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(access required)">Capitol week in review … (April 30-May 4) (access required)

May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Executive Branch, House, Senate, Week in Review

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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(access required)">Expanded ‘Good Samaritan’ shelter measure heads for Fallin’s desk—House Dems criticize earlier veto (access required)

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.

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(access required)">In brief: ‘Good Samaritan’ bill-fix gains unanimous Senate OK (access required)

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.

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(access required)">Veto override stalled by Steele tabling motion (access required)

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.

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