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• These proceedings will be governed by Article 5 of the Oklahoma Election Code in Title 26 of the Oklahoma
• The Oklahoma Supreme Court has said multiple times that the Oklahoma Constitution is the supreme law
• of Oklahoma.
• No Oklahoma case adopts that rule.
• No Oklahoma case adopts that result.

Summary: The Oklahoma State Election Board held a special meeting to address several candidate contests and related procedural matters. After roll call and opening remarks, counsel explained the hearing procedures, burden of proof, and possible outcomes. Several cases were noted as resolved or withdrawn, including Timmons v. Jones, Banning v. Sutterfield, and Roberts v. Gaw. In Ranson v. Riley, the board accepted constructive service after the respondent did not appear, heard that Riley was not a registered voter in the required district for the required period, and voted 3-0 to sustain the petition and strike him from the ballot, with costs assessed to the petitioner. The board then heard Hasenbach v. Pugh, a contest challenging Senator Adam Pugh’s candidacy for Superintendent of Public Instruction under the Oklahoma Constitution’s emoluments ineligibility clause. The petitioner argued that Pugh was a sitting legislator whose office’s salary and benefits had increased during his term, relying on stipulated facts, a compensation commission order, and prior case law. The respondent argued the salary increase came from an independent commission that expressly excluded current legislators and that benefit changes were automatic under a preexisting statute, so no qualifying increase applied to Pugh. The board resolved several procedural issues first, including striking a reply brief as beyond the original petition and admitting joint stipulations into the record. After a recess and executive session, the board returned to open session and voted 3-0 to deny the petition in Hasenbach v. Pugh, retaining Pugh as a candidate on the ballot and assessing costs to the petitioner. The meeting concluded with closing remarks from the secretary and a unanimous vote to adjourn.

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• So they're working for the state of Oklahoma without pay.
• I'm Dustin Roe, Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
• We have 193 slots in Oklahoma. Court reporter slots.
• Not every judge in Oklahoma has a bailiff.
• Attorneys at the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

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• These proceedings will be governed by Article 5 of the Oklahoma Election Code, Title 26 of Oklahoma Statutes
• A registered voter in Oklahoma at all.
• The Oklahoma Supreme Court has said multiple times that the Oklahoma constitution is the supreme law
• No Oklahoma case adopts that rule.
• The Oklahoma case adopts that result.

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• We will be meeting first with the Oklahoma Military Department.
• It will be for Oklahoma National Guard families.
• So they do great work for the state of Oklahoma.
• Story about Service Oklahoma.
• Thank you for your time today.

Committee: House A&B General Government Subcommittee

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• As of today, they have four. There is a lot of turnover.
• Chair, are heated cigarettes currently available for sale in Oklahoma?
• Are they available for sale in Oklahoma?
• Today, our annual health care costs for Oklahoma directly caused by smoking is nearly $2 billion.
• The Medicaid costs by smoking in Oklahoma today, annually, is almost $300 million.

Summary: The committee met for a very long session and considered a large number of bills, with the chair noting the meeting would run late and providing pizza and a recess. Early measures included HB 1752, authorizing the AG’s office and district attorneys’ counsel to buy vehicles with available funds, and HB 2961, a tuition waiver for Gold Star recipients; both advanced with strong support, though HB 2961 drew a question about its estimated annual cost of roughly $312,000 to $520,000. Members also approved HB 2967, exempting certain family vehicle transfers from motor vehicle excise tax, and HB 2973, requiring school districts to use a specific accounting code to show how state-appropriated dollars are spent. Several education and transparency bills also moved forward, including HB 3031 on common course numbering, HB 3057 centralizing statutorily required reports with LOFT, and HB 3052 codifying child welfare procedures related to fentanyl exposure cases. The committee then took up a series of public safety, health, and infrastructure measures. HB 3242, which would create a framework for student prayer during non-instructional time, generated extensive debate over whether it was a mandate, whether it could create fiscal and supervision burdens, and whether it raised local control and constitutional concerns; it passed 17-10. Other bills approved included HB 3066 creating a revolving fund tied to rural behavioral health workforce dollars, HB 3086 requiring the DOC director to brief the board annually on budget and inmate deaths, HB 3175 creating an Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, HB 3177 letting the Oklahoma Corporation Commission set salaries for its court reporters, HB 3178 establishing standard depreciation tables for farm equipment, HB 3429 creating an alternative funding mechanism for career tech capital projects, HB 3548 encouraging youth-run small businesses, HB 3638 directing Oklahoma to participate in the federal Summer EBT program, and HB 3704 expressing intent to opt into a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations. Later, the committee approved HB 1590 creating an education infrastructure linked deposit program for charter and nonprofit schools, HB 3759 requiring temporary school allocations to be set before June 30, HB 3831 recognizing and funding Oklahoma Task Force One after federal support declines, HB 3904 unbundling Medicaid maternal health payments, and HB 4092 creating a protected 988 mental health trust fund and related oversight. After a brief recess, the committee continued with HB 1979 creating a task force to study a centralized early childhood office, HB 1983 requiring a middle school course on online scams and digital safety, HB 1242 expanding agricultural sales tax exemptions to deer and elk, HB 1250 creating a law enforcement public safety technology revolving fund, HB 2952 changing motor vehicle excise tax treatment for trade-ins, HB 3404 setting up a prescribed burn association fund, HB 3671 allowing experienced teachers to carry career teacher status to a new district with approval, HB 3920 extending a tax exemption to organ transplant nonprofits, HB 4118 creating a nonrefundable caregiver tax credit, HB 3944 cleaning up the State Finance Act, HB 3969 renaming a correctional facility after a former sheriff, HB 3973 creating a revolving fund tied to reopening Swojack, HB 3975 and HB 3976 creating mechanisms for oversight and potential funding of rural health initiatives, HB 3978 updating the Oklahoma World Jobs Act, HB 3983 serving as a placeholder for tobacco tax negotiations, and HB 3984 creating a mechanism to recruit productive new residents. Most bills passed on strong votes, while HB 1983 failed in committee 13-14 and was not reported out.

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• solution that happened in Illinois when the governor tried to do an executive order to ban certain magazines

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Summary: The House Committee on Crime and Public Safety met in executive session and first took up House Bill 3105, which drew the most discussion. The committee adopted a House committee substitute and two amendments: one replacing references to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission with the Director of Public Safety, and another changing venue language to Cole County. Members debated the bill’s effect on cooperation with federal law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, and local control, with supporters saying it would protect law-abiding citizens and allow public safety agencies to work with federal partners, while opponents argued it was unnecessary, politically motivated, or could weaken local authority. The committee then voted the substitute do pass by 11 ayes to 6 noes. The committee also voted House Bill 1740 do pass without discussion. House Bill 3186, relating to sex offenders, received one present vote from Representative Anderson, who cited possible constitutional concerns, but it still passed 15-0-1. House Joint Resolution 124 also passed, 12-4-1. The committee then combined House Bills 3068 and 3049 into a single committee substitute on sex offender registry matters and approved it unanimously, 17-0. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 2868, which would expand DNA swabbing requirements for certain felony offenses. An amendment added several felony categories, including controlled substance offenses, forgery, fraud, auto theft, felony DWI, and felony evading arrest, while removing check forgery language after member concerns. Representative Seitz said the change addressed his concerns and referenced a recent local officer shooting as a reason for support. The committee adopted the substitute and voted the bill do pass unanimously, 17-0, then adjourned the executive session.

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• relating to creating criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large capacity magazine

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• La and he had to work today. OK, yeah, and that's fine.
• Today we have Louann Moody from Henrietta, Oklahoma. She has practiced law since 1989.
• I want to continue serving the state of Oklahoma.
• And Oklahoma, as we know, population is really centered in the two cities, Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
• I don't believe that Oklahoma City currently does this.

Bills: HB3045

Committee: Senate Public Safety

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• It's an honor and privilege to be here today.
• those are staying in Oklahoma.
• than Oklahoma moved to Texas.
• There's a strategy at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.
• First of all, our Oklahoma population...

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• to high school in Oklahoma has to take Oklahoma history.
• Oklahoma State with Oklahoma gardening and Sun Up, which is an agriculture show.
• Outdoor Oklahoma and Oklahoma Gardening have been on the air for 50 years.
• Just didn't align with Oklahoma. You can just say no, that's not aligned with Oklahoma.
• Of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

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• Doctor Rey is so proud to be a part of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and join us today as our
• the Oklahoma State Senate joins the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in extending appreciation
• We have in the gallery also with us today, our deputy director, John Jones, from the Oklahoma State Bureau
• They came here to the capital today to observe.
• And it will transform Oklahoma.

Bills: SR34

Keywords: recognition, Harvey Pratt, forensic art, legacy, public service, 914, all

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• To watch any of those, you can stick around and watch the rest of them, but those aren't happening today
• Is that your understanding of what we are doing today? That is correct. Thank you.
• Happened that impact rural Oklahoma that's sometimes forgotten in the urban areas.
• when it comes to matters in the Oklahoma courtroom?
• So, can you point to where this is happening today here in the state of Oklahoma?

Committee: House Rules

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• I invite all of Oklahoma to pray.
• In urban Oklahoma, we're putting a lot of focus on rural Oklahoma, and rural Oklahoma has a lot of needs
• Members, today, we have Dr. Bedele? Members, today, we have Dr. Bedelea. Members, today we have Dr.
• Members, today, there's six men standing in... Today, there's six men standing in front of you.
• That would work, so 11:30 Health and Human Services today.

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, and then took up several measures. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 2787, a one-time $2 million supplemental for the Choosing Childbirth program through the State Department of Health. Supporters said the money would prevent a lapse in services for more than 4,000 mothers and children, especially in rural areas, until the organization can reenter the bidding process in 2028. Opponents questioned the nonprofit’s transparency, donor base, leadership, and prior use of state funds, arguing the Legislature should not provide another supplemental without clearer accountability. The bill passed 70-19, and the emergency clause also passed. The House also considered Senate Bill 546 on data privacy. After floor amendments removed the emergency clause and set a January 1, 2027 effective date, the bill was explained as a comprehensive consumer data privacy measure applying to certain businesses operating in Oklahoma. It would give consumers rights to access, delete, and opt out of the sale of personal data, with enforcement through the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division and civil penalties for violations. The bill passed 84-4. In addition, House Bill 2786 received a joint committee report and passed with no debate; it provides supplemental funding to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to complete fiscal year 2025 payments to CCBHCs and other vendors, and its emergency clause also passed. The House adopted House Resolution 1034 recognizing February as Black History Month. The chamber also heard several introductions and announcements before adjourning.

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• We're looking forward to hearing from all of you today.
• You've heard a lot of good ideas today.
• You've heard a lot about those today, too.
• Issues today.
• Thank you. ...of questions today. So, Mr.

Bills: HB5

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: hemp, cannabinoids, regulation, occupational licenses, consumable products, marketing, criminal offenses, labeling requirements, health and safety, 997, house, all

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• Members, the following order of business will be followed today.
• I invite all of Oklahoma to pray. Lord, our hope is in you.
• in Oklahoma.
• We'll meet today at 10:30 in Room 450.
• Members, we have a special guest in the Capitol today.

Summary: The House convened, took the roll, heard an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then recognized Dr. Rachel Franklin as Doctor of the Day. Members also held a special presentation honoring the Christian Heritage Academy varsity cheer team for winning national titles in two divisions and grand champion honors. On the floor, House Bill 3044 was presented by Leader West. The bill renews the tax checkoff allowing taxpayers to donate part of their refund to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs equipment and capital improvement program. The House advanced the bill from general order and passed it 95-0. House Resolution 1032, designating February 17, 2026, as Oklahoma Aggregates Day at the Capitol, was also presented and adopted without objection. The remainder of the session consisted largely of announcements and introductions, including recognition of visitors from the aggregates industry, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Leadership Class, ALS advocates, and several constituent and guest groups. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings, and the House adjourned until Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

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• So I believe today, Mr.
• We've come and where we're at today, Mr. Chairman.
• We're proud of the progress made in several projects, including the Oklahoma aviation academy.
• We are proud. of each of the 25 projects and excited about the future of Oklahoma.
• We also appreciate the efforts of care providers of Oklahoma.

Committee: Senate Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding

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• With us today to offer his prayer is Senator Brent Howard.
• Aziz is an active member of both the Oklahoma County Medical Society and the Oklahoma State Medical Association
• Paul, Minnesota, and a church was attacked in Creek County, Oklahoma.
• Senator, this bill has been in Oklahoma law for over 115 years.
• I said nothing about this law that's before us today. So, Mr.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and recognized a doctor of the day, interns, and student groups in the galleries. The main item of business was House amendments to Senate Bill 743, a measure described by the author as a worship protection bill updating an old Oklahoma law. The bill was presented as protecting religious worship services from disruption and obstruction, especially in light of incidents the author said occurred in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Creek County, Oklahoma. Much of the floor discussion focused on whether the bill would affect protest and speech rights on public property, with the author repeatedly saying it would not restrict speech generally, but would create an eight-foot buffer around unwilling listeners and a 100-foot zone near entrances to prevent obstruction of people entering worship services. Several senators questioned the bill’s constitutional basis and practical effect, especially its reliance on Hill v. Colorado and whether the U.S. Supreme Court might overturn that precedent. Opponents argued the measure could chill peaceful protest, sidewalk counseling, and other First Amendment activity near churches or other religious gatherings, while supporters said it was narrowly aimed at preventing trespass, harassment, and disruption of worship. The author emphasized that the bill was intended to protect congregants, including elderly worshippers, and to preserve access to services without interference. Debate also touched on the distinction between public and private property and whether the bill could apply to religious gatherings at the Capitol or other public places. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted the House amendments to Senate Bill 743 and then passed the bill on final passage by a vote of 31-15. The emergency clause also passed, 36-9. The chamber then moved to announcements, including a notice that the Energy Committee would meet the next morning, and adjourned until Thursday, February 5, 2026.

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• with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
• Oklahoma in G91 GIS address standard workshop.
• A GIS update is included in your packet today.
• So we hope to bring that to Oklahoma.
• John Love from Oklahoma City had a bunch.

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• We want to be more and more to the community of Oklahoma City as well as Oklahoma, as many of you can
• It's a small hospital in southwest Oklahoma.
• We're located here in Oklahoma City.
• So thank you for the opportunity to present today.
• There's a lot of committees going on today, so our, as you see, committee membership today was a little

Committee: House Public Health

Summary: The meeting focused on hospital “avoidable days” and the difficulty of discharging medically stable patients who still need post-acute placement or social services. Presenters from Saint Anthony Hospital Midtown, the Oklahoma Hospital Association, City Care, and OU Health described common barriers including lack of skilled nursing, rehab, long-term care, behavioral health, and hospice placements; insurance prior authorization delays; Medicaid and Social Security eligibility delays; guardianship and Adult Protective Services bottlenecks; limited home health and private duty nursing; and the challenge of placing unhoused, uninsured, or medically complex patients. Several speakers emphasized that these delays reduce bed availability, increase emergency department boarding, contribute to staff burnout, and expose patients to hospital-acquired conditions and other harms. The testimony included multiple examples of patients remaining in acute care for days, weeks, or even months after being medically ready for discharge, including patients awaiting guardianship, disability determinations, or placement in facilities willing to accept them. Speakers also highlighted special populations such as patients with behavioral health or substance use disorders, medically fragile children, patients with criminal histories, and unhoused individuals who need respite or hospice care. City Care described its planned 40-bed medical respite facility, set to open in 2027, as a way to provide clinical support and housing navigation for patients too sick to recover on the street or in shelters. Witnesses recommended policy and system changes such as standardizing preauthorization protocols, expanding rural swing-bed and home-based services, increasing public guardianship resources, improving data collection on homelessness, expanding private duty nursing hours, and creating more placement options for complex patients. They also suggested better coordination between hospitals, DHS, APS, the Health Department, and post-acute facilities, including a database of facility services to improve discharge planning and keep patients closer to home. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the transcript, but the chair indicated the issue would require collaboration across multiple agencies and partners.