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Rules Committee reports several bills as due pass; quick roundup
Summary
The committee advanced multiple bills with brief discussion: changes to the Citizens' Participation Act exemptions, two bills with title-strike or procedural moves, a local-oversight measure and creating a fund for primary care centers. All were reported out as due pass by committee voice or recorded votes.
The Oklahoma House Rules Committee on multiple short items reported several bills out of committee, generally by voice vote or brief recorded tally. Key actions recorded during the session:
House Bill 17-77 (PCS) — Representative Moore presented a PCS to clarify that the Citizens' Participation Act (anti-SLAPP) does not shield conduct arising from certain employer-employee or contractual relationships involving trade secrets or nondisparagement enforcement. Moore said the change codifies recent court rulings. Committee reported the bill as due pass (9-0).
House Bill 17-37 — Representative Moore said parties had agreed to strike the title and that the measure was a pilot program and a work in progress. The committee reported the bill as due pass (9-0).
House Bill 16-27 — Presented by Chairman Caldwell; sponsor characterized the bill as giving constituents remedies when a local entity shirks duties. The committee reported the bill as due pass (10-0).
House Bill 20-33 — Representative Blair presented House Bill 20-33, a request bill from the Oklahoma Primary Care Authority that would create a fund to clarify Department of Health contracts with community health centers. Blair said last year the centers collectively received $3,000,000. The committee reported the bill as due pass (9-0).
Other procedural actions included adoption of PCS working drafts where noted and several unanimous or near-unanimous voice votes recorded by the clerk.
Where specific vote tallies were recorded in the transcript, they are reported above. Where votes were recorded as committee voice votes, the committee clerk's summary was used.
