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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1865By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to legislation; creating the Line-
Item Legislation Committee; providing for membership;
stating purpose of the committee; requiring delivery
of findings and recommendations by certain date;
providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 30.1 of Title 75, unless there
is created a duplication in numberin g, reads as follows:
Upon Sine Die adjournment of the 2 nd Regular Session of 58 th
Oklahoma Legislature, the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives shall , within thirty (30) days of that
date, create the “Line-Item Legislation Committee”.
The Committee shall be comprised of five legislative members
from the Senate and fiv e legislative members of the House to be
appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives .
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The purpose of the Committee shall be to develop the necessary
rules and joint rules of each house of the Legisla ture for the
implementation of line-item voting procedures for the future
consideration of legislation . In addition to the procedural
changes, other considerations and findings shall include software
updates and estimated costs for the voting procedures a nd
identification of existing statutes or constitutional provisions
requiring amendment.
By November 1, 2022, the findings and recommendations of the
Committee shall be delivered to the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Re presentatives.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emerg ency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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