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Oklahoma House requests further conference on HB 1851; adopts resolutions recognizing Poetry Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month
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The Oklahoma House approved a motion to request further conference on House Bill 1851 and, by unanimous consent, adopted two ceremonial resolutions recognizing National Poetry Month and National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. The session included several ceremonial introductions and adjourned until April 7.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday moved to send House Bill 1851 back to a conference committee and adopted two ceremonial resolutions by unanimous consent.
Representative Schreiber moved ‘‘I move to request further conference on house bill 1851,’’ and the motion was accepted ‘‘without objection,’’ the clerk recorded. The transcript does not show debate or a roll-call vote on the motion; the House simply ordered the further conference.
Earlier in the session the House adopted House Resolution 10 37, an annual measure recognizing April as National Poetry Month; Representative Tammy West explained the resolution on the floor and requested unanimous consent for its adoption. The House also adopted House Resolution 10 43 recognizing April as National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month; the clerk read the resolution and a member explained its intent before the resolution was adopted without objection. (The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the lawmaker associated with HR 10 43—appearing as both "Roe" and "Rowe" in the record; this write-up follows the clerk's reading of the record as "Rowe." )
The remainder of the roughly two-hour floor session was largely ceremonial: the House heard an invocation from Chaplain Ronnie Wilson; Representative Cornwell introduced Staff Sergeant Bobby Joe Floyd as veteran of the week and directed the clerk to read a citation honoring his military and law-enforcement service; Representative Tammy West introduced writer Hallie Waugh as part of the Poetry Month observance; members also introduced the doctor and nurse of the day, and Representative Hill presented 18 legislative pages of the week. The clerk moved that the House adjourn and stand in recess until Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., and the Speaker so ordered.
No recorded substantive debate on HB 1851 appears in the transcript excerpt provided and no vote tallies were recorded for the conference motion or the two resolutions; all three actions were handled by unanimous consent or procedural order.
