Dear friends and fellow Oklahomans:

Greetings to you! I must tell you up front, that the things you read about in the newspaper this week happened in the House, not in the Senate. The only excitement we had was the break in of Sen. Harry Coats' office and theft of personal property. Other than that, we conducted ourselves in a manner in which you would be proud.

As mentioned in previous articles, the business of the people is rather quiet this session. We are doing floor work each day, hearing about 36 bills a day, with the exception of the day in which we 'heard' 150 appropriation shell bills. No money is put in those bills yet as the budget heads keep working toward compromise on the spending budget.

Bills we heard this week included:

SB 923 by Sen. Paddack of Ada created the Automated Defibrillators in Schools Act, allowing medical equipment in the schools and on athletic activities.

HB 2469 by Sen. Garrison of Muskogee worked on language for grandparent visitation rights.

SB 1878 by Sen. Lamb of Edmond is the anti abortion bill for this session. It included a great deal of language concerning abortion and those professionals in the medical practice of birth.

HB 2474 by Sen. Ivester of Guymon created fines and jail time for those violating construction zone limits

HB 2522 by Sen. Burrage of Claremore provided wording for County Drug Courts.

This week we also honored the 45th Infantry on Tuesday in a joint House/Senate session. The "Main Street" towns were present in the rotunda this week, including Red Fork Main Street. This week was also Family Week and Child Abuse Prevention Week. It is always good to interact with people from district 37.

I'm always here for you, whether in Oklahoma City, or in Berryhill. You can reach me at rileyn@oksenate.gov or senatorriley@aol.com. Working for you 24/7/365,

Nancy