LEGISLATIVE
STUDIES AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
CREATED BY LEGISLATION
Revised:
August 11, 2008
* - indicates
lead staff
Adoption Review Task Force
Authority: |
HB 2749 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Susan Winchester et al.
Sen. Mike Mazzei |
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Appointees: |
Senate (4)
Ms. Mary Lee Ingram |
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Staffed
by: |
Department of Human
Services
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Tracy Kersey*, Attorney/Legislative
Analyst
Cheryl Purvis, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 31, 2009
Initial report due by December 31, 2008
Final report due by December 31, 2009 |
Advantage Wavier and Developmental
Disability Services Rate Review Committee
Authority: |
HB 1926 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Jeannie McDaniel
Sen. Nancy Riley |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Ms. Shannon Chatham
Ms. Pia D. McBride
Ms. Kendra Robinson |
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Staffed
by: |
Department of Human Services |
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Senate
Staff: |
Marty Hanifin*, Fiscal Analyst
Jennifer Mullens, Legislative Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
Not Specified
Report due September 1, 2007 and
September 1 of every odd year. |
African-American Centennial Plaza Design Committee
Authority: |
SB 1919 (2006) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Constance E. Johnson
Rep. Jabar Shumate |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Constance E. Johnson |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma Historical Society
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope*, Legislative Analyst
Amy Dunaway, Fiscal Analyst
Sara Kyte, Attorney
Liz Park-Capron, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2008 |
Task Force on the Effect of Alzheimer's
Disease in Oklahoma
Authority: |
SB 2186 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Tom Ivester
Sen. John Sparks
Rep. Paul Wesselhoft et al.
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Appointees: |
Senate (4)
Sen. Tom Ivester |
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Staffed
by: |
State Department of
Health
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*,
Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
June 1, 2010
Report due by September 1, 2009 |
Task Force on Creative Artist Guilds
Authority: |
HB 3198 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Lee Denney
Sen. Clark Jolley |
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Appointees: |
Senate (3) |
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Staffed
by: |
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope*, Legislative
Analyst
Scott Emerson, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2009
Report due by February 1, 2009 |
Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial
Commemoration Commission
Authority: |
73 O.S., Sec. 98.2 |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Charles Ford
Rep. John W. Bryant, Jr. |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Jeff Rabon
Sen. Jim Wilson
Mrs. Judy Benson
Mr. Leroy Bridges
Mr. Don Coffin
Mr. Bob Craig (ex officio designee)
Ms. Julie Daniels
Mr. Charles Ford
Mayor Jerry Tomlinson |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma Historical Society |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope, Legislative Analyst |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2008 |
Oklahoma Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide Task
Force
Authority: |
SB 1765 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. David Myers et al.
Rep. Dennis Adkins et al. |
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Appointees: |
Senate (4)
Senator David Myers
Mr. Patrick Cowan
Mr. Chris Meyers
Mr. Keith Tracy |
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Staffed
by: |
Department of Environmental
Quality
Corporation Commission |
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Senate
Staff: |
Mary Jo Mitts*, Legislative Analyst
Amanda Ewing, Fiscal Analyst
Judy King, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 1, 2008
Report due December 1, 2008 |
Compassionate Care Task Force
Authority: |
HB 3143 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Lance Cargill
Rep. Marian Cooksey
Sen. Tom Adelson |
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Appointees: |
Senate (2)
Sen. Tom Ivester
Sen. Todd Lamb |
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Staffed
by: |
State Department of
Health
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*,
Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2010
Report due on or before March 1 of each year. |
Task Force on Digitizing the County Records of
Oklahoma
Authority: |
HB 1453 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Rob Johnson
Sen. Earl Garrison |
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Appointees: |
Senate (3) |
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Staffed
by: |
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope*, Legislative
Analyst
Amy Dunaway, Fiscal Analyst
Matt Duehning, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
October 31, 2009 |
Joint Electric Utility Restructuring Task
Force
Authority: |
SB 734 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Mike Morgan
Rep. Dennis Adkins |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Brian Bingman
Sen. Jay Paul Gumm
Sen. Cliff Branan
Sen. Randy Brogdon
Sen. Sean Burrage
Sen. Johnnie Crutchfield
Sen. Mary Easley
Sen. Tom Ivester
Sen. Mike Johnson
Sen. Richard Lerblance
Sen. Jonathan Nichols
Sen. David Myers
Sen. Susan Paddack
Sen. James A. Williamson |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Mary Jo Mitts*, Legislative Analyst
Amy Dunaway, Fiscal Analyst
Judy King, Attorney
Merian McCuin, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 1, 2009 |
Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility
Advisory Council
Authority: |
62 O.S., Sec. 41.5t.2
HB 2197, Sec. 4 (2004) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Abe Deutschendorf
Sen. Gilmer Capps |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Anthony Sykes
Mr. Steve Cade |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma ABLE Tech |
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Senate
Staff: |
Lewis LeNaire, Legislative Analyst |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2008 |
Oklahoma Statewide Gang Intervention Steering
Committee
Authority: |
HB 1760 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Gus Blackwell
Sen. Todd Lamb |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Constance N. Johnson, Vice-Chair
Sen. Todd Lamb |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma Criminal Justice
Resource Center
Office of Juvenile Affairs
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*,
Legislative Analyst
Nancy Pellow, Legislative Analyst
Sean Wallace, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
February 1, 2012
Report due by February 1 of each year |
Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand
River Dam Authority
Authority: |
SB 407 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Mike Mazzei
Rep. Mike Jackson |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Charlie Wyrick - Co-Chair
Sen. Tom Adelson
Sen. Patrick Anderson
Sen. Roger Ballenger
Sen. Brian Bingman
Sen. Randy Brogdon
Sen. Bill Brown
Sen. Sean Burrage
Sen. Harry Coates
Sen. Kenneth Corn
Sen. Brian Crain
Sen. Mary Easley
Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre
Sen. John Ford
Sen. Earl Garrison
Sen. Mike Johnson
Sen. Clark Jolley
Sen. Richard Lerblance
Sen. Mike Mazzei
Sen. Nancy Riley
Sen. Joe Sweeden
Sen. James A. Williamson
Sen. Jim Wilson |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Mary Jo Mitts*, Legislative Analyst
Amy Dunaway, Fiscal Analyst
Judy King, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
Not Specified |
Oklahoma Health Information and Privacy Collaboration
Advisory Board
Authority: |
SB 1719 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Brian Crain
Rep. Mark McCullough |
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Appointees: |
Senate |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*, Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
Not Specified |
Healthcare Consumer Transparency Task Force
Authority: |
HB 1884 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Lance Cargill
Sen. Todd Lamb |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Todd Lamb, Co-Chair
Mr. Christopher D. Howard |
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Staffed
by: |
State Department of
Health
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*, Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 31, 2008
Initial report due by December 31, 2007
Final report due by December 31, 2008 |
Advancement of Hispanic Students in
Higher Education Task Force
Authority: |
70 O.S., Sec. 3242.1
HB 2145 (2004) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Al Lindley
Sen. Debbe Leftwich |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Debbe Leftwich, Vice Chair
Mr. Salvador G. Gonzalez
Ms. J. P. Johnson
Ms. Sara Martinez
Ms. Kathy McKean, Ph.D. |
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Staffed
by: |
State Regents for Higher
Education
State Department of Education
Commission for Teacher Preparation |
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Senate
Staff: |
Kim Montgomery*, Legislative
Analyst
Jeremy Geren, Fiscal Analyst |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2009
Reports to be submitted annually |
Incident Command Site Task Force
Authority: |
HB 1520 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Joe Dorman
Sen. Mike Schulz |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Don Barrington, Co-Chair
Chief Jerome McCalvin |
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Staffed
by: |
Office of the State Fire Marshal |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope*, Legislative
Analyst
Lewis LeNaire, Legislative Analyst
Amy Dunaway, Fiscal Analyst
Matt Duehning, Attorney
Liz Park-Capron, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
September 1, 2008
Report due by September 1, 2008 |
Judicial and District Attorney Redistricting Task
Force
Authority: |
SB 990 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Kenneth Corn
Rep. Trebor Worthen |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Owen Laughlin, Co-Chair
Sen. Kenneth Corn
Sen. Richard Lerblance
Sen. Anthony Sykes
Sen. James Williamson |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Tracy Kersey*, Attorney/Legislative
Analyst
Lexa Shafer, Legislative Analyst
Sean Wallace, Fiscal Analyst
Cheryl Purvis, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
November 30, 2008
Report due by November 30, 2008 |
Patient-Centered Medical Home Task Force
Authority: |
SB 1656 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Constance Johnson
Rep. Doug Cox |
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Appointees: |
Senate (4)
Sen. Constance Johnson |
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Staffed
by: |
State Insurance Department
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*, Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Staff Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
November 30, 2009
Report due by December 1, 2009 |
Oklahoma State Council for Educational Opportunity
for Military Children
Authority: |
SB 1951 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Kathleen Wilcoxson
Sen. Don Barrington
Rep. Tad Jones et al. |
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Appointees: |
Senate (2)
Sen. Tom Ivester |
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Staffed
by: |
State Department of Education |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeremy Geren*, Fiscal
Analyst
Kim Montgomery, Legislative Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
Not Specified |
Task Force on Oklahoma’s Promise – the
Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program
Authority: |
SB 1038 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Jonathan Nichols
Sen. Anthony Sykes
Rep. Randy Terrill |
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Appointees: |
Senate (2)
Sen. Sean Burrage |
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Staffed
by: |
State Regents for Higher Education |
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Senate Staff: |
Jeremy Geren*, Fiscal
Analyst
Kim Montgomery, Legislative Analyst
Lori Block, Staff Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 31, 2008
Report due by December 31, 2008 |
Strategic Planning Committee on the Olmstead
Decision
Authority: |
56 O.S., Sec. 1021
Amended by HB 1933 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Bernest Cain
Rep. Al Lindley |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Tom Adelson
Sen. Patrick Anderson
Ms. Helen Kutz
Dr. Laura Dempsey Polan
Mr. Earl Snow |
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Staffed
by: |
Department of Human
Services*
Office of Attorney General*
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Department of Mental Health and
Sustance Abuse Services |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jennifer Mullens*,
Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst |
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Expiration
Date: |
January 1, 2010
Report due July 15, 2007 and each July 15 thereafter.
Final report due by January 1, 2010 |
Reentry Policy Council
Authority: |
HB 2101 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Lance Cargill
Sen. Glenn Coffee |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Todd Lamb
Mr. Dennis Baker
Rev. Dr. Stan L. Basler
Mr. Eric Gray
Ms. Cheryl A. Huffmaster
Mr. Justin Jones
Mr. Greg Mashburn |
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Staffed
by: |
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Sean Wallace*, Fiscal
Analyst
Nancy Pellow, Legislative Analyst
Cheryl Purvis, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
Not Specified |
Road Construction and Utility Relocation
Task Force
Authority: |
SCR 80 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Cliff Branan
Rep. Mike Thompson |
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Appointees: |
Senate (6)
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Staffed
by: |
Department of Transportation |
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Senate
Staff: |
Mary Jo Mitts* - Legislative
Analyst
Jason Deal - Fiscal Analyst
Amy Dunaway - Fiscal Analyst
Matt Duehning - Staff Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 1, 2008
Report due by December 1, 2008 |
Oklahoma Rock Song Advisory Panel
Authority: |
HCR 1047 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Joe Dorman
Sen. John Ford et al. |
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Appointees: |
Senate (1)
Ms. Lacey Lett |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma Historical Society
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope*, Legislative Analyst
Matt Duehning, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
Not Specified |
School Funding Formula Task Force
Authority: |
SB 925 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Clark Jolley
Rep. Ken Miller |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Dr. Janet Barresi
Dr. Larry Burdick
Mr. Steven Crawford
Dr. David Goin |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeremy Geren*, Fiscal Analyst
Kim Montgomery, Legislative Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
December 31, 2007.
Extended until November 30, 2008 (SB 1881).
Report due by December 31, 2007 |
Task Force on Student Remediation
Authority: |
HCR 1057 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Tad Jones
Sen. Clark Jolley |
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Appointees: |
Senate (4)
Dr. Anne Cain |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate
Staff: |
Kim Montgomery*, Legislative
Analyst
Jeremy Geren, Fiscal Analyst
Lori Block, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
January 31, 2009
Report due by December 31, 2008 |
Transformational Justice Interagency Task
Force
Authority: |
HB 2101 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Lance Cargill
Sen. Glenn Coffee |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Constance N. Johnson
Sen. Jonathan Nichols |
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Staffed
by: |
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Sean Wallace*, Fiscal
Analyst
Nancy Pellow, Legislative Analyst
Anthony Sammons, Fiscal Analyst
Marty Hanifin, Fiscal Analyst
Cheryl Purvis, Attorney
Laurie Houser, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2010 |
War on Terror Memorial Design Committee
Authority: |
74 O.S., Sec. 8401
HB 1482 (2005) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Gary Banz
Sen. Randy Bass |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Randy Bass |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma Historical Society
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Jeri Trope*, Legislative Analyst
Jason Deal, Fiscal Analyst |
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Expiration
Date: |
None |
Oklahoma Wind Power Assessment Committee
Authority: |
SB 1212 (2004) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Jim Maddox
Rep. Jeri Askins |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Sen. Don Barrington
Sen. Richard Lerblance |
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Staffed
by: |
Corporation Commission |
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Senate
Staff: |
Mary Jo Mitts*, Legislative Analyst
Judy King, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
July 1, 2009 |
Task Force on Women who are Mentally
Ill and Incarcerated
Authority: |
SB 1725 (2008) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Sen. Constance N. Johnson
Rep. Sue Tibbs |
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Appointees: |
Senate (4)
Sen. Constance N. Johnson
Sen. Jonathan Nichols
Ms. Franny Holland
Ms. Debratunt Scott |
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Staffed
by: |
Senate and House |
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Senate Staff: |
Nancy Pellow* - Legislative Analyst
Jennifer Mullens - Legislative Analyst
Sean Wallace - Fiscal Analyst
Anthony Sammons - Fiscal Analyst
Amanda Ewing - Fiscal Analyst
Cheryl Purvis, Attorney |
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Expiration
Date: |
November 30, 2009 |
Oklahoma Youth and Gang Violence Coordinating
Council
Authority: |
HB 1895 (2007) |
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Principal
Authors: |
Rep. Richard Morrissette, et. al.
Sen. Roger Ballenger
Sen. Debbe Leftwich
Sen. Andrew Rice |
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Appointees: |
Senate
Ms. Kathy Taylor |
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Staffed
by: |
Oklahoma Criminal Justice
Resource Center
House and Senate |
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Senate
Staff: |
Nancy Pellow*, Legislative Analyst
Jennifer Mullens, Legislative Analyst
Sean Wallace, Fiscal Analyst
Cheryl Purvis, Attorney
Mary Savuto, Admin. Asst. |
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Expiration
Date: |
February 1, 2010
Report due annually by February 1 |
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