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Several major bills likely to get Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature

The bills range from abortion to school bathroom policies, as well as how the state will spend its money for the next year.

Several major bills likely to get Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature

The bills range from abortion to school bathroom policies, as well as how the state will spend its money for the next year.

IMMEDIATELY IMPACT OKLAHOMA’S HOUSE BILL 43-27 PASSED BY LAWMAKERS LAST WEEK. IT BANS ABORTIONS AT FERTILIZATION. SCIENCE TELLS US THAT THE MOMENT OF FERTILIZATION IS WHEN THE DNA IS CREATED. SO THE CHILD’S DNA IS SET AT THAT MOMENT THAT BAN ENFORDCE THROUGHIV CIL LAWSUITS HAS BEEN DEEMED ONE OF THE STRICTEST SPANS IN T COUNTHERY THE EXPECTATION. IS THAT JUST A THREAT OF A LAWSUIT WILL BRING A ENND TO ABORTION IN OKLAHOMA. IDEALLY, THAT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION. THAT’S WHAT WE HAVEEE SN IN TEXAS ANOTHER BILL WAITING TO BE SIGNED IS SP615. IT REQUIRES STUDENTS TO USE THE SCHOOL. BATHROOM THAT MATCHES THEIR BIOLICOGAL SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH IF SIGNED IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AT THE START OFHI TS COMING SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLS WILL BE PENALIZED FOR ANY VIOLATION. THEY WOULD LOSE 5% OF THEIR STATE FUNDING WHICH OF COURSE ALL THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MONEY THEY BRING IN AS A DISTRICT AND WHAT THEIR POPULATION IS, AND THEN WE ALSO GAVE EMPOWERED PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO FILE A CIVIL LITIGATION AGAINST THE SCHOOL FOR NOT FOLLOWING STATE LAW AND THE BILL THAT’S PASSED EVERY YEAR THE STATE’S BUDGET ALSO NEEDTHS E ARE SIGNATURE UNLIKE OTHER BILLS HE CAN CHOOSE AROPPTOVE PARTS OF IT AND VETO OTHERS. I THINK IT’S A GREAT BUDGET THIS YEAR AS I MADE A COMMENT DURING THE MEETING. WE WORK FROM THE GROUND UP A LOT OF PEOPLE. ILBUD A BUDGET FROM THE DOLLARS DOWN. WE WANT TO TALK TO OUR CO MMUNITIE ASND FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED. SO WE DID. AND THE ABORTION BILL AS WELL AS THE BATHROOM BILL NEED TO BE SIGNED BY THURSDAY THAT BUDGET BILL BY FRIDAY OR I TFHE GOVERNOR TAKES NO ACTION. THEY ALL DO STILL BECOME LAW IN THAT
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Several major bills likely to get Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signature

The bills range from abortion to school bathroom policies, as well as how the state will spend its money for the next year.

At the Capitol, several major bills are likely to get the signature of Gov. Kevin Stitt.The bills range from abortion to school bathroom policies, as well as how the state will spend its money for the next year.One bill that will immediately make an impact if signed is House Bill 4327 which was passed last week by state lawmakers, banning abortions at conception."Science tells us that the moment of fertilization is when the DNA is created so the child's DNA is set at that moment," said Rep. Wendi Stearman, (R) Collinsville. The ban, enforced through civil lawsuits, has been deemed one of the strictest bans in the country. The expectation is that just the threat of a lawsuit will bring an end to abortion in Oklahoma."Ideally that would be the solution, that's what we have seen in Texas," Stearman said.Another bill waiting to be signed is Senate Bill 615 which would require students to use the school bathroom that matches their biological sex assigned at birth. If signed, it would go into effect at the start of the coming school year and schools would be penalized for any violation. "They would lose five percent of their state funding which of course depends on how much money they bring in as a district and what their population is, and then we also gave empowered parents to file a civil litigation against the school for not following state law," said Sen. David Bullard, (R) Durant.The bill that is passed every year, the state’s budget, also needs the governor’s signature. Unlike the other bills, he can choose to approve parts of it and veto others. "I think it's a great budget this year and as I made a comment during the meeting, we worked from the ground up, a lot of people making the budget from the dollars down, we want to talk to our communities and find out what they need, so we did," said Sen. Roger Thompson, (R) Okemah.All these bills would have to be signed or vetoed by the end of the week or the governor could choose to take no action. In that case, the bills still would become law.

At the Capitol, several major bills are likely to get the signature of Gov. Kevin Stitt.

The bills range from abortion to school bathroom policies, as well as how the state will spend its money for the next year.

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One bill that will immediately make an impact if signed is House Bill 4327 which was passed last week by state lawmakers, banning abortions at conception.

"Science tells us that the moment of fertilization is when the DNA is created so the child's DNA is set at that moment," said Rep. Wendi Stearman, (R) Collinsville.

The ban, enforced through civil lawsuits, has been deemed one of the strictest bans in the country. The expectation is that just the threat of a lawsuit will bring an end to abortion in Oklahoma.

"Ideally that would be the solution, that's what we have seen in Texas," Stearman said.

Another bill waiting to be signed is Senate Bill 615 which would require students to use the school bathroom that matches their biological sex assigned at birth. If signed, it would go into effect at the start of the coming school year and schools would be penalized for any violation.

"They would lose five percent of their state funding which of course depends on how much money they bring in as a district and what their population is, and then we also gave empowered parents to file a civil litigation against the school for not following state law," said Sen. David Bullard, (R) Durant.

The bill that is passed every year, the state’s budget, also needs the governor’s signature. Unlike the other bills, he can choose to approve parts of it and veto others.

"I think it's a great budget this year and as I made a comment during the meeting, we worked from the ground up, a lot of people making the budget from the dollars down, we want to talk to our communities and find out what they need, so we did," said Sen. Roger Thompson, (R) Okemah.

All these bills would have to be signed or vetoed by the end of the week or the governor could choose to take no action. In that case, the bills still would become law.