Legislative Update

2010 OAR Tracking List

Updated 3/10/10


HB2276Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2276, by Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs and Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, allows law enforcement officers to issue citations if a driver is observed driving in such a manner that poses an articulable danger to other persons on the roadway that is not otherwise specified in statute. It also modifies language to ensure that on a roadway divided into four or more lanes, a vehicle cannot impede the normal flow of traffic by driving in the left lane. (Amended by House, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Duncan, Rex (H); Anderson, Patrick (S)
  Status: Senate Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/08/2010

 
HB2278Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2278, by Rep. Larry Glenn, D-Miami and Sen. Charles Wyrick, D-Fairland, modifies language related to the crime of home repair fraud to include when an individual represents that he/she is licensed, insured or bonded when entering into a home repair transaction and fails to provide in writing a detailed description of any and all licenses held by the person and all employees as well as bonding coverage and insurance. The bill states that violators whose actions cause any lien to be placed on the property involved are to be punished by incarceration for a maximum of two years and/or a maximum fine of $10,000. It also states that the lien is to be considered null, with no legal effect.

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Glenn, Larry (H); Wyrick, Charles (S)
  Status: Second Reading - Referred to Senate Committee   Status Date: 03/08/2010
  Committee : Appropriations (S)

 
HB2305Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2305, by Rep. Dennis Ray Bailey, D-Broken Bow and Sen. Jerry Ellis, D-Valliant, prohibits the Oklahoma Real Estate Code from applying to any person or entity managing a transient lodging facility. It provides a definition of "transient lodging facility" to include a furnished room or suite of rooms that is rented to a person on a daily basis, not as a principal residence, for less than 30 days. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Bailey, Dennis Ray (H); Ellis, Jerry (S)
  Status: Second Reading - Referred to Senate Committee   Status Date: 03/08/2010
  Committee : Business & Labor (S)

 
HB2334Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2334, by Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, creates the State Agency Consolidation Act. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Murphey, Jason (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2342Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2342, by Rep. Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville, modifies language related to the Oklahoma Real Estate License Code. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Martin, Steve (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2590Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2590, by Rep. Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, creates the Fee Cap on Building Permits Act. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Jordan, Fred (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2611Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2611, by Rep. Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City, establishes a traffic offense for persons who operate a motor vehicle and send, read or write a text message via an electronic wireless communication device, other than a voice-activated global positioning or navigation system permanently affixed to the vehicle, while the vehicle is in motion. It provides exceptions to authorized emergency vehicles; and communications for the purpose of reporting illegal activity, summoning medical or emergency assistance, preventing injury or relaying information between a transit or for-hire operator and the dispatcher. It states that enforcement can be accomplished only as a secondary action. It establishes a violation as a misdemeanor, punishable by a $250 fine and the assessment of two points onto the driver's traffic record. A second or subsequent offense within two years of the previous conviction is punishable by a $500 fine and the assessment of three points on the driver's traffic record. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Liebmann, Guy (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2612Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2612, by Rep. Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City, creates the State Licensing for General Contractors Act, authorizing the Department of Labor to make, enforce and repeal rules governing the examination and licensing of people intending to engage in the business trade of contracting. It creates until July 1, 2015, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the five-member Examination Commission for General Contractors to assist in formulating rules for the act and advising the department in the examination of applicants. The bill directs the Department of Labor to keep a record of the proceedings of the commission and a register of all license applicants. It requires anyone seeking to be licensed as a general contractor to file an application for examination with the commission. It exempts persons contracting for service and labor less than $20,000 from being required to hold a contractor's license. The measure authorizes the Department of Labor to revoke the license of any general contractor found guilty of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a license or gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice of the profession or willful violation of the act. It states that persons are not required to hold a license prior to Jan. 1, 2011. It establishes a misdemeanor for persons or businesses that bid for projects without proper license, attempt to practice general contracting, provide false or forged evidence or license beginning Jan. 1, 2011. It allows the commissioner of labor to apply for a restraining order and injunction when it appears any person or firm is violating provisions of the act. It creates the General Contractors Revolving Fund. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Liebmann, Guy (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2676Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2676, by Rep. George Faught, R-Muskogee, requires the Legislature to approve, rather than disapprove, any proposed rule or amendment to a rule submitted, as well as any permanent or emergency rule. It states that if a rule or proposed amendment is not approved by the end of the legislative review period, the rule or amendment is deemed disapproved. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Faught, George (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2694Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2694, by Rep. Lucky Lamons, D-Tulsa, creates the Oklahoma Methamphetamine Registration Act of 2010. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Lamons, Lucky (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2756Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2756, by Rep. Eddie Fields, R-Wynona, allows a municipality that expends funds to clean, remediate or abate a nuisance on a property owned by an absent person to report the amount expended as a liability to the county treasurer. It allows the unpaid expense to be included in the property tax billing prepared for the owner. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Fields, Eddie (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2772Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: HB2772, by Rep. Weldon Watson, R-Tulsa and Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, creates the Oklahoma Appraisal Management Company Regulation Act to provide a process for the registration and regulation of entities conducting, performing or engaging in or attempting to conduct, perform or engage in real estate appraisal management services as a real estate appraisal management company with the state. The bill makes it unlawful for a person to directly or indirectly engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company, or AMC, without obtaining registration from the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board. It provides exceptions to the act. The measure requires any employee or independent contractor of an AMC to be credentialed in good standing in the state in which the real property being appraised is located. It makes it unlawful for any employee or agent of an AMC to influence the development, reporting, result or review of an appraisal through coercion, extortion, collusion, compensation, instruction, inducement, intimidation, bribery or any other manner. It directs the Real Estate Appraiser Board to keep a list on its Web site of registered AMCs. (Amended by House, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 01/01/2011    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Watson, Weldon (H); Anderson, Patrick (S)
  Status: Engrossed - House   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB2807Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2807, by Rep. Ryan Kiesel, D-Seminole, creates the Building Construction Act. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Kiesel, Ryan (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2818Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2818, by Rep. John Auffet, D-Stilwell, modifies language related to minimum buffer areas restricting new or expanding poultry feeding operations, adding provisions for 200 feet of the property line of any property containing existing homes or businesses and 300 feet of any existing home or business. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Auffet, John (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2835Bill is on agendaBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2835, by Rep. Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore and Sen. Johnnie C. Crutchfield, D-Ardmore, requires owners of manufactured mobile home parks renting or leasing 10 or more mobile homes or lots or owners of recreational vehicle parks renting or leasing 10 or more lots to provide tenants a plan for sheltering or evacuation to a shelter in times of severe weather to the tenants. The bill requires the plan to be approved by the municipality, county or state office by March 1, 2011, and re-evaluated every five to seven years thereafter. The measure also states that any entity or individual involved in the creation or enforcement of a shelter or evacuation plan is not liable to any person following the plan as a result of any act or omission in creating the plan if he/she was acting in good faith and damage or injury was not caused by willful or wanton negligence or misconduct. (Amended by House, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Ownbey, Pat (H); Crutchfield, Johnnie C. (S)
  Status: Motion to Reconsider - House   Status Date: 03/04/2010

 
HB2851Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2851, by Rep. R.C. Pruett, D-Antlers, clarifies language relating to the Oklahoma Real Estate License Code. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Pruett, R.C. (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2858Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2858, by Rep. Scott Inman, D-Del City, creates the Oklahoma Ad Valorem Tax Code Amendments Act of 2010. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Inman, Scott (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2870Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB2870, by Rep. Samson Ray Buck, D-Ardmore, requires any owner of land renting or leasing five or more mobile homes or mobile home lots to provide an eight-person storm shelter for every three mobile homes located on the owner's property. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Buck, Samson Ray (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB2935Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: HB2935, by Rep. Todd Russ, R-Cordell and Sen. Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, directs a county assessor to change the assessment role based on any real estate conveyed between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 each year. The bill prohibits the county treasurer from sending a delinquent tax notice to any real property owner unless the treasurer has verified that the notice is addressed to the owner of the property, as reflected on the updated assessment roll. (Amended by House, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Russ, Todd (H); Bingman, Brian (S)
  Status: Senate Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB3021Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3021, by Rep. Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa and Sen. Sean Burrage, D-Claremore, modifies landlord disclosure requirements under the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, requiring the landlord to disclose, prior to the commencement of a rental agreement, if the dwelling or part of the premises was used to aid in the manufacture of methamphetamines.

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Scott, Seneca (H); Burrage, Sean (S)
  Status: Senate Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB3037Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3037, by Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, provides for a reduction of state tax credits when a federal credit is allowed for the same behavior. It states that for taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2009, every credit allowed against premium taxes, gross production taxes, taxes on rural electrical cooperatives, income taxes and privilege taxes is to be reduced in an amount equal to any federal income tax credit resulting from the same expenditure, transaction or other event upon which the federal income tax credit was based and for which the Oklahoma tax credit claimant received a federal tax benefit. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Reynolds, Mike (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3053Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: HB3053, by Rep. Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore and Sen. Johnnie C. Crutchfield, D-Ardmore, requires real property taken by eminent domain to be used for a public purpose within 10 years before the property is declared surplus and offered for sale back to the person from whom the property was taken, or the heirs or assignees of the person, at the original price at which the acquiring agency or entity purchased the property. The bill provides for proper notification of the previous owners of their first right of refusal. (Amended by House, Stricken Title, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Ownbey, Pat (H); Crutchfield, Johnnie C. (S)
  Status: Senate Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB3063Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3063, by Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, limits the percentage of task force, committee or board members allowed to have a financial interest in outcome or result of service to 10 percent. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Morrissette, Richard (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3160Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3160, by Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle and Sen. Ron Justice, R-Chickasha, modifies language related to land designated for improvement of any street, alley, lane or avenue. It states that property zoned for agricultural use in the petitioned area shall not be assessed without the concurrence of the property owners. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Osborn, Leslie (H); Justice, Ron (S)
  Status: Second Reading - Referred to Senate Committee   Status Date: 03/08/2010
  Committee : Agriculture and Rural Development (S)

 
HB3173Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3173, by Rep. Jeff Hickman, R-Dacoma and Sen. Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, transfers powers and duties of the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission relating to public use and enjoyment, ownership and control of public access points; issuance of permits and law enforcement; and activities that protect scenic rivers within the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission to the Tourism and Recreation Commission effective July 1, 2010. It provides for transfer of employees. It allows law enforcement personnel to remain members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System or elect to become a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. The bill transfers all duties and responsibilities of the Scenic Rivers Commission with respect to environmental protection to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. It also directs any monies donated or accruing to the Scenic Rivers Commission after July 1, 2010, for pollution control, protection and conservation within the Illinois River basin to be transferred to the Conservation Commission. (Amended by House, Emergency Measure, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Hickman, Jeff (H); Bingman, Brian (S)
  Status: Senate Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB3194Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3194, by Rep. Jeff Hickman, R-Dacoma, creates the Oklahoma New Development Impact Fee Act, authorizing municipalities and counties that have adopted a comprehensive plan that has been updated at least once every five years and contains specific planned public capital improvement elements to impose by ordinance and regulation development impact fees as a condition of developmental approval on all development under the act. It prohibits a development impact fee from exceeding a clearly determined proportionate share of the cost of public facilities system improvements as related to the development being charged such a fee. It directs a municipality or county prior to adopting any new development impact fee program to establish a Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee to assist and advise the governing body with regard to the adoption of a development impact fee ordinance or regulation. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Hickman, Jeff (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3211Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3211, by Rep. Charles Ortega, R-Altus, allows a majority of joint tenants to negotiate and execute land lease agreements on behalf of all joint tenants of a real property if there are three or more joint tenants owning equal shares in the property. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Ortega, Charles (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3235Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3235, by Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, creates a 15-member Task Force on the Ad Valorem Tax System until Feb. 1, 2011, to examine the Oklahoma ad valorem tax structure. It states that the task force is to be exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act. It requires the task force to submit a report to the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore by Jan. 31, 2011. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Jackson, Mike (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3250Bill is on agendaBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3250, by Rep. Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa, prohibits a person from using a hand-held mobile telephone to write, send or read a text message while operating motor vehicle. It establishes a penalty of up to $1,000 in fines and court costs. It also allows municipalities to enact ordinances prohibiting and penalizing such conduct. The measure also restricts someone who is at least age 16 and issued a learner permit to driving only between the hours of 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. It also allows a learner permit to be suspended or canceled for using a handheld mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle for non-life-threatening emergency purposes. (Amended by House, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Tibbs, Sue (H)
  Status: General Order - House   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3282Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3282, by Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid, prescribes penalties for any person who enters into a valid residential rental agreement and then maliciously, willfully or recklessly causes or allows injury, damage or defacement to the rental property. It makes an offense resulting in a loss of less than $5,000 a misdemeanor and an offense resulting in a loss of $5,000 or more a felony. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Jackson, Mike (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3311Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3311, by Rep. Scott Martin, R-Norman and Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman, modifies language to grant Legislature the right to approve a proposed rule or amendment to a rule during the legislative review period by a concurrent resolution, independent of any action by the governor. It also modifies language requiring any proposed rule or amendment to a permanent rule to be approved by both houses of the Legislature prior to the termination of the legislative review period, or the rule or proposed amendment to a permanent rule will be disapproved. It states that any rule not approved by the Legislature is to be invalid regardless of the approval of the governor. The bill also adds language prohibiting an agency, if a rule is disapproved due by joint resolution or is deemed to be disapproved due to a failure to approve by the Legislature, from submitting an identical rule except during the first 60 calendar days of the next regular legislative session. The bill also adds language deeming an effective emergency rule which would have been superseded by a disapproved permanent rule null and void upon expiration of the legislative review period if the Legislature fails to approve the permanent rule. It also modifies language providing an alternative method allowing an agency to request legislative approval of rules and waiver of the 30-day review period, which the Legislature may grant by concurrent resolution.

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Martin, Scott (H); Sparks, John (S)
  Status: General Order - House   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB3326Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3326, by Rep. Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City, creates the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Protection Act, requiring the person authorized to make a sale in an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust to give written notice of the action to the record owner of the property to be sold. The act grants a homeowner the right to rescind a foreclosure consulting contract at any time and to rescind a foreclosure reconveyance at any time before midnight of the 10th business day after any conveyance or transfer. It requires the homeowner to repay, within 60 days of the rescission, any funds paid or advanced by the foreclosure consultant or anyone working with the foreclosure consultant. The bill also prohibits a foreclosure consultant from demanding or receiving any compensation until after the consultant has fully performed each and every service contracted to perform, demanding or receiving any fee that exceeds 8 percent per year of the amount of any loan the consultant makes to the homeowner, taking any wage assignment, any lien of any type on real or personal property or other security to secure the payment of compensation, receiving any consideration from any third party in connection with foreclosure consulting services unless the consideration is first fully disclosed in writing to the homeowner, acquiring any interest, directly or indirectly, in a residence in foreclosure from a homeowner with whom the consultant has contracted or taking any power of attorney from a homeowner except to inspect documents as provided by law. The bill also sets conditions for when a foreclosure purchaser may not enter into a foreclosure reconveyance with a homeowner. The bill also prohibits a foreclosure purchaser from entering into repurchase or lease terms that are unfair or commercially unreasonable or represent the purchaser is acting on behalf of the homeowner, assisting the homeowner to "save the house" or is assisting the homeowner in preventing a foreclosure if the result of the transaction will not complete a redemption of property. It also prohibits a foreclosure purchaser from recording any document signed by the homeowner or transferring any interest in the residence in foreclosure to any third party until the right of the homeowner to rescind or cancel the transaction has expired. It also requires a foreclosure purchaser to make a detailed accounting of the basis for the amount of payment made to the homeowner resold within 18 months after entering into a foreclosure reconveyance agreement. The bill allows the Oklahoma attorney general to seek an injunction to prohibit a person who is violating the act from engaging in the violation. It also allows a homeowner to bring action for damages incurred by prohibited actions. It directs that any person who violates the act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of up to three years and/or a fine of up to $10,000. It directs the attorney general to maintain a list of nonprofit organizations that offer counseling or advice to homeowners in foreclosure or loan default. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Pittman, Anastasia (H); Shelton, Mike (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3353Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3353, by Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, clarifies language relating to the Dispute Resolution Act. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Duncan, Rex (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3380Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: HB3380, by Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore and Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, creates the Oklahoma Methamphetamine Offender Registry Act. It creates a registry to be maintained by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control of persons who have been convicted or received a suspended sentence or any probationary term for the crime of possession of methamphetamines or possession of a precursor with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine. It prohibits any person subject to the registry from purchasing or possessing any Schedule V compound, mixture or preparation containing any detectable quantity of pseudoephedrine. It requires all district court clerks to forward a copy of the judgment and sentence and date of birth of all persons convicted under the act to the bureau within 45 days of the date of judgment and sentence. It also requires the bureau to remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of a person convicted of a violation of the offenses in the act 10 years after the date of the most recent judgment and sentence. It states that any person who assists another person who is on the registry in the purchase of pseudoephedrine products is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by incarceration in the county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000 on first offense, and incarceration in the custody of the Department of Corrections for two years and/or by a fine of at least $2,500 on second and subsequent convictions. (Amended by House, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Terrill, Randy (H); Sykes, Anthony (S)
  Status: Engrossed - House   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
HB3407Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3407, by Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, modifies language related to the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Nelson, Jason (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HB3416Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HB3416, by Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, creates the Brownfield Tax Credit Implementation Act of 2010. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Nelson, Jason (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HJR1067Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HJR1067, by Rep. Lewis Moore, R-Arcadia, proposes a constitutional amendment modifying methods for property valuation for ad valorem taxes. It states that if a person acquires title to real property, either individually or as a co-owner, that is occupied by the grantee or grantees as a principal residence, the fair cash value of the real property shall be established as the actual sale price paid for the property during that assessment year and all subsequent assessment years until the property is sold or transferred. It states that for each subsequent transfer of title, the fair cash value of the property shall be established as the actual sales price paid for the property and the fair cash value shall not increase or decrease until the property is sold or transferred. (Dormant, Constitutional Amendment)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Moore, Lewis (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HJR1081Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HJR1081, by Rep. Mike Thompson, R-Oklahoma City, proposes a constitutional amendment to place a 3 percent cap on the growth of locally assessed real property value. (Dormant, Constitutional Amendment)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Thompson, Mike (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
HJR1082Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: HJR1082, by Rep. Scott Martin, R-Norman, proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the governor to replace up to 40 percent of executive branch appointments, provided that appointments are made within the first 12 months in office. It eliminates the removal for cause provision with respect to members of the Pardon and Parole Board, Board of Regents, State Regents for Higher Education, Department of Public Welfare, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Commission, the Wildlife Conservation Commission and members of the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission. (Dormant, Constitutional Amendment)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Martin, Scott (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
SB1356Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1356, by Sen. Ron Justice, R-Chickasha, modifies language relating to entities that have authority to condemn lands, allowing any county, city, town, township, school district, board of education or board or official with jurisdiction over cemeteries the power to condemn. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Justice, Ron (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1360Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1360, by Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, D-Tulsa, creates the Neighborhood Preservation Act to protect property values and neighborhood safety when a foreclosed property is left unattended. It directs the mortgage holder to enter into control and possession of the foreclosed property and maintain it in a safe, habitable condition until the property is sold, occupied by a renter or otherwise disposed of. If the mortgage holder does not maintain the property, the bill authorizes the municipality where the property is located to clean or secure foreclosures, issue violations and recoup the costs from the mortgage holder. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Eason McIntyre, Judy (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1369Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1369, by Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City and Rep. Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, modifies language related to residential building permits, clarifying that the language does not apply to persons performing construction or remodeling to a single family or duplex structure that is for rental purposes. (Amended by Senate, Emergency Measure)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Leftwich, Debbe (S); Jordan, Fred (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
SB1386Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1386, by Sen. Earl Garrison, D-Muskogee, restricts drivers from using a wireless telecommunication device to write, send or read a text-based communication. It also provides exemptions when text-based communication can be used while driving. The bill sets the penalty for the first violation at no more than $175 and each subsequent violation at no more than $500. The bill also doubles the fine if the person is involved in a crash at the time of the violation and requires the investigating law enforcement officer to indicate the person was using a wireless telecommunications device at the time of the crash. The bill also states that such language can only be enforced as a secondary action when an officer detains a driver for an alleged violation of another violation. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Garrison, Earl (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1597Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1597, by Sen. Gary Michael Stanislawski, R-Tulsa and Rep. John A. Wright, R-Broken Arrow, states legislative intent that members of state boards and commissions serve for a limited period of time. It allows members of state boards and commissions serving on Nov. 1, 2010, to continue to serve until the expiration of their current terms. The bill states that upon expiration of those terms, if a member has served for 12 or more consecutive years, the member is not eligible for re-appointment. If a member has not served for 12 or more years, he/she is eligible for re-appointment for a full term if it does not result in the member serving for 12 or more years, or he/she may be re-appointed for a partial term. The measure states that once a board or commission member is ineligible for re-appointment, the successor's term of office cannot be longer than six years, and no one can be appointed for 12 or more years. It modifies the terms of members of various boards and commissions, establishing terms of office at six years. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Stanislawski, Gary Michael (S); Wright, John A. (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/04/2010

 
SB1613Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1613, by Sen. Mary Easley, D-Tulsa, provides an income tax credit beginning in tax years on or after Jan. 1, 2011, equal to 25 percent of actual expenditures related to the construction of a storm or tornado shelter for residents of a property where multiple manufactured homes or mobile homes are located. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 01/01/2011    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Easley, Mary (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1623Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1623, by Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, prohibits a landlord from denying or terminating tenancy to a person on the basis of a report to the authorities that a dwelling unit contains a possible source of lead hazards or that an occupant of the unit has an elevated blood lead level. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Crain, Brian (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1647Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1647, by Sen. Roger Ballenger, D-Okmulgee, clarifies language related to the Ad Valorem Tax Code. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Ballenger, Roger (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1757Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1757, by Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, prohibits any state governmental entity from employing or retaining a lobbyist. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Sykes, Anthony (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1760Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1760, by Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, adds a list of agency, lobbyist or lobbyist request bills to the Taxpayer Transparency Act beginning with the 2011 legislative session and establishes procedures for reporting the lists to the Office of State Finance. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Sykes, Anthony (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1775Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1775, by Sen. Sean Burrage, D-Claremore and Rep. Ben Sherrer, D-Chouteau, requires landlords to provide information in rental agreements regarding whether the premises to be rented has been the location of methamphetamine production in the past five years.

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Burrage, Sean (S); Sherrer, Ben (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 02/23/2010

 
SB1787Bill is on agendaBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1787, by Sen. Mike Schulz, R-Altus and Rep. Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher, states legislative intent to restrict the permanent severing of airspace over real property for developing and operating commercial wind or solar energy conversion systems. It directs wind and solar energy agreements to run with the land benefitted and burdened and terminate upon the conditions stated in such an agreement. It prohibits such agreements from exceeding 40 years. The measure directs instruments creating a land right or option to secure a land right in real property or vertical space above real property for a solar energy system, wind or solar energy conversion system or wind measurement equipment to be created in writing and filed and recorded in the county clerk's office. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Schulz, Mike (S); Sanders, Mike (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/22/2010

 
SB1815Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1815, by Sen. Jay Paul Gumm, D-Durant, requires that the owner of a rented occupied dwelling where a search warrants is served to be notified promptly after the warrant's service. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Gumm, Jay Paul (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1843Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1843, by Sen. Mary Easley, D-Tulsa, restricts the use of using a wireless telecommunication device to write, send or read a text-based communication while operating a vehicle. The bill also sets exemptions for the restriction. The bill sets the fine of a first violation at no more than $175 and the fine of subsequent violations at not more than $500. The bill also sets the provisions as enforceable only as a secondary violation when an officer detains a driver for another alleged violation. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Easley, Mary (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1849Bill is on agendaBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1849, by Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore and Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, modifies language related to Legislature's ability to delegate rulemaking ability to agencies. The bill also modifies language on rights reserved by the Legislature after delegating rulemaking ability. The bill also modifies the definition of "final" or "finally adopted" to exclude an exception for an emergency rule. The bill also modifies the definition of "promulgated rule" to eliminate an emergency rule or preemptory rule approved by the governor. The bill also modifies language related to requesting a complete set of permanent rules by an agency. The bill modifies language relating to an agency filing rules to eliminate emergency rules and the publication of the Oklahoma Register to exclude emergency rules. The bill also removes language relating to the Oklahoma Administrative Code. The bill directs both houses of the Legislature to approve any proposed rule or proposed amendment to a permanent rule by a concurrent resolution by both houses of Legislature prior to sine die adjournment of the first regular legislative session which convenes following receipt of the rule or the rule is deemed to be disapproved. The bill also removes language allowing the Legislature to waive the 30-day legislative day review period for any rule submitted for review. The bill also modifies language restricting the agency from submitting an identical rule for approval. The bill removes language restricting resolutions introduced for disapproving or approving a rule from being subject to regular cutoff dates. The bill also changes language relating to a transmission of a rule, requiring it to be transmitted before the first Monday in February of each year for approval and allowing bills transmitted after the first Monday in February to be approved only if the Legislature approves the rule by concurrent session before sine die adjournment of the regular session of the Legislature which convenes the following calendar year. The bill also adds language related to rules so that any rule not specifically approved by Legislature will be deemed to be disapproved. The bill also adds language invalidating any agency rule determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in conflict of a statute or provision of Oklahoma law. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Sykes, Anthony (S); Terrill, Randy (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1855Bill is activeBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1855, by Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa and Rep. Doug Cox, R-Grove, adds language related to the Comprehensive Childhood Lead Poisoning Program, requiring the State Board of Health to promulgate rules for establishing procedures to notify current and future tenants of lead hazards in dwelling units where a child with an elevated blood lead level has been identified, establish lead safe standards in dwelling units and establish a regulatory structure and enforcement process that assures electronic reporting of all blood lead levels. It also modifies language to require the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Council to consist of seven members appointed by the commissioner of health. The measure also requires county health departments to perform an annual audit of lead toxicity screens of children from the age of six months to 72 months and to report the results to the Legislature within 30 days of completion. It also makes the administrator of a county department of health who knowingly or recklessly fails to report the results of the audit within the specified amount of time subject to disciplinary action, including but not limited to, suspension or dismissal. The bill also requires the State Department of Health to annually designate one week of the year as "Heavy Metals Safety Week" and to develop and implement a heavy metals safety campaign. It requires the State Department of Health, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, to coordinate the development and implementation of an elementary education learning unit and a related public advertising campaign devoted to the effects of exposure to heavy metals. (Amended by Senate)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Crain, Brian (S); Cox, Doug (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 02/25/2010

 
SB1871Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1871, by Sen. Harry Coates, R-Seminole and Rep. Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, requires that the owner of property or the owner's agent who attempts to determine cost estimates or a list of materials based upon a drawing or plan for a construction project not be held liable for the acts of or deemed to practice a profession or trade required to be licensed. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Coates, Harry (S); Steele, Kris (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/03/2010

 
SB1894Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1894, by Sen. Joe Sweeden, D-Pawhuska, allows a credit for any qualified taxpayer who claims a federal income tax credit for tax year 2010 for the purchase of a residence under the "exception for long-time residents of same principal residence" provision pursuant to the federal Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009. The bill establishes the credit as $1,000 for each taxpayer. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 01/01/2011    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Sweeden, Joe (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1900Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1900, by Sen. Harry Coates, R-Seminole and Rep. Shane Jett, R-Tecumseh, clarifies language related to residential building permits. The bill also requires entities issuing occupancy permits to verify that the owner, contractor or subcontractor has remitted any sales or use tax required state law. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Coates, Harry (S); Jett, Shane (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/03/2010

 
SB1903Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1903, by Sen. Cliff Aldridge, R-Midwest City and Rep. Daniel Sullivan, R-Tulsa, creates the Oklahoma Home Service Contract Act and declares that home service contracts are not insurance and are not subject to the Insurance Code. The bill provides definitions and requires providers to meet certain qualifications in order to offer home service contracts for sale. The bill requires service contracts to be in clear, understandable language that is easy to read and establishes certain content for the contracts. The bill permits the insurance commissioner to conduct examinations of providers, administrators, insurer or other persons to enforce the provisions of the act and to protect home service contract holders. The bill requires providers to make all accounts, books and records concerning service contracts sold by the provider available to the commissioner and permits the commissioner to take action to enforce the act. The bill also provides for penalties for violations of the act. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Aldridge, Cliff (S); Sullivan, Daniel (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 02/24/2010

 
SB1906Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1906, by Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Oklahoma City, deletes language preventing a law enforcement officer from issuing a citation for inattentive driving unless the operator of the vehicle is involved in an accident. The bill also prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle while using any portable electronic device while the vehicle is in motion. The bill provides definitions and exemptions. The bill establishes a presumption that a person who holds a portable electronic device in a conspicuous manner while operating a motor vehicle is using the device, which is rebuttable by evidence showing that the operator was not using the device. The bill sets the penalty for violations at a fine or not more than $150, provided that the summons will only be issued when there is reasonable cause to believe that the person operating the motor vehicle has committed a violation of other Oklahoma laws. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Johnson, Constance (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1908Bill is on agendaBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1908, by Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore and Rep. Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa, removes language requiring vehicle operators to devote their full time and attention to driving and language preventing a law enforcement officer from issuing a citation for inattentive driving unless the operator of the vehicle is involved in an accident. The bill defines terms and makes distracted driving unlawful. The bill sets the fine for distracted driving at $100 and court costs not to exceed $35. The bill also prohibits law enforcement officers from making routine stops of motorists for enforcing the language. (Amended by Senate, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Sykes, Anthony (S); Tibbs, Sue (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/10/2010

 
SB1913Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1913, by Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa and Rep. Ron Peters, R-Tulsa, exempts depository institutions; a subsidiary that is owned and controlled by a depository institution and regulated by a federal banking agency; and institutions regulated by the Farm Credit Administration from provisions of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act. The bill also adds that an applicant for a mortgage loan originator license is sponsored by a licensed mortgage broker to the minimum requirements that must be met before for the administrator of the Department of Consumer Credit can issue a mortgage loan originator license. The bill also eliminates the requirement that the federally insured financial institution into which a mortgage broker or mortgage loan originator must deposit money received from borrowers for third-party provider services be located in Oklahoma. The bill also repeals language related to continuing education requirements for mortgage brokers and mortgage loan originators. The bill also requires brokers to disclose the amount of yield spread premiums they receive from originating a loan. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Newberry, Dan (S); Peters, Ron (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/16/2010

 
SB1920Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1920, by Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman and Rep. Scott Martin, R-Norman, changes the right of the Legislature to disapprove a proposed rule or amendment to a rule during the legislative review period to the right of the Legislature to approve a proposed rule or amendment during that period. The bill also requires that the approval be expressed in a concurrent resolution. The bill establishes that rules not specifically approved by concurrent resolution are deemed to be disapproved. The bill clarifies subsequent references to the rule approval process. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Support
  Principal Authors: Sparks, John (S); Martin, Scott (H)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB1946Bill is inactiveBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1946, by Sen. Kenneth Corn, D-Howe, creates the Oklahoma Roofing Industry Registration Act. The bill creates until July 1, 2016, the five-member Roofing Industry Registration Committee, establishes qualifications for membership and powers and duties of the committee. The bill also authorizes the Construction Industries Board to assist the committee, including conducting investigations concerning alleged violations of the act and enforcement of rules promulgated by the committee. The bill establishes procedures for registration by roofing contractors and requires registered contractors to affix their registration number to all contracts, bids, building permits and business vehicles. The bill also establishes a registration fee that shall not exceed $150. The bill establishes circumstances that constitute a violation of the act and penalties that may be imposed by the Construction Industries board on the recommendation of the Roofing Industry Registration Committee. The bill establishes procedures for administrative hearings. The bill also establishes recordkeeping requirements of t he committee and the board. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Corn, Kenneth (S)
  Status: Senate Committee - Do Pass Failed   Status Date: 02/15/2010
  Committee : Business & Labor (S)

 
SB1949Bill is on agendaBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB1949, by Sen. Charlie Laster, D-Shawnee and Rep. John A. Wright, R-Broken Arrow, requires state agencies requesting that a legislator introduce an agency request bill and lobbyists requesting that a legislator introduce a bill on their behalf to notify the Senate president pro tempore for measures introduced in the Senate and the House speaker for measures introduced in the House of the request no later than five business days after the bill or joint resolution is introduced. The bill also requires the name of the agency or lobbyist to be printed on the first page of the measure after the notification is made. The bill requires that the name be included at any time the measure is reprinted but that it not be included on the enrolled version of the measure. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Committee Substitute)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Laster, Charlie (S); Wright, John A. (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/22/2010

 
SB1972Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB1972, by Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa, clarifies language related to the Ad Valorem Tax Code. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Newberry, Dan (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2029Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2029, by Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City, creates the Commercial Contractor Licensing Act and requires that all commercial contractors be licensed annually by the Construction Industries Board. The bill establishes criminal, civil and administrative violations and sets penalties. The bill also provides certain exemptions. The bill authorizes the Construction Industries Board to promulgate rules necessary for the act's implantation and establishes policies and procedures for determining whether to issue, deny or renew a commercial contractor's license. The bill establishes duties and requirements of license holders and conduct, acts, omissions or conditions that constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Construction Industries Board. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Leftwich, Debbe (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2030Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2030, by Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City, creates the Residential Contractor Licensing Act and requires that all residential contractors be licensed annually by the Construction Industries Board. The bill establishes criminal, civil and administrative violations and sets penalties. The bill also provides certain exemptions. The bill authorizes the Construction Industries Board to promulgate rules necessary for the act's implantation and establishes policies and procedures for determining whether to issue, deny or renew a commercial contractor's license. The bill establishes duties and requirements of license holders and conduct, acts, omissions or conditions that constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Construction Industries Board. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Leftwich, Debbe (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2070Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB2070, by Sen. Harry Coates, R-Seminole and Rep. Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City, amends the requirement that those applying to take the tests or examinations for certain professional licenses from not having been convicted of a felony to not having been convicted of a crime that substantially relates to the profession for which the individual is seeking licensure or poses a reasonable threat to public safety. The bill applies to those seeking licensure as architects and landscape architects, podiatric physicians, cosmetologists, dentists, funeral directors, professional engineers and land surveyors, allopathic physicians, athletic trainers and apprentices, nurses, realtors, real estate appraisers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, pawnbrokers, speech-language pathologists and audiologists, professional counselors, marital and family therapists and licensed behavioral practitioners. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Emergency Measure)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Coates, Harry (S); Shelton, Mike (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
SB2089Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2089, by Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Oklahoma City, amends the requirement that those applying to take the tests or examinations for certain professional licenses from not having been convicted of a felony to not having been convicted crime that substantially relates to the profession for which the individual is seeking licensure or poses a reasonable threat to public safety. The bill applies to those seeking licensure as architects and landscape architects, podiatric physicians, cosmetologists, dentists, funeral directors, professional engineers and land surveyors, allopathic physicians, athletic trainers and apprentices, nurses, realtors, real estate appraisers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, bail bondsmen, psychologists, pawnbrokers, speech-language pathologists and audiologists, professional counselors, marital and family therapists and licensed behavioral practitioners. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Johnson, Constance (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2098Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2098, by Sen. Cliff Aldridge, R-Midwest City, permits the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission to hire one or more investigators to conduct investigations of alleged violations of the Real Estate License Code or the commission's rules. The bill requires that the investigators be certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training for purposes of conducting investigations. (Emergency Measure, Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 07/01/2010    Emergency: Yes
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Aldridge, Cliff (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2101Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2101, by Sen. Jay Paul Gumm, D-Durant, removes language related to title by prescription. The bill also repeals language related to the acquisition of property by prescription. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Gumm, Jay Paul (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2123Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2123, by Sen. Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, modifies language related to the Ad Valorem Tax Code. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Coffee, Glenn (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2147Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2147, by Sen. Jonathan Nichols, R-Norman, states that any contract between members of an immediate family, if at least one of the parties is 70 years of age or older, to convey property owned by such family for at least 75 years that does not expressly exclude the conveyance of the mineral interests to such property, shall be voidable. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Nichols, Jonathan (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SB2180Bill is on agendaBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB2180, by Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa and Rep. Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, creates the Roofing Contractor Registration Act and designates the Construction Industries Board to register roofing contractors. The bill sets age requirements and definitions for contractors and application procedures. It sets a $300 fee for roofing contractor registration certificate application, and it establishes other procedures for the Construction Industries Board to assess and oversee contractors and their licenses. It also excludes contractors from surety bond requirements. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Newberry, Dan (S); Jordan, Fred (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/22/2010

 
SB2241Bill is activeBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SB2241, by Sen. Roger Ballenger, D-Okmulgee and Rep. Wade Rousselot, D-Wagoner, creates the Clandestine Drug Laboratories Remediation Act. The act requires law enforcement officers who discover a laboratory used for the production of methamphetamine or who arrests a person having chemicals or equipment used in the drug's manufacture within any real property to deliver a notice of removal. The bill establishes procedures and policies for the notice's delivery and policies and procedures for the removal of the contaminants from the property. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Ballenger, Roger (S); Rousselot, Wade (H)
  Status: House Introduction and First Reading   Status Date: 03/09/2010

 
SB2282Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SB2282, by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, clarifies language related to the breach of an agreement to buy. (Dormant)

 

  Effective Date: 11/01/2010    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Anderson, Patrick (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SJR0048Bill is inactiveBill is tracked Paraphrase: SJR0048, by Sen. Thomas Ivester, D-Elk City, proposes a constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to meet only in odd-numbered years. It also stipulates that members of the Legislature are only to be provided their annual compensation in years when session is held. (Dormant, Constitutional Amendment)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: No
  Position: Monitor
  Principal Authors: Ivester, Thomas (S)
  Status: Failed Deadline   Status Date: 02/18/2010

 
SJR0057Bill is on agendaBill is trackedTitle has been stricken Paraphrase: SJR0057, by Sen. Jim Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City and Rep. David Dank, R-Oklahoma City, proposes a constitutional amendment removing the maximum income level requirements for a property tax benefit provided to persons 65 years of age or older. It states that persons age 65 years or older shall be exempt from increases in value for property tax purposes, regardless of income. (Amended by Senate, Stricken Title, Committee Substitute, Constitutional Amendment)

 

  Effective Date: / /    Emergency: No
  Position: Oppose
  Principal Authors: Reynolds, Jim (S); Dank, David (H)
  Status: General Order - Senate   Status Date: 02/22/2010