Rande Worthen

A bill co-sponsored by Rep. Worthen, HB 3198, passed through the House Agriculture Committee on Feb. 21 and was given a suggested emergency tag.

Gerrid Kendrix

A carryover of a 2023 proposal, HB 2699, which is the Oklahoma Flat Income Tax Rate S tudy Act of 2023, is cur rently pending in the House Appropriations and Budget Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee Committee. A he aring is scheduled for Feb. 26, and the r esults were not available by press time.

Toni Hasenbeck

Earlier this month, Rep. Hasenbeck saw one of her bills, House Bill 3640, pass the House Judiciary Civil Committee.

Marcus McEntire

HB 3798, which would establish the Oklahoma Community Health Worker Act, unanimously passed the House Public Health Committee earlier this month. The bill would allow the State Department of Health to establish a certificate for community health workers, which would be voluntary.

Daniel Pae

Among the 32 bills Pae has authored or co-sponsored in the current legislative session, the need to address artificial intelligence is present in multiple bills. Pae has also authored HB 3582, which would allow for motorcycle lane filtering under certain conditions.

Dick Lowe

Dick Lowe The School Security Revolving Fund was addressed in HB 3404, authored by Lowe. It would amend the current statute and allow unexpended funds to be directed and allocated to school districts for certain security enhancements and limit the amount of allocation per district.

Propos a l a l lows nonviolent offenders to work in longterm care facilities

OKLAHOMA CITY – A state Senate proposal would allow people convicted of nonviolent offenses to work in longterm nursing care if the conviction was more than five years old. Senate Bill 1511, authored by Sen.

New ag census shows carbon-intensive farms and animal operations growing

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently helped unveil his agency’s Census of Agriculture, a huge quinquennial report that covers six million data points and gives the current state-of-the-state of American farms and farmers.

Former Stillwater school employe e to stand trial

STILLWATER – A former Stillwater Public Schools employee accused of embezzling more than $200,000 has been bound over for trial in Payne County District Court. Stacy Kay Hampton is scheduled to return to the county courthouse here on March 22 for a pretrial conference.

‘Incalculable impact’: Shawnee coach Arthur sentenced to 5 years in prison

By Bennett Brinkman NonDoc SHAWNEE — In a short hearing on Feb.