Video & Transcript Research : 'Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program'

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  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray.
  • And whereas the linemen from Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, Oklahoma
  • . and Oklahoma State University.
  • It is each of these leaders' first time to visit Oklahoma.
  • Oklahoma has the 95% rule.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

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  • We have been doing a Good job. Our research institutions are phenomenal on the R&D side.
  • The Department of Justice sued the state of Oklahoma.
  • Why are we backtracking and going to a pilot program instead?
  • So this could Be a way to catch some of those students in those local programs. Thank you.
  • The common one that we use in Oklahoma is WorkKeys.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2026 at 01:12 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • President, if you would turn your direction the other way, it is Oklahoma Day here at the capitol.
  • She does a great job teaching them about so many ways that they can lead in their community.
  • She does a great job teaching them about so many ways that they can lead in their community.
  • I get a little concerned about, you know, there was a couple of towns west of Oklahoma City that got
  • to better connect our local farmers with Oklahoma consumers, promotes, and expands the reach of Oklahoma
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Teacher prep programs.
  • Do you know if this program will be a year-round program potentially for those students that are retained
  • Thank you for that program.
  • This program, or why do they need an additional $1,500? The program, the $3,000 is a stipend.
  • They are out doing their jobs.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 5th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • House Bill 4191 has an adjustment to the Quality Jobs Act, or requests from the Department of Commerce
  • This will make the smaller employer quality jobs act.
  • This will make the smaller employer quality jobs act.
  • The program will do the following: it will lower the number of jobs created to qualify to 10 jobs; it
  • On page five, it actually allows companies to only add five jobs and then be eligible for this program
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered prayer, and recognized a doctor, a nurse, and a student hero who rescued a driver from a burning vehicle. The chamber also welcomed a new group of pages and adopted a motion to reject House amendments to Senate Bill 1546 and request conference. Senators then adopted Senate Resolution 44 recognizing Teacher Appreciation Week, and heard remarks honoring educators in the gallery. Senator Goodwin also announced the death of former Representative Don Ross and offered condolences to his family. The Senate then took up House Concurrent Resolution 1027, setting a target sine die date of May 14 at 5 p.m. The resolution drew opposition from Minority Leader Kurt and Senator Jett, who argued the chamber still had unfinished business, but it passed 28-17. The Senate also passed SJR 50, SJR 52, and SJR 53, all related to agency rules, including expanded provider types, removal of a physician-visit cap, and medical marijuana packaging requirements. Additional measures passed included HB 1185 on preserving military and historic firearms for honor guards and museums, HB 1937 on student-employee communications and due process, HB 2035 on funeral transportation protection agreements, HB 2137 on involuntary medication procedures for competency restoration, and HB 2166 on legal newspaper distribution without a USPS permit. Later, the Senate approved a series of bills on business, licensing, public safety, and state operations. These included HB 3148 on VIN inspections by dealers, HB 3323 on removing notarization for certain electronic Service Oklahoma documents, HB 3466 eliminating petty cash at the Corporation Commission, HB 3498 updating corporation and LLC statutes, HB 3661 extending a forestry equipment sales tax exemption, HB 3678 expanding the definition of public official for electronic harassment protections, HB 3710 revising the Rising Scholars Award Program, HB 3977 updating state veterinarian qualifications, HB 3986 expanding a tax exemption, HB 4104 strengthening penalties for repeat voyeurism-related offenses, HB 4108 adding airport operational areas to critical infrastructure, HB 4142 covering conspiracies to use bombs or explosive devices, HB 4274 allowing military children to attend non-zoned schools, HB 4275 allowing case managers and peer support specialists to work for local public agencies, HB 4322 removing dual certification for funeral directors in charge, HB 4336 updating interventional pain management rules, HB 4484 allowing certain state vehicles to be used between home and work, HB 3880 on Tourism Department compensation and Oklahoma Today publication discretion, and HB 1687 creating the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act with an amended effective date. The chamber also passed HB 2959 requiring school administrators to report abuse allegations to law enforcement within 24 hours and before school questioning, with emergency passage approved. HB 3718 was then taken up with an amendment clarifying timelines for special education evaluations tied to the Lindsay Nicole Henry Scholarship; discussion centered on the new 15-school-day meeting timeline and the 45-day evaluation period. The transcript ends during questions on that amendment, before final action on HB 3718 is shown.
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  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray. Thank you. ...and quiet lives. I invite all of Oklahoma to pray.
  • And through them, bless this great state of Oklahoma, our home, in Jesus' name. Amen.
  • Kendrix of the House, a resolution relating to approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma
  • We have good policy before us to consider and make into law for the state of Oklahoma, maybe some bad
  • or the Oklahoma State Senate to amend or modify legislative deadlines.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized Eileen Cooper Grubbs as Nurse of the Day. The chamber then took up several procedural items, including second-reading referrals of Senate Joint Resolutions 50, 52, and 53 to Administrative Rules. Speaker Hilbert also announced the House would continue working despite uncertainty about action in the other chamber, and members were told dinner had been ordered for a long day of floor work. On legislation, the House rejected Senate amendments to House Bill 1728 and House Bill 3021 and requested conference on both. It adopted Senate amendments to House Bill 2137, a criminal procedure bill, and then passed the bill. The House also approved a motion by Speaker Hilbert to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 4432, with a recorded vote of 68-15, allowing the bill to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The House then adopted House Concurrent Resolution 1028, which authorizes the House or Senate to modify legislative deadlines for the remainder of the 60th Legislature. Members discussed that the change was intended to keep legislation moving while the Senate was not meeting and to preserve the ability to hear bills and return them between chambers. The resolution passed after a recorded vote of 77-4. Finally, the House suspended certain rules for the rest of the session by a 68-15 vote and recessed until 1 p.m., with a reminder that the rural caucus would meet in Room 206.
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  • , quality jobs for people across the state, not just in metro areas.
  • Jobs Program for this particular Rural Jobs Act?
  • And like I said, I am happy to support quality jobs programs, and I don't think this really fits in the
  • This is a successful program that has created hundreds and hundreds of jobs in rural Oklahoma, essentially
  • We need more people to do the jobs of the future, to fulfill the Quality Jobs Act.
Summary: The House recognized several visitors and groups during the day, including the Norman North High School Cheer and Stunt Team, a student page, Bartlesville Day at the Capitol, and Leadership Elk City. The chamber then took up a long series of Senate amendments and final passage votes on a wide range of measures, with most amendments adopted without objection and many bills passing by wide margins. Topics included advanced health care directives, the Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act, motor vehicle and insurance changes, food truck fire suppression, foreign adversary land ownership restrictions, plumbing licensing reform, probate procedure, financial institutions, riots, Medicaid, court reporters, public finance, district attorney recruitment incentives, child care, the Oklahoma Brine Development Act, adjunct teachers, workers’ compensation, and other technical or policy updates. Several bills drew substantive debate. The Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act prompted questions about the additional $15 million funding tranche, return on investment, and the use of out-of-state fund managers; supporters said the program had created thousands of jobs and generated strong tax revenue, while opponents criticized the lack of independent ROI data and transparency. House Bill 3500 on probate procedure also drew questions about a nine-month deadline for successor affidavits, with the author saying the change would prevent a “gotcha” that could defeat a decedent’s wishes. House Bill 3660 on natural organic reduction was the subject of extended debate, with supporters arguing for personal freedom and rejecting claims about misuse of the resulting material, while opponents raised concerns about the practice and its regulation. The House passed most measures by comfortable margins, including bills on advanced health care directives, professions and occupations, motor vehicles, Medicaid, insurance, child care, court reporters, public finance, and criminal law. A few measures failed or were reconsidered: Senate Bill 1916 initially failed on a 46-39 vote, but the House later voted to reconsider and then passed it on reconsideration. Several bills also carried emergency clauses, which were adopted where required by two-thirds votes. The session ended with the House still considering debate on House Bill 3660 after the chamber had recessed and returned to order.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Revenue and Taxation

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  • a group of developers that have seen this happen in other states and wanted to see that here in Oklahoma
  • But I've also invested in Oklahoma companies that have also gone bankrupt.
  • But just doing ref Maths at Oklahoma County might have 200,000 households that fit this bill.
  • Looking at possibly, you know, 88 million here for Oklahoma County if we want to address that.
  • , as we look at reining in that spending and the inflation impacts that are happening across all Oklahoma
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  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray, Lord.
  • College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, and she did her clinical rotation here in Oklahoma City
  • So no land in Oklahoma has been remediated.
  • Members, this memorializing statute and Obligation that Oklahoma indigent defense system already has
  • We're just putting this in statute, so I don't see any additional burden to Oklahoma defense.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Retirement and Government Resources

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  • It's sections 12 and three is the Oklahoma Capital Investment Board.
  • crimes committed against the Oklahoma Human Services.
  • I don't know necessarily if they're carrying weapons on the job in some situations.
  • No, I think it'll be what the cost would have been if they would have been in Oklahoma.
  • Yeah, I mean I think when we look at whether a program is running well or not.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 25th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Sponse team when working in the hospital as an infection prevention program manager.
  • And so we know the quality of this team.
  • There's also some from here in Oklahoma City.
  • And does the state of Oklahoma recognize birth certificates from other states?
  • program.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 4th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • condition affecting Oklahoma residents; that the Oklahoma State Senate encourages health care providers
  • According to the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office, approximately 700 deaths caused by automobiles on Oklahoma
  • This was a government program, a federal program that was put in place several years ago, or maybe a
  • That would be jobs.
  • Homes program, and then the repealer.
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a special family recitation of the Declaration of Independence by Senator Hamilton’s children. The chamber then adopted SR 28, recognizing May as Alpha-Gal Awareness and Prevention Month in Oklahoma and encouraging awareness, prevention, and research on alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergic condition. Senator Seifried also introduced constituents affected by alpha-gal. Later, the Senate heard a gallery introduction from advocates for victims of impaired driving, highlighting the toll of DUI-related crashes in Oklahoma. The Senate then took up several House amendments and final-passage votes on bills. SB 201, clarifying that a teacher pay raise applies to certified classroom teachers, passed 47-0 and was advanced as an emergency. SB 1379, SB 1525, SB 1966, SB 2112, and SB 2170 also passed after adoption of House amendments, with SB 1525 and SB 1379 advanced as emergency measures. SB 1525 raised the threshold for contracting to host a conference from $25,000 to $75,000, and SB 1966 served as the annual omnibus highway, memorial highway, and bridge designation bill. Among the House bills considered, HB 3262 increased the sheriff fee for service of process from $50 to $100 and passed 37-8. HB 3265 allowed a psychologist to make PTSD determinations for the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System and passed 47-0. HB 3781, a major insurance modernization bill changing rate-filing procedures for homeowners insurance and expanding the insurance commissioner’s review authority, passed 39-6 after extended debate over transparency, regulation, and market impact. HB 3040 expanded sex-offender loitering restrictions around businesses serving minors and passed 40-4, while HB 3076 authorized alternative teacher certification providers under OEQA oversight and passed 38-6 as an emergency measure. The chamber also passed HB 3369, a deregulation and efficiency bill affecting fire suppression and LP gas inspections, HB 2749, which shifted an intergenerational education program toward a Medicaid state plan amendment, HB 3982 on fleet vehicle titling, HB 3462 creating a shorter residential-only plumbing licensure pathway, HB 3465 extending the Oklahoma Emission Reduction Technology Rebate Program to 2029, HB 3521 modernizing money transmission law, HB 3796 as an Oklahoma Insurance Department omnibus bill, HB 3800 as a roofing-industry cleanup bill, and HB 4095 modernizing the 211 hotline advisory council. Several of these measures drew debate over regulation, workforce needs, public safety, or fiscal and policy impacts, but all of the listed bills ultimately passed by recorded vote.
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Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 3rd, 2025

Environmental Regulation

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  • Several other states have successfully implemented similar programs.
  • We have a contingency rider in the budget for $2.5 million in GR to start this program.
  • Permits Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, testifying on the bill.
  • One thing I do want to note, quick programming note, sorry, Ron, with next...
  • So just a quick programming note for your scheduling purposes.
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  • I invite all of Oklahoma to pray.
  • Today we have Alexis Watt of Pryor, Oklahoma.
  • If you look up to the south gallery, you'll see some associates from Sooner Job Challenge, and please
  • Join us on the second floor for Oklahoma Film and Music Day.
  • Members, the Oklahoma House of Representatives will be adjourned until Wednesday.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • of Tuttle, Oklahoma.
  • Whereas Oklahoma Task Force One has conducted searches across Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Moore
  • deal with, you know, programs such as DEI training and other types of programs that are not consistent
  • with Oklahoma character values.
  • Oklahoma CASA serves children, all children. This bill is about Oklahoma children.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

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  • Senate Bill 378 modernizes the Oklahoma multi-county bond bail bonds statute by controlling flexibility
  • Write their capacity to grow so that we can better maintain their ability to do their jobs.
  • Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. For a follow-up? Good. For a follow-up? Good.
  • Members, this would move Oklahoma into a compact for dentists and dental hygienists.
  • Great job.
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • On that dark day of the Oklahoma City bombing, Doctor Craig drove to Oklahoma City each evening to treat
  • is the youngest junior ROTC program in the state.
  • The Lincoln Christian wrestling program just capped off the best year in the history of their program
  • has been an integral part of building the program.
  • Oklahoma showed the world what has come to be known as the Oklahoma standard: choosing compassion over
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Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

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  • It's a great day for children in Oklahoma. That concludes debate, but will now occur measure vote.
  • Senate Bill 1597 removes mandatory adherence to national standards for the Oklahoma court.
  • What this does is it provides greater state's flexibility by Allowing Oklahoma COSTA programs to adopt
  • Representing Oklahoma CASA, yes, I did hear the question.
  • They're required and go with the Oklahoma standards. To the author, Mr.