Just in time for back to school! How did your two state legislators (Senator and Representative) vote on parental rights?
How scores were determined:
- Legislators’ scores were determined based on how many times they voted for selected bills that best represent medical privacy, health choice, parental rights, and informed consent divided by how many opportunities they had to vote.
- If a legislator was excused from a vote or didn’t vote in committee, they were given 1/3 credit for that missed vote.
Bonus Points and Deductions
- Legislators that authored supportive OKHPR bills were given 10 extra credit points added to their final score.
- Legislators that coauthored supportive OKHPR bills and hadn’t already received bonus points for authoring a bill were given 5 extra credit points added to their final score.
- Legislators that authored opposing OKHRP bills were deducted 10 points from their final score.
- Legislators that coauthored opposing OKHPR bills were deducted 5 points from their final score if they hadn’t already been deducted for authoring an opposing bill.
- * Legislators that allowed supportive OKHPR bills to be read in committee or on the floor were given 5 bonus points.
- ** Legislators that blocked supportive OKHPR bills from being read in committee or on the floor were deducted 5 points from their final score.
We picked bills that we felt best represented parental rights, health choice, medical privacy, and informed consent.
House Votes
HB 1112 Authored by Kevin West- Legislative approval for vaccine schedule changes.
Hb 2420 Authored by Lewis Moore- prohibiting vaccination incentives by insurance companies.
HB 2594 Authored by Jon Echols- Creating the Seizure Safe Schools Act.
HB 2612 Authored by Jon Echols- creating the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act.
Senate Votes
SB 925- Authored by Greg McCortney- Requires school districts to report and track exemption rates.
SB 959- Authored by Nathan Dahm- firearms exception for medical marijuana holder.
HB 2594 Authored by Carri Hicks- Creating the Seizure Safe Schools Act.