by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Mar 6, 2021 | Blog
This week was spent hearing bills that passed through committee and made it on to the Floor to be voted on by the entire chamber of origin. All bills that passed through committee by last Thursday, are now vying for an opportunity to be heard on the House or Senate...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 27, 2021 | Blog
Last week was a deadline week, meaning any bills that did not make it out of their committees are dead. We can all breathe a sigh of relief that bills such as SB 803, which would have made teaching systemic racism and gender discrimination a dangerous line to toe for...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 21, 2021 | Blog
Week three in the legislature was a frenzy as chambers swung between being open and closed due to the weather. Both chambers were closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Senate stayed closed while the House ran business as usual. Thursday both chambers were in...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 13, 2021 | Blog
If you’ve been following along with CAIR-OK’s legislative updates you know that we are hyper focused on increasing voter access and strengthening our democracy. We care about this issue because minorities are disproportionately excluded from the ballot and until we...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
Mile-High View Coming into the 2021 Legislative Session Thousands of bills have been filed for the 2021 legislative session. Here is a mile-high look at some of the bills and proposals we are seeing regarding CAIR-OK’s core issue areas. Voting Voter access has been in...
