2023 Bill Tracking
The Oklahoma Public Health Association's Policy Committee works to identify state public health policy issues and promote the passage of health policies and laws that are best practice in public health. Each year, the Public Policy Committee, with the input of membership and approval from the Board of Directors, identifies key legislative priorities and tracks bills that fall within those priorities.
Below are the bills OPHA and the Public Policy Committee are currently tracking according to OPHA's 2023 Public Policy Agenda.
Bills Tracked - 93 | Last Updated on Sunday 3/15/23 | View More Info & Dormant Bills Here
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Child Health | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 1017 | Creates the Family Representation and Advocacy Act which establishes a program and related board within the courts to provide legal representation for certain adults and children involved in deprived child actions brought by the state. |
Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 74/N: 2) |
| HB 1018 | Permits parents and guardians involved in adjudication for deprived child cases to participate in certain educational services, such participation not to be considered an admission of guilt. |
Received in the Senate |
| HB 1028 | Prohibits school district personnel from using corporal punishment on any student with disabilities. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 1029 | Directs the Dept. of Education to gather information on the number of homeless students in each district and report that information to the Governor, Legislature and the Commission on Children and Youth. |
Received in the Senate |
| HB 1032 | Requires adjudication for any child being held in secure detention on charges as an accused delinquent be conducted within 30 days of the detainment, extensions to be allowed for good cause. |
Received in the Senate |
| HB 1035 | Provides exemptions for school absence requirements to students missing class for mental health assessments and therapy sessions. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 1072 | Requires courts to set hearings within 60-days of placing a child in a residential treatment program to assessments and reports made by providers and to determine appropriate next steps. |
Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 83/N: 0) |
| HB 2102 | Prohibits commercial driving schools from allowing a student driver to drive a motor vehicle with another student driver as a passenger unless the guardians of the passenger sign a waiver. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2210 | Authorizes courts to depart from mandatory minimum sentencing requirements when determining sentencing severity for underaged victims of trafficking or assault. |
Received in the Senate |
| HB 2451 | Provides for an income tax credit on businesses providing support to employees for direct child care costs or related expenses and creates a temporary tax credit for qualified child care workers. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2513 | Requires the Legislature to support a Handle With Care Program through the School Security Institute to facilitate coordination between school staff, emergency services, and law enforcement when a child undergoes a traumatic event. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| SB 164 | Imposes a fine on the driver of any vehicle in which a child over the age of eight is not secured by either a qualifying seatbelt or a child restraint system. |
Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Public Safety |
| SB 681 | Requires all persons aged 16 or younger riding in the back seat of passenger vehicles to wear a properly adjusted and fastened seatbelt unless in a child passenger restraint system. |
Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Public Safety |
| SB 907 | Creates the Family Representation and Advocacy Act, creating Program of the same name within the Administrative Office of the Courts to ensure uniform and high quality representation for certain parties in state deprived child actions. |
Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate Appropriations |
| SB 1063 | Creates the Childcare Receives Investment from Business (CRIB) Act to allow a tax credit for certain expenses incurred by childcare services, businesses creating an on-site childcare facility, or the public. |
Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate Appropriations |
Food, Access, & Nutrition | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 1008 | Creates the Oklahoma Right to Garden Act which prohibits the regulation of vegetable gardens on residential properties by counties and municipalities, with certain exceptions for generalized regulations which might affect gardening. |
Received in the Senate |
| HB 1376 | Requires school districts to provide certain students living within a range of the poverty line free school meals; EMERGENCY. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 1542 | Provides immunity from civil liability for restaurants that donate food, in good faith and without compensation, that causes damage. |
Received in the Senate |
| HB 1955 | Imposes an excise tax of 0% upon all retail sales of food and food ingredients sold for human consumption off the premises where sold, define terms; EMERGENCY. |
Set on the House Floor Agenda |
Health Infrastructure | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 1368 | Creates a Caregivers Tax Credit to be claimed against tax imposed up to 50% of certain expenditures incurred to care for an eligible family member, establishes standards by which the Tax Commission shall study and adjust the credit. | Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 71/N: 0) |
| HB 1709 | Permits Advance Practice Registered Nurses to serve as primary care providers for up to 2,500 SoonerCare recipients, this number subject to change at the discretion of the CEO of the Health Care Authority; EMERGENCY. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 1967 | Allows counties to levy a sales tax up to 1% upon certain in county sales and services subject to state sales tax for the exclusive purpose of funding emergency medical services. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted House County & Municipal Government |
| HB 2010 | Requires certain motorboats to be affixed with a carbon monoxide warning sticker in plain view to the interior of the vessel, to be distributed through Service OK. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 2040 | Increases the total cap on credits allocated to the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Program to $10 MIL. | Voted from committee - Do Pass House Appropriations & Budget |
| HB 2075 | Adjusts various provisions related to home care to require home care agencies develop written training plans meeting certain standards and to require supervision in-person by a nurse at least every six months. | Voted from committee - Do Pass House Health Services & Long-Term Care |
| HB 2109 | Prohibits landlords from engaging in retaliation against tenants for complaints or notice for justified corrective action and enhances certain legal remedies available to tenants. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2182 | Repeals certain provisions requiring corrections facilities to log and report communicable disease statistics. | Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 74/N: 9) |
| HB 2288 | Declares any restriction on real estate transactions or conveyances based on race, national origin, religion, gender or disability to be unenforceable. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2424 | Allows pharmacies to dispense and sell a wider variety of opioid antagonists to counteract overdoses. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 2724 | Creates a one-time remittance to certain landlords who maintain quality dwellings for each tenant who leased with the landlord and who participants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. | Voted from committee - Do Pass House Judiciary - Civil |
| SB 144 | Directs the Insurance Dept. to compile a list of essential drugs for diabetes patients and collect and publish certain cost and expense information from manufacturers, including justification for any price increases. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as amended Senate Retirement & Insurance |
| SB 230 | Requires the state emergency operations plan include a provision for responses to a catastrophic health emergency. | Received in the House |
| SB 293 | Defines Rural emergency hospitals and applies certain reimbursement provisions for such entities. | Received in the House |
| SB 458 | Allows certain qualified and certified nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, or certified nurse-midwives to apply for Independent Prescribing Authority, creates new requirements regarding malpractice insurance. | Received in the House |
| SB 465 | Declares that in cases of rental agreement termination due to circumstances of domestic violence, after the required 30 day rental payment is made, no additional payments shall be required and the deposit will be returned. | Received in the House |
| SB 535 | Creates the Oklahoma Community Health Worker Act, which establishes a certificate program for community health workers. | Received in the House |
| SB 572 | Creates the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Revolving Fund for the Dept of Health to provide funds to health departments for sexual assault nurse examiners; EMERGENCY. | Received in the House |
| SB 597 | Allows physician members of the Board of Medical Licensure to have obtained training from foreign medical schools and retired physicians to serve, confidentiality of disciplinary actions, adjusts other related qualifications. | Received in the House |
| SB 875 | Permits institutions within the State System of Higher Education to require employees complete certain training or professional development but allows for employees to opt-out of any training not specified in this act; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Education |
| SB 879 | Modifies a variety of provisions relating to pharmacies, pharmacy benefits managers, and the accessibility of generic drug alternatives. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as amended Senate Retirement & Insurance |
| SB 993 | Establishes the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Statewide Coordinator within the District Attorneys Council to oversee the proliferation of forensic medical examination training, development, recruitment, and local programs. | Received in the House |
| SB 931 | Broadens the definition of practice of pharmacy to include testing, certain drug, hormonal, and nicotine replacement therapies, as well as treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate Health & Human Services |
Healthy Populations | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 1397 | Requires the Dept. of Education to develop curriculums on specific components of the Civil Rights Movement and on discriminatory injustices committed outside of the United States. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2027 | Exempts the sales of hearing aids from the state sales tax; EMERGENCY. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 2177 | Prohibits any gender affirming care by health care professionals on anyone under 18 years of age, prohibits state money to be granted to facilities that perform such services, restricts private insurance reimbursement for such services; EMERGENCY. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 2186 | Prohibits adult cabaret and drag queen story hours anywhere in proximity to children, violators to be guilty of a misdemeanor; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted House Judiciary - Criminal |
| HB 2536 | Prohibits loitering upon critical infrastructure property without lawful permission, violators to be guilty of a felony. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2546 | Prohibits school instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for kindergarten through grade five or in a manner that is not age appropriate. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2741 | Creates the Oklahoma Elder Exploitation and Abuse Act to protect incapacitated and vulnerable adults via civil action, outlines certain proceedings to halt abuse and neglect. | Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 81/N: 0) |
| SB 11 | Permits persons incarcerated in state, federal and private correctional facilities to receive state tuition aid grants for higher education; EMERGENCY. | Received in the House |
| SB 129 | Prohibits any public funds from being paid, granted or distributed to any entity which directly or indirectly provides gender transition treatment and procedures; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate Appropriations |
| SB 408 | Creates the Women's Bill of Rights which requires any policy, program or statute that prohibits sex discrimination to forbid unfair treatment of males and females in relation to similarly situated members of the opposite sex. | Received in the House |
| SB 534 | Changes the maximum adjusted gross income to 300 percent of the federal poverty level for the purpose of qualifying for assistance for a child that is severely developmentally disabled; EMERGENCY. | Received in the House |
| SB 598 | Updates terminology used in statute relating to individuals with disabilities and the use of terminology used to describe one's ethnicity. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate General Government |
| SB 613 | Prohibits gender affirming treatment and care for any persons under the age of eighteen, physicians to be guilty of unprofessional conduct upon violation. | Received in the House |
| HB 1931 | Removes certain standards which would disqualify persons for TANF benefits due to illegal substance abuse and includes substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling as TANF qualifying job readiness assistance. | Voted from committee - Do Pass House Rules |
| HB 2716 | Requires the Dept. of Human Services to report to the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency on payments made to providers for certain services to individuals with intellectual disabilities and plan for serving more individuals; EMERGENCY. | Received in the Senate |
| SB 281 | Adjusts provisions related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to remove references to certain benefit increments for additional children and to remove automobile equity limits for qualification; EMERGENCY. | Received in the House |
Maternal & Reproductive Health | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 2014 | Directs the Health Care Authority to seek federal approval to provide coverage to women for up to twelve months following the end of a pregnancy, persons at or below 205% of the federal poverty level to automatically qualify. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 2152 | Adjusts the membership of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee to remove a home visiting program director and directs birthing centers report certain information related to maternal deaths. | Received in the Senate |
| SB 193 | Provides for 6 weeks of paid maternal leave for state employees upon the birth or adoption of a child. | Received in the House |
| SB 292 | Requires testing for syphilis on women at various stages of pregnancy, as well as if there is a stillbirth or spontaneous miscarriage, such required testing to be covered by certain health benefit plans. | Set on the Senate Floor Agenda |
| SB 364 | Provides that certain school employees shall be eligible for twelve weeks of paid maternity leave upon childbirth, to expire after twelve months of childbirth, in addition to existing sick and pregnancy leave; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Appropriations |
| SB 368 | Establishes that laws pertaining to abortion will not be construed to prohibit or otherwise affect the provision of contraceptive care by authorized healthcare providers; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Health & Human Services |
| SB 382 | Provides for a sales tax exemption on sales of feminine hygiene products to federally tax exempt organizations who provide and distribute such products. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Appropriations |
| SB 423 | Raises the maximum amount of expenses that can be paid to birth mothers during the course of adoptions from $1,000 to $3,500, and further adjusts the period for which parents may surrender newborns to child providers or rescuers. | Received in the House |
| SB 834 | Provides certain exemption to the criminalization of abortion providers in cases of rape, incest, or the life of the mother is in danger; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate Health & Human Services |
| HB 1932 | Extends the same benefits to pregnant TANF applicants as to parents with minor children living in the home. | Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 85/N: 0) |
| SB 694 | Extends the same benefits to pregnant TANF applicants as to those with minor children living in the home; EMERGENCY. | Withdrawn from committee Senate Appropriations |
Mental & Behavioral Health | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 1036 | Creates a Veteran Suicide Prevention Task Force to study and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature related to reducing veteran suicide rates in the state. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 1424 | Creates an Education Employee Assistance Program within the Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to provide mental health services support to school district employees and their families; EMERGENCY. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 1796 | Authorizes the Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to enter into agreements to serve as a vendor with public sector employers wishing to offer employment assistance programs and services. | Received in the Senate |
| HB 2017 | Charges the Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to distribute information about violence de-escalation and trauma-informed training to school districts to assist students in need. | Voted from committee - Do Pass House Common Education |
| HB 2110 | Establishes legal protections for persons subject to certain orders or restrictions related to illegal drugs seeking emergency medical assistance related to overdoses. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| HB 2686 | Requires persons participating in the opioid substitution treatment program to submit to a minimum of eight random, witnessed urine drug screenings annually. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted House Alcohol, Tobacco & Substances |
| HB 2827 | Creates a school grant program for nurses, counselors and mental health professionals to provide services to students; EMERGENCY. | Emergency Passed (Vote: Y: 71/N: 4) |
| SB 286 | Limits the use of mechanical restraints on persons being transported for mental health services by law enforcement or contracted third parties; EMERGENCY. | Emergency Passed (Vote: Y: 46/N: 0) |
| SB 379 | Adds required training on mental and behavioral health wellness to CLEET education standards for peace officers. | Set on the Senate Floor Agenda |
| SB 386 | Provides a tax credit for the purchase of naloxone to be used in retail and service establishments and adds certain legal Good Samaritan protections to the use of naloxone in life saving efforts. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Appropriations |
| SB 557 | Relates to unfair claims settlement practices, requires insurers to cover certain mental health and substance abuse treatments performed by providers with relevant credentials but are not physicians. | Received in the House |
| SB 710 | Permits qualified school personnel to administer opiate antagonists to persons suspected to be suffering from an overdose regardless of any prescription or standing order; EMERGENCY. | Received in the House |
| SB 711 | Directs the Dept. of Mental Health to provide opioid antagonists to the Dept. of Corrections and to county jails to be provided to inmates with a known opioid addiction or related condition upon release. | Received in the House |
| SB 712 | Directs the Dept. of Mental Health to provide hospitals with opioid antagonists to be given to persons presenting to emergency departments with the symptoms of an opioid overdose or related disorder upon discharge from the hospital. | Received in the House |
| SB 561 | Relates to employability standards for individuals receiving TANF, requires substance abuse treatment and counseling in certain circumstances strikes language relating to drug screening requirements; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as amended Senate Appropriations |
Public Health Authority | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 2181 | Prohibits the compelled movement of a person who potentially has a communicable disease to anywhere besides their place of residence and permits schools to prohibit persons with communicable diseases or head lice from attending; EMERGENCY. | Set on the House Floor Agenda |
| SB 225 | Adjusts certain reporting requirements by the Health Care Authority to the Governor and Legislature to require reporting every fifth year rather than odd-numbered years. | Received in the House |
| SB 272 | Prohibits the Governor and any local political subdivision from prohibiting activities in places of worship during a state of emergency that are otherwise legal under state law. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Public Safety |
| SB 748 | Requires the Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to designate a physician to issue a statewide order for emergency opioid antagonists so that they may be distributed, possessed, and stored; EMERGENCY. | Received in the House |
| SB 761 | Defines a public health emergency and limits the duration of such declarations to 30-days if made by local officials alone, also establishes standards for limited remote participation by members of public bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as amended Senate General Government |
| SB 215 | Permits cities and towns to enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting and penalizing certain alcohol, drug and tobacco standards related to persons under the age of 21. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate General Government |
Tobacco | Back to Top
| Bill Number | Long Caption | Last Action |
| HB 2165 | Creates certain fines for minors in possession of tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products and allows for municipalities to enforce ordinances. | Passed/Adopted (Vote: Y: 71/N: 16) |
| HB 2238 | Grants the ABLE Commission and vapor product sellers additional time before they must comply with certain database and reporting standards, compliance required in 2024; EMERGENCY. | Dead pursuant to the rules |
| SB 215 | Permits cities and towns to enact and enforce ordinances prohibiting and penalizing certain alcohol, drug and tobacco standards related to persons under the age of 21. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate General Government |
| SB 501 | Imposes a fine on any person who knowingly smokes tobacco or marijuana or uses a vapor product while in a motor vehicle with a minor. | Voted from committee - Do Pass Senate Public Safety |
| SB 931 | Broadens the definition of practice of pharmacy to include testing, certain drug, hormonal, and nicotine replacement therapies, as well as treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions; EMERGENCY. | Voted from committee - Do Pass as substituted Senate Health & Human Services |
For more information on any of the above bills, please visit:
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html
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