OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — Oklahoma lawmakers have until April 24 to get bills out of committee, so they have a chance to be heard on the floor. The bills committees are working through right now came to them from the opposite chamber.
This past week many pieces of legislation advanced in committee, including bills on wind turbine setback requirements and limiting virtual days in public schools. A bill that would make changes to the citizen initiative process also got the green light in first House committee, as well as a bill to prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, policies at public universities.
Both the Senate and the House advanced bills out of their education committees to prohibit the use of cell phones at schools, which has been a top priority for some lawmakers.
“I really appreciate the education chairs in both chambers who have been collaboratively working together to come on a consensus, not only on this, but other education bills because there’s a lot of conversations,” said House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow. “I think the Senate sent us some great ideas. I think we sent them some great ideas. And so, figuring out where we can find common ground on some of those issues.”
Some notable bills that will be heard in committee this week include a bill to make shopping cart theft a misdemeanor, a bill that would prohibit the misbranding of food such as lab-grown meat and a bill that would change school board elections to fall in line with the general election cycle. The bill to make changes to the citizen initiative process will be in the House Government Oversight Committee this week. A bill to prohibit the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities will also be heard in committee this week.
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