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• and renames that program Next Ed.
• It was an adaptation of an old program, and every different version along the way when that program has
• and the Incentive Evaluation Commission to update the Quality Jobs Program.
• Representative, big fan of the Quality Jobs Program, been in place for a very long time, very successful
• It's bringing quality jobs right here in the state of Oklahoma.

Bills: SB1319, SB1369, SB1378, SB1379, SB1309, SB1330, SB1481, SB1546, SB1122, SB1403

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

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• This is a revision to the Smaller Employer Quality Jobs Act.
• Some of the changes include lowering the number of jobs created quality to 10 jobs or 10% of the company's
• The amount of jobs were 1f and lowered to 10.
• I don't think these funds sit in a fund; usually, with quality jobs, it's a percentage of withholding
• But I think this is a good program.

Bills: HB3044, HB3465, HB3625, HB3704, HB3759, HB3920, HB3972, HB4191, HB4311, HB4426

Keywords: veterans, tax refund, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, capital improvement, donations, Oklahoma Emission Reduction, incentive, taxation, environment, revenue, investment, school funds, treasurer, education funding, financial policy, income tax, scholarship, tax credit, Oklahoma Tax Commission, school funding

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• license, hunting permits, and stuff, and where they can check it off if they want to donate to the Oklahoma
• The money will go for different things, and one of them is an indigent burial program that they have.
• Senate Bill 134 allows a retired member of the Oklahoma Public Employee's retirement system to please
• I'm The Oklahoma County assessor explains that the reason this is important for assessors is that there
• It will prevent in Oklahoma County.

Bills: SB44, SB134, SB1378, SB1400, SB1403, SB1832, SB2018, SB2143

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, Olympics, funding, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, local businesses, revolving fund, event hosting, sales tax, tax exemption, tax refund, Oklahoma Sales Tax Code

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• Do you see this program being like the car battery program and that they will whenever they buy a new
• It will allow the Department of Environmental Quality to set up a program that is highly requested by
• in Oklahoma.
• And also, put a plug in for Oklahoma Baptist University, who just started their new engineering program
• This is a good program for rural Oklahoma. With that, I do pass and yield for questions.

Bills: HB3005, HB3007, HB3403, HB1907, HB3175, HB3986, HB3466, HB3411, HB4246

Keywords: climatology, emergency declaration, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, environment, weather data, public policy, state governance, natural resources, advisory councils, sunset law, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, radiation management, public health, biosolids, land application, environmental quality, agriculture, wastewater treatment

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• This would ensure the program is encouraging the creation of jobs with relatively.
• So if, let's say, under this bill passes and a business is granted a quality jobs incentive, which is
• a 10-year contract with the state for growing the number of jobs with high-quality wages, like our chairman
• That's one of the reasons we decided to incentivize it. because those are truly quality jobs.
• Pretty simple, basic economic incentives are meant to promote job creation and growth in Oklahoma.

Bills: SB1327, SB1372, SB1403, SB1937, SB277, SB2131, SB1749, SB1348, SB1469, SB2018, SB1931, SB1530, SB2155

Keywords: tourism, recreation, economic development, Oklahoma Commission, executive director, probation, credits, educational advancement, Oklahoma Statutes, criminal justice reform, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, labor organization, incentives, employer practices, union neutrality, worker rights

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• My concern is, could programs at the university, that the jobs that come out of university aren't at
• consolidation as it relates to low-producing programs.
• To decide whether or not a program could continue? Yeah.
• can choose to suspend or delete that program.
• , there's a shared program, whatever it may be.

Bills: HB2398, HB4363, HB3557, HB3701, HB2210

Keywords: credential of value, education, workforce development, labor market, government reporting, higher education, Oklahoma State University, Board of Trustees, presidential selection, college governance, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, academic programs, low-producing programs, Oklahoma State Board of Regents, program review, curriculum quality

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• But you're looking at something along the lines of my Grandfather who worked a second job as an accountant
• I'm a legislative analyst here at the Oklahoma State Senate.
• This deals just with state incentives, and if you look at the state programs here, this is a different
• state program that we have that we're giving to businesses, and so it would only be for that.
• I'm not sure what year the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission is on currently.

Bills: SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080

Keywords: municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI

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• Senate sergeants and Oklahoma law enforcement to the great state of Oklahoma.
• Who truly exemplify the Oklahoma strong spirit.
• And whereas the Oklahoma State Senate, acting on behalf of the great state of Oklahoma, takes great pleasure
• Rifle Association and Oklahoma Rifle Association Day.
• I am from Rayden, Oklahoma, go to Raidon High School.

Bills: HB4440, HJR1067, HJR1087, HB4426, HB3704, HB4311, HB3044, HB4191, HB3465, HB3972, HB3759, HB3625, HB1411, HB2980, HB3015, HB3147, HB3277, HB3323, HB3443, HB3882, HB3406, HB2975, HB3977, HB3263, HB2988, HB3404, HB1770

Keywords: Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem

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• Members, this creates the Oklahoma Dream Accounts Investment Program, which is meant to coordinate with
• That Invest in Oklahoma board is already a set up program that's already being used. Follow up.
• So, the film group that is making a nice deposit for the Film in Oklahoma program will still receive
• Rural Oklahoma is certainly a great benefactor of that program.
• Is this going to hurt that program that does films in rural Oklahoma? No, it will not.

Bills: HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176

Keywords: education funding, budget appropriations, public schools, teachers' retirement, early childhood education, aeronautics, infrastructure, funding, sustainability, Oklahoma, mining, operator fees, coal production, noncoal mining, department of mines, revenue, state budget, budgetary reform, financial legislation, fiscal accountability

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• House Bill 2110 requires the sitcom program pilot program to follow the same rules set by the agency
• security program.
• This is the loan program that's going to be developed for water infrastructure across Oklahoma.
• Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• there in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Bills: HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176, HB4030, HB4031, HB4032, HB4033, HB4034, HB4035, HB4036, HB4037, HB4038, HB4039, HB4040, HB4041, HB4042, HB4043, HB4044, HB4045, HB4046, HB4047, HB4048, HB4049, HB4050, HB4051, HB4052, HB4053, HB4054, HB4056, HB4057, HB4065, HB4067, HB4071, HB4072, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176

Keywords: education funding, budget appropriations, public schools, teachers' retirement, early childhood education, aeronautics, infrastructure, funding, sustainability, Oklahoma, mining, operator fees, coal production, noncoal mining, department of mines, revenue, state budget, budgetary reform, financial legislation, fiscal accountability

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• Alyssa Ross to the Oklahoma State Senate. Mr. Leader, thank you, Mr. President.
• For the third or fourth time in Oklahoma history in Class A, Ati has three repeated.
• In the north gallery, we have Oklahoma And that is Oklahoma Children's agencies and residential enterprises
• We're talking about how we select judges in Oklahoma.
• And so nobody in Oklahoma actually knows what goes on behind those closed doors.

Bills: HB4248, HB4429, HB2588, HB3472, HB4317, HB3462, HB2035, HB3501, HB3127, HB3143, HB3144, HB3260, HB4321, HB3011, HB3522, HB3530, HB3940, HB3078, HB3043, HB3005, HB3007, HB3403, HB1907, HB3175, HB3986, HB3466, HB3411, HB4246, SJR49, HB3281, HB4319, HJR1086, HJR1024, HJR1087

Keywords: HB4248, hemp beverage, hemp drinks, THC beverage, cannabis beverage, intoxicating hemp, age restriction, under 21, minor possession, youth access, public health and safety, Title 63, Oklahoma Statutes, retail sales, alcohol-style regulation, controlled substances, beverage regulation, proxy advisory services, shareholder rights, financial transparency

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• bill would allow all state Agencies, boards, commissions, departments, or any entity within the Oklahoma
• This feature is specifically designed to allow individuals to donate to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
• I am so Thankful for the great job ODVA is doing, the commission is in place doing a wonderful job.
• that we're fully staffed and that we can provide them the best service possible for the state of Oklahoma

Bills: HB3940, HB3078, HB3043

Keywords: Oklahoma National Guard, compensation, education assistance, career technology, military benefits, veterans, donations, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, state agency, executive branch, HB3043, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays

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• House 3638, Oklahoma to participate in the federal summer EBT program beginning in the 2027 program year
• And then for clarity this program is specifically for rural healthcare programs, not direct funding to
• rural hospital rebuild program.
• House Bill 3978 is an extension and update for the Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act.
• Good job. Declare the vote.

Bills: HB1242, HB1250, HB1590, HB1752, HB1979, HB1983, HB2952, HB2961, HB2967, HB2973, HB2988, HB3031, HB3047, HB3052, HB3066, HB3086, HB3175, HB3177, HB3178, HB3240, HB3404, HB3429, HB3548, HB3638, HB3671, HB3704, HB3759, HB3831, HB3904, HB3920, HB3944, HB3969, HB3973, HB3975, HB3976, HB3978, HB3983, HB3984, HB4092, HB4118

Keywords: HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty, special livestock sale, tax relief, farm products, rural economy, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund

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• This bill addresses the pet overpopulation problem in Oklahoma.
• The P3 program is not an appropriated program. It's basically set up as a revolving fund.
• Once again, it's not an appropriated program.
• We're just asking for a little bit more time to continue the program.
• Representative, this pilot program seems to be structured as more of a voluntary program.

Bills: HB3126, HB3177, HB3311, HB3465, HB3786, HB3915, HB4333, HB4476, HB3403

Keywords: education funding, concurrent enrollment, school aid, Oklahoma State Regents, permanent school funds, higher education, revolving fund, court reporters, salaries, legislation, employment compensation, state administration, Oklahoma, community development, infrastructure, economic development, local government, financing, pooled finance, Oklahoma Emission Reduction

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• Of course, I don't personally know what programs these Commissions might have programs that people are
• Programs from these three entities.
• in Oklahoma.
• Quality jobs, there's probably others I'm not thinking of that could potentially be layered with this
• They were with this program.

Bills: SB1307, SB1425, SB1826, SB1365, SB1696

Keywords: SB1425, health care, healthcare workforce, workforce board, Health Care Workforce Resources Board, Health Care Workforce Resources Act, Oklahoma Health Care Workers and Educators Assistance Program, repeal, statutory repeal, health care workers, educators, workforce development, health professions, state board, assistance program, Oklahoma statutes, economic development, incentives, enterprise zones, local government

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• And so I do believe in it, and I do believe a lot of parents do a great job.
• job?
• job?
• However you may feel about diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, programs that are designed to provide
• They just eliminated 41 degree programs.

Bills: HB2950, HB2978, HB3132, HB3242, HB3467, HB3700, HB3701, HB4115, HB4274

Keywords: postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee

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• Oklahoma and this provision...
• is that's his number one job.
• food in the state of Oklahoma.
• of water out of our soil, affecting rural Oklahoma as well as our urban areas, uh, Oklahoma City.
• as rural Oklahoma.

Bills: HB3406, HB2975, HB3977, HB3263, HB2988, HB3404, HB1770

Keywords: agriculture, burn bans, fire danger, drought conditions, emergency declaration, poultry waste, nutrient management, environmental regulations, water quality, pollution prevention, best management practices, HB3977, State Veterinarian, Oklahoma veterinary license, food animal veterinary practice, livestock, animal health, State Board of Agriculture, veterinary qualifications, appointed office

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• It requires the operator to operate the Oklahoma local foods for schools.
• I believe this is a safety mechanism for the people of Oklahoma.
• We've done a really good job of our research.
• Universities do a phenomenal job of the research piece.
• We're not turning those into jobs the way we need to, and this is designed to do that.

Bills: SB248, SB985, SB1307, SB1319, SB1405, SB1530, SB1919

Keywords: tourism, revolving fund, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, real property, fund management, Oklahoma Local Food for Schools, school meals, local food procurement, farm to school, school districts, Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, local producers, meat processors, reimbursement program, agriculture, nutrition, farmers, ranchers, local sourcing

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• President, is this bill based on a specific incident that happened here in Oklahoma?
• Minnesota, and the church was attacked in Creek County, Oklahoma.
• authorized an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation into that crime.
• This is Oklahoma. Senator Deers, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr.
• And so it's we have certain laws in Oklahoma.

Bills: SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923

Keywords: municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI

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• I'm currently a senior at Moss High School and I'm from Wetumpka, Oklahoma.
• After I graduate high school, I plan to go to Eastern Oklahoma State College and judge livestock collegiately
• I'm paging for Senator Adam Pugh, and I plan to attend the University of Oklahoma and pursue an accounting
• I am paging under Brent Howard, and after graduation, I plan to attend Oklahoma State University.
• She is a freshman at Oklahoma State University. You can go ahead and clap. Go folks.

Bills: SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923

Keywords: municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI