Morning highlights: Bibles and beers
Capitol-related highlights from Wednesday Feb. 3:
- The Bible bill passed a Senate appropriations subcommittee. Senate Bill 1338 establishes an elective Bible study class for state high school students – a class the bill’s author, Sen. Tom Ivester, D-Elk City, says is needed for a “well-rounded education.” Read the story.
- The beer bill passed a House committee. House Bill 2348 abolishes a seldom-enforced law that bans beer from being brewed at home. Home brewers raised a pint cheering the bill (even though most didn’t know, or care, the law existed). No word yet on the favorite brewing style of the bill’s author, Rep. Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon. Read the story and the NewsOK beer blog.
- Lawmakers took out their frustration with the legislative budgeting process on a bill funding an authority for the Oklahoma Spaceport. They voted the bill down. Read the story.
- A bill requiring people who want aid from the Department of Human Services to take drug tests passed a Senate subcommittee. Senate Bill 1392 was quickly called “unconstitutional” by the ACLU. The bill, authored by Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, passed the subcommittee without a title, which is needed to become law. Read the story.
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AMEN. it needs to be nationwide and start from kindergarten.
as far as the beer thing goes if they’d sell higher point beer in our great state we wouldn’t have to make our own ha, ha. kudos to Ivester.