Legislation under consideration include bills that would make voter registration automatic, prevent those with misdemeanor drug crime convictions from voting for five years, and require voters to show a birth certificate before casting a ballot.
Gov. Mary Fallin is interested in implementing work requirements for Medicaid and is supporting a bill that would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek a waiver from the federal government to implement those requirements.
Prosecutors say Oklahoma City pain management doctor Harvey Jenkins Jr.’s opioid prescribing habits made him a danger to society. Jenkins says he’s the victim of a political witch hunt.
While an effort is ongoing to lower the state’s prison figures, it may be too early to celebrate the new federal data that shows a 6 percent decline in the state’s prison population.
During Fiscal Year 2017, Oklahoma district attorneys were awarded more than $6.2 million in cash — up from $3.1 million the prior year — believed to be involved in the drug trade that was seized by law enforcement.
Detailed data from the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council for forfeiture revenues and expenditures during Fiscal Year 2017.
The database includes financial disclosure forms from all statewide elected officials, state legislators, district attorneys, judges and State Supreme Court justices.
The commission hopes to have the proposals finalized by Jan. 18 — the Legislature’s bill filing deadline for the 2018 session, Attorney General Mike Hunter said.
