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• That means, of course, there's a heavy need for more nurses in Oklahoma.
• I can see what's in need in Oklahoma and how can I enroll in those programs to satisfy that need and
• So we are fetching the NAICS code of all the businesses that could be affected by that hospital.
• Yeah, I'll make a motion to enter executive session on items 7 and 8, pursuant to 25 Oklahoma Statutes
• , Section 307(B)(1) and 25 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 307(B)(4).

Keywords: 914, all

Summary: The meeting opened with routine business: confirmation of Open Meetings Act compliance, roll call, approval of the prior minutes, and no public comment. The main presentation was a detailed update on OK WIRE and a new workforce-gap validation model. Staff described moving from a simple job-posting approach to a four-factor method using wage growth, time-to-fill, occupation growth relative to the state average, and the ratio of postings to existing jobs. Examples were given for registered nurses, industrial occupations, software developers, and accountants to show how the model would identify validated workforce shortages or areas needing only monitoring. The team said the new dashboard would be added to the existing OK WIRE system, include links to training programs, and be completed by the end of August without additional cost under the current vendor contract. An agency report followed, covering the work of 929 Strategies on a 30-60-90 day plan, office relocation, contract terminations, grant administration, and budget cleanup. Staff said they had moved out of Film Row, were temporarily in Denver Davidson, and would move into permanent space in the Jim Thorpe building in October. They also discussed the rapid response grant, ARPA grant spending, and a planned data tool to support layoffs response and rural health workforce planning, including work with the Healthcare Workforce Training Commission and health partners. The board then voted to enter executive session under the cited Oklahoma statutes to discuss employee evaluations, possible salary increases, and confidential legal/operational matters. After returning, the board thanked staff for their budget work, decided not to hold the July 9 meeting, and adjourned, planning to resume discussion at the August meeting.

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• Now we're going to start with the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
• I lead the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Thank you for having us.
• I'm the CFO consultant for the Oklahoma Broadband Office.
• We are advocating for Oklahoma, especially rural Oklahoma.
• Sometimes, you know, Oklahoma has 10 different terrains.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Chair, members, by way of background, statute defines foreign law as any law, rule, or legal code, or
• Foreign law means Sharia law or any law, rule, legal code, or system other than the Constitution, our
• Foreign law means Sharia law or any law rule legal code or system other than the Constitution our laws
• A federal appeals court struck down a similar ban on Sharia that was enacted in Oklahoma.
• on the amendment. ...be adopted.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills and a memorial focused on foreign law, land ownership, presidential electors, and campaign finance/federalism. SB 1018 would amend Arizona’s foreign-law statute to explicitly include Sharia law; the sponsor and supporters said it was needed to prevent foreign legal systems from influencing Arizona courts, while opponents from the ACLU and others argued it singled out Islam, was unnecessary because foreign law is already prohibited, and would be unconstitutional. After debate, the committee recommended SB 1018 do pass by a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1075, which restricts conveyance of Arizona land to foreign entities deemed hostile to the United States and adds disclosure, penalty, and enforcement provisions through a five-page amendment. The sponsor said it was modeled on other states’ efforts to keep adversarial nations from acquiring land near sensitive sites; the committee adopted the amendment and recommended the bill as amended do pass by a 3-3 vote. SB 1141, dealing with presidential electors, would require electors to vote for a properly nominated successor if a winning presidential or vice presidential candidate dies or withdraws before the Electoral College meets, and would deem an elector’s office vacant if the elector fails to vote. Supporters said it closes a gap in Arizona law and improves election continuity; it received a unanimous do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard SCM 1003, a memorial urging Congress to support federalism and a constitutional amendment affirming state authority over election processes and campaign finance. Supporters argued that money in politics and out-of-state or international influence have grown too large and that states should regain more control; some members noted concerns about the rhetoric around ActBlue and other groups but still supported the memorial’s general purpose. SCM 1003 received a unanimous do pass recommendation.

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• <03:04:42.240> seek the gentle woman from Oklahoma seek the gentle woman from Oklahoma seek
• Oklahoma is recognized. Oklahoma is recognized. >> I<03:09:58.560> reserve.
• Act, and urge its immediate adoption. Act, and urge its immediate adoption.
• Oklahoma, Mr.
• The motion is adopted.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• He was my adopted uncle. Renee passed away at 87 years old.
• <01:50:18.239> Amo around the world he was my adopted Amo around the world he was my adopted
• <03:44:19.120> Supreme September of 1926 the Oklahoma Supreme September of 1926 the Oklahoma
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• <03:46:26.720> Supreme the Oklahoma Supreme the Oklahoma Supreme Court<03:46:28.720> dismissed

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I am the vice president of human resources for Mercy Oklahoma.
• I work remotely from my home office in Norman, Oklahoma.
• You can see the different color codes have different meanings.
• We're all here in Oklahoma City a little bit different.
• Deborah But if it's counseling is very limited in Oklahoma.

Keywords: 914, all

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• They all... ...other states including Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
• We would like consideration and hopefully adoption of the committee substitute.
• If Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska can do it, so can we. Thank you. Thank you. Next.
• And it amends the tax code. And we're not getting that kind of review.
• And it amends the tax code, and we're not getting that kind of review.

Bills: SB47, SB110, SB122, SB143, SB168

Keywords: food recovery, composting, waste management, solid waste surcharge, organic waste reduction, environment, grants, advisory group, bosque management, Rio Grande, environmental protection, water resources, fiscal appropriation, drinking water, well owners, water testing, water treatment, public health, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture

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• Whether we make those changes, that's what we're after and making sure that the citizens of Oklahoma
• She's been a part of this team with Oklahoma now for 6 years and she's also been on our project teams
• And we also do external stakeholder meetings that have been very helpfully organized by the Oklahoma
• And Oklahoma was one of several states that took them up on that.
• In fact, Doctor Eenharpoll was involved in the process here in Oklahoma at the start of that.

Keywords: 914, all

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• This is codified at Title 6 in the Code of Arkansas rules, and these standards all work to reinforce
• For math, that range from 15% also in Nevada and Oklahoma to 31% in Montana, with the average at 22%.
• And finally, in science, that percentage ranged from 17% in Mississippi and Oklahoma.
• They are in a separate section of the Arkansas Code.
• As I mentioned earlier, DESE has adopted a new system for calculating school letter grades.

Summary: The committee received a lengthy Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Arkansas academic standards, accountability systems, and adequacy requirements. Staff reviewed how state curriculum and standards have evolved from the 1997 Public Education Act through the 2003 Quality Education Act and the 2017 Educational Support and Accountability Act, including required coursework, standards for accreditation, career and technical education, graduation requirements, and recent additions such as computer science, personal finance, firearm safety, and fetal growth and development instruction. Members asked for a chart comparing the major laws and repeals over time, and staff agreed to provide one. The presentation then turned to federal ESSA requirements and Arkansas’s state accountability system. Staff explained Arkansas’s long-term goals for proficiency, English learner progress, and graduation rates, and reported 2025 ATLAS proficiency results, which remained below the 80% goal across student groups. They also reviewed English learner progress, graduation rates, school support and improvement, and equitable access to educators. Data showed gaps by subgroup and by school poverty/minority concentration, with Title I and high-poverty schools more likely to have emergency/provisional teachers and less experienced staff. Members questioned the lack of recent data for some ESSA measures, including equity labs and school index calculations, and asked staff to follow up with the Department of Education. The committee also discussed NAEP results, ACT scores, and teacher quality measures under the state accountability act. Arkansas’s NAEP performance remained below national averages in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, and ACT composite scores and benchmark attainment were also reviewed. Members asked for additional information on historical highs and lows, the number of assessments students take by grade, dropout data, and comparisons with other states. No formal votes were taken; the main action was agreement to request additional information from DESE and to schedule department follow-up at a future meeting.

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• In 2022, our district had not yet adopted Logic of English.
• Our teachers are trained on all of our district-adopted curriculum.
• You had talked about the code, 4020 code, that it contains way too much data.
• I came from another state; please don't hold that against me, Oklahoma.
• My husband and I retired from Oklahoma for three days.

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• Coding. Apparently, there are some new companies that are the go-between, right?
• Oklahoma has done the same thing. New Hampshire is reviewing that.
• That's also what Oklahoma did. So it does mean more work, for example, for the HCA, right?
• These states are making different reforms, different kinds from Oklahoma to New Jersey.
• Several states have adopted that. I'll go back and take a look at SB3.

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• I am from Oklahoma.
• My attorney at the time, Gittner Drummond, who is now the AG of Oklahoma, asked for $50,000 to cover
• I adopted dad as a toddler.
• Members, is there any objection to the adoption of the committee substitute for House Bill 748?
• The substitute is adopted.

Bills: HB170, HB865, HB748, HJR112, HB 1110, HB1495, HB786, HB 1130, HB170

Keywords: civil liability, self-defense, force, deadly force, legal immunity, attorney's fees, criminal justice, firearms, liability, veterans, gun ownership, immunity, firearm hold agreement, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, parental rights, child upbringing

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• There's a QR code. I can send it around if you want it.
• So once they have left DCS, they’re now adopted.
• How do we make sure they get home, either back to their parents, adoption, and guardianship, as soon
• It is indisputable that Oklahoma DHS is well aware of the hazard associated with the pool.
• It is indisputable that Oklahoma GHS is well aware of the hazard associated with the pool.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee met to review Department of Child Safety reforms developed after oversight hearings on the deaths of Emily Pike, Zariah Dodd, and Rebecca Baptiste. Members described a stakeholder process involving tribes, DCS, law enforcement, county attorneys, schools, and advocates that produced several bills already moving through the Legislature or signed by the governor. Those measures include SB 1125 on tribal-DCS information sharing, a bill requiring schools to provide records to DCS in investigations, a duty-to-report bill requiring direct knowledge, a hotline bill allowing DCS to consider 90 days of prior reports and route repeat cases to more experienced staff, a bill allowing attorneys to share more safety information with judges, and a requirement for advanced forensic interviews within 72 hours in sexual abuse cases. The chair emphasized that reforms are needed across DCS, the courts, and attorneys, and that the San Carlos Tribe’s letter would be entered into the record. DCS Director Catherine Patak presented 2025 agency data, saying the hotline received nearly 160,000 calls and 43,000 cases were investigated, while the out-of-home care population stayed relatively steady at just over 7,000 children. She reported 3,000 reunifications, 1,300 adoptions, 800 guardianships, 1,100 young adults receiving transition services, 534 new foster homes licensed, a 50% reimbursement increase for older youth caregivers, a 40% drop in youth missing from care since September 2024, and a 30% reduction in fatalities of children in care since 2024. She also discussed the annual fatality review process, noting 123 alleged fatality or near-fatality reports in the review period, 52 with prior DCS involvement, and systemic themes such as support for teens with complex needs, collaboration with law enforcement and the courts, and better staff support. Patak answered questions about group-home notification rules, saying DCS is updating rules to remove “runaway” and “AWOL” and use “missing” consistently, while also considering a statute change for the timing of notifications. She said about 300 children in care are there because of behavioral issues after adoption, and members raised concerns about insufficient behavioral health services for adopted children and the need for better training and support in group homes. Senators also asked about placement practices for sexually abused children and whether staff gender matching is considered; Patak said she was not aware of a specific requirement and would look into it. The committee then heard from Malcolm Hightower of Casey Family Programs, who said Arizona is generally near the national average on child welfare measures, does better than average on kin placements, but has a higher-than-average share of children in congregate care and slightly lower permanency within two years. He noted Arizona’s safety outcomes are roughly in line with national rates and urged continued cross-branch collaboration and timely information sharing. A final presentation from KC Melsick of Collaborative Safety focused on the agency’s systemic critical incident review model. He argued that child welfare and other public systems should move away from blame-focused responses after tragedies and toward a “safety culture” that examines system factors, near misses, and decision-making. He said Arizona has used this approach since 2016, with reported improvements including reduced turnover, and that the model is similar to after-action reviews used in the military and root-cause analysis in healthcare. Members discussed applying the same approach more broadly across state agencies. The committee ended with expressions of appreciation for the bill sponsors, DCS staff, tribal partners, and ongoing work, and adjourned with plans to continue the reforms in the interim and next session.

Bills: HB241, HB267, HB467, HB673, HB744, HB798, HB1026, HB1027, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1212, HB1230

Keywords: financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property

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• There's been a motion for the Senate to adopt to concur with the House Amendments to Senate Bill 273
• There's been a motion for the Senate to adopt the House Amendments to Senate Bill 37 as amended.
• So I'm just trying to understand the tax code.
• There are other parts of the tax code that deal with other sources of electricity and other utilities
• There are other parts of the tax code that deal with the valuation. of utilities. Okay, so Mr.

Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• Is there any opposition to adopting the amendment? Okay. Seeing none, we've adopted the amendment.
• And I, as a member of the committee, am very uncomfortable adopting something without assurances I think
• This is on whether to adopt HAFC Amendment 2, the 234172 1. To Senate Bill 241.
• Yeah, we'll ask for a motion to table and then It'll be on a yes, we'll table the amendment and not adopt
• So those scenarios are going to be different now because you all have now adopted an amendment to lower

Bills: SB132, SB241

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

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• by me and my co-sponsors describing which sub we are recommending for the committee to consider and adopt
• And my co-sponsors describing which sub we are recommending for the committee to consider and adopt,
• Okay, so is there a motion to adopt the amendment, and we will go to the public after this?
• Motion to adopt the amendment made by Representative Reeb, seconded by Representative Chavez, since she
• Is there any opposition to adopting the amendment? Seeing no opposition, the amendment is adopted.

Bills: HB99, HB49, HB164, SB30, SB43, SB50, SB136

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• Gifted education continues to be funded through the SEG, governed under the Public School Code, and regulated
• gifted child means a school-age person determined to be gifted pursuant to our statute and standards adopted
• They'd like to make a motion to adopt the amendment.
• By embedding this in the state code as a core responsibility, the state's not just individual schools

Bills: SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83

Keywords: special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP, individualized education program, students with disabilities, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, dyslexia, dyslexia screening, structured literacy, reading intervention, multilayered system of supports, MTSS, student assistance team, free appropriate public education, FAPE, special education compliance, charter schools

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• We'll please show Representative Dow in opposition, and we've adopted that. Great.
• I'm going to go ahead and ask for the LFC recommendation to adopt for Agency 979 and 980.
• Okay, seeing none, we've adopted that. Excellent.
• I'm going to go ahead and ask for the LFC recommendation to adopt for Agency 979 and 980.
• Okay, seeing none, we've adopted that. Excellent.

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• They also provide technical assistance with billing, coding, and stocking support for providers across
• They also provide technical assistance with billing, coding, and stocking support for providers across

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach