Source: http://okhighered.org/leg-info/2000/update-00-2-18.htm
Timestamp: 2018-01-20 03:10:03
Document Index: 153430480

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 698', '§ 17', '§ 3306', '§ 6', '§ 11', '§ 3907', '§ 759', '§ 759', '§ 7', '§ 840', '§ 840', '§ 277', '§ 277', '§ 301', '§ 41', '§ 1004', '§ 41', '§ 1004', '§ 1316', '§ 17', '§ 589', '§ 328', '§ 570', '§ 11', '§ 1376', '§ 62', '§ 902', '§ 19', '§ 588', '§ 1356', '§ 2', '§ 1210', '§ 116', '§ 11', '§ 3', '§ 22', '§ 1629', '§ 251', '§ 402', '§ 113', '§ 139', '§ 21', '§ 7', '§ 2358', '§ 1356', '§ 1356', '§ 1210', '§ 6', '§ 17', '§ 209', '§ 60', '§ 139', '§ 3218', '§ 2358', '§ 11', '§ 3241', '§ 3218', '§ 184', '§ 11', '§ 698', '§ 1363', '§ 280', '§ 1304', '§ 1370', '§ 3', '§ 1210', '§ 1219', '§ 5060', '§ 318', '§ 2529', '§ 3', '§ 2514', '§ 6', '§ 15', '§ 960', '§ 3218', '§ 8001', '§ 8301', '§ 85', '§ 1', '§ 103', '§ 1210', '§ 500', '§ 840', '§ 5', '§ 2704', '§ 570', '§ 518', '§ 103', '§ 1992', '§ 6', '§ 50', '§ 5', '§ 2525', '§ 725', '§ 90', '§ 8003', '§ 1', '§ 11', '§ 1917', '§ 3634', '§ 199', '§ 2505', '§ 1327', '§ 1808', '§ 116', '§ 1', '§ 1012', '§ 169', '§ 17', '§ 1210', '§ 50', '§ 19', '§ 24', '§ 1332', '§ 4', '§ 8203', '§ 1', '§ 7', '§ 351', '§ 17', '§ 960', '§ 1', '§ 3230', '§ 6055', '§ 1219', '§ 3241', '§ 1210', '§ 1210', '§ 11', '§ 3317', '§ 3', '§ 6052', '§ 2528', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 1210', '§ 2351', '§ 11']

Legislative Update February 18, 2000
Remedial Education Draws Attention: At least three bills being considered by legislative committees contain provisions related to remedial education. Two of the bills call for the elimination of remedial courses at four-year universities. The other calls for reducing the percentage of students entering college that need remedial courses to 10%.
· HB 1710 by Rep. Carolyn Coleman (R - Moore), was approved Wednesday by the Higher Education Subcommittee of the House Education Committee. In its introduced version (http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1710_int.rtf), the bill called for the elimination of all remedial courses at comprehensive and four-year universities by 2001. However, the subcommittee considered and approved a committee substitute version which references only comprehensive universities:
"It is the intent of the Legislature that by the fall of the 2001-2002 school year, all remedial courses in the comprehensive universities shall be terminated."
The bill will next be heard in the full House Education Committee.
· SB 1594 by Sen. Kathleen Wilcoxson (R- Oklahoma City) sets general achievement standards for common education, vocational-technical education, and higher education. One of the goals for higher education is that no more than 10% of students entering college within five years of high school graduation require remedial courses. Currently about 39% of first-time freshmen take remedial courses. The other higher education goal is a “college completion” rate of at least 50% within six years for students who enter as freshmen. The bill is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Education Committee on Monday, February 21.
Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1594_int.rtf
· SB 1499 by Sen. Charles Ford (R – Tulsa) is entitled the "LearnPower 2000 Act" and contains numerous education proposals of Governor Keating and the Republican caucus. The bill was considered briefly Wednesday by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. Sen. Ford and Secretary of Education Floyd Coppedge provided an overview of the bill. However, due to lack of time, Subcommittee Chair Sen. Cal Hobson, asked that discussion of the bill be continued on Monday, February 21, at the subcommittee’s next meeting (see agenda under “Upcoming Meetings/Activities”). Issues in the bill include:
ü funding incentives for high schools that have students complete a "4 X 4" curriculum (using courses required for college admissions) - Section 9
ü forgivable teacher loan program - Section 10
ü advanced placement courses - Section 12
ü Legislative intent language to eliminate all remedial courses at comprehensive universities by the 2001-2002 year and at the other four-year universities by 2005-2005 - Section 13
ü high school core curriculum requirements (modifying HB 1759) - Section 14
ü modifying requirements for the diploma with honor (HB 1759) - Section 15
ü K-12 student assessment, including a requirement that all students take the ACT test prior to high school graduation - Section 20
Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1499_int.rtf
· February 21, Monday, 9:30 a.m., Room 534, State Capitol, Senate Education Committee, to view agenda go to http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/senate/welcome.html and open “Senate Committees: Meeting Notices”. The agenda includes 13 bills, including the following 9 we are tracking:
SB 1020 – high school graduation curriculum requirements
SB 1047 – high school graduation curriculum requirements; Ok. Tuition Scholarship Program
SB 1067 – various amendments to HB 1759
SB 1139 – high school graduation curriculum requirements; diploma with honor
SB 1231 – authorizing schools to offer SAT preparatory tests
SB 1319 – high school graduation curriculum requirements; diploma with honor
SB 1446 – K-12 student assessment
SB 1594 – specifying standards for common education, vo-tech, and higher education
SB 1595 – alternative placement teaching certification
· February 21, Monday, Room 534, State Capitol, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, time: immediately following Senate Education Committee; to view agenda go to http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/senate/welcome.html and open “Senate Committees: Meeting Notices”. The agenda includes 4 bills, including the following 3 we are tracking:
SB 788 – Special Needs Scholarship Program
SB 1393 – teacher forgivable loan program
SB 1499 – LearnPower 2000 Act
· February 21, Monday, 10:30 a.m., Room 432-A, House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education; the agenda includes 8 bills, of which the following 5 we are tracking:
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – budget hearing for Ok. Center for Advancement of Science and Technology
11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon – hearing of bills:
HB 2016 – certification of math teachers
HB 2093 – purchase limit of postage stamps; equipment inventory requirements for colleges
HB 2142 – Ok. Task Force on Qualified State Tuition Plans
HB 2174 – “shell” bill related to the State Regents
HB 2620 – K-12 student testing
· February 22, Tuesday, 9:00 a.m., Room 511-A, Senate Finance Committee; the agenda includes 25 bills, including the following bill we are tracking:
SB 1057 – sales tax exemption on parking services at higher education institutions
· February 22, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m., State Board of Equalization
Agenda: Final certification of funds available for appropriation during the 2000 session
· February 23, Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., Room 432-A, House Appropriations and Budget Committee; the agenda has not been announced at this time.
· February 29, Tuesday, Higher Education Day at the State Capitol
February 24, Thursday.............................................................. Bills from Committee of House of Origin
SR 44 - Jason Sanders, Rhodes Scholar
SB 866 – re-creates the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence
SB 868 – re-creates the State Anatomical Board
HB 2653 – teachers pay raise
SB 817 - teachers’ retirement; earnings limit
SB 866 – re-creates Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence
SB 868 - re-creates State Anatomical Board
SB 875 - norm-referenced tests
SB 990 - teachers’ retirement; health insurance
SB 991 - teachers’ retirement; contributions for externally-funded employees
SB 996 - teachers’ retirement; deleting obsolete language
SB 1014 - requiring bachelor’s degree for ABLE agents
SB 1080 - criterion-referenced tests
SB 1154 - insurance company investments; student loans
SB 1162 - religious freedom
SB 1176 - public construction bidding
SB 1206 - health insurance; liability for damages
SB 1211 - College Savings Plan, state employee payroll deduction
SB 1214 - sales tax exemption for admission tickets
SB 1239 - teachers’ retirement; retired teachers organization
SB 1392 - certification for teachers of honors courses
SB 1510 - University Hospitals
SB 1179 - bidding by faith-based entities
HB 2121 - sexual battery by a public employee
HB 2220 - appropriation to OCAST
HB 2222 - appropriation to OCAST
HB 2291 - tobacco settlement
HB 1918 – telemedicine; teleradiology standards
HB 1945 - employee information, job performance
HB 2072 - health insurance, treatment decisions
HB 2323 – public bidding, penalty for disclosure
HB 2371 - teachers’ retirement, survey of active members
HB 2600 - electronic test administration
HB 2681 - income tax deduction for college savings plan contributions
SB 788 - Special Needs Scholarship
SB 1141 - confinement officer training
SB 1172 - public construction
SB 1173 - raffles
SB 1237 - Teacher Preparation
SB 1282 - master plan
SB 1308 - retirement benefits, income tax exemption
SB 1310 - ticket scalping
SB 1321 - public libraries, computer restriction
SB 1390 - equipment leasing
HB 1710 - remedial courses
HB 2371 - teachers’ retirement
Liability, SB 1206
Literacy Initiatives Commission, SB 863, HB 1850
Surplus computers, SB 1023
Credit for college donations, HB 2503
Credit for college research, HB 2504
Preparation, SB 1237, HB 2119, HB 2120, HB 2476, HB 2555
Scholarship, SB 982, SB 1047, SB 1067, HB 2622
Status Reported as of February 17, 2000
SB 788 (Fisher) - SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOLARSHIP. Establishes the Special Needs Scholarship Program under the authority of the State Regents for students who declare an intention to serve and who subsequently serve this state by teaching four years of secondary math or science or special education or shortage areas as determined by the Regents; provides that persons failing to meet requirements shall be liable for the sum of all scholarships received; requires execution of appropriate contracts and promissory notes. (70 § 698A)
2/1/99 Senate introduced - http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB788_int.rtf
2/2/99 Referred to Senate Education Committee
SB 817 (Milacek) - RETIREMENT. Increases to $18,000 the earnings limit for certain retired members of the Teachers’ Retirement System. (70 § 17-116.10) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB817_int.rtf
2/16/00Senate Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 824 (Maddox) - ANSWERING MACHINES/VOICE MAIL. Requires that the primary telephone number at state agencies, including State System higher education institutions, centers and other constituent agencies, be answered by an agency employee during normal business hours; prohibits the use of an answering device on the primary telephone designated to receive calls from the public during normal business hours or forwarded to a telephone that is not answered by an employee; provides an exception to allow agencies to use answering devices to answer calls during other than normal business hours and calls to other numbers the agency maintains. (74 § 3306) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB824_int.rtf
SB 843 (Helton) - GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Removes the first-come-first-served criteria for awarding scholarships for teachers and administrators to attend the Great Expectations Summer Institutes for Teachers; authorizes the State Board of Education to develop criteria for scholarship awards. (70 § 6-194.2) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB843_int.rtf
2/15/00Senate Committee - Passed
SB 849 (Crutchfield) - TEACHER CERTIFICATION. Modifies criteria for certification in early childhood education to allow certification of a person who has a child Development Associate credential and has at least five years’ experience as an early childhood educator with a Head Start program or with a public school in the state working in an early childhood education program for children four years of age and younger. (70 § 11-103.7) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB849_int.rtf
SB 863 (Harrison/Easley) - CLIMATOLOGICAL/LITERACY INITIATIVES. Re-creates various boards including the Oklahoma Climatological Survey and the Literacy Initiatives Commission. (74 § 3907)
SB 866 (Harrison/Easley) - BOARD OF TESTS FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG INFLUENCE. Re-creates the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, the chairman of which is the Dean of the OU College of Medicine or the Dean’s designee. (47 § 759)
SB 868 (Harrison/Easley) - STATE ANATOMICAL BOARD. Re-creates the State Anatomical Board. (47 § 759)
2/15/00Senate Committee - Do Pass as Amended
SB 888 (Muegge/Corn) - AGRICULTURE SEED BANKS. Creates a 13-member Task Force on Agriculture Seed Banks, the membership of which includes the Dean of Oklahoma State University’s Division of Agriculture or a designee. The committee substitute creates a 15-member task force.
SB 897 (Morgan) - STATE PERSONNEL. Modifies the time limit for an employer to pay wages to an employee to allow the state an additional seven working days after the end of a pay period; authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management to purchase awards for presentation to state employees as part of employee recognition activities sponsored by OPM; authorizes performance-based salary adjustments; modifies other sections relating to the Oklahoma Personnel Act. (62 § 7.10; 74 §§ 840-1.6A, 840-3.5, 840-5.5) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB897_int.rtf
SB 924 (Haney/Settle) - APPROPRIATIONS. Appropriates to various agencies including the State Department of Agriculture for Oklahoma State University’s Statewide Intensive Financial Management Assistance Program and animal diagnostic laboratory equipment; allows the Agriculture Department to spend as much as necessary to accomplish contractual responsibilities for statewide dissemination of intensive financial management technical assistance by OSU’s extension service; requires the Labor Department to submit annual reports detailing the amount per agency of all state, federal and local funds received for asbestos abatement, the projects completed per agency, the number of agency employees used in the programs and the projected needs for the next succeeding fiscal year; requires the State Regents and other appropriate state agencies involved in asbestos abatement to cooperate with the Labor Department to provide such information. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB924_int.rtf
Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB930_int.rtf
SB 954 (Haney/Settle) - APPROPRIATIONS/STATE REGENTS/PMTC/OCAST/TEACHER PREP/UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. This is a general appropriations bill which appropriates to the State Regents, the Physician Manpower Training Commission, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), Teacher Preparation Commission and the University Hospitals Authority. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB954_int.rtf
SB 969 (Haney/Settle) - TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT. Merges provisions of duplicate sections relating to unclassified service. (74 § 840-5.5) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB969_int.rtf
SB 974 (Haney/Settle) - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. This is a shell bill authorizing the Department of Central Services to expend certain monies in the Capital Improvement Revolving Fund for site location, design and architectural work for projects funded by the Tobacco Settlement Revolving Fund as approved by the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission and the Contingency Review Board. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB974_int.rtf
SB 975 (Haney/Settle) - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT/STATE REGENTS. This is a shell bill authorizing the Department of Central Services to expend certain monies in the Capital Improvement Revolving Fund for site location, design and architectural work for projects of the State Regents as approved by the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission and the Contingency Review Board. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB975_int.rtf
SB 977 (Haney/Settle) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Creates a Tobacco Settlement Revolving Fund comprising monies received by the state in settlement of claims against tobacco manufacturers; requires legislative appropriation for expenditure of such funds. (62 § 277.3) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB977_int.rtf
SB 978 (Haney/Settle) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Creates a Tobacco Settlement Revolving Fund comprising monies received by the state in settlement of claims against tobacco manufacturers; requires legislative appropriation for expenditure of such funds. (62 § 277.3) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB978_int.rtf
SB 979 (Haney/Settle) - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. This is a shell bill relating to the Capital Improvement Authority. (73 § 301) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB979_int.rtf
SB 981 (Haney/Settle) – HIGHER EDUCATION CAPITAL FUND. Deletes obsolete language relating to the Higher Education Capital Fund and to gross production tax apportionment. (62 § 41.29d, 68 § 1004) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB981_int.rtf
SB 982 (Haney/Settle) - TUITION SCHOLARSHIP. Deletes obsolete language relating to the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Fund and to gross production tax apportionment. (62 § 41.29e, 68 § 1004) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB982_int.rtf
SB 984 (Haney/Settle) - APPROPRIATIONS. This is a shell bill appropriating to the State Regents. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB984_int.rtf
SB 990 (Morgan) - RETIREMENT. Provides an additional opportunity to certain retired or vested members of OTRS to elect to again be covered under the health, dental and all other insurance benefits authorized by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act, if his or her spouse loses coverage for any reason. (74 §§ 1316.2, 1316.3) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB990_int.rtf
SB 991 (Morgan) - RETIREMENT. Changes the effective date of a 1999 measure relating to retirement to July 1, 2001. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB991_int.rtf
SB 996 (Morgan) - RETIREMENT. Deletes obsolete language relating to the Teachers’ Retirement System. (70 § 17-108.1)
SB 1004 (Leftwich) - PRIVATIZATION OF STATE FUNCTIONS. Requires agencies, before contracting to privatize a function, to determine the fully allocated cost of the current service delivery system and the existence of an adequate number of vendors to assure the presence of a competitive market; requires an agency to provide its employees with a consultant to help prepare an employee proposal or training on proposal preparation; requires that proposals submitted by agency employees be considered simultaneously in the bid or proposal process with non-employee bids and proposals; requires the agency, when evaluating bids and proposals from private vendors and employees, to consider the full cost of privatizing, including the cost of contract implementation and monitoring and transitional costs; requires the agency to certify that the privatization is at least 10 percent below the cost of state operation and that it maintains quality services. (74 § 589) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1004_int.rtf
SB 1013 (Long) - DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Authorizes the Board of Dentistry to prescribe services that dental hygienists can perform; specifies that organized health services that may employ registered hygienists may include educational facilities, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, home health agencies, group homes serving the elderly, handicapped or juveniles, state-operated institutions, federal, state or local public health facilities and other facilities deemed appropriate by the board. (59 § 328.34) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1013_int.rtf
SB 1014 (Wilkerson/Hilliard) - ABLE AGENTS/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. Requires that Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission agents appointed beginning July 1, 2000, be at least 21 years of age and have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. (37 § 570) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1014_int.rtf
2/14/00Senate committee - Passed
SB 1020 (Leftwich) - CURRICULUM. Expands math electives in high-school-graduation curriculum requirements to include economics. (70 § 11-103.6) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1020_int.rtf
SB 1021 (Maddox) - CAMPUS SECURITY. Authorizes the governing board of an institution of learning to order disruptive persons to leave the premises; increases from 30 days to one year the period of prohibition after being ordered removed from an institution; provides for a grievance or appeal procedure. (21 § 1376) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1021_int.rtf
SB 1023 (Shurden) - SURPLUS COMPUTERS. Requires that local school districts be given an opportunity to request state-agency surplus computers and computer equipment. (74 § 62.4) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1023_int.rtf
SB 1024 (Shurden) - George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute EMPLOYEES. Provides for eligibility for certain retirement and health benefits for certain employees of the George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute. (74 § 902) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1024_int.rtf
2/16/00Senate Committee - Passed
SB 1045 (Haney/Settle) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Modifies the mandated apportionment for monies received by the Attorney General on behalf of the state to provide an exemption for sums received pursuant to the master settlement agreement entered into by the state and leading U.S. tobacco products manufacturers. (74 § 19) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1045_int.rtf
SB 1047 (Shurden) - CURRICULUM/Tuition Scholarship. Amendments to HB 1759; relates to high school graduation requirements and eligibility for Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1047_int.rtf
SB 1049 (Rabon) - PRIVATIZATION. Requires state agencies having a budget of $50,000 or more, before contracting to privatize a function, to perform a cost/benefit analysis and provide a copy of the report to the Department of Central Services; requires Central Services to make certain findings. (74 §§ 588, 588.1, 589) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1049_int.rtf
SB 1057 (Hobson) - SALES TAX EXEMPTION. Provides a sales tax exemption for the sale, lease or use of parking privileges by a State System institution. (68 § 1356) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1057_int.rtf
SB 1078 (Muegge) - AGRICULTURE/OSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. Authorizes mediation services for agricultural and rural living issues; directs the Agriculture Department, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, to develop and implement a plan to increase public awareness of the program. (2 § 2-29) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1078_int.rtf
SB 1080 (Laughlin) - SCHOOL TESTING. Directs the development and administration of a comprehensive criterion-referenced test as an indication of certain competencies. (70 § 1210.508)
SB 1100 (Stipe) - PUBLIC BIDDING. Removes the felony penalty for the disclosure by a public agency of the terms of a bid submitted in response to a bid notice in advance of the time set for the opening of all bids. (61 §§ 116, 118) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1100_int.rtf
SB 1139 (Crutchfield) - CURRICULUM. Expands the core curriculum; adds requirement for certain technology and arts courses; provides for international baccalaureate courses; establishes requirements for a diploma with honor. (70 §§ 11-103.6, 11-103.2c) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1139_int.rtf
SB 1146 (Stipe) - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. Provides for representation before the Workers’ Compensation Court. (85 §§ 3.3a, 3.4) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1146_int.rtf
SB 1149 (Henry) - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. Reorganizes language providing for compensation for job-related illness and injuries under the Workers’ Compensation Act. (85 §§ 22, 22a, 22a.1/22a.13) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1149_int.rtf
SB 1154 (Morgan) - STUDENT LOANS. Expands student loans and student loan programs in which insurers may invest. (36 § 1629) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1154_int.rtf
SB 1162 (Pruitt) - RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Creates the “Oklahoma Religious Freedom Restoration Act”; prohibits government agencies from substantially burdening a person’s free exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless it demonstrates the application of the burden is essential to further a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. (51 § 251/256) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1162_int.rtf
2/17/00Senate Committee - Passed as Amended
SB 1173 (Long) - RAFFLES. Authorizes charity raffles. (3A § 402) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1173_int.rtf
SB 1176 (Robinson/Paulk) - PUBLIC BIDDING. Prohibits public agencies from requiring for any public construction project submission of a project bid based on acquiring or participating in any wrap-up, wrap-around or controlled insurance program. (61 § 113) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1176_int.rtf
SB 1178 (Robinson) - TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Authorizes use of monies in the Telecommunications Technology Training Fund for the training of school administrators. (17 § 139.109) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1178_int.rtf
SB 1206 (Henry) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Enacts the "Health Care Liability Act”; makes health insurance carriers, health maintenance organizations and other managed care entities liable for damages for harm to an insured or enrollee proximately caused by health care treatment decisions made by its employees, agents or representatives acting on its behalf. (76 §§ 21.1/21.4) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1206_int.rtf
SB 1211 (Henry) - COLLEGE SAVINGS. Authorizes voluntary payroll deductions for state employees for payments to a college savings account administered under the Oklahoma College Savings Plan Act; exempts college savings account withdrawals from calculation in taxable income. (62 § 7.10, 68 § 2358) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1211_int.rtf
SB 1214 (Morgan/Nations) - SALES TAX/ADMISSION TICKETS. Exempts sales tax for campus activity admission tickets, provided revenue is used for gender equity purposes. (68 § 1356) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1214_int.rtf
SB 1216 (Morgan) - SALES TAX/CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. Exempts from state sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services for use on campus construction projects for accredited public or private higher education institutions, when such projects are financed by or through use of nonprofit, tax-exempt entities. (68 § 1356) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1216_int.rtf
SB 1230 (Horner) - Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP). Renames the “Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act” (OHLAP) as the “Oklahoma Plan Ahead Student Scholarship Act”; allows Oklahoma residents attending a public high school in a bordering state pursuant to approval of the State Board of Education to participate in the program upon approval of the Chancellor. (70 §§ 1210.541, 2601/2605, 3953.1) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1230_int.rtf
SB 1237 (Williams) - TEACHER PREPARATION. Authorizes the Teacher Preparation Commission to reimburse teachers for fees paid for successful completion of competency examinations upon such teacher contracting to teach with an Oklahoma public school. (70 § 6-188) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1237_int.rtf
SB 1239 (Leftwich) - Retirement. Requires the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma to provide to a member making application to retire an application to participate in a retired teachers’ organization along with a form allowing the member to elect to have dues prorated and withheld from the member’s retirement benefits; requires such an organization to pay for the cost of applications and forms. (70 § 17-122) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1239_int.rtf
2/16/00Senate Committee - Committee Substitute Passed
SB 1246 (Hobson) - LEAVE/NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. Entitles public employees who are members of the National Guard on inactive duty to a leave of absence for any period of active duty without loss of status or efficiency rating. (44 § 209) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1246_int.rtf
SB 1250 (Robinson/Paulk) - PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION. Requires state agencies to use consultant and construction contract forms that the Department of Central Services requires to award contracts for designs to construct, renovate, alter, repair, maintain or improve real property or fixtures of real property of the state. (61 §§ 60, 202) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1250_int.rtf
2/8/00 Referred to Senate Deregulation Committee
SB 1252 (Robinson) - TELEMEDICINE. Requires that each nonprofit hospital in the state receive free of charge, upon written request, one telecommunications line or wireless connection sufficient for providing telemedicine services the hospital is equipped to provide; provides that the telecommunications carrier be entitled to reimbursement from the Universal Service Fund for providing the line or connection. (17 § 139.109) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1252_int.rtf
SB 1305 (Hobson) - FEES. Raises the cap on library automation and materials fees at State System institutions from $1.50 to $2.25 per semester credit hour; raises the cap on student activity fees from $42 to $45 per semester and the cap on student health care fees from $46 to $54. (70 §§ 3218.11, 3218.12) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1305_int.rtf
SB 1308 (Dunlap) - Retirement. Modifies amounts of and qualifications to receive income tax exemptions for retirement benefits. (68 § 2358) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1308_int.rtf
SB 1319 (Johnson) - CURRICULUM. Expands high school graduation curriculum requirements to include one-half additional unit in Oklahoma history; specifies requirements for a standard diploma; provides for credit of certain correspondence courses. (70 §§ 11-103.2c, 11-103.6) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1319_int.rtf
SB 1346 (Snyder) - ALLOCATIONS/RESEARCHERS/TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. States legislative intent that the State Regents allocate $1 million in support of each Nobel Laureate, $500,000 in support of each Hughes Investigator and $250,000 in support of each National Science Foundation Fellow employed at institutions of the State System; authorizes the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) to contract for establishment, management and oversight of special projects in technology transfer. (70 §§ 3241, 5060.30) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1346_int.rtf
SB 1347 (Williamson) – REMEDIAL EES. Expands supplementary fees that may be established by the State Regents to include remedial instructional fees of a maximum $137 per semester credit hour at comprehensive universities, $86 per semester credit hour at regional universities and $13 per semester credit hour at two-year colleges. (70 § 3218.10) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1347_int.rtf
SB 1390 (Hobson) - EQUIPMENT LEASING. Authorizes the Capitol Improvement Authority to create and administer a state agency equipment leasing and finance program. (73 § 184) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1390_int.rtf
SB 1392 (Ford) - TEACHER CERTIFICATION. Requires teachers of honors courses to be certified to teach in the subject area. (70 § 11-103.6c) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1392_int.rtf
SB 1393 (Ford) - TEACHER FORGIVABLE LOANS. States legislative intent that the State Regents establish a teacher forgivable loan program for students planning to teach math or science in an Oklahoma public secondary school. (70 § 698.3) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1393_int.rtf
SB 1396 (Monson) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Adds annual eye exams to the basic plan offered pursuant to the State Employees Benefits Act; specifies calculation for the excess flexible benefit allowance. (74 §§ 1363/1365, 1370, 1371) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1396_int.rtf
SB 1404 (Taylor/Benson) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Creates a Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund; requires the board of directors to make decisions regarding investment of trust monies and to review and make recommendations to the legislature regarding expenditure of investment income. (62 § 280) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1404_int.rtf
SB 1408 (Monson) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires that the monthly premiums for certain health-care plans be the same for active employees as for retirees under 65 years of age; requires the Board to offer mail-order prescriptions and to provide a maximum calendar-year benefit for the state dental plan of no less than $2,000. (74 §§ 1304, 1306, 1371) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1408_int.rtf
SB 1410 (Monson) - EMPLOYEES BENEFITS. Modifies the state employee benefit allowance to the greater of $262.19 per month or an amount equal to the average price of all high-option plans offered. (74 § 1370) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1410_int.rtf
SB 1414 (Henry) - WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides for liability of the employer or the employer's insurance carrier for the degree of percent of disability which would have resulted from the subsequent injury if there had been no preexistent impairment. (85 § 3, 10, 22, 42, 92, 172/175) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1414_int.rtf
SB 1446 (Wilcoxson) - SCHOOL TESTING. Requires the development and implementation of a comprehensive system of student assessment; outlines requirements of the system. (70 § 1210.508) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1446_int.rtf
SB 1472 (Morgan) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Decreases from 60 to 30 days the time period after which, if an insurance claim is not paid, the insurer shall pay interest. (36 § 1219) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1472_int.rtf
SB 1478 (Snyder) - Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). Clarifies language relating to the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). (74 § 5060.27) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1478_int.rtf
SB 1500 (Henry) - ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. Enacts the “Administrative Hearings Act;” creates the Administrative Hearings Panel to exercise the judicial authority of state agencies, boards and commissions; provides for chief executive officer and administrative hearing officers; repeals section relating to stays of enforcement of certain agency decisions pending review. (75 §§ 318, 323) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1500_int.rtf
SB 1509 (Fisher) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Enacts the “Health Benefit Plan Internal Appeals Act”; requires health benefit plans to offer levels of appeal. (63 §§ 2529.1/2529.8) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1509_int.rtf
SB 1510 (Dunlap) - UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. Requires that hospital services of the University Hospitals be provided without cost to the Department of Corrections. (43A § 3-701) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1510_int.rtf
SB 1511 (Long) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Modifies claims reimbursement time period under the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Plan from 45 days to 30. (63 § 2514) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1511_int.rtf
SB 1595 (Williams) - ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT TEACHING CERTIFICATE. Modifies the requirements for Alternative Placement teaching certification. (70 §§ 6-122.3, 6-202) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1595_int.rtf
SB 1598 (Coffee) - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. Repeals the "Electronic Records and Signature Act of 1998" and creates the "Uniform Electronic Transaction Act"; provides that the act applies only to transactions between parties that have agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means; provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing an electronic record satisfies the law; provides that if a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law; outlines the applicability of act to certain types of transactions; provides for evidentiary admissibility of electronic records and signatures; outlines exceptions; provides that a contract may be formed by interaction of electronic agents of the parties; provides that an electronic record is sent if certain conditions are met; designates procedures to be followed regarding transferable records; requires state agencies to determine whether and the extent to which they will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records; repeals sections which relate to legal effect, validity, enforceability and retention of electronic records. (12A §§ 15-101/15-119, 15 §§ 960/968) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1598_int.rtf
SB 1606 (Fisher) - WORKERS' COMPENSATION. This is a comprehensive bill pertaining to Workers’ Compensation. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SB1606_int.rtf
SCR 63 (Stipe/Mass) - CARL ALBERT. Praises the life and career of former Speaker of the U.S. House Carl Bert Albert, who was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Bill text: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/scr63_enr.rtf
2/9/00 Adopted, to Secretary of State
2/7/00 Senate introduced - http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/SR44_int.rtf
HB 1710 (Coleman) - REMEDIAL COURSES. States legislative intent that, by 2001, all remedial courses in the comprehensive universities and four-year colleges and universities be terminated and that only community colleges include remedial courses in their schedules; states intent that any person out of school no more than five years not be required to pay a fee for remedial courses at a State System institution. (70 § 3218.15)
2/1/99 House introduced - http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1710_int.rtf
2/2/99 Second reading - Referred to House Education Committee
HB 1850 (Easley/Harrison) - LITERACY INITIATIVES COMMISSION. Re-creates the Literacy Initiatives Commission until July 1, 2006. The committee substitute repeals the section, eliminating the commission. (70 § 8001)
HB 1857 (Easley/Harrison) - COUNTY GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMISSION. Re-creates the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training until July 1, 2006; includes on the commission the president of Oklahoma State University. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1857_int.rtf
HB 1863 (Easley) - WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. States legislative intent to commit to contribute at least $265,000 to the Washington D.C. World War II memorial; permits the Department of Veteran Affairs to request contributions from the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the State Regents, the Department of Human Services, and any other appropriate state agency. (74 § 8301) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1863_int.rtf
HB 1879 (Dunegan) - CONTRACT EMPLOYEES. Requires that state agencies give preference to companies with headquarters located in Oklahoma when attempting to obtain contract employees. (74 § 85.47k) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1879_int.rtf
HB 1918 (Boyd/Robinson) - TELEMEDICINE NETWORK RULES. Directs the State Board of Health to promulgate rules for implementation of the Oklahoma Telemedicine Network for the delivery of medical and other health-care services through a telehealth system; requires that such rules be based on the American College of Radiology Standards for Teleradiology. The committee substitute directs the board to promulgate rules for implementation of teleradiology responsibilities for the Oklahoma Telemedicine Network. (63 § 1-2702)
HB 1923 (Easley) - SUNSET LEGISLATION. Removes language which established the Selection Committee to review proposals for an ambulatory care clinic for the University Hospitals Trust, the Advisory Committee on School Curriculum Standards, the Joint Legislative Task Force on Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage, the Oklahoma Task Force on Statewide Provision of Assistive Technology, the Oklahoma Census Full Count 2000 Select Committee, the Task Force on Electronic Commerce, the Oklahoma Futures Review Committee, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Oklahoma Quality Improvement Task Force, the Joint Committee to Investigate the Financial Condition of the State Insurance Fund and the Special Indemnity Fund, the Task Force on Speech-Language Pathologists in the Public Schools, Task Force 2000: Creating Twenty-First Century Schools, the Citizens’ Task Force on Taxation, the Task Force on State Plan Options for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program, the Trucking Industry Self-Funded Research and Development (TISRAD) Committee, the Oklahoma Task Force on Qualified State Tuition Plans and the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Commission. (61 § 103.3, 70 §§ 1210.801/1210.803) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1923_int.rtf
HB 1937 (Bonny) - SPACE PROGRAM. Enacts the “Oklahoma Space Programs Development Act of 2000.”
HB 1938 (Bonny) - SPACE PROGRAM. Enacts the “Oklahoma Spaceport Development Act of 2000.”
HB 1939 (Roberts) - RETIREMENT. Enacts the “Public Pension Systems Technical Corrections Act of 2000.”
HB 1942 (Mitchell) - TRAVEL. Modifies the rate for reimbursement of expenses in lieu of meal expenses while in official travel status; removes authorization for additional reimbursement for travel to high-rate geographical areas. (74 §§ 500.8, 500.9) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1942_int.rtf
HB 1943 (Ervin) - REDUCTION-IN-FORCE. Makes provisions of the State Government Reduction-in-Force and Severance Benefits Act apply to reductions due to reorganization, privatization or any other action by an agency that results in affected positions being abolished and affected employees being severed from state service. (74 §§ 840-2.27B, 840-2.27D) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1943_int.rtf
HB 1945 (Boyd/Smith) - EMPLOYEE INFORMATION. Provides civil liability for any employer that, upon request by a prospective employer or current or former employee, provides accurate information about a current or former employee’s job performance or reasons for separation, unless lack of good faith is shown by a preponderance of the evidence; provides immunity for any prospective employer who relies upon such information in making a hiring decision. (70 § 5-125.5) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1945_int.rtf
HB 1947 (Ervin) - TELEMEDICINE. Creates the Oklahoma Center for Telemedicine. (63 § 2704)
HB 1969 (Ingmire/Laughlin) - ABLE AGENTS/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. Requires that Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission agents appointed beginning July 1, 2000, be at least 21 years of age and have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. (37 § 570) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1969_int.rtf
HB 1970 (Ingmire) - CHARITABLE AUCTION LICENSES. Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission to issue charitable auction licenses; authorizes charitable organizations to auction purchased wine or gifts of wine for charitable purposes. (37 §§ 518, 521) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1970_int.rtf
HB 1977 (Boyd) - GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. Exempts students with individualized education plans (IEPs) from high-school graduation requirements unless the IEP for the student provides for such requirements. (70 § 103.6) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1977_int.rtf
HB 1987 (Kirby/Helton) - LASER SAFETY. Creates the “Laser Safety Act”; makes it a misdemeanor to project a laser at a law enforcement officer or a participant, including an animal, in a parade, sporting event, public musical performance, or rodeo. (21 § 1992) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB1987_int.rtf
HB 2016 (Begley) - TEACHER CERTIFICATION. This is a shell bill relating to certification of mathematics teachers in public schools. (70 § 6-189.1)
HB 2022 (Benson) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Creates the Tobacco Settlement Fund as a depository for monies received in settlement of claims by the state against tobacco manufacturers; requires legislative appropriation for expenditure of such funds. (62 § 50) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2022_int.rtf
HB 2032 (Leist) - AGRICULTURE ENHANCEMENT & DIVERSIFICATION. Requires confidentiality of proprietary information submitted to or compiled by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program, except to the extent that the person or entity that provided such information or is the subject of such information consents to disclosure; includes information of institutions of higher education; allows discussion of such materials in executive session. (2 § 5-3.4) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2032_int.rtf
2/8/00 Referred to House Agriculture Committee
HB 2072 (Morgan/Brown) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Provides that decisions by a managed care plan to authorize or deny coverage for an emergency service shall be based on the patient presenting symptoms of sufficient severity that a reasonable and prudent layperson could expect the absence of medical attention to result in serious jeopardy to health, impairment to bodily functions or dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; prohibits plans from denying an otherwise covered emergency service based solely upon lack of notification to the plan; requires plans to compensate a provider for patient screening, evaluation and examination services reasonably calculated to assist the provider in determining whether the condition of the patient requires emergency service. (63 §§ 2525.2, 2525.3) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2072_int.rtf
HB 2090 (Hilliard) - DEFINITION OF “DOCTOR”. Expands the definition of “Doctor” to include individuals with doctoral degrees who are licensed as physical therapists, speech and language pathologists and audiologists. (59 §§ 725.2, 731.2, 731.5, 492)
HB 2093 (Braddock) - POSTAGE/INVENTORY. Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the amount state agencies may expend on postage stamps during a fiscal year, instead of using a postage meter machine; increases from $500 to $5,000 the minimum limit on the value of machinery and implements the Department of Central Services may have in inventory for State System institutions and the University Hospitals. (74 §§ 90.1, 110.1) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2093_int.rtf
HB 2117 (Coleman) - NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY/LITERACY SERVICES. States legislative intent that the Center for the Study of Literacy at Northeastern State University be responsible for establishment and operation of a toll-free statewide literacy services referral system, as funds become available; creates a 15-member Adult Literacy Services Advisory Committee to foster coordination and collaboration between state and local entities regarding literacy services provided to adults across the state, develop strategies for conducting effective outreach programs that target adults most in need of literacy remediation and for recruiting and training additional volunteer tutors and to develop a comprehensive statewide literacy awareness campaign to inform functionally illiterate adults about the availability of literacy and adult basic education services across the state; requires the committee to submit a report by Jan. 1 of each year to the Governor and the legislature summarizing activities and accomplishments of the committee during the past year and including recommendations for implementing outreach strategies developed by the Committee; requires the Department of Education, if funds are available, to participate in the National Assessment of Adult Literacy to be conducted in the year 2002 by the National Center for Education Statistics; states that the purpose of the state’s participation is to allow researchers to define the extent of adult literacy in Oklahoma and better describe the population of adults who are functionally illiterate and to enable researchers to develop baseline data regarding adult literacy that will be comparable to other states that participate in the survey; repeals a section relating to re-creation, purpose and composition of the Literacy Initiatives Commission. (70 §§ 8003/8005, 8001) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2117_int.rtf
HB 2125 (Eddins) - COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. Creates a Center for Addictive Behaviors and a 13-member Addictive Disorders Council to assist the Center; includes in the membership of the Council the chief executive officer or designee of the College of Public Health. (63 §§ 1-275, 1-276) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2125_int.rtf
2/8/00 Referred to House Health & Social Svcs Subcommittee, Appro. & Budget Committee
HB 2128 (Wells) - CERTIFICATION OF DISTINCTION/DIPLOMA OF HONOR. Authorizes local boards of education to develop and issue a certificate of distinction that is awarded to students who have met or exceeded certain criteria by the end of their senior year in high school with at least a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale; removes authorization for a diploma of honor; makes applicable vocational classes offered by comprehensive high school vocational-technical programs qualify for technology and mathematics units and allows students enrolled in the programs to use one unit of their six concentrated vocational-technical curriculum units for one unit of required mathematics and one unit of their vocational-technical units for one unit of science. (70 § 11-103.2c) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2128_int.rtf
HB 2135 (McCarter/Helton) - LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. Modifies language pertaining to licensed professional counselors and specialty designation. (59 § 1917)
HB 2142 (Davis) - TUITION PLANS. Extends the termination date of the Task Force on Qualified State Tuition Plans from Feb. 1, 2000, to Feb. 1, 2001. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2142_int.rtf
HB 2183 (Adair) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires insurance contracts and health benefit plans, state Medicaid contracts, Medicare risk contracts, managed care contracts and preferred provider contracts that include services for vision care or medical treatment and diagnosis for the eye to allow optometrists to be providers of and to receive equal payment for the same services provided by an optometrist that are within the scope of practice of optometry; requires such health plans to give the patient a choice between ophthalmologists and optometrists; prohibits plans that require optometrists to meet qualifications that are in addition to requirements for licensure; prohibits a construction that prevents a determination of adequacy of network or would limit or expand the practice of optometry; requires extensions and renewals of such plans to comply with requirements. (36 § 3634.11; 56 § 199a; 63 §§ 2505.1, 5011.1; 74 § 1327) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2183_int.rtf
HB 2187 (Gray) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires education employees, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, the State Regents, political subdivisions, local service agencies and public trusts to participate in the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Program and to be informed about health maintenance organization plans; modifies premium payment options. (74 §§ 1808.l, 1315, 1314.1) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2187_int.rtf
2/17/00Bill Amended and Passed - House (94-2)
2/17/00Bill Amended and Passed - House (95-1)
HB 2310 (Perry) - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. Re-creates the Task Force on Electronic Commerce until June 1, 2003. The Chancellor is a member of the task force.
HB 2323 (Tyler/Stipe) - PUBLIC BIDDING. Provides that a penalty for disclosure of the terms of a bid shall not apply to a public agency's engineering estimate which is not considered confidential and is open for public inspection. (61 § 116) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2323_int.rtf
HB 2352 (Corn) - ABOLISHING CABINET SYSTEM. Abolishes the cabinet system and prohibits further cabinet secretaries from being appointed; repeals sections relating to the Governor’s cabinet system. (63 § 1-250, 70 § 1012.725) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2352_int.rtf
HB 2356 (Lindley/Cain) - DISABLED/COMPLAINTS. Establishes a 20-member Complaint Review System Task Force for Persons with Disabilities until June 30, 2001; includes the Chancellor or a designee on the committee; requires the Task Force to meet by Sept. 8, 2000, and issue a report of findings and recommendations by Jan. 15, 2001; requires the Task Force to conduct a systematic review and study of all policies and procedures concerning the client/consumer complaint system for person with disabling conditions. (74 §§ 169.2a, 169.2b) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2356_int.rtf
HB 2371 (Erwin) - RETIREMENT SURVEY. The committee substitute requires the Teachers’ Retirement System to conduct a survey of its active members asking for years of military service prior to member’s membership in the System; provides for purchase of pre-entry military service. (70 § 17-116.2C)
2/15/00House committee - Committee Substitute Passed - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/hb2371_cs.rtf
HB 2406 (Nations) - ADVANCED PLACEMENT/INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE. Modifies the Advanced Placement Incentive Program to provide for test assistance for students taking multiple tests in one year; authorizes the State Board of Education to award certain grants; allows support of pre-advanced placement courses and international baccalaureate courses. (70 §§ 1210.701/1210.703) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2406_int.rtf
HB 2423 (Askins) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Modifies the mandated apportionment for monies received by the Attorney General on behalf of the state to provide an exemption for awarded or received monies specifically designated as attorney fees; creates a Tobacco Settlement Fund for monies received by the state or any official, agency or department of the state in settlement of claims by the state against tobacco manufacturers; requires legislative appropriation of such funds. (62 § 50, 74 § 19) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2423_int.rtf
HB 2428 (Braddock) - OPEN RECORDS. This is a shell bill relating to the Open Records Act. (51 § 24A.3)
HB 2454 (Seikel) - DISABILITY INSURANCE. Decreases from six months to one month the duration-of-employment requirement for a state employee to participate in a long- or short-term disability plan; prohibits assessment of a preexisting condition of receiving benefits for short- or long-term disability coverage under the Disability Insurance Program. (74 § 1332) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2454_int.rtf
HB 2468 (Ross) - OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY LAND TRANSFER. Provides for the transfer of certain land in Tulsa from OSU to the Oklahoma Historical Society to be held and used by the Society as a memorial park for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. (53 § 4.13, 74 § 8203) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2468_int.rtf
HB 2476 (Ferguson) - STUDENT TEACHERS/TEACHER PREPARATION. Modifies definitions relating to administration of school districts; updates statutory references; requires a student teacher to be enrolled in an institution of higher learning approved by the Teacher Preparation Commission rather than by the State Board of Education. (70 § 1-116) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2476_int.rtf
HB 2493 (Gilbert) - ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. Enacts the “Art In Public Places Act;” states legislative intent to establish a program that administers that portion of appropriations for capital expenditures or bond issues that is set aside for the acquisition of works of art used for public buildings or on public lands; requires state agencies to allocate a certain amount of capital project appropriations or bond issues to acquire works of art and a certain amount for maintenance/repair of the art works. (61 §§ 7.1/7.6) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2493_int.rtf
HB 2495 (Covey) - ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. Enacts the “Administrative Hearings Act;” creates a State Office of Administrative Hearings within the Executive Department to serve as an independent forum for the conduct of adjudicative hearings and to separate the adjudicative function from the investigative, prosecutorial and policy-making functions in the Executive Department. (75 §§ 351/369, 323) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2495_int.rtf
HB 2507 (Mass) - RETIREMENT. Increases additional increment for calculating final average salary for members of the Teachers' Retirement System; requires system executive secretary to report on the system's investment earnings; requires the legislature, during the second session of each biennium in which the report indicates that earnings average 10 percent or more on assets, to give consideration to an appropriate benefit increase to retirees. (70 §§ 17-106.1A, 17-116.13) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2507_int.rtf
HB 2508 (Perry/Coffee) - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. Changes the name of the "Electronic Records and Signature Act of 1998" to the "Uniform Electronic Transaction Act"; provides that the act applies only to transactions between parties which have agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means; provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing an electronic record satisfies the law; provides that if a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law; outlines the applicability of act to certain types of transactions; provides for evidentiary admissibility of electronic records and signatures; outlines exceptions; provides that a contract may be formed by interaction of electronic agents of the parties; provides that an electronic record is sent if certain conditions are met; designates procedures to be followed regarding transferable records; requires state agencies to determine whether and the extent to which they will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records; repeals sections which relate to legal effect, validity, enforceability and retention of electronic records. (15 §§ 960/964, 966, 968, 963.1, 963.2, 964.1/964.4, 969/974) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2508_int.rtf
HB 2529 (Coleman) - SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. Deletes language allowing educational facilities to designate smoking areas; requires educational facilities which offer early childhood education programs or grades K-12 to prohibit smoking and other types of tobacco use between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. or when class or any program established for students is in session; authorizes educational facilities to designate smoking areas outside the building for use of adults during certain activities or functions; allows educational facilities to have more restrictive policies. (63 § 1-1523) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2529_int.rtf
HB 2532 (Deutschendorf/Williams) - RESEARCH/EPSCoR. Creates the Oklahoma EPSCoR Advisory Committee; authorizes the committee to recommend to the Regents research projects requiring matching funds and other research and systemic initiatives consistent with the goals of the committee. (70 §§ 3230.1/ 3230.4) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2532_int.rtf
HB 2559 (Ervin) - HEALTH INSURANCE. This is a shell bill relating to the Health Care Freedom of Choice Act. (36 § 6055) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2559_int.rtf
HB 2582 (Frame) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires that all clean claims on accident and health insurance policies be reimbursed within 60 days after receipt of such claims; requires that in the case of claims determined defective, the portion of a claim determined to be accurate be paid within 60 days of receipt; requires that, upon receipt of additional information or corrections which led to the claim being delayed, and a determination that the information is accurate, the insurer shall either pay or deny the claim or portion of the claim within 90 days; except as otherwise provided, requiring that overdue payments bear simple interest at the rate of 10 percent per year; requires that, if a claim is not paid within six months after receipt, the insurer shall pay interest at the same rate as the average U.S. Treasury Bill rate of the preceding calendar year plus 4 percentage points. (36 §§ 1219, 1250.7) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2582_int.rtf
HB 2586 (Hilliard) - DISABLED STUDENTS. Expresses legislative intent that students with disabilities in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education be afforded the opportunity to succeed; requires the State Regents to encourage institutions to communicate to manufacturers and publishers of instructional materials to provide instructional materials in digital electronic format. (70 § 3241) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2586_int.rtf
HB 2600 (Deutschendorf/Williams) - OneNet/SCHOOL TESTING. Authorizes OneNet to establish peering arrangements with other networks to allow internetworking. The committee substitute no longer mentions OneNet, but provides for an electronic test administration pilot program to explore the use of computer technology to deliver and administer statewide tests required pursuant to the School Testing Program. (70 § 1210.558)
2/15/00House committee - Committee Substitute Passed - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/hb2600_cs.rtf
HB 2620 (Staggs) - School Testing. Revises the Oklahoma School Testing Program (K-12). (70 §§ 1210.508, 1210.508-1) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2620_int.rtf
2/8/00 Withdrawn from House Education and Assigned to Education Subcommittee, House Appropriations & Budget
HB 2622 (Askins) - curriculum/DIPLOMA WITH HONOR/TUITION SCHOLARSHIP. Modifies high school graduation curriculum requirements (in HB 1759); modifies requirements for Diploma of Honor; modifies requirements for eligibility for the Oklahoma Tuition Scholarship Program (created in HB 1759). (70 §§ 11-103.6, 11-103.2c, 11-103.2d, 2612) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2622_int.rtf
HB 2624 (Askins) - Cameron University in Duncan. Provides for the establishment of a branch campus of Cameron University in Duncan. (70 § 3317) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2624_int.rtf
HB 2638 (Settle) - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. Clarifies language relating to appellate procedures in workers’ compensation cases. (85 § 3.6) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2638_int.rtf
HB 2647 (Morgan) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires health benefit plans to establish an internal review procedure by which an insured may appeal an adverse decision. (36 § 6052.1; 63 §§ 2528.2, 2528.4, 2528.11) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2647_int.rtf
HB 2653 (Benson/Taylor) - TEACHER PAY RAISE. The floor substitute provides for pay raises for teachers and state employees. The conference committee substitute removes language added in the House that would have provided for at least a $5,000 pay hike for science or mathematics certified personnel; provides for certain Medicaid services; provides a $2,500 salary increase for state employees. (70 § 18-114.7)
2/9/00 Floor Substitute Adopted and Passed - House (92-2) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/hb2653_engr.rtf
2/14/00Senate - Amended and Passed (47-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2653_sahb.rtf
2/16/00CCR Adopted House
2/16/00Bill and Emergency Passed - House (98-1)
2/16/00CCR Adopted Senate
2/16/00Bill and Emergency Passed - Senate (47-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/hb2653_enr.rtf
HB 2655 (Benson) - TEACHER INCENTIVES. This is a shell bill enacting the “Incentives for Teacher Knowledge and Skills Act.” (70 § 18-114.9) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2655_int.rtf
HB 2662 (Deutschendorf/Robinson) - Virtual Internet School. Clarifies language relating to the Virtual Internet School in Oklahoma Network (VISION) Act. (70 § 1210.723)
2/8/00 House Committee - Com Sub Do Pass - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2676_cs.rtf
HB 2681 (Blackburn/Henry) - INCOME TAX/COLLEGE SAVINGS. The conference committee substitute provides an income tax deduction equal to contributions to college savings plan accounts, subject to a maximum deduction of $1,000 each tax year for each designated beneficiary of the account. (68 § 2351)
HB 2728 (Benson/Taylor) - CORE CURRICULUM. Modifies certain curriculum requirements of HB 1759; modifies sections relating to the diploma of honor, qualification of an International Baccalaureate Diploma, certification requirements for mathematics teachers, charter schools and the Education Open Transfer Act. (70 §§ 11-103.6, 11-103.2c, 6-189.1, 3-136, 8-101.2, 8-103, 6-114) Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HB2728_int.rtf
HJR 1031 (Askins) - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT. Proposed constitutional amendment creating a Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund. Bill text: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/HJR1031_int.rtf