Whitney Bryen / Oklahoma Watch
It took one minute and 55 seconds for an Oklahoma House legislative committee to give the green light to a bill that would make it easier for teachers to carry guns in classrooms.
For a bill that would give legal protections for drivers who flee a protest, lawmakers spent just over six minutes before advancing it out of committee.
Another hot-button issue deciding whether the Legislature should have powers to review and potentially challenge federal laws and regulations was forwarded to the House floor after two and half minutes.
Although times vary, quick committee hearings and votes are not unusual at the State Capitol, where legislative committees decide which bills die and which reach the next step in the legislative process.
Public voices rarely heard in key legislative committee hearings
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No Comment: In Oklahoma s Legislature, Public Rarely Given Chance to Weigh In
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Nixing prison time for certain crimes among proposed changes to California Penal Code
March 2, 2021
SB 81 and 82 would reform the state’s use of sentencing enhancements that add years to prison sentences and reform a 150-year-old law that gives prosecutors the ability to classify a petty theft charge as felony robbery. These steps are crucial to progress, but we must continue to call for mass releases and release of our elders from CDCr cages! In this photo, protestors march along the road to San Quentin State Prison calling for an end to the brutality of incarceration, especially in a pandemic. – Photo: Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group