HB3720 even after the amendment continues the pattern of incremental regulatory expansion over small and home-based food producers while framing the bill as “modernization.”

While the substitute raises the annual sales cap, it simultaneously:

• Expands mandatory, agency-approved training requirements
• Formalizes credentialing and compliance structures
• Strengthens labeling, verification, and enforcement authority
• Preserves agency discretion and fines for noncompliance

This shifts cottage and local food producers further into a centralized regulatory model and regulatory risk for small businesses that operate on thin margins.

The structure of the bill aligns with global “food system modernization” frameworks that prioritize standardized compliance, credentialing, and oversight. Over time, this model disproportionately benefits larger, capital-backed producers while gradually pushing small, family-scale operations out of the market.

Bottom line:

HB3720 embeds permanent regulatory mechanisms that expand government oversight and increase barriers to entry. This bill grows government authority and undermines true food freedom, small-business resilience, and local enterprise.

Great bill, thanks for the amended language!!! This bill increases sales limits from $75,000 to a viable business with One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00).

There is an 8 hour class available online that is required. This is a fair tradeoff for being able to actually make a living with your business, and not egregious at all. I would ammend the bill to specify that the class is FREE, just to make sure it doesn't end up being cost prohibitive. (And, I'm O.K. with that if it means I don't have hair in my food.)

Great bill!!! (FYI: I liked your other one even better, increasing limits to $1,000.000 plus, but this one is great too!!!)

Current limits on sales of lelss than $75,000 just keeps people from actually growing their business and being able to make a decent living. This is much needed legislation. THANK YOU!

HB 3151 restores integrity to Oklahoma’s instructional time requirements by closing loopholes that currently allow non-instructional activities to count toward required school days or hours. Under current law, districts may count professional meetings, parent-teacher conferences, and some virtual days toward compliance. HB 3151 tightens those rules, so that “instructional time” more accurately reflects actual classroom learning.

An 18 page bill creating NEW REVOLVING FUNDS: 1) creating the Revolving Loan Fund Program for Charter School Capital Expenditures 2) creating the Charter School Loan Revolving Fund which shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, 3) creating the Charter School Bond Credit Enhancement Fund which shall consist of monies through APPROPRIATIONS, fees, grants, gifts. 4) creates the Statewide Charter School BOARD Revolving Fund.

The OKGOP platform states we support sunset laws, zero-based budgeting and performance audits to justify government programs.