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		<title>Rep Richard Morrissette pushes bill for &#8220;voter owned&#8221; elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fight continues to “fix” campaign financing editorial Jan 24, 2011 The Oklahoma State Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, has gifted us with a proposal to make Oklahoma the eighth state to enact a “voter-owned” (publicly financed) elections bill. He chose Thursday for the launch because it was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy&#8217;s inaugural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=okcapitolinvestments.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10166527&amp;post=749&amp;subd=okcapitolinvestments&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>editorial Jan 24, 2011 The Oklahoma</p>
<p>State Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, has gifted us with a proposal to make Oklahoma the eighth state to enact a “voter-owned” (publicly financed) elections bill. He chose Thursday for the launch because it was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy&#8217;s inaugural address, the one in which Kennedy urged Americans to ask not what their country can do them but to ask what they can do for their country. In Morrissette&#8217;s mind, this remark was about people running for office at taxpayer expense rather than, say, joining the Peace Corps or the U.S. Marine Corps.</p>
<p>Read more: http://newsok.com/fight-continues-to-fix-campaign-financing/article/3534313#ixzz1C7UaFvFf</p>
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		<title>2011 Oklahoma Legislature Files 2229 Bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From OK-Safe&#8217;s blog; Sure glad the Republican led Oklahoma legislature is serious about “smaller, smarter government”. Between the OK House and Senate 2229 bills have been filed: 1217 by the House, and 1012 by the Senate.  The deadline for filing was Thursday, January 20, 2011 and apparently all 101 House members and 48 Senators made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=okcapitolinvestments.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10166527&amp;post=746&amp;subd=okcapitolinvestments&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From OK-Safe&#8217;s blog;</p>
<p>Sure glad the Republican led Oklahoma legislature is serious about “smaller, smarter government”.</p>
<p>Between the OK House and Senate 2229 bills have been filed: 1217 by  the House, and 1012 by the Senate.  The deadline for filing was  Thursday, January 20, 2011 and apparently all 101 House members and 48  Senators made the deadline.</p>
<p>A preliminary glance does not reveal many repealer bills.  Too bad for us.</p>
<p>The 2011 Oklahoma Legislative session begins on Monday, February 7, 2011.</p>
<p>Better start reading.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://oksafe.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/2011-oklahoma-legislature-files-2229-bills/">Find out more </a><br />
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		<title>OK-SAFE Training Sessions &#8211; OKC and Tulsa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK-SAFE will be conducting 2 training sessions entitled Citizen Involvement in the Legislative Process.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=okcapitolinvestments.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10166527&amp;post=737&amp;subd=okcapitolinvestments&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><strong><a href="http://www.ok-safe.org"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-738" title="oksafelogo" src="http://okcapitolinvestments.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/oksafelogo.jpg?w=150&#038;h=143" alt="" width="150" height="143" /></a>OK-SAFE Training Sessions &#8211; OKC and Tulsa</strong></h2>
<p>The Oklahoma Legislative Session begins on Monday, February 7, 2011,  runs for 16 weeks, and ends on May 27, 2011.</p>
<p>Building on last year&#8217;s citizen training, OK-SAFE will be conducting 2 training sessions entitled <em>Citizen Involvement in the Legislative Process</em>.<br />
These meetings are subject-specific, and graduated by level of ability and interest.</p>
<div>Attendees are encouraged to bring their own computers, note-taking material, and refreshments as these are working meetings.</div>
<ul>
<li><strong>D</strong><strong>ate:</strong> Saturday, January 15, 2011</li>
<li><strong>Time</strong><strong>: </strong>9:00 am &#8211; 12:30 pm</li>
<li><strong>Location: </strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://et.ratepoint.com/d7268e2c2fe539ec82d8cb03642f51ad/5fc76a4ce8d01d264171a98b7839b75d" target="_blank">The Village Library</a>, 10307 N. Penn Ave., The Village, OK (North Oklahoma City).<strong> </strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Date: </strong>Saturday, January 22, 2011</li>
<li><strong>Time: </strong>9:00 am &#8211; 12:30 pm</li>
<li><strong>Location:</strong> The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e5740bb109ce920ca920491989ffff05/5fc76a4ce8d01d264171a98b7839b75d" target="_blank">HQ</a> Building, 1008-B N. Hickory Ave., Broken Arrow, OK.</li>
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<p>Preliminary Agenda is detailed below.</p>
<p><strong>1st Hour -<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Introductory</strong> &#8211; The Basics. 1) Overview of the OK Legislative Process; 2) Identifying  your legislator; 3) Contact information and lists; 4) Writing emails;  5) Making the OK Legislature and OSCN websites your home pages.</li>
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<p><strong>2nd Hour &#8211; </strong> <strong></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Intermediate </strong>-Building  on Hour 1. 1) The legislative process, including interim studies, bills  introduced, bill committee assignments; 2) The committee process; when  to advocate for a bill; 3) Creating group email lists for House and  Senate; 4) Understanding the role of Speaker/ Pro-Temp, Floor Leader,  and Whips.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>3rd Hour &#8211; </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Advanced </strong>- Taking off the Rose-Colored Glasses. 1) Understanding political doublespeak, i.e, <em>smaller, smarter government, small business, advanced, quality job, knowledge-based economy</em>; 2) How  to read a bill with understanding; which OK titles of law to examine;  3) The Quality Jobs Program Act; PrimeWIN; OSU-UML, the &#8217;contract  verifier&#8217; for OK; 4) Tax incentives; who is benefiting from the passage of legislation.</li>
</ul>
<p>These meetings are free and open to the public; we are suggesting, however, a small donation to cover cost of printed material.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Two-year rule&#8221; for legislators being largely ignored</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["While Governor-elect Mary Fallin has named former State Sen. Glenn Coffee as her choice for Secretary of State, some current legislators, political observers and constitutionalists are wondering if that was such a wise idea." writes the Red Dirt Reporter<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=okcapitolinvestments.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10166527&amp;post=733&amp;subd=okcapitolinvestments&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>By <strong>Andrew W. Griffin</strong></p>
<p><em>Red Dirt Report</em>, editor</p>
<p>Posted: January 7, 2011</p>
<p><a href="mailto:reddirtreporter@gmail.com">reddirtreporter@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY – While Governor-elect Mary Fallin has named former State Sen. Glenn Coffee as her choice for Secretary of State, some current legislators, political observers and constitutionalists are wondering if that was such a wise idea.</p>
<p>Coffee, who was the State Senate Pro Tempore, up until last session, appears to have found a loophole so he could legally land a job working for the state, in his case – Secretary of State.</p>
<p>And one source close to <em>Red Dirt Report</em> said Coffee had been campaigning for the Secretary of State job as early as last spring.</p>
<p>Apparently, the incoming Fallin administration felt Coffee, who was part of Fallin’s “transition team,” was qualified enough for the job despite his shaky time in the Senate, a time which found him addressing tax problems, dealing with unpaid traffic tickets and giving his staff hefty raises despite a budget shortfall.</p>
<p>And the Fallin team had hailed Coffee, noting his ability to help with “fiscal discipline.”</p>
<p>As noted in an <em>Oklahoma Watchdog</em> article from last November headlined &#8220;<a href="http://oklahoma.watchdog.org/1415/troubled-coffee-to-be-part-of-fallin-transition-team/">Troubled Coffee to be part of Fallin transition team</a>,&#8221;  it notes a questionable Canada trip made by Coffee and his successor  Brian Bingman which involved the use of limousines on the taxpayer&#8217;s  dime.</p>
<p>Hmmm. With all these issue it makes one wonder about why Coffee was Fallin&#8217;s top choice.</p>
<p><em>Red Dirt Report</em> called Fallin’s spokesman Alex Weintz for further comment on the Coffee appointment but that call was not returned by the time this article was scheduled to be published.</p>
<p>And now with Coffee transitioning himself, this time into the office of the Secretary of State, the issue of a legislator taking a state job immediately after leaving office rears its ugly head once again.</p>
<p>Ron Black, writing at his <a href="http://ronblackradio.blogspot.com/2011/01/secretary-of-state-who-dat.html"><em>Gorilla Rants</em></a> blog, wrote this week: “The issue of whether or not Coffee can take the job because of the Constitutional referendum on legislators taking a state job may be a moot point because the statute is specific to positions created by the legislature. The Secretary of State is a Constitutional post – but it sure as hell may be time to revisit that law and have it include a two-year moratorium on ALL state jobs for a period of two years. Of course, the legislature probably wouldn’t go for that because the vast majority of our elected officials are chomping at the bits to trade-up, to get better, more lucrative government paychecks.”</p>
<p>According to the Oklahoma Constitution, “No member of the Legislature shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed or elected to any office or commission in the State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during his term of office, nor shall any member receive any appointment from the Governor, the Governor and Senate, or from the Legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected, <strong>nor shall any member, during the term for which he shall have been elected, or within two years thereafter, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the State, or any county or other subdivision thereof, authorized by law passed during the term for which he shall have been elected</strong>.”</p>
<p>“Pretty plain,” said Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, a critic of those who bend the rules to land state jobs.</p>
<p>“My reading of the Constitution and the Attorney General’s opinion has persuaded me not to accept a job in the executive branch two years after leaving the legislature,” Reynolds told <em>Red Dirt Report</em>.</p>
<p>And as noted in a July 2010<a href="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12814940"> News 9 report</a>, Attorney General Drew Edmondson addressed the two-year rule in an opinion noting that as long as former legislators are not paid with state appropriated dollars and the legislature did not create the position, then lawmakers do not have to wait two years.</p>
<p>That doesn’t fly with legislators like Reynolds who want the law followed as it was intended.</p>
<p>Said Reynolds: “I took an oath to uphold the constitution of Oklahoma. That is an oath to uphold the constitution as we understand it, not as someone else understands it.”</p>
<p>Referring to the aforementioned News 9 report, it quotes then-State Auditor and Inspector Steve Burrage as saying that “Personally, I don’t think they should be able to be employed for two years after they leave office, regardless of where the money comes from.”</p>
<p>Burrage also said in the News 9 report that legislators should not be employed with the state for two years after they leave office, “regardless of where the money comes from.”</p>
<p>Reynolds also noted that he “toyed” with the idea of writing a constitutional amendment to clarify the law but figured since it says it clearly he didn’t feel it warranted any further time.</p>
<p>Reynolds suggested that an “independently wealthy person” may want to spend the money to take the issue to court but understands why most taxpayers aren’t willing to do it, considering the daunting court costs.</p>
<p>Reynolds said colleagues, like former State Sen. Randy Brogdon (R-Owasso), who took a state job at the Oklahoma Insurance Department, are being told that they can move into state jobs despite the law.</p>
<p>Still, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth of some folks, like a legislative source who spoke to <em>Red Dirt Report</em> Thursday on condition of anonymity.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reddirtreport.com/news.php?id=17174">Read more</a></p>
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<p>Oklahoma House of Representatives</p>
<p>Media Division</p>
<p>December 21, 2010</p>
<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</p>
<p>Contact: House Media</p>
<p>Capitol: (405) 557-7421</p>
<p>Speaker-elect Announces House Committee Assignments</p>
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY &#8211; Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele today announced<br />
committee assignments for the 2011 and 2012 legislative sessions.</p>
<p>&#8220;Although Oklahoma faces significant challenges this year, I<br />
am confident the members of the House are more than up to the task,&#8221; said<br />
Steele, R-Shawnee. &#8220;I appreciate each member&#8217;s willingness to serve and,<br />
after careful consideration, believe we have matched members to committees<br />
in a way that will best utilize each legislator&#8217;s gifts and talents.&#8221;</p>
<p>The committee assignments for the Oklahoma House of<br />
Representatives are as follows:</p>
<p><strong>Appropriations &amp; Budget</strong></p>
<p>Earl Sears, R-Bartlesville, Chair</p>
<p>Scott Martin, R-Norman, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Don Armes, R-Faxon</p>
<p>Lisa Billy, R-Purcell</p>
<p>Gus Blackwell, R-Goodwell</p>
<p>Doug Cox, R-Grove</p>
<p>David Dank, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Lee Denney, R-Cushing</p>
<p>Dale DeWitt, R-Braman</p>
<p>Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Ron Peters, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Dan Sullivan, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah</p>
<p>Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs</p>
<p>Chuck Hoskin, D-Vinita</p>
<p>Jerry McPeak, D-Warner</p>
<p>Purcy Walker, D-Elk City</p>
<p>Human Services</p>
<p>Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa, Chair</p>
<p>Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma<br />
City</p>
<p>Skye McNiel, R-Bristow</p>
<p>Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie</p>
<p>Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs</p>
<p>Ron Peters, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Harold Wright, R-Weatherford</p>
<p>Donnie Condit, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Wade Rousselot, D-Okay</p>
<p>Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Ben Sherrer, D-Pryor</p>
<p><strong> Government Modernization</strong></p>
<p>Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, Chair</p>
<p>Wes Hilliard, D-Sulphur, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Josh Cockroft, R-McLoud</p>
<p>David Derby, R-Owasso</p>
<p>Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa</p>
<p>Lewis Moore, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Aaron Stiles, R-Norman</p>
<p>Randy Terrill, R-Moore</p>
<p>John Trebilcock, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Purcy Walker, D-Elk City</p>
<p><strong>Higher Education &amp; Career Tech</strong></p>
<p>Todd Thomsen, R-Ada, Chair</p>
<p>Steve Kouplen, D-Beggs, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Dennis Casey, R-Morrison</p>
<p>Marian Cooksey, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Lee Denney, R-Cushing</p>
<p>Elise Hall, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Scott Martin, R-Norman</p>
<p>Lewis Moore, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Tom Newell, R-Seminole</p>
<p>Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Phil Richardson, R-Minco</p>
<p>T. W. Shannon, R-Lawton</p>
<p>Randy Terrill, R-Moore</p>
<p>Harold Wright, R-Weatherford</p>
<p>Rebecca Hamilton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Emily Virgin, D-Norman</p>
<p>Cory Williams, D-Stillwater</p>
<p><strong>General Government</strong></p>
<p>Dennis Johnson, R-Duncan, Chair</p>
<p>Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City, Vice Chair</p>
<p>Lisa Billy, R-Purcell</p>
<p>Elise Hall, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Charlie Joyner, R-Midwest City</p>
<p>Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Scott Martin, R-Norman</p>
<p>Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville</p>
<p>Dustin Roberts, R-Durant</p>
<p>Randy Terrill, R-Moore</p>
<p>Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Donnie Condit, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Larry Glenn, D-Miami</p>
<p>Wade Rousselot, D-Okay</p>
<p>Jerry Shoemake, D-Morris</p>
<p><strong> Energy &amp; Utility Regulation</strong></p>
<p>John Trebilcock, R-Broken Arrow, Chair</p>
<p>Mike Jackson, R-Enid, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Don Armes, R-Faxon</p>
<p>David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Marian Cooksey, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Lee Denney, R-Cushing</p>
<p>Dennis Johnson, R-Duncan</p>
<p>Dan Kirby, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville</p>
<p>Skye McNiel, R-Bristow</p>
<p>Charles Ortega, R-Altus</p>
<p>Ron Peters, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Marty Quinn, R-Claremore</p>
<p>Todd Russ, R-Cordell</p>
<p>Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher</p>
<p>Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon</p>
<p>T. W. Shannon, R-Lawton</p>
<p>Weldon Watson, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore</p>
<p>Wes Hilliard, D-Sulphur</p>
<p>Scott Inman, D-Del City</p>
<p>Steve Kouplen, D-Beggs</p>
<p>Jerry McPeak, D-Warner</p>
<p>Danny Morgan, D-Prague</p>
<p>Eric Proctor, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Wade Rousselot, D-Okay</p>
<p>Ben Sherrer, D-Pryor</p>
<p><strong> Public Health</strong></p>
<p>John Enns, R-Enid, Chair</p>
<p>David Derby, R-Owasso, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Doug Cox, R-Grove</p>
<p>Randy Grau, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Corey Holland, R-Marlow</p>
<p>Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs</p>
<p>Ron Peters, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Sean Roberts, R-Hominy</p>
<p>Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon</p>
<p>Ed Cannaday, D-Porum</p>
<p>Wes Hilliard, D-Sulphur</p>
<p>Al McAffrey, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Jeannie McDaniel, D-Tulsa</p>
<p><strong> Administrative Rules and Government Oversight</strong></p>
<p>George Faught, R-Muskogee, Chair</p>
<p>Purcy Walker, D-Elk City, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Gary Banz, R-Midwest<br />
City</p>
<p>David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa</p>
<p>Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Weldon Watson, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Will Fourkiller, D-Stilwell</p>
<p>Al McAffrey, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p><strong>Veterans &amp; Military Affairs</strong></p>
<p>Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, Chair</p>
<p>Lewis Moore, R-Edmond, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Gary Banz, R-Midwest City</p>
<p>John Bennett, R-Sallisaw</p>
<p>Ann Coody, R-Lawton</p>
<p>Randy McDaniel, R-Edmond</p>
<p>John Enns, R-Enid</p>
<p>Rusty Farley, R-Haworth</p>
<p>Dustin Roberts, R-Hominy</p>
<p>Aaron Stiles, R-Norman</p>
<p>Chuck Hoskin, D-Vinita</p>
<p>Scott Inman, D-Del City</p>
<p>Eric Proctor, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Paul Roan, D-Tishomingo</p>
<p><strong>Judiciary</strong></p>
<p>Fred Jordan, R-Jenks, Chair</p>
<p>Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Gus Blackwell, R-Goodwell</p>
<p>Marian Cooksey, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Randy Grau, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Dan Kirby, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa</p>
<p>Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle</p>
<p>Aaron Stiles, R-Norman</p>
<p>Dan Sullivan, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore</p>
<p>Scott Inman, D-Del City</p>
<p>Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Ben Sherrer, D-Pryor</p>
<p>Emily Virgin, D-Norman</p>
<p>Cory Williams, D-Stillwater</p>
<p><strong>Transportation</strong></p>
<p>T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, Chair</p>
<p>Charlie Joyner, R-Midwest City, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Josh Cockroft, R-McLoud</p>
<p>Rusty Farley, R-Haworth</p>
<p>George Faught, R-Muskogee</p>
<p>Randy Grau, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Elise Hall, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Tommy Hardin, R-Madill</p>
<p>Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Scott Martin, R-Norman</p>
<p>Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie</p>
<p>Phil Richardson, R-Minco</p>
<p>Sean Roberts, R-Hominy</p>
<p>Todd Thomsen, R-Ada</p>
<p>Harold Wright, R-Weatherford</p>
<p>Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah</p>
<p>Steve Kouplen, D-Beggs</p>
<p>James Lockhart, D-Heavener</p>
<p>Jerry McPeak, D-Warner</p>
<p>Eric Proctor, D-Tulsa</p>
<p><strong>Public Safety</strong></p>
<p>Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa, Chair</p>
<p>Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>John Bennett, R-Sallisaw</p>
<p>Josh Cockroft, R-McLoud</p>
<p>Doug Cox, R-Grove</p>
<p>Tommy Hardin, R-Madill</p>
<p>Fred Jordan, R-Jenks</p>
<p>Charlie Joyner, R-Midwest City</p>
<p>Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore</p>
<p>Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Todd Thomsen, R-Ada</p>
<p>Steve Vaughan, R-Ponca City</p>
<p>Ed Cannaday, D-Porum</p>
<p>Chuck Hoskin, D-Vinita</p>
<p>Al McAffrey, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Brian Renegar, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Paul Roan, D-Tishomingo</p>
<p><strong> Agriculture, Wildlife &amp; Environment</strong></p>
<p>Phil Richardson, R-Minco, Chair</p>
<p>Todd Russ, R-Cordell, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>John Bennett, R-Sallisaw</p>
<p>Lisa Billy, R-Purcell</p>
<p>Dennis Casey, R-Morrison</p>
<p>John Enns, R-Enid</p>
<p>Rusty Farley, R-Broken Haworth</p>
<p>Tommy Hardin, R-Madill</p>
<p>Mike Jackson, R-Enid</p>
<p>Tom Newell, R-Seminole</p>
<p>Charles Ortega, R-Altus</p>
<p>Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle</p>
<p>Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher</p>
<p>Steve Vaughan, R-Ponca City</p>
<p>Larry Glenn, D-Miami</p>
<p>Steve Kouplen, D-Beggs</p>
<p>James Lockhart, D-Heavener</p>
<p>R. C. Pruett, D-Antlers</p>
<p>Brian Renegar, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Jerry Shoemake, D-Morris</p>
<p><strong>Common Education</strong></p>
<p>Ann Coody, R-Lawton, Chair</p>
<p>Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Gus Blackwell, R-Goodwell</p>
<p>Dennis Casey, R-Morrison</p>
<p>Doug Cox, R-Grove</p>
<p>Corey Holland, R-Marlow</p>
<p>Fred Jordan, R-Jenks</p>
<p>Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs</p>
<p>Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore</p>
<p>Dustin Roberts, R-Durant</p>
<p>Ed Cannaday, D-Porum</p>
<p>Donnie Condit, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Jeannie McDaniel, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Emily Virgin, D-Norman</p>
<p><strong>Rules</strong></p>
<p>Gary Banz, R-Midwest City, Chair</p>
<p>Weldon Watson, R-Tulsa, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Don Armes, R-Faxon</p>
<p>David Dank, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Dennis Johnson, R-Duncan</p>
<p>Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Randy McDaniel, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Glen Mulready, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Marty Quinn, R-Claremore</p>
<p>John Trebilcock, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs</p>
<p>Larry Glenn, D-Miami</p>
<p>Rebecca Hamilton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Cory Williams, D-Stillwater</p>
<p><strong>Insurance</strong></p>
<p>Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City, Chair</p>
<p>Dan Kirby, R-Tulsa, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>David Dank, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Glen Mulready, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Marty Quinn, R-Claremore</p>
<p>Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Sean Roberts, R-Hominy</p>
<p>Steve Vaughan, R-Ponca City</p>
<p>Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs</p>
<p>Danny Morgan, D-Prague</p>
<p>Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa</p>
<p><strong> Economic Development, Tourism &amp; Financial Services</strong></p>
<p>Randy McDaniel, R-Edmond, Chair</p>
<p>Charles Ortega, R-Altus, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Don Armes, R-Faxon</p>
<p>Lee Denney, R-Cushing</p>
<p>George Faught, R-Muskogee</p>
<p>Corey Holland, R-Marlow</p>
<p>Mike Jackson, R-Enid</p>
<p>Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Skye McNiel, R-Bristow</p>
<p>Glen Mulready, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle</p>
<p>Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore</p>
<p>Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Todd Russ, R-Cordell</p>
<p>Dan Sullivan, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah</p>
<p>Al McAffrey, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Danny Morgan, D-Prague</p>
<p>Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p><strong>Long-term Care &amp; Senior Services</strong></p>
<p>Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, Chair</p>
<p>R.C. Pruett, D-Antlers, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Lisa Billy, R-Purcell</p>
<p>Gus Blackwell, R-Goodwell</p>
<p>Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Ann Coody, R-Lawton</p>
<p>David Dank, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Tom Newell, R-Seminole</p>
<p>Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Ed Cannaday, D-Porum</p>
<p>Will Fourkiller, D-Stilwell</p>
<p>James Lockhart, D-Heavener</p>
<p><strong> Appropriations Subcommittee on Revenue &amp; Taxation</strong></p>
<p>David Dank, R-Oklahoma City, Chair</p>
<p>Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Mike Jackson, R-Enid</p>
<p>Steve Martin, R-Bartlesville</p>
<p>Tom Newell, R-Seminole</p>
<p>Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Todd Russ, R-Cordell</p>
<p>Weldon Watson, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah</p>
<p>Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>R. C. Pruett, D-Antlers</p>
<p><strong>Appropriations Subcommittee on Education</strong></p>
<p>Lee Denney, R-Cushing, Chair</p>
<p>Corey Holland, R-Marlow, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Gary Banz, R-Midwest City</p>
<p>Dennis Casey, R-Morrison</p>
<p>Ann Coody, R-Lawton</p>
<p>Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Jadine Nollan, R-Sand Springs</p>
<p>Marty Quinn, R-Claremore</p>
<p>Todd Thomsen, R-Ada</p>
<p>Jeannie McDaniel, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Cory Williams, D-Stillwater</p>
<p><strong>Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government &amp; Transportation</strong></p>
<p>Guy Liebmann, R-Oklahoma City, Chair</p>
<p>Harold Wright, R-Weatherford, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>George Faught, R-Muskogee</p>
<p>Dennis Johnson, R-Duncan</p>
<p>Charles Key, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Randy McDaniel, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie</p>
<p>T. W. Shannon, R-Lawton</p>
<p>Randy Terrill, R-Moore</p>
<p>Larry Glenn, D-Miami</p>
<p>Eric Proctor, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa</p>
<p><strong> Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Health &amp; Social Services</strong></p>
<p>Doug Cox, R-Grove, Chair</p>
<p>Marian Cooksey, R-Edmond, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Josh Cockroft, R-McLoud</p>
<p>David Derby, R-Owasso</p>
<p>Lewis Moore, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Glen Mulready, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Sean Roberts, R-Hominy</p>
<p>Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon</p>
<p>Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore</p>
<p>Will Fourkiller, D-Stilwell</p>
<p>Rebecca Hamilton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p><strong> Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services</strong></p>
<p>Ron Peters, R-Tulsa, Chair</p>
<p>Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Elise Hall, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Dustin Roberts, R-Durant</p>
<p>Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Steve Vaughan, R-Ponca City</p>
<p>Brian Renegar, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Jeannie McDaniel, D-Tulsa</p>
<p>Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p><strong>Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources &amp; Regulatory Services</strong></p>
<p>Don Armes, R-Faxon, Chair</p>
<p>Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>John Enns, R-Enid</p>
<p>Rusty Farley, R-Haworth</p>
<p>Dan Kirby, R-Tulsa</p>
<p>Skye McNiel, R-Bristow</p>
<p>Charles Ortega, R-Altus</p>
<p>Phil Richardson, R-Minco</p>
<p>Brian Renegar, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Jerry Shoemake, D-Morris</p>
<p>Purcy Walker, D-Elk City</p>
<p><strong> Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety</strong></p>
<p>Lisa Billy, R-Purcell, Chair</p>
<p>Mike Ritze, R-Broken Arrow, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>John Bennett, R-Sallisaw</p>
<p>David Brumbaugh, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Tommy Hardin, R-Madill</p>
<p>Mike Sanders, R-Kingfisher</p>
<p>Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs</p>
<p>Donnie Condit, D-McAlester</p>
<p>Paul Roan, D-Tishomingo</p>
<p><strong> Appropriations Subcommittee on Judiciary</strong></p>
<p>Gus Blackwell, R-Goodwell, Chair</p>
<p>Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa, Vice-Chair</p>
<p>Randy Grau, R-Edmond</p>
<p>Charlie Joyner, R-Midwest City</p>
<p>John Trebilcock, R-Broken Arrow</p>
<p>Fred Jordan, R-Jenks</p>
<p>Aaron Stiles, R-Norman</p>
<p>Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City</p>
<p>Ben Sherrer, D-Pryor</p>
<p>Emily Virgin, D-Norman</p>
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