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• I'm calling this meeting of the Senate Administrative Rules Committee to order.
• Senate Bill 1273 creates the Oklahoma State Agency Board and Commission Review Task Force.
• If we get this assigned, just do a deep dive into the agency's boards and commissions.
• That's an order that effectively ended administrative amendments for gender identity changes.
• So with that, I look forward to us having a productive year in administrative rules, and we

Bills: HJR1032, SB1273, SB1433

Keywords: HJR1032, House Joint Resolution 1032, Service Oklahoma, administrative rules, rule repeal, joint resolution, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 670:15-1-10, OAC 670:15-1-14, agency regulation, legislative oversight, Secretary of State, Oklahoma Register, rulemaking, permanent rules, administrative code, state government, task force, agency review, board review

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• Boards of tests for alcohol and drug influences extends the sunset date. Move for adoption.
• Senate Bill 1459 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Board of Abstractors. Moved for adoption.
• Chairman Kendricks, Senate Bill 1463 extends the sunset date on the polygraph examiner's board.
• It extends the sunset date for the board of licensed professional engineers and surveyors.
• HJR 1088 is our second full resolution to pass out of the Administrative Rules Committee.

Bills: HJR1088, SB1280, SB1316, SB1433, SB1455, SB1456, SB1457, SB1459, SB1461, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, SB1721

Keywords: education rules, administrative rules, joint resolution, Oklahoma State Department of Education, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, Teachers' Retirement System, charter schools, Statewide Charter School Board, career and technology education, CTE, OEQA, rule approval, legislative oversight, permanent rules, school governance, teacher retirement, education agencies, excise tax, oil tax

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• And then at the end, I have a few explanations as to what we are doing as the Administrative Rules Committee
• Boards of tests for alcohol and drug influence. Recognized. Thank you, Ms. Chairman.
• Senate Bill 1457 extends a sunset on the Construction Industries Board. Move for adoption.
• Senate Bill 1459 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Abstractors Board. Move for adoption.
• Oklahoma Abstractors Board. Move for adoption. You know for questions.

Bills: SB1280, SB1316, SB1433, SB1455, SB1456, SB1457, SB1459, SB1461, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, SB1721, HJR1088

Keywords: excise tax, oil tax, natural gas tax, state revenue, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, administrative rules, sunset provision, state agencies, regulatory review, legislative oversight, guidance transparency, administrative procedures, public inspection, state agency accountability, regulatory oversight, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, licensing, professional regulation

Summary: The committee first advanced Senate Bill 1721, which extends the sunset date for the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education and requires appointed members to represent a tribe or be involved in tribal education. It then passed Senate Bill 1433, a mirror bill requiring agencies to publicly post guidance documents and state that such documents do not have the force of law. Both bills were adopted without opposition and reported out favorably. The bulk of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 1316, which would create a rotating, eight-year review of administrative rules modeled on Idaho law. Members questioned whether the process would duplicate existing rule review, whether it would be used as a rubber stamp or to remove needed protections, and how AI tools might assist. The sponsor said the goal is to verify statutory authority, identify obsolete or duplicative rules, and use a limited AI system built from Oklahoma constitutional, statutory, and code materials only as a research aid, not a decision-maker. The committee then passed the bill unanimously. The committee also advanced a series of sunset-extension bills for various boards and agencies, including oil and gas tax apportionments, the Board of Governors of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, the Construction Industries Board, the Oklahoma Abstractors Board, OETA, the Polygraph Examiners Board, the Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, and the Advisory Committee on Midwifery. Most passed unanimously, though the Construction Industries Board bill passed 11-1, OETA passed 7-5, and the midwifery bill passed 10-2. The committee also approved H.J.R. 1088, which ratifies education agency rules, by an 11-1 vote. At the end, the chair outlined the committee’s remaining workload and said several bundled rule resolutions and a few major rules would be coming soon, including a large health-agency bundle. Members were asked to return rule assignments quickly so resolutions could be prepared before the end of session. The meeting adjourned after the chair said the next meeting would likely be brief and focused on one or two resolutions.

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• This bill is brought on behalf of the state board of chiropractic examiners.
• This bill also modernizes state law to reflect changes to national board policy that occurred over 28
• Um, and again, they relate mostly to labeling, testing of the product, and also to give the board greater
• And, you know, I hate to call the police in, but the ABC board will be the only people that have the

Bills: SB191, HB84, HB79, SB132, HB108, HB109, HB110, HB114, HB118, HB120, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB128, HB129, HB131

Keywords: postpartum depression, mental health, Medicaid, screening, education, maternal health, Chiropractic, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, license renewal, continuing education, election procedures, off-label, pharmacists, medical treatment, state board of pharmacy, employment protection, SB132, Alabama, controlled substances, Schedule I

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• I ran it by the administration. They didn't have any objections.
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• This does this. >> I don't think we get into boards and commissions.
• This does this. >> I don't think we get into boards and commissions.
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Bills: HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359

Keywords: HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum

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• The chair move the SB 610 without amendment be Board, if I believe the full House with a recommendation
• The medical board has disciplinary oversight over physicians, however, ambiguity exists regarding the
• Additionally, the statute incorrectly defines a A board majority has five votes despite the board having
• I move that the executive director, who is serving on the board, corrects the voting majority rule by
• Services as such payroll benefit administration workers compensation and regulatory compliance under

Bills: HB2450, SB378, SB764, SB917, SB1254, SB1255

Keywords: elevator inspection, building safety, construction standards, health and safety code, regulatory requirements, SB 378, Texas Occupations Code, barbering, cosmetology, barber, cosmetologist, licensing, professional licensing, unauthorized practice, medical procedures, skin incision, dermis, injections, devices, consumer safety

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• But just some of the boards that you'll see today are the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers.
• Okay, uh, it's the State Board... Okay, uh, it’s the State Board of Chiropractor Examiners.
• The Board of Optometry contacted me, and the board... ...The Board of Optometry contacted me, and the
• That would be the Board of Nursing Home Administrators, House Bill 129, correct?
• Of the committee, this bill will have the continuance of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators

Bills: HB25, HB108, HB109, HB111, HB112, HB113, HB117, HB118, HB119, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB131, HB25

Keywords: emergency services, 911, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975

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• House Bill 3000 is an extension of the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.
• House Bill 3001 is an extension to the Child Death Review Board.
• The Board of Chiropractic Examiners and extension to 2031. Move for adoption. Any questions?
• Board of Examiners of Optometry, this is an extension of their sunset. Move for adoption.
• Board votes aye. Kidders votes aye. McCane votes aye. Timmons votes aye. Waldron votes aye.

Bills: HB3000, HB3001, HB3002, HB3003, HB3004, HB3005, HB3006, HB3007, HB3008, HB4319

Keywords: cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, Service Oklahoma, license renewal, license reinstatement, licensing fees, sunset extension, board membership, human trafficking, victim services, beauty school, barber school, esthetics, manicurist, eyelash extension, blow-dry styling, makeup artist, occupational licensing

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• If the Texas Medical Board had to report that back to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and wait for
• Being able to have a system in place where one board can communicate those complaints to the other board
• in the public that the medical board is imbued with certain special powers that the other boards don't
• another board and how ridiculous it is.
• My understanding is that it's like the Board of Nursing and the Medical Board. Right.

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• boards.
• Yeah, I'm hesitant to speak for the Texas Medical Board, but I would imagine it's their administrative
• Texas Medical Board or DL?
• Taz is board certified.
• board that is necessary.

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• It is equitable across the board.
• It is equitable across the board.
• It is equitable across the board.
• It is equitable across the board.
• It is equitable across the board.

Bills: SB209, SB248, HB122, SB99, SB209, SB248, HB122, SB99

Keywords: sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation

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• Second, it will increase costs and administrative burden. Preparing an EAW ...
• Administrative burden. Preparing an EAW requires additional consultant work and staff time.
• served on the Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Advisory Board for 16 years.
• </c> Board for 16 years. Board for 16 years.
• I'm the executive director of the Environmental Quality Board. for your testimony.

Bills: HF4211, HF3426, HF4819, HF3466, HF3793, HF3339

Keywords: air pollution, lead emissions, continuous emissions monitoring system, CEMS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, environmental monitoring, emission compliance, air quality, public health, industrial pollution, permitted facility, residential exposure, toxic metals, emission limits, pollution control, stack monitoring, real-time emissions monitoring, natural resources, environment

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• He's getting a degree in business administration and is considering his options whether to pursue business

Bills: SB1333, SB1191, SB1439, SB1314, SB1509, SB1319, SB1346, SB1613

Keywords: water infrastructure, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, revolving fund, grants, environmental compliance, SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, fossil fuels

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• But it has been requested By the Energy Secretary, that this board is not needed.
• The information provided to me is that this board was never developed.
• Julie Cunningham, the director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.
• The board shall approve that permit.
• I thank the water board for bringing this up. I live 12 miles from New Mexico.

Bills: SB1191, SB1314, SB1319, SB1333, SB1346, SB1439, SB1509, SB1510, SB1613

Keywords: SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, SB1319

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• </c> city boards line 2728. city boards line 2728.
• </c> be one board. be one board.
• </c> board seats and all that kind of stuff. board seats and all that kind of stuff.
• </c> be one governing board. Yeah. be one governing board. Yeah.
• </c> shall not operate to relieve any board. shall not operate to relieve any board.

Bills: HB3, HB116, HB165, HB178, HB3, HB116, HB165, HB178

Keywords: illegal alien, enhanced sentencing, criminal offenses, minor victims, felonies, Alabama legislature, HB116, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, sunset review, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, bail bonding, bail bonds, bail bond industry, professional bail bondsman, licensing board, state agency continuation, agency reauthorization, regulatory board, criminal justice

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• the organization pushing for this compact, and that there is another compact, and that the Oklahoma board
• The service contract industry is comprised of manufacturers, service contract providers, administrators

Bills: SB540, HB1085, HB1484

Keywords: dentist, dental hygienist, dentistry, dental hygiene, licensure compact, interstate compact, professional licensing, license portability, health workforce, workforce shortage, mobility, compact privilege, state licensing board, public health, public safety, military spouse, telehealth dentistry, reciprocity, Title 59, occupational licensing

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• This bill Would require a brief board-approved mental health screener to be used in routine doctor visits
• Counsel at the Department of Mental Health and one of the working attorneys on the Forensic Review Board
• and will they maintain a violent temperament that gives the court the confidence to say the review board
• Senate Bill 1651 is an Oklahoma Medical Board request bill.
• does is remove the director of from the Department of DHS and the director from OjaA from the OCcY board

Bills: SB1328, SB1380, SB1436, SB1558, SB1572, SB1651, SB1805, SB1831, SB1836, SB2014, SB2023, SB2044, SB2179, SB933

Keywords: parents' rights, healthcare consent, minors, medical records, protection, legal guardianship, Medicaid, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, eligibility verification, death records, Death Master File, vital statistics, disenrollment, recoupment, improper payments, benefits integrity, public assistance, income verification, residency verification, incarceration status

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• On page four, lines 8 and 9, by deleting it to the word the on line 8, and before the word administration
• On page 4, lines 8 and 9, by deleting the word “the” on line 8 and before the word “administration” on
• That gives the court the confidence to say the review board looked at this and understands that this
• Senate Bill 1651 is an Oklahoma Medical Board request bill.
• . supposed to oversee those two agencies, has the two directors of those agencies on their board.

Bills: SB1328, SB1380, SB1436, SB1558, SB1572, SB1651, SB1805, SB1831, SB1836, SB2014, SB2023, SB2044, SB2179, SB933

Keywords: parents' rights, healthcare consent, minors, medical records, protection, legal guardianship, Medicaid, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, eligibility verification, death records, Death Master File, vital statistics, disenrollment, recoupment, improper payments, benefits integrity, public assistance, income verification, residency verification, incarceration status

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee met to consider a series of Senate bills, beginning with SB 2014, which would allow ivermectin to be sold over the counter with FDA approval. After questions about whether a prescription would still be required and how FDA guidance would affect the law, the bill passed 9-3. SB 1805, as amended, barred detention and youth facilities from using temporary agencies or contracting organizations for staffing; the author said the change was intended to address transparency and records issues in a related lawsuit. That bill passed 12-0. SB 2044, also amended, clarified chiropractic-related language regarding serum and multiple vitamins; members discussed whether the bill changed scope of practice, and it passed 10-2. The committee then approved SB 1836, which requires a board-approved mental health screener during routine annual primary care visits. The author said it was meant to normalize mental health screening and noted an updated fiscal impact estimate of $284,000 to $560,000; some members raised concerns about mandates and cost, but the bill passed 8-4. SB 1380 would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to verify Medicaid eligibility against death records and conduct monthly death-record checks for enrollees; after questions about current practice, costs, and recoupment from deceased enrollees, the author requested title be stricken, and the bill passed 10-2. SB 2179, dealing with not-guilty-by-reason-of-mental-illness cases, adds staff accompaniment for therapeutic visits, requires structured violence-risk assessments before discharge or conditional release, and adds drug screening when substance-use monitoring is ordered; Department of Mental Health staff testified about treatment planning and monitoring, and the bill passed 11-1. Later, the committee passed SB 1436, which requires families to be informed of their right to certification after fetal death or miscarriage, and SB 1558, which clarifies that older youth in OJA custody may be placed in Level E group homes. SB 933, the “Right to Try for Individualized Treatment Act,” passed 11-0 and would allow certain terminally ill patients to seek individualized investigational treatments after informed consent. SB 1651, an Oklahoma Medical Board cleanup bill covering several licensed professions, also passed 11-0. Finally, SB 1328 modernizes parental access to minor medical records with safeguards for abuse situations, and SB 1572 removes the DHS and OJA directors from the OCCY board; both passed 11-0. The committee adjourned after noting a possible interim meeting for a Tier 1 nomination.

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• And this would, the board would.
• Um, to the state board of education, and I'm trying to understand why the State Board of Education would
• Um, I wonder if it shouldn't be the school board.
• I believe that several board members believe that.
• The board doesn't have the ability to pass bonds.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• I had the privilege of serving on this board many years ago when I was in the city commission.
• If there's ever an opening for it, you have board members that represent one person from each community
• So what this does, it gives the board the opportunity to pay... ...this board the opportunity to pay

Bills: HB93, HB160, HB29, HB29, HB93, HB160

Keywords: HB93, Alabama State Port Authority, State Auditor, property inventory, inventory control, audit exemption, state property, personal property inventory, public authority, port authority, Section 36-16-11, Code of Alabama 1975, administrative oversight, state audit, conforming changes, government property, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, AMEA, municipal electric authority, board of directors