Sen. Jo Anna Dossett’s Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, led an interim study in the Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee investigating Oklahoma’s foster care reimbursement rates. The study included an expert on the foster care reimbursement landscape nationwide, as well as three in-state experts on foster care in Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, led an interim study in the Senate’s Veterans and Military Affairs Committee exploring Oklahoma’s response to veteran suicide. The study convened an expert on state-level responses across the nation, as well as two in-state experts on veteran mental health and suicide prevention.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, led an interim study in the Senate’s Revenue and Taxation Committee exploring the feasibility of an income tax credit for filers who complete firearm safety training or obtain an Oklahoma firearm carry permit.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, and Rep. Kevin Norwood, R-Owasso, are celebrating the governor’s signing of Senate Bill 1290.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, won 24-0 passage in the full Appropriations Committee for Senate Bill 1290, creating the 211 Hotline Revolving Fund, taking the first step toward restoring critical funding to 211 Oklahoma, a hotline available to Oklahomans in need of assistance with bills, rent, food, transportation, healthcare, and more.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, has won unanimous passage in the Senate Education Committee for Senate Bill 1432, repealing the sunset date on the innovative pathways to teaching program, making the program permanent and no longer subject to regular legislative reauthorization.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Bill 1421, by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, requiring nonphysical and nonviolent intervention training for personnel who serve children at Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) facilities, was approved unanimously Monday in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Bill 1317, modifying the definition of a career teacher, was unanimously approved Tuesday in the Senate Education Committee. The bill, by Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, updates language to recognize the mobility of teachers who may need to change school districts over the course of their career.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, was recently named a speaker at the prestigious 50th Anniversary of Women in Public Life Symposium at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, was recently named a speaker at the prestigious 50th Anniversary of Women in Public Life Symposium at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.