education to divide the territory of technology center school districts having a population of more than 225,0000 into board zones. It requires the board of education of the technology center school district to consist of one member elected from each of the district zones. It requires voters of each district zone to elect a person who is a resident of the district zone to represent the district zone on the school board beginning with any election held after July 1, 2023. It requires the office to become vacant if the member ceases to be a resident of the district zone for which they are elected and provides for the vacancy to be filled. It requires the State Board of Career and Technology Education to promulgate rules prescribing the manner in which the elections are held.

SB0112

Thompson, Roger (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0112, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, amends the transportation factor in the State Aid Formula.

SB0126

Bullard, David (S)
Conley, Sherrie (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0126, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires an arresting law enforcement agency to notify the superintendent of the school district or public school in which a student is enrolled if in the course of an arrest for a violent crime it is discovered that the person being arrested is a student of a school district or public school. The bill requires the notification and any information regarding the adjudication of the student be conducted with due regard to the statutory provisions regarding the confidentiality of juvenile. It requires the information be kept as part of the student's permanent records and included in the records provided to a receiving district due to a student transfer conducted pursuant to the Education Open Transfer Act. The bill requires a student's parent or legal guardian to notify the school if the student has been arrested for a violent crime, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and prior to enrollment.

SB0129

Bullard, David (S)
West, Kevin (H)

S Rules (S) - 01/31/2023
S Rules (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Rules (S) - 02/08/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0129, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits public funds from being directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed to any entity, organization, health care provider, or individual that provides or refers for gender transition procedures. It prohibits gender transition procedures from being provided or referred for by or in a health care facility owned by the state or a county or local government or by a health care provider employed by the state or a county or local government. The bill defines applicable terms. It exempts certain procedures from the prohibition.

SB0147

Hicks, Carri (S)
Dempsey, Eddy (H)

S Health & Human Services (S) - 01/31/2023
S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/07/2023
S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/09/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0147, by Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Eddy Dempsey, R-Valliant, allows a school district to stock glucagon and requires written consent and waiver of liability.

SB0150

Hicks, Carri (S)
Moore, Anthony (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0150, by Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, requires the minimum salary schedule adopted and transmitted to the State Board of Education to include the base salary amounts including the minimum state salary amounts provided for in Section 18-114.14 of this title and district increments in excess of the minimums; and district-paid benefits, such as life, dental, disability, salary protection, vision, cancer, and health supplemental insurance.

SB0154

Stanley, Brenda (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0154, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, provides exemptions from certain reading screening instruments to specified students.

SB0169

Burns, George (S)
Gollihare, Todd (S)

S Public Safety (S) - 01/31/2023
S Public Safety (S) - 02/07/2023
S Public Safety (S) - 02/23/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0169, by Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard and Sen. Todd Gollihare, R-, requires law enforcement officers and emergency medical service providers that serve an area in which a school district is located to be physically present and directly involved in a minimum of one security drill required by statute. The bill requires school districts to notify law enforcement officers and emergency medical service providers at least 48 hours before conducting a security drill which they are expected to attend.

SB0175

Floyd, Kay (S)
McEntire, Marcus (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0175, by Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Marcus McEntire, R-Duncan, names an existing portion of statute that relates to suicide awareness and drug abuse policies Evan's Law.

SB0194

Murdock, Casey (S)
Newton, Carl (H)

S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/20/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0194, by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt and Rep. Carl Newton, R-Woodward, requires the appointment of the Secretary of the Land Office to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.

SB0244

Seifried, Ally (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0244, by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, modifies permissible dates for school district elections.

SB0261

Howard, Brent (S)
Kannady, Chris (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0261, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, considers a library a political subdivision for the means of the Governmental Tort Claims Act.

SB0317

Pemberton, Dewayne (S)

S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/27/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0317, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, adds reporting requirements pursuant to the promulgation of rules by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce as it relates to the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act.

SB0322

Seifried, Ally (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023

S Engrossed

Paraphrase: SB0322, by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, allows certain tuition aid grants to be used for transition and postsecondary programs specified therein.

SB0329

Bergstrom, Micheal (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0329, by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, allows school district boards of education and other agencies specified therein to apply directly for federal funds.

SB0332

Dossett, Jo Anna (S)
Vancuren, Mark (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0332, by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa and Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, modifies the definition of �career teacher.�

SB0358

Daniels, Julie (S)
Echols, Jon (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0358, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, removes the requirement for previous public school attendance to be eligible to receive a scholarship through the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. It exempts children who were adopted while in the permanent custody of an international child-placing agency, a child-placing agency in this state, or a federally recognized Indian tribe.

SB0359

Pugh, Adam (S)
Lowe, Dick (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0359, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, delays the modification of the calculation of Foundation Program Income and Salary Incentive Aid beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, rather than the 2022-2023 school year. The bill requires the State Department of Education to include in its annual budget request the amount of protested ad valorem tax revenues held as prescribed in statute for all school districts in this state for the preceding year.

SB0360

Pugh, Adam (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0360, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, requires every public elementary school site to employ a reading specialist to assist in providing literacy and reading instruction to students in grades three and below.

SB0362

Pugh, Adam (S)
Baker, Rhonda (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0362, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, exempts any person who has obtained a criminal history record check for teacher certification or for employment with a school in the immediately preceding five years from being be required to have a national criminal history record check if the teacher produces a copy of a the national criminal history record check. It also requires any person who has been employed as a full-time teacher by a school district in Oklahoma who applies for employment as a full-time teacher in another school district to provide a letter from the school district in which the teacher was employed stating the teacher left in good standing. It removes other exemptions from obtaining new criminal history record check.

SB0364

Pugh, Adam (S)
Baker, Rhonda (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0364, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, entitles a full-time employee of a public school district who has been employed by the school district for at least one year and has worked at least 1,250 hours during the preceding 12-month period to 12 weeks of paid maternity leave following the birth of the employee's child. The bill requires the 12 weeks of paid maternity leave to be used in the 12 months following the birth of the school district employee's child and to expire at the end of the 12-month period. The bill requires the paid maternity leave be in addition to and not in place of sick leave due to pregnancy, as provided for in state statute. It requires a school district employee who takes maternity leave not be deprived of any compensation or other benefits to which the employee is otherwise entitled. The bill requires the legislature appropriate each fiscal year adequate funding to the State Board of Education for the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to eligible school district employees. It requires the State Board of Education to allocate an amount to fully fund paid maternity leave from the funds appropriated to it for the support of public school activities if the Legislature does not appropriate adequate funding specifically for the purpose of providing paid maternity leave to school district employees. It permits the State Board of Education to promulgate necessary rules.

SB0365

Pugh, Adam (S)
Vancuren, Mark (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0365, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, clarifies language related to the State Regents for Higher Education's biennial report concerning its Advanced Placement credit policy. The bill states it is the intent of the Legislature that in establishing the minimum required score on a College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examination for granting course credit for a particular lower division course, institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall not require a score higher than the minimum score recommended by a nonprofit higher education association that makes recommendations on college-level equivalencies, provided the president of the institution may determine, based on evidence, that a higher score on the examination is necessary to indicate that a student is sufficiently prepared to be successful in a related, more advanced course for which the lower division course is a prerequisite. The bill requires institutions to post on campus websites their CLEP examination policy effective for the 2023-2024 academic year and for each following academic year.

SB0375

Howard, Brent (S)
Newton, Carl (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/14/2023

S Engrossed

Paraphrase: SB0375, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Carl Newton, R-Woodward, sets the date for the primary election as the third Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year, the declaration of candidacy as the second Monday of April on any even-numbered year.

SB0397

Hamilton, Warren (S)
Conley, Sherrie (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0397, by Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain and Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, requires each school district board of education, charter school governing body, and public library governing body appoint a committee by September 1, 2023, to conduct an inventory of print and nonprint materials and media located in their libraries. It requires a library media specialist employed by a school district or charter school to be included on the committee. The bill requires the inventory be completed by July 1, 2024. The bill requires the materials and media be designated with one of the following ratings: "Elementary" means the content of the print or nonprint material or media is suitable for children enrolled in grades pre-kindergarten through five; "Junior high" means the content of the print or nonprint material or media may not include material unsuitable for a child enrolled in grades six, seven, and eight, and parents and legal guardians are encouraged to provide guidance to their children in selecting print and nonprint materials and media rated "junior high;" "Under 16" means the content of the print or nonprint materials or media may not include material inappropriate for children under the age of 16, and parents and legal guardians are urged to provide guidance to their children in selecting print and nonprint materials and media rated "under 16;" and "Juniors and seniors" means the content of the print or nonprint material or media may include some material not suitable for minors. It requires, beginning July 1, 2024, school districts and charter schools include only print and nonprint materials and media designated as "elementary" in elementary school libraries serving students in grades pre-kindergarten through five; include only print and nonprint materials and media designated as "elementary" or "junior high" in elementary school libraries that serve students in grades pre-kindergarten through eight; include only print and nonprint materials and media designated as "elementary", "junior high", or "under 16" in junior high school and high school libraries; and place print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" in a section of the library accessible only to librarians, teachers, and other school staff. It requires print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" only be available to a student if he or she has presented a librarian, teacher, or other school staff with written consent from a parent or legal guardian. It requires public libraries to place print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" in a section of the library accessible only to library staff beginning July 1, 2024. It also requires print and nonprint materials and media designated as "juniors and seniors" only be available to an individual under the 18 if he or she has presented library staff with written consent from a parent or legal guardian. It requires, beginning July 1, 2024, no print or nonprint material or media in a school district library, charter school library, or public library include content that the average person age eighteen (18) or older applying contemporary community standards would find has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest in sex.

SB0404

Daniels, Julie (S)
Echols, Jon (H)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0404, by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, deems it to be a substantial burden to exclude any person or entity from participation in or receipt of governmental funds, benefits, programs, or exemptions based solely on the religious character or affiliation of the person or entity.

SB0416

Pemberton, Dewayne (S)
Moore, Anthony (H)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/16/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0416, by Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, exempts the lease of office space or real property subject to supervision of the Commissioners of the Land Office, institutions comprising The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, or district boards of education from procedures for disposal and lease of real property specified.

SB0428

Montgomery, John Michael (S)
Wallace, Kevin (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0428, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, allows school districts to enter into contracts with a security system that automatically calls 9-1-1 and alerts certain school personnel that can be used on a smartphone.

SB0467

Stanley, Brenda (S)
Miller, Nicole (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/15/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0467, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City and Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond, creates the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Act. It states the act�s purpose to facilitate the mobility of teachers through a collective regulatory framework amongst member states to expedite and enhance the ability of teachers to move across state lines. It defines terms used therein. It provides the member states of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact will create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission. It requires the Commission to be a joint interstate governmental agency comprised of states that have enacted the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact.

SB0473

Paxton, Lonnie (S)
Hilbert, Kyle (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0473, by Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, allows school employees on leave to retain insurance coverage.

SB0482

Pugh, Adam (S)
McBride, Mark (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0482, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, increases minimum teacher pay.

SB0489

Thompson, Roger (S)
Hilbert, Kyle (H)

S Appropriations (S) - 01/31/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0489, by Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, appropriates $44,115,503 from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Revolving Fund to the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund.

SB0495

McCortney, Greg (S)
Lowe, Dick (H)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/16/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0495, by Sen. Greg McCortney, R-Ada and Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, defines and prohibits unfunded mandates from the Legislature or any other government entity on another political subdivision.

SB0503

Bullard, David (S)
West, Kevin (H)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0503, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, prohibits any political subdivision from allowing or permitting a public display of lewd acts or obscene material in a public place including but not limited to parades, shows, concerts, plays, or any other activity where a minor could witness such lewd acts or obscene material. It also bars individuals from being allowed to show lewd acts or obscene material in a public place where any other individual could witness such lewd acts or obscene material. It requires any individual intentionally displaying lewd acts or obscene material in front of a minor to be guilty of a felony. It provides any person to have a cause of action against such individual who intentionally commits such acts in any way a minor was exposed to the lewd act or obscene material, or an individual was unwillingly exposed to the lewd act or obscene material.

SB0516

Pugh, Adam (S)
Echols, Jon (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0516, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, creates the Statewide Charter School Board. It requires the board to have the sole authority to sponsor statewide virtual charter schools in Oklahoma and can sponsor charter schools in Oklahoma. It provides for membership of the nine-voting member board. It requires that, beginning July 1, 2024, statewide virtual charter schools must be sponsored only by the Statewide Charter School Board. It abolishes, effective July 1, 2024, the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and the Statewide Charter School Board shall succeed to any contractual rights and responsibilities and settlement agreements incurred by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in a virtual charter school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024. It requires the State Board of Education to be responsible for accreditation of charter schools and virtual charter schools and ensure compliance with special education laws and federal laws and programs administered by the State Board of Education. It creates the Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund.

SB0519

Pugh, Adam (S)
Echols, Jon (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0519, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, authorizes the Commissioners of the Land Office to lease real property to a charter school formed pursuant to the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act. It requires the Commissioners of the Land Office to provide a right of first refusal to a charter school located in the same county or an adjacent county as the real property available for lease.

SB0522

Pugh, Adam (S)
Baker, Rhonda (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0522, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, requires a mentor teacher to provide guidance, support, coaching, and assistance to a teacher in his or her first year of teaching at an employing school district, regardless of the length of time the teacher has been certified.

SB0525

Pugh, Adam (S)
Hasenbeck, Toni (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0525, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin, requires a certified teacher who, at the request of the employing school district, takes and passes a subject area competency examination to earn certification and teach an additional subject in the school district to be reimbursed by the school district. It clarifies the reimbursement will be an amount equal to the cost of the subject area competency examination.

SB0526

Pugh, Adam (S)
Echols, Jon (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0526, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, removes all reference to the Oklahoma Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System and incentive pay plans and requires a district to provide a professional development with a focused and individualized program.

SB0527

Pugh, Adam (S)
Martinez, Ryan (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0527, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, modifies the State Aid Formula.

SB0528

Pugh, Adam (S)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0528, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, creates, until November 30, 2024, the Early Childhood Literacy Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the teaching of literacy to students in early childhood and elementary grade levels.

SB0529

Pugh, Adam (S)
Johns, Ronny (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/22/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0529, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Ronny Johns, R-Ada, creates the Oklahoma Teacher Corps Program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education in order to help students who graduate from an approved teacher preparation degree program and agrees to teach at a school meeting certain criteria for four years. The bill sets the amount of assistance at the amount of tuition and mandatory fees for the courses in which the person enrolls for completion of a bachelor's degree. The bill directs how money should flow through the institute to the individual. The bill requires the individual to provide annual proof of employment after their graduation. The bill prohibits those taking part in the program from receiving an Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program award. The bill requires repayments from those who do not complete the program. The bill creates the Oklahoma Teacher Corps Revolving Fund for the program.

SB0531

Pugh, Adam (S)
Miller, Nicole (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0531, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Nicole Miller, R-Edmond, creates the Rewarding Student Outcomes Act, to build an outcomes-based career, college, and military readiness incentive program for school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools in this state. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make an annual report on each district's economically disadvantaged population. The bill requires public schools to have at least a 1 percent increase in the number of annual graduates in a cohort shown to be college, career or military ready to receive a Rewarding Student Outcomes Act bonus of $1,500 if the annual graduate is economically disadvantaged and $500 if the graduate is not economically disadvantaged. The bill requires annual reports on the program, with letter scores for each school. The bill requires climate surveys at schools. The bill describes certain credentials and tests that can be used to qualify a student as college, career or military ready.

SB0550

Seifried, Ally (S)
Moore, Anthony (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S Engrossed

Paraphrase: SB0550, by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore and Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, requires private and out-of-state degree-granting institutions that operate in the state by any modality meet the same standards of academic quality and fiscal responsibility required of institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and directs the State Regents to establish and collect annual fees from applicants for authorization costs, require applicants for authorization submit payment into the Tuition Recovery Revolving Fund, which is created in the bill, to offset student tuition losses in the event an authorized institution closes or ceases operations, and be authorized to deny, revoke of not review an institution's authorization if it does not meet The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education standards.

SB0556

Newhouse, Joe (S)
Sims, Lonnie (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0556, by Sen. Joe Newhouse, R-Tulsa and Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, requires a notarial officer to maintain a written or electronic record of each notarial act performed under the provisions therein. It requires each record to include a statement of the notarial act performed, the date on which it occurred, the name of the person appearing before the notarial officer, and a statement of the means by which the notary made the required determination of the identity of the person.

SB0583

Montgomery, John Michael (S)
Hilbert, Kyle (H)

S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/13/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0583, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, requires that beginning in 2023, by April 15 of each year and by the end of each calendar year, the Tax Commission to submit reports on the Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund to the Senate Appropriations Committee chair and House Appropriation and Budget Committee chair. It provides specifics for the report.

SB0606

Rader, Dave (S)
Pfeiffer, John (H)

S Finance (S) - 01/31/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/20/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0606, by Sen. Dave Rader, R-Tulsa and Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Mulhall, deletes the authorizations of the Oklahoma Tax Commission to grant an extension without penalty, upon written request of the taxpayer and for a good cause, of not to exceed 15 days for the filing of the returns as required by the Ad Valorem Tax Code.

SB0634

Montgomery, John Michael (S)

S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 01/31/2023
S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/21/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0634, by Sen. John Michael Montgomery, R-Lawton, allows members of the Oklahoma Teacher's Retirement System who retire with at least 20 years of credible service to receive a partial lump-sum payment equal to one-half of the unreduced retirement benefit at the date of retirement and a reduced annuity.

SB0654

Rosino, Paul (S)
Burns, Ty (H)

S Veterans & Military Affairs (S) - 01/31/2023
S Veterans & Military Affairs (S) - 02/07/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Veterans & Military Affairs (S) - 02/15/2023
S Finance (S) - 02/27/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0654, by Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Ty Burns, R-Morrison, creates the Captain Steven L. Farley Goldstar Families Act. It requires the surviving spouse and children of a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action or killed in the performance of his or her duty after September 11, 2001, to be eligible for a waiver of: undergraduate resident tuition at institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and resident tuition for a postsecondary program at a technology center school operating under the State Board of Career and Technology Education.

SB0677

Treat, Greg (S)

S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0677, by Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, requires the address of residence and the mailing address of a candidate provided on a Declaration of Candidacy to be kept confidential; provided, however, such address information can be provided to a candidate, candidate representative, or other lawful authority in anticipation of or as part of a contest of candidacy or contest of an election as provided for in this title or as part of a petition challenge as provided by law. It requires that prior to filing a Declaration of Candidacy, a candidate must obtain a voter registration verification form from the secretary of the election board with whom the candidate is required to file. It requires the candidate to provide the form with the Declaration of Candidacy.

SB0684

Stanley, Brenda (S)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0684, by Sen. Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, allows that after the initial physical inspection of property, changes to property can be discovered with the use of digital aerial images taken by fixed-wing aircraft complying with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

SB0710

Rosino, Paul (S)
Baker, Rhonda (H)

S Health & Human Services (S) - 01/31/2023
S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/07/2023
S Health & Human Services (S) - 02/23/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0710, by Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, authorizes any school employee to administer an opiate antagonist in the event of a suspected overdose to do so regardless of whether there is a prescription or standing order in place.

SB0715

Floyd, Kay (S)
Lawson, Mark (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 01/31/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0715, by Sen. Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Mark Lawson, R-Sapulpa, requires a public body to notify a requestor if it has determined to keep a requested record confidential, and allows the requestor to file action and the court can release the record if it finds that the public interest in the records outweighs the privacy interest and must order any redactions necessary to protect innocent parties. The court may award a requesting party court costs and reasonable attorney fees if it finds that the denial of access to the records by the public body was unreasonable.

SB0761

Howard, Brent (S)
Pae, Daniel (H)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0761, by Sen. Brent Howard, R-Altus and Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, defines a public health emergency and allows public bodies to conduct public meetings and executive sessions utilizing digital means as long as no public official is counted as present while utilizing digital means for more than one-fourth of the regular or special meetings in a one year time period, a quorum of members are physically present, and the person using the digital means must confirm by audio or visual affirmation to the public to be the actual member and can only participate from a fixed location. The bill sets requirements for documents provided digitally during a meeting and gives certain liability, and directs how minutes of such a meeting should be handled. The bill requires if a public body maintains a website, has dedicated information technology employees, and has immediate access to a high-speed internet connection, meetings held without a physical meeting place open to the public be streamed live on a website, made available by telephonic means, or video of the meeting made available through an alternative website. The bill requires video of such meetings to be maintained by the public body and available to the public for a period of at least seven business days after the meetings become official. The bill prohibits the use of private electronic communications concerning public business among members of the governing body during a public meeting.

SB0812

Dossett, Jo Anna (S)

S General Government (S) - 01/31/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/07/2023
S General Government (S) - 02/23/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0812, by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, requires that 5 percent of all state contracts be awarded to businesses that have been in operation for less than five years, beginning July 1, 2024.

SB0838

Bullard, David (S)
McDugle, Kevin (H)

S Public Safety (S) - 01/31/2023
S Public Safety (S) - 02/07/2023
S Public Safety (S) - 03/02/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0838, by Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant and Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Tulsa, allows certain teachers to carry firearms.

SB0839

Pugh, Adam (S)
Martinez, Ryan (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/28/2023

H Introduced

Paraphrase: SB0839, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond and Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, adds the requirement that any school athletic association of which a public school is a member contract for legal representation with the Attorney General's Office.

SB0926

Jett, Shane (S)
Vancuren, Mark (H)

S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/21/2023
S Appropriations (S) - 03/01/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0926, by Sen. Shane Jett, R-Shawnee and Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, states that for the purpose of state salary increments, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than 10 years of active duty in the military service. For the purposes of retirement, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five years of active duty in the military service.

SB0964

Kidd, Chris (S)
Caldwell, Trey (H)

S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 01/31/2023
S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/07/2023
S Retirement & Insurance (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0964, by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika and Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, allows members of the Oklahoma Teacher Retirement System who have not been employed for one year to be reemployed as a classroom teacher without limiting their earnings for no more than three years.

SB0991

Green, Grant (S)
Hilbert, Kyle (H)

S Education (S) - 01/31/2023
S Education (S) - 02/07/2023
S Education (S) - 02/14/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB0991, by Sen. Grant Green, R- and Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Depew, modifies grade levels for which agricultural education programs are to be designed from grade eight to grade seven.

SB1055

Kidd, Chris (S)
Pae, Daniel (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB1055, by Sen. Chris Kidd, R-Waurika and Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, removes language about teleconferencing for public meetings.

SB1056

Standridge, Robert (S)
West, Kevin (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/28/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB1056, by Sen. Robert Standridge, R-Norman and Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, modifies language related to obscene material as it relates to minors. It requires the contemporary community standard for minors to be applied. It defines the term "contemporary community standards for minors" to mean obscene material with regards to a minor if two or more secular news outlets in the broadcast area that includes the area where minors are potentially being given such material refuse to read, show, or otherwise communicate the material to their audience because the outlet determines the material is inappropriate, vulgar, or sexually explicit, or if two or more secular print news outlets who distribute materials in the area that includes the area where minors are potentially being given such material refuse to print or otherwise communicate the material because the outlet determines the material is inappropriate, vulgar, or sexually explicit. It prohibits use of the reasonable person standard when an adult knowingly provides material that qualifies as obscene to a minor without written informed consent by the minor's parent or guardian.

SB1085

Dahm, Nathan (S)
Olsen, Jim (H)

S Judiciary (S) - 02/07/2023
S Judiciary (S) - 02/21/2023

S General Order

Paraphrase: SB1085, by Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow and Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, modifies dates for reapportionment of the territory of school districts into board districts from between August 1 and December 31 to between April 8 and August 31.

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2023 Legislation

Executive Summary of Tracked Bills