The month of July marks dozens of new laws taking effect in Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The month of July marks dozens of new laws taking effect in Oklahoma.
First reported by the Southwest Ledger news, a total 5,433 bills were introduced by members of the state Senate and House of Representatives with a 16% approval rate of 870 bills being signed into law.
According to Southwest Ledger news Rep. Trey Caldwell (R-Lawton) and Sen. Jessica Garvin (R-Duncan) ranking among the top five bills sponsored. Rep. Trey Caldwell (R-Lawton) authored or co-sponsored 164 bills and Sen. Jessica Garvin (R-Duncan) authored or co-sponsored 245 proposed measures.
The state Senate is made up of 48 members and the state House of Representatives is the larger chamber with 101 members.
82 laws took effect on July 1st, here are highlights of those laws currently:
HB 3727 Requires that all third through fifth graders be taught to read and write in cursive. (Read Full Text)
HB 3958 Requires any electronic communication between an individual student and school personnel to include a parent or guardian.
SB 1324 Requires that the Oklahoma State Department of Education offer a universal, electronic application to families to apply for free or reduced school meals.
SB 290 Increases pay for election inspectors as well as election judges and clerks. Inspectors will now make $225, up from $110. Judges and clerks will now earn $200, up from $100.
SB 11 Incarcerated individuals will not be allowed to receive state tuition assistance or grants until their incarceration is within five years of ending.
HB 4050 Religious degrees to be exempt from accreditation requirements as long as the diploma and transcripts have some sort of marker to indicate that. (Read Full Text)
SB 1307 Provides an exemption from certain assessments for students over a certain age — 21 to 26 years old — who seek to complete twelfth grade. (Read Full Text)
SB 1521 Expands the eligibility for those wanting to serve as school resource officers to retired officers and CLEET-certified security guards. (Read Full Text)
SB 175 Requires each district’s board of education to adopt a policy regarding suicide awareness and training and requires staff training and the report of a student’s drug use. Districts also will be required to provide training to all staff members in their first year with the district and then no less than once every fifth academic year. (Read Full Text)
SB 1921 Requires a cardiac emergency response plan for all public schools in Oklahoma. (Read Full Text)
HB 4050 Higher education; private educational institutions; religious degrees; modifier; effective date; emergency. (Read Full Text)
HB 4156 the immigration law set to go into effect on July 1, is halted as of June 28, after a preliminary injunction. (Read Full Text)
HB 2190 Schools; permitting board of education to establish fund to purchase high-deductible property insurance policy; transfer of money; effective date; emergency. (Read Full Text)
HB 2490 Criminal procedure; district attorneys; extension of supervision; dismissal of charges; effective date. (Read Full Text)
HB 2981 Public finance; State Treasurer; investments; interest income; effective date; emergency. (Read Full Text)
HB 3560 Public finance; annual reports; terminology; effective date; emergency. (Read Full Text)
HB 3737 Schools; directing the State Department of Education to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials; effective date; emergency. (Read Full Text)
HB 4091 Fire districts; agreements for fire protection services by municipalities; procedure for disagreements over service areas; directing disputes be arbitrated by Fire Marshal's Commission; effective date; emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 11 Higher education; removing certain eligibility provision for certain state tuition aid grants; limiting certain incarcerated individuals. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 110 Career and technology education; directing a district with certain number of electors to be divided into board zones. (Read Full Text)
SB 1126 Higher education; authorizing establishment of certain program at the University of Oklahoma. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1134 Appropriations; making an appropriation to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1135 Appropriations; making an appropriation to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1136 Product liability; modifying requirements for certain actions. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1137 Motor vehicles; state-owned vehicles; authorizing certain individuals to use state-owned or state-leased vehicles for certain transportation. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1146 State employees; increasing maximum number of full-time-equivalent employees for certain board. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1155 Oklahoma Historical Society; creating the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture Supplemental Revolving Fund; directing transfer of funds. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1156 County officers and public records; updating statutory language relating to copying and storing county records. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1159 Open Records Act; authorizing the Commissioners of the Land Office to keep certain information confidential. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1169 Education; creating the 1907 Project to promote patriotic education; providing duties of advisory committee. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1173 Appropriations; making an appropriation to the Department of Public Safety. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1183 Office of Management and Enterprise Services; making an appropriation; prescribing expenditures. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1184 Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department; making an appropriation; prescribing expenditures. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1185 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; making an appropriation; prescribing expenditures. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1229 Oklahoma Highway Construction Materials Technician Registration Act; renaming and adding use for fund. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1230 Oklahoma State Athletic Commission; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1231 Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1232 Labor; Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act; increasing minimum wage. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1234 State Board of Examiners of Perfusionists; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1235 Advisory committees of licensing boards; eliminating termination dates of certain committees. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1256 Teachers; removing requirement for school district matching funds for certain teacher certificates. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1273 Department of Environmental Quality; establishing Blue River-Little Blue Creek Stream Health Assessment Study; establishing revolving fund for certain purpose. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1296 Vaccinations and immunizations; providing exemption form for use by employees to refuse to disclose vaccination status to employers. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1302 Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program; providing eligibility for students placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services during certain time period. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1310 State-sponsored employee benefits; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to administer state-sponsored benefits; removing requirement for certain bid acceptance. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1319 Vision screenings; creating certain revolving fund; authorizing certain grants; directing maintenance of certain platform and data management system; establishing guidelines for electronic eye charts. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1324 School nutrition; directing the State Department of Education to make available an optional electronic universal application for free or reduced-price meals. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1328 Crimes and punishments; providing for the seizure and forfeiture of equipment or instrumentalities used in the commission of certain criminal offenses; effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1333 Workers' compensation; transferring the Volunteer Firefighter Group Insurance Pool to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1370 Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training; requiring certain training curriculum and requirements. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1372 Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training; requiring certain training curriculum and requirements. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1399 State property; creating the Oklahoma Capital Assets Maintenance and Protection Act; creating the Capital Assets Maintenance and Protection Fund; creating certain board. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1403 Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act; restricting certain apportionment limits to certain fiscal years. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1445 Sales tax exemption; providing exemption for OSU Medical Authority and Trust and OSU Veterinary Authority and Trust to extend to entities entered into public contracts. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1456 Public utilities; modifying prohibition relating to recovery of fixed costs from electric customers utilizing distributed generation. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1505 Rebates; providing rebates for emission reduction projects; creating fund. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1522 Crimes and punishments; display of harmful materials; trespass with respect to critical infrastructure facilities; criminal liability for loitering in certain places. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1527 Speech pathology; removing certain provisions relating to licensure. Effective date. (Read Full Text)
SB 1550 Higher education; modifying the name, membership, and duties of the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Advisory Committee. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1592 Liability insurance; creating Educators' Professional Liability Insurance Program; requiring liability coverage for school employees. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1624 Higher education; providing tuition aid grant eligibility for certain programs. Effective date. Emergency.(Read Full Text)
SB 1651 Schools; exempting certain school districts from imposing certain tuition fee on out-of-state students. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1713 Interlocal cooperative agreements; requiring certain boards of directors which provide school insurance to maintain certain positions. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1752 Medicaid; modifying requirements for participation in certain premium assistance program; modifying certain authority of the Insurance Department. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 1985 Schools; allowing a school district board of education to enter into an agreement with a church for use of a church building or property. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 2001 Higher education; authorizing the State Regents for Higher Education to consider certain pilot program. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 2023 Medical marijuana; protections for medical marijuana patient licenses; dispensary, processor and commercial grower licenses. (Read Full Text)
SB 2039 Attorney General; creating the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services Revolving Fund; providing for grants. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 290 Conduct of elections; increasing compensation for certain election officials. (Read Full Text)
SB 362 Reading Sufficiency Act; renaming to Strong Readers Act; assessments; screening. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 467 Teachers; creating the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Act; providing for creation of Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact Commission. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 5 Elections; specifying deadline for certain voter registration for candidates filing for certain offices for 2022 elections. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 516 Physician assistants; modifying certain definition. Effective date (Read Full Text)
SB 519 Commissioners of the Land Office; authorizing the lease of property to certain charter schools. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 538 Childbirth; modifying grantmaking authority of State Department of Health under the Choosing Childbirth Act; stipulating additional reimbursable services. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 543 Insurance; creating the Insurance Data Security Act. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 773 Transportation; modifying the Oklahoma Advanced Mobility Pilot Program; creating the Oklahoma Advanced Air Mobility Revolving Fund. Effective dates. (Read Full Text)
SB 941 Fish and wildlife; updating fishing and hunting licenses. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)
SB 991 Schools; directing the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education to determine grade levels that may be offered agricultural education programs. Effective date. Emergency. (Read Full Text)