Votes at a glance: key appropriations and limit bills cleared by the committee

The committee cleared multiple appropriations and capital requests across health, education, transportation and public safety. Selected bills and committee outcomes (as recorded during the hearing):

- SB 11-44 (teacher COLA, apportionment reform): cleared, 23 ayes, 1 nay (committee).
- SB 11-45 (public employees COLA): cleared, 24 ayes, 1 nay (committee).
- SB 11-46 (police pension COLA): cleared, 24 ayes, 1 nay (committee).
- SB 11-48 (judges COLA): cleared, 24 ayes, 1 nay (committee).
- SB 11-49 (tweener police/fire group lump-sum payments): cleared, 24 ayes, 1 nay (committee).
- HB 40-71 (Oklahoma Dream Accounts): cleared, 17 ayes, 8 nays (committee).
- HB 40-72 (Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund): cleared, 18 ayes, 6 nays (committee).
- HB 40-72 (legacy capital/other): multiple appropriations and capital line items were cleared during the session (listed in committee packet).
- HB 40-54 (OSU agronomy research station): cleared, 20 ayes, 1 nay (committee).

Several other appropriations and limit bills were also cleared with recorded votes; the committee clerk called roll for each item and recorded tallies in the hearing minutes. Members frequently requested follow-up materials such as actuarial reports, program guidelines, procurement RFPs, and quarterly reporting language before floor action.

What to watch: the floor calendar and associated GA bill insertions. Committee members asked that supplemental materials and statutory clarifications be circulated prior to final floor votes so that members and the public can review actuarial sheets, federal-rule dependencies and investment guardrails tied to new funds.