House Bill 1804 took effect on November 1, and seems to contain some draconian provisions about how other people deal with illegal immigrants.
House Bill 1017 involved education funding, and coincided(?) with a one-day(!) teachers' strike in April 1990(?). I think it passed but I'm not 100% sure of my memory.
Oklahoma has been a state since 1907. Once can assume that state legislation began with House Bill 1 (whatever and whenever that may have been).
Anything you can conclude from all this is an exercise for the reader.
Posted by Matt Bruce at November 15, 2007 01:51 PMHB1017 definitely passed. And I know we were out at least two days because of the walkout. I also recall a few people from my district and others going to OKC to protest with the teachers.
As for the actual pace, I know Texas starts renumbering House and Senate bills each session, and I would assume Oklahoma does as well. (Here, HB1 is almost always the main portion of the state budget, IIRC.) So, it isn't that Oklahoma has sped up the number of bills filed...it's that the legislators always file a whole mess of them, most of which never see the light of day.
Posted by: Dave at November 15, 2007 04:01 PMActually, Oklahoma starts the numbering over at HB 1001 each year. HB 1804 would be, approximately, the 804th bill introduced this year.
Posted by: Joshua at November 15, 2007 09:20 PMOklahoma starts the numbering over at HB 1001
Wow, the Silicon Age database standards were more influential than I thought!
Posted by: Kubi at November 16, 2007 05:25 AM