The Oklahoma legislative session began February 6th, with recommendations from the Oklahoma Justice Task Force drafted into legislative language for both sides of the legislature.
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CJI staff drafted language for legislative consideration based on the Task Force recommendations and their intent in proposing the recommendations. CJI staff worked closely with the Gov’s general counsel to finalize the language which the Gov’s office submitted to the counsel offices of each legislative chamber. Subsequent changes and amendments were necessary to align with the Task Force recommendations and ensure the projected impacts and CJI has continued to assist the Governor’s office in finalizing language for the bills as they have advanced through the committee process. CJI staff met with the bill authors and the Chief of Staff, Sec. of State and General Counsel to the governor to discuss the discrepancies and understand the authors’ legislative strategy.
The Oklahoma legislative session began on February 6th, with the recommendations from the Oklahoma Justice Reform Task Force drafted into legislative language for both sides of the legislature. Thirteen bills were filed in the House, and eleven were filed in the Senate, which collectively reflected all 27 recommendations advanced by the Task Force. After the bill authors reached an agreement to divide up the package of bills rather than run similar bills in each chamber, eight advanced through the committee process on the Senate side, and four on the House side. CJI helped draft amendments to several bills in order to align them with the Task Force recommendations.
CJI staff continued outreach to the business, advocacy, victims, and law enforcement communities, assisted in the drafting of various op-eds, and facilitated the creation of sign-on support letters for the faith and business communities. CJI staff has been in-state nearly every week since the start of the session and has met with every member of the committees through which the bills had to pass.
CJI staff continued to support the Task Force bills, twelve of which were voted out of their houses of origin in March. CJI staff have continued to assist the Governor’s office in finalizing language to support amendments filed to ensure the bills match the intent of the recommendations as they have advanced through the committee and floor vote process in the houses of origin, and after crossover. CJI staff continued outreach to the business, advocacy, victims, and law enforcement communities. CJI staff have continued to work with the Governor’s office and the bill authors to manage feedback on the evolution of the policy package from the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Pardon and Parole Board, Administrative Office of the Courts, District Attorney’s Council, and other institutional stakeholders.
CJI staff assisted in the drafting of various op-eds, and facilitated the creation of sign-on support letters for the faith and business communities. Staff have coordinated education efforts with a coalition of supportive interest groups, managing legislative and media outreach for a diverse set of participants. Staff have also continued to work closely with the members of the critical committees, educating members on the content and evolution of the Task Force bills in particular Senate Public Safety, House Public Safety, and House Judiciary Criminal. Staff have been in-state every week of the session, creating talking points and summaries for the bill authors and supporting stakeholders in their outreach efforts
CJI staff have continued to assist the Governor’s office in finalizing language for the bills as they have advanced through the committee and floor vote process after crossover. CJI staff continued outreach to the business, advocacy, victims, and law enforcement communities. CJI staff assisted in the drafting of various op-eds, and facilitated the creation of sign-on support letters for the faith and business communities.
CJI staff have continued to work with the Governor’s office and the bill authors to manage feedback on the evolution of the policy package from the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Pardon and Parole Board, Administrative Office of the Courts, District Attorney’s Council, and other institutional stakeholders.
Staff have also continued to work closely with the members of the critical committees, Senate Public Safety, House Public Safety, and House Judiciary Criminal, educating members on the content of the Task Force bills and addressing substantive and political process questions. Staff have been in-state every week of the session, creating talking points and summaries for the bill authors and supporting stakeholders in their outreach efforts.
CJI staff continued to assist the Governor’s office and the bill authors in finalizing language for the bills, in order to address final concerns expressed by affected agencies.
CJI staff continued outreach to the business, advocacy, victims, and law enforcement communities. CJI staff assisted in the drafting of various op-eds, and facilitated the creation of sign-on support letters for the faith and business communities.
CJI staff continued to work with the Governor’s office and the bill authors to manage feedback on the evolution of the policy package from the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Pardon and Parole Board, Administrative Office of the Courts, District Attorney’s Council, and other institutional stakeholders.
Staff also continued to work closely with the members of the critical committees, Senate Public Safety and House Judiciary Criminal, educating members on the content of the Task Force bills and addressing substantive and political process questions. Staff have been in-state every week of the session, creating talking points and summaries for the bill authors and supporting stakeholders in their outreach efforts.
In the month of June, staff continued limited engagement with Oklahoma stakeholders, including one staff visit to the state in mid-June to meet with allies, including members of the business and advocacy communities, the DOC Director and staff, and members of the Governor’s staff. CJI staff also facilitated letters from national conservative partners to OK leadership, indicating disappointment with the lack of legislative action and reiterating concern about the unconstrained prison population, as well as a letter from Texas reform champion Rep. Jerry Madden to encourage OK leadership to embrace reform in the coming session. CJI staff generated briefing materials covering both the challenges of the Oklahoma process, and the data landscape of the state’s correctional crisis that will inform future policy.
In the months of July, August and September, staff continued limited engagement with Oklahoma stakeholders, including ongoing communication with allies, members of the business and advocacy communities and members of the Governor’s staff. CJI staff continued to prepare for a limited Phase II implementation engagement with DOC staff. CJI staff generated briefing materials covering both the challenges of the Oklahoma process, and the data landscape of the state’s correctional crisis that will inform future policy
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