We may have our first interim study subject lined up for this year—workers’ compensation reform. Sound familiar? House Speaker Kris Steele thinks it’s ripe for another go ‘round. Well, maybe not another massive redrafting of Title 85 (that’s where workers’ comp lives, in the law books). This one would center on whether Oklahoma should join [...]
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">Capitol week in review … (April 30-May 4) 
May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate, Week in Review
Tags: Aaron Stiles·abortion-inducing drugs·Brian Bingman·David Dank·Fred Jordan·Good Samaritan·HB 2155·HB 2296·HB 2381·HB 2419·HB 2561·HB 3061·HJR 1001·HJR 1093·income tax·judges·Kris Steele·Lake Murray·liability·lodge·Marie Price·Mary Fallin·mobile home parks·natural gas·opt out·pay raises·reduction·RU-486·SB 1913·senior freeze·shelter·tornadoes·workers' compensation
">Expanded ‘Good Samaritan’ shelter measure heads for Fallin’s desk—House Dems criticize earlier veto 
May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate
Gov. Mary Fallin will soon find on her desk lawmakers’ resolution of an issue that has prompted heated debate from Democrats every time it has come before the House—in fact, “resolution” may be an optimistic term for the final version of HB 2419, or at least for how it came to the House floor.
Tags: Brian Crain·Eric Proctor·exemption·HB 2296·HB 2419·Joe Dorman·John Enns·Kris Steele·liability·Marie Price·Mary Fallin·mobile home parks·Scott Inman·shelter·tornado·Woodward
">In brief: ‘Good Samaritan’ bill-fix gains unanimous Senate OK 
April 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate
Senators voted 42-0 Wednesday to approve a floor substitute for HB 2419 that addresses some concerns that Gov. Mary Fallin said led to her veto of a related measure last week.
Tags: HB 2419·liability·Marie Price·Mary Fallin·mobile home·Rob Johnson·shelter·veto
">Veto override stalled by Steele tabling motion 
April 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate
Saying that HB 2296 could save lives by freeing mobile home park operators from liability for allowing residents to take shelter in park offices during severe weather, Rep. Eric Proctor asked his House colleagues Monday to override Gov. Mary Fallin’s veto of the measure.
Tags: Brian Crain·Eric Proctor·Fred Jordan·HB 2296·Kris Steele·liability·Marie Price·Mary Fallin·mobile home park·office·override·public buildings·Ron Justice·SB 1316·shelter·veto