Budget passes with little time for review, public input By: Trevor Brown Oklahoma Watch May 24, 2021 Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, left, poses with Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, center, and House Speaker Charles McCall. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch) It didn’t take long for arguably the most important bill of the 2021 session to work its way through the oftentimes tedious and laborious legislative process. A week and three hours after Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican leaders announced the framework of the state’s $8.8 billion spending plan, the annual budget bill passed the Legislature Thursday on its way to the governor’s desk.