Oklahomans should not need government permission to do a private fireworks display on their own property when there is no burn ban in effect. “Public safety” is too often the excuse for more control, more restrictions, and more treating citizens like they’re ignorant. We already know fire is a risk — same with grills, smokers, fire pits, and burn barrels. That’s why burn bans exist. Common sense should still count for something. Government needs to quit infantilizing the people it is supposed to serve.

Amends regarding standardized subject matter standards, graduation requirements, establishing set curriculum of 23 units for all 8-12 grade students.

HB 3021 looks less like education reform and more like lowering the bar to meet labor shortages, which ultimately shortchanges students and families.

Aligns with a workforce agenda by lowering and reshaping graduation requirements through waivers and alternative diplomas, prioritizing labor needs over consistent academic standards and long-term student readiness.

The measure will create a $5,000,000 program to assist students in becoming proficient in mathematics.I thought we were paying teachers already for proficiency in READING, WRITING AND MATH!

SB 1360 aligns with workforce development by prioritizing math proficiency as a workforce skill and using centralized, data-driven state intervention. However, it advances workforce goals through bureaucratic expansion and state control rather than local empowerment or limited-government reform.

Limited Government Concern: Oklahoma universities already train graduate instructors. SB 1726 creates a statutory mandate where no legal gap exists, shifting routine academic operations into state law and regent rulemaking without evidence of a statewide problem. The emergency clause further undermines the necessity of this bill.

SB 2 is not truly local- or people-driven.

It’s a stop down policy wrapped in local language.

If the goal is to empower communities, approval authority should start and end locally, not be conditioned on a top-down framing.

Suggestion: Amend HB 3723 to let the state set minimum health, safety, and transparency standards, while clearly preserving final approval with local governments, including the ability to impose stricter rules or deny projects. Minimums should be a floor, not a ceiling, with no state preemption of local authority.

Everything about this bill is wrong. It penalizes entrepreneurs and costs them money. If people don't want to buy UNPASTURIZED fresh from the farm milk without GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE AND REGULATIONS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT! LEAVE THE LITTLE GUYS ALONE to make a living with people who want to do business with them as is. This is voluntary for INTRA STATE commerce. INTER STATE commerce does have to comply with federal agencies regulations. Therefore, this bill is NOT NECESSARY but punitive.

SB 2071 shifts the regulatory and financial burden onto small farm operations without clear public benefit. By expanding who is regulated under the milk law and increasing fees, it creates a system that benefits larger, commercially scaled producers and puts smaller, family-based farms at a competitive disadvantage. This structure makes it harder for local, small-scale producers to remain viable unless they “pay to play” under a heavier regulatory regime.

A bad bill. More government overreach and bureaucracy!

This is an updated version of Senator Jech and Representative Nick Archers previous retaliatory legislation targeting the only donkey dairy in the state, and is the new version of the bill Senator Murdock ran last session targeting the Oklahoma Donkey Dairy for using constitutionally protected freedom of speech (SB 1080 which specified donkey milk.)

The law in Oklahoma currently regulates raw cow and goat milk under the (egregious) Oklahoma Milk Products Act. This bill changes the words to "hooved mammals" in order to include the only Donkey Dairy in the USA under the Oklahoma Milk Products Act.

The Oklahoma Milk Products act limits sales of raw milk, and takes away freedom of speech to advertise a legal product (raw milk.)

Additionally, this bill originally doubled the "Fees" collected on all milk products, which hurts farmers and the costs will be passed on to consumers on a basic grocery item (milk) at a time when Oklahomans are struggling to pay for groceries.

Furthermore, HR 8374 "The Interstate Milk Freedom Act" proposed in Congress will allow the interstate sale of raw milk. When it is enacted, the state of Oklahoma will be putting raw milk farms at a disadvantage in the USA by limiting their sales of raw milk per month and prohitibing them from their constitutional right to freedom of speech (advertising their legal product) under current regulations of the Oklahoma Milk Products Act.

UPDATE 4/8/2026

In light of the information below, I am asking for your “no” vote on SB 2071 when it is heard in the oversight committee and on the house floor.

SB 2071, is a bill that will change the language of our state to "hooved mammals" instead of "cow and goat" and in so doing, take away our freedom of speech to advertise our raw donkey milk, and give ODAFF the authority to promulgate additional "rules" such as limiting our sales per month. (Current ODAFF rules limit raw cow and goat milk to 200 and 100 gallons per month in sales.)

The narrative we have been provided as the reason for this bill is that Oklahoma needs the words “hooved mammals” in statute or we will lose our Grade A status. This is the same thing they told us 3 years ago when they ran this bill and it was vetoed by Governor Stitt, and killed by the house author, Representative Archer, when it was brought back to the floor.

I researched this issue further and found the 25 states who do not have "hooved mammal" language and yet have maintained their USDA grade A status (below). This information leads me to question the motive and the narrative being provided for the reasons behind SB 2071, especially now that the additional tax has been removed from the bill, which makes this bill a de facto duplicate as that of Senator Murdock’s SB 1080, an unconstitutional special interest bill that Senator Murdock admitted was because he was “pissed at” me and wanted to “hit” me “with his big government stick.”

If the Oklahoma Legislature’s intent with this bill is to protect our dairy industry, then this bill should be amended to

Below are 25 states (including Wisconsin, “America’s Dairyland”) who, per my research, do not have “hooved mammal” designated in state statute.

1.ALABAMA: 2025 Code of Alabama Title 2 - Agriculture. Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. MILK. The fresh, clean lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, properly fed and kept. https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-2/chapter-13/article-1/section-2-13-1/

2.ALASKA: 18 AAC 32.010.Purpose and applicability of 18 AAC 32.010 - 18 AAC 32.060.(a)The purpose of 18 AAC 32.010 - 18 AAC 32.060 is to safeguard public health and safety by ensuring that milk and milk products from a cow, goat, or sheep, that are to be sold as part of commerce and intended for human consumption, are manufactured, sold, and delivered in a safe and wholesome condition. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://dec.alaska.gov/media/yvllzuy0/18-aac-32.pdf

3.ARKANSAS "Raw milk" means goat milk, sheep milk, and whole milk that 1 has not been pasteurized; “Whole milk” means the lacteal secretion obtained 8 by the complete milking of one (1) or more healthy cows, properly fed and 9 kept... chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT698.pdf

4.COLORADO "Dairy farm" means the place or premises on which one or more lactating hooved animals are kept and from which a part or all of the milk produced thereon is delivered, sold, or offered for sale to a dairy plant for manufacturing purposes."Goat milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, which is obtained by the complete milking of healthy goats.. (10) "Milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, which is obtained by the complete milking of healthy cows.

5.Georgia: "Dairy Farm" is any place, premises where one or more cows or other lactating non human species are kept, and from which a part of all of the milk or milk products is provided, sold, or offered for sale to a milk plant, transfer station, receiving station or licensed facility.

6.Hawaii: "Milk" is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows;

7.IDAHO: The term "processor" means any individual…that produces, purchases, obtains or uses milk or cream for his or its own consumption. The term "producer" means any person, firm or corporation who owns or controls one (1) or more cows, goats, sheep or water buffalo, a part or all of the milk from which is sold or offered for sale to a processor.

8.IOWA: 1. “Dairy animal” means a cow, goat, or sheep that is actively producing milk. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code//195.pdf

9.KENTUCKY: ) "Dairy farm" means a place where one (1) or more milking cows or goats are kept for milking purposes, and from which a part or all of the milk produced is delivered, sold, or offered for sale to a dairy, plant, receiving station or transfer station. https://regulations.justia.com/states/kentucky/title-902/chapter-50/010/

10.Maine: Dairy or dairy farm."Dairy or dairy farm" means any place or premises where one or more cows, goats or sheep are kept and from which milk or milk products are provided, sold or offered for sale. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/7/title7ch601.pdf

11.Massachusetts: The term ''milk'' shall mean the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows or goats. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter94/Section12#:~:text=Section%2012%3A%20Milk%20and%20cream%2C,more%20healthy%20cows%20or%20goats.

12.Mississippi: "Milk" means any class of cow's milk produced in the state; https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-69/chapter-35/section-69-35-5/

13.Missouri: "Dairy farm" means any place or premises where one or more cows or goats are kept, and from which a part or all of the milk or milk products are provided;

14.New Jersey: Dairy farm" means any place or premises where one or more dairy animals are kept, a part or all of the milk from which is sold, offered for sale or delivered to any person.

15.New Mexico: New Mexico law (Statutes Chapter 25-7A-2), milk is defined as the whole, clean, lacteal secretion from healthy cows or goats.

16.North Carolina; Milk. - The lacteal secretion practically free from colostrum obtained by the milking of one or more cows. https://law.justia.com/codes/north-carolina/2024/chapter-106/article-68b/section-106-816-2/

17.Oklahoma: cows and goats

18.Oregon: Definition of Milk: Defines "Milk" as the lacteal secretion of cows, sheep, and goats.

19.Rhode Island: Key definitions within the code define "Milk" as a lacteal secretion from healthy cows

20.Texas: Dairy farm--Any place or premises where one or more cows or goats are kept, and from which a part or all of the milk or milk products is provided, sold, or offered for sale to a milk plant or transfer station. https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/25-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-217-1

21.Utah: "Milk" and "milk for manufacturing purposes" mean the normal lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows

22.Vermont: “Milk,” unless preceded or succeeded by an explanatory term, means the pure lacteal secretion of dairy cattle. Milk from other dairy livestock listed in this subdivision shall be preceded by the common name for the type of livestock that produced the milk. Such milk may be standardized by the addition of pure, fresh skim milk or cream as defined by regulation. (A) “Cows’ milk” is the colostrum-free, pure, lacteal product of healthy cattle …(B) “Goats’ milk” is the colostrum-free, pure, lacteal product of healthy goats …(C) “Sheep's milk” is the colostrum-free, pure, lacteal product of healthy sheep...(D) “Water buffalo's milk” is the colostrum-free, pure, lacteal product of healthy water buffalo…

23.West Virginia: "Milk products" means milk…from a cow or goat.

24.Wisconsin: “Dairy farm” means any place where one or more cows, sheep or goats are kept for the production of milk.

25.Wyoming: "Milk" means the lacteal secretion… obtained by the complete milking of one (1) or more healthy cows or goats;

SB 248 turns state asset sales into agency-controlled funding streams—with less oversight and more opportunity for quiet expansion.

Expands Agency Spending Power

This is the big one.

Instead of:

• Property sale → general fund → legislative oversight

It becomes:

• Property sale → agency-controlled revolving fund

That means less direct legislative control over spending

Incentivizes Selling State Assets

“Revolving Fund” = Less Transparency

Quiet Government Growth Mechanism

This is one of those bills that:

• Sounds harmless (“park maintenance funding”)
• But quietly shifts who controls the money

The real issue:

Should agencies be allowed to fund themselves by selling state assets and keeping the proceeds?

Questions to Pressure Legislators

• Why shouldn’t proceeds from state asset sales go through the general fund for oversight?
• What prevents agencies from:
• Selling valuable land
• Expanding budgets without legislative approval?
• What transparency exists for revolving fund spending?
• Who decides what property gets sold—and based on what criteria?

This is long overdue in Oklahoma.

HB 1453 would prohibit hostile foreign entities from acquiring land in Oklahoma. This measure is essential to safeguard our state’sagriculture, natural resources, critical infrastructure, and long‑term security. Keeping Oklahoma land in the hands of local owners who share our nation’s interests protects the livelihoods of our communities and preserves the integrity of our state for future generations.

HB 1453 isn’t a one-sentence bill — it involves legal procedures around property owned by foreign individuals or entities, divestment requirements, penalties, and enforcement by the AG.

Its progress and details will matter a lot for landowners, legal professionals, and policymakers concerned about foreign ownership in Oklahoma.

I have been a witness to a permanent legal alien(non citizen) who has purchased several properties including homes, businesses and a huge grow. I have also seen her so called "investor". This needs to stop. I have a lot more information I have turned over to authorities.

Prevents foreign ownership of Oklahoma land. This has passed out of committee 6 - 2 vote. HB 1453 would prohibit hostile foreign entities from acquiring land in Oklahoma. This measure is essential to safeguard our state’sagriculture, natural resources, critical infrastructure, and long‑term security. Keeping Oklahoma land in the hands of local owners who share our nation’s interests protects the livelihoods of our communities and preserves the integrity of our state for future generations.

Amendment related to the library media program; eliminating reference to community standards; prohibiting the library media program from obtaining obscene materials for school libraries.

"To promote fiscal equity, regulatory policies should mandate that high-volume resource consumers, such as data centers, cover the associated infrastructure and environmental costs, eliminating the need for taxpayer subsidies."

Data Center Consumer Ratepayer Protection Act would set guidelines for how electric suppliers and regulators address the rising energy demands of large data centers, cryptocurrency mining operations and artificial intelligence facilities. The bill defines "large load customers" as new facilities adding 75 megawatts or more of demand and clarifies that residential, commercial and traditional industrial customers are not included in that classification.

The fact that a bill like this is having to be ran, shows that our legislature works for the system and not protecting the people's rights. This should be common sense and at the forefront of all negotiations for businesses to come into Ok.

Bill protects consumers from absorbing costs of data center infrastructure

The public must be protected from escalating costs associated with the creation and operations of data centers!

HB 3001 is a narrow, procedural bill that extends the sunset date of the Child Death Review Board and prevents a lapse in its statutory authority. The bill does not expand the Board’s powers, create new mandates, or impose additional regulations on families or local entities. It maintains continuity for an existing review body focused on identifying systemic failures in child fatality and near-fatality cases related to abuse or neglect.

Monitor Notes

• Future extensions should include performance metrics and outcome reporting to justify continued operation
• Board recommendations should remain advisory, not regulatory
• No expansion of data collection, inter-agency data sharing, or authority without legislative review

Bottom Line

HB 3001 is acceptable as introduced, but continued legislative oversight is warranted to ensure the Board does not evolve into an expanded regulatory or data-collection body beyond its original purpose.

This is long overdue. A good bill.

EDIT: I asked Rep Hardin to remove Donkey Milk from his bill because I heard that Representatives and Senator Murdock were not going to vote for or hear this bill because they "don't like the donkey milk lady." I told Hardin to strike donkey milk from the bill and get it through for our cow and goat milk farmers. This was at my request.

Great: Removes word "incidental" restricting raw milk sales

Great: Allows raw milk to be sold from the farm (existing), and adds to feed stores, farmers markets, delivery by farmer, and to restaurants,

Great: Allows advertising of raw cow milk, goat milk, sheep milk, donkey milk, and horse milk; (Need to add Camel Milk, it's showing benefits for children with Autism and CMA allergies.)

NEED TO AMEND to Add "There shall be no limits on the allowed sales of raw milk per month" (current "rules" restrict cow and goat milk sales per month.)

***HR 8374 "The Interstate Milk Freedom Act" in Congress will allow the interstate sale of raw milk. When it is enacted, the state of Oklahoma will be putting our raw milk farms at a disadvantage in the USA by limiting their sales of raw milk per month.

The State Regents shall verify a student's status as an alien lawfully present in the United States through the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program.

HB3551 functions as an immigration-status verification measure tied specifically to tuition...before granting in-state tuition or certain state-funded higher education benefits...narrows eligibility for taxpayer-subsidized tuition and aligns residency verification with federal immigration status databases.

this bill establishes a clear and enforceable timeline for special education eligibility decisions. Families should not face indefinite delays when seeking evaluations for their children. By creating accountability and ensuring access to the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship when deadlines are missed, the bill protects students and guarantees that parents have a pathway to services when districts fail to act in a timely manner.

this is a good bill.

Existing Department of Education rules (OK Admin Code 210-35-3-126) prohibits materials in school libraries from having pornographic materials. Pornographic materials means the average person believes the material (e.g., a book) describes sexual conduct which is patently offensive, has a prominent theme that promotes a prurient interest in sex and lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, scientific or political value. Many Oklahoma schools rely on the requirement regarding literary value to put books on the school library shelves that obviously encourage an excessive interest in sex to minors and depict patently offensive sexual conduct.

SB1250 corrects this problem by simply stating that public and charter school libraries shall not include materials containing or depicting obscene material, sexual conduct, sexually explicit content, nudity, or material that is harmful to minors.

The bill does not prohibit a student from bringing such materials to school, apparently leaving such rules up to local school districts.

Recalcitrant school districts which persist in providing banned materials are subject to a possible funding penalty, at the discretion of the State Board of Education.

Thanks to the Senators who passed this out of the Senate!

The mandate was removed... we can now support!

Yes, this is much needed. It's not a mandate, it's offered to parents.

Our daughter and many children aren't diagnosed until they are in ketoacidosis, and end up in the PICU. Our hospital stay was over $40,000. If she had been diagnosed earlier with a simple blood test, that trauma and expense could have been avoided, as well as potential long term damage caused by her being in ketoacidosis for months prior to her diagnosis.

If we're concerned about it "costing" too much, we just passed a bear hunting bill in the house because it "might" save someone's life (in spite of the fact that no one in Oklahoma has been killed by a bear.)

This will actually save lives, and save money.

Prohibits the design of AI chatbot features that expose minors to explicit content or coerce suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, or imminent physical or sexual violence. Also requires AI chatbot developers to implement age verification tools on their platforms and freeze accounts until the user’s age is verified. Companies that fail to comply with the provisions of the measure could face civil penalties up to $100,000.

SB 1582 defines who is restricted—but does not appear to fix or update existing property records.

So yes—the original filing would remain,

and any issue would be handled through enforcement, not re-recording. Why isn't the initial document that was promulgated for this, not being redone to keep aliens from land ownership?

Questions

• If an existing ownership structure becomes non-compliant:
• What is the remedy?Forced sale?
• Penalties?
• Time to correct?
• Is there:
• A grace period?
• A process to cure compliance issues?
• Does the bill:
• Address existing ownership at all
• Or only future transactions?

SB 1884 doesn’t eliminate teacher unions—it limits their access and weakens their staying power. SB 1884 strengthens individual choice by allowing educators to leave associations at any time and limits institutional access to employees.

They didn’t go after unions directly—

they went after:

• Their access
• Their membership stability

That’s how you weaken influence without saying it out loud.

Pressure Questions

• Does this protect individual teachers—or intentionally weaken associations?
• Why restrict access instead of letting teachers decide engagement?
• Should organizations representing teachers be limited in communication?
• Why is this urgent enough for an emergency clause?

While protecting students from embarrassment is important, this proposal does not identify a funding source. For small and rural districts operating on tight food service margins, how are they expected to sustain or recover unpaid meal balances when parents choose not to pay, and what specific mechanism ensures the district is made whole? I like that this bill gives the local district the choice to participate or not.

Good bill with the amendment to allow advertising for all

Allows ALL Milk, even allows transport of raw milk.

I support SB 2028 because it expands consumer choice and supports small farmers by allowing limited, direct sales of ungraded raw milk and related products. To strengthen the bill without changing its intent, a few clarifications are needed so producers clearly understand what is allowed, consumers receive consistent notice, and enforcement remains fair and predictable rather than discretionary.

1: Clear Consumer Notice Standard

Example:A producer selling ungraded raw milk posts a simple, visible notice at the point of sale and on containers stating that the product is not inspected or regulated.

Why:Without a clear, consistent notice standard, producers could face uneven enforcement based on subjective judgments about what “notification” means.

2: Defined Scope of “Incidental Sales”

Example:A small farm selling raw milk directly to families understands that “incidental sales” means small-scale, supplemental sales tied to on-farm production—not a commercial retail operation.

Why:Clarifying this prevents confusion and stops future expansion of enforcement that could treat small farmers like large commercial dairies.

3: Limits on Transport Expectations

Example:When a farmer delivers raw milk directly to a consumer, expectations are limited to basic handling consistent with small-scale, direct sales, not commercial-grade transport requirements.

Why:Without clear limits, agencies could later impose costly standards that were never intended for direct, farm-to-consumer sales.

Who These Amendments ProtectThese amendments protect small farmers from arbitrary enforcement, consumers from inconsistent information, and regulators from pressure to stretch the law beyond its intent. Clear boundaries preserve the bill’s purpose while preventing regulatory creep, confusion, and unequal treatment.

This authorizes the sale of certain raw milk products which consumers should be able to evaluate for themselves, not government.

NOTE: SB 2125 is BETTER than this bill, but this bill is good.

-Great: Requires raw milk producer to notify customer ungraded raw milk

-Great: Allows farmer to transport raw milk

-Great: Allows 1500 gallons of raw milk to be sold per month** (This bill increases raw milk sales from 100 gallons a month to 1500 gallons a month, however, there should be NO limits on sales of raw milk, this restricts farms from making a decent living and limits their ability to be competitive, and appears to be unconstitional favoring of certain industries over small business....see below.)

GREAT: allows all raw milk to be advertised

***HR 8374 "The Interstate Milk Freedom Act" proposed in Congress will allow the interstate sale of raw milk. When it is enacted, the state of Oklahoma will be putting raw milk farms at a disadvantage in the USA by limiting their sales of raw milk per month and prohitibing them from their constitutional right to freedom of speech (advertising their legal product) under current regulations of the Oklahoma Milk Products Act.

SB2030 advances individual liberty and due process by reducing permanent government punishment and helping Oklahomans move forward — it benefits the people, not the system.

This will sunset all unbuilt turnpike location authorizations, this will require more transparency, municipal cooperation.... it's not a perfect solution, but it's better than what the people currently have.

Limits government overreach for ‘emergencies’ which has been used too frequently in recent years attempting to bypass our constitutional protections.

This is a Right to Try bill.

Patients should be allowed to use personalized investigational treatments that are tailored to a patient's own genetic profile after exhausting treatments approved by FDA.

This increases access to experimental or more individualized treatments and expands patient/parent choice in medical care for those with complex medical conditions.

SB933 – The Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act would allow patients with serious or complex medical conditions to access personalized investigational treatments when standard options are not enough.

No parent should face government intervention simply for advocating for thoughtful, individualized medical care for their child.

Precision medicine is the future, especially for people with rare diseases, genetic conditions, and complex medical cases.

Oklahoma families deserve:

• the freedom to pursue individualized medical care

• the ability to work with physicians on innovative treatments

• protection from unnecessary government interference in complex medical decisions

Yes, need to ban sale of cultivated fake meat

Need to amend to also ban sale of cultivated MILK.

Needs safeguards in place and parent right to opt out of some or all.

This bill opens the door for predators in our schools to not be investigated. This information comes from Sherrie Conley.

This bill deals with amendatory language. The language change opens the door for the administration to use personal judgment to determine if a school employee should be investigated. Currently, all reported cases are to be investigated. This allows for potential coverup of an abuse incident. The current language states, "Any school personnel who is reported to be the subject of a violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the schooldistrict investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. This changes to, "Any school personnel who is the subject of a corroborated report of being in violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the school district investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. Key words changed from, "reported to be" to, "the subject of a corroborated report of being".

This leaves the possibility of a predator in the school until it can be corroborated which might never happen.



this is a bad bill that was introduced last session. it had so much opposition that the original author of the bill has now pulled him name from the bill only after amending the bill. that in its current language will leave potential predators in the classroom while an investigation is being conducted.

This bill deals with amendatory language. The language change opens the door for the administration to use personal judgment to determine if a school employee should be investigated. Currently, all reported cases are to be investigated. This allows for potential coverup of an abuse incident. The current language states, "Any school personnel who is reported to be the subject of a violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the schooldistrict investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. This changes to, "Any school personnel who is the subject of a corroborated report of being in violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the school district investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. Key words changed from, "reported to be" to, "the subject of a corroborated report of being". This leaves the possibility of a predator in the school until it can be corroborated which might never happen.

Not nearly strong enough and is too vague and leaves the decision up for interpretation. This needs to be more concrete and more protective of our students!

This amendatory language extends the boards existence to December of 2030. There are multiple reports of misdirected funds and waste in this original legislation. This needs auditing.

steers higher education toward government workforce planning.... bribe to participate in the workforce pipeline

creates an evaluation and labeling system, but the incentive structure can influence how institutions prioritize programs.

From my understanding, the DEQ can already do this under state law. And tying it to the EPA would actually LOWER the thresholds. This bill seems unnecessary.

DEQ already measures these parameters in compliance with state law. This legislation adopting EPA criteria allows these safety thresholds to be lowered. This bill allows for higher discharge concentrations when the river flow dilutes the pollutants.