While most of the bills allotting more than a billion dollars in federal relief funds passed without much fanfare, Senate Bill 3XX took the spotlight during Thursday’s special session for the Legislature. While it provides money for University of Oklahoma medical facility projects, it carries a prohibition on providing transition services to transgender children. That spurred hours of questions and debate in the Oklahoma Senate and House.
Tulsa World’s Barbara Hoberock and Randy Krehbiel write SB 3XX still had enough support to pass both chambers, even as Democrats and right-wing Republicans joined forces against the measure but for different reasons.
The Legislature also passed $20 million in additional emergency drought relief.
The measures head to the governor’s desk.
Read the Tulsa World story here.
