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Legislative Issues - Current as of 20 May 09

Oklahoma

Senate Bill 881: Removes military income from taxable income calculation for State of Oklahoma - Signed June 2, 2009

Current Status: In conference (passed senate 2/26, amended by house and passed 4/22 and returned to senate. Amendment failed in senate. Sent to GCCA (General Conference Committee on Appropriations). Update May 22, 2009 Senate Bill 881 has been sent to the Governors Office 

Senate Bill 618: Removes the requirement for Guardsmen to be on active duty orders before they can receive a reduced price auto registration. Passed the senate 3/02, sent to house - Referred to appropriations and budget 3/28

House Bill 1449: Allows honorably discharged service members to receive a lifetime concealed carry permit for total cost of $100. Passed by house and then amended by senate on 3/12. Passed by Senate on 4/20. Amended version rejected by house. Referred to conference on 4/27.

Senate Bills 315, 481, and 781: Allows for payments made by DoD to an individual due to death in a combat zone to be exempted from taxable income for Oklahoma tax purposes. Status: SB 315 and SB 481 sent to GCCA. No action taken since Feb on SB 781.

Federal

House Resolution 208 Amends the state date for reservist mobilizations that would count toward the early retirement receipt. The new start date would be 9/11/2001. Bill has 49 co-sponsors, but only 1 from Oklahoma - Dan Boren