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Thursday marks the last day for Oklahoma's State Senators to file their bills for the upcoming legislative session. Bartlesville's Senator Julie Daniels filed Senate Bill 270 on Tuesday which would give Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and future governors instant appointment power over statutory agencies and commissions.

Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat followed up SB270 Wednesday with several of his own bills to give governors more appointment power. Daniels says those bills filed by Pro Tem Treat will give the governor the authority to appoint the agency heads in the statutory agencies and commissions mentioned in SB 270 that she filed for on Tuesday.

Senator Daniels would go on to say she has finalized several other bills that could come forth in the next legislative session. Bills submitted by Daniels include a pro-life bill, an election security bill and a judicial reform bill to match judicial districts with congressional districts. She has also submitted a free speech bill for Oklahoma campuses. Lastly, Daniels has filed a bill to exempt part time and full time public school employees from federal income taxes. We will have more on these bills in the days to come.