Legislator. Educator.
Bipartisan Problem Solver.
During the extraordinary 2nd Special Session, legislators were tasked with selected projects statewide to be served by ARPA and PREP federal dollars.
ARPA: American Rescue Plan Act
Prep: Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity
Below is an itemized list of the projects that made it through the committee screening process and were presented on the floor.
Vetoed by the Governor: HB 1009, HB 1015 and SB18xx (details below)
Not Heard: HB 1020 (details below)
All other projects were voted on and approved by the Governor.
Project | Amount | Agency | Bill # | Purpose |
Drought Relief Fund | $ 7,000,000.00 | Drought Relief Commission | HB1006 §1 | to be administered as described in Section 2250 et seq. of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes. Emergency Clause added |
Children's Behavioral | $ 39,400,000.00 | UHAT | HB1007 §1 | to budget and expend for the construction and equipping of facilities designed to expand the capacity of behavioral health care for the children of this state; provided, no monies shall be budgeted or expended by the Authority for the benefit of any facility owned by the University Hospitals Authority or University Hospitals Trust performing “gender reassignment medical treatment”, as defined in this section, on children under eighteen (18) years of age. |
EHRs | $ 44,000,000.00 | UHAT | HB1007 §2 | for an electronic health record system and related infrastructure. |
Stephenson Cancer Tulsa | $ 20,000,000.00 | UHAT | HB1007 §3 | to provide medical treatment for cancer patients who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. |
Mobile Dental Units | $ 5,163,195.00 | UHAT | HB1007 §4 | to improve dental health through mobile dental units. |
OETA - VETOED | $8,185,000 | OETA | HB1009 §1 | to make infrastructure upgrades to maintain and enhance datacasting and emergency alerting communications statewide. |
Court IT | $6,226,250 | Administration Office of the Court | HB1010 §1 | for the Administrative Office of the Courts to increase and improve access and capacity of the services provided by the courts, to be better positioned to function with minimized disruption during future pandemic and emergency conditions. |
Broadband Office Projects - ARPA | $382,144,000.00 | Broadband Office | HB1011 §1 | to be budgeted and expended in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 of House Bill No. 3363 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature. |
Broadband Office Projects - CPF | $ 167,683,747.00 | Broadband Office | HB1011 §2 | to be budgeted and expended in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 of House Bill No. 3363 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature. |
OSU 1. Human Nutrition | $ 50,000,000.00 | OSUMA | HB1012 §1 | to construct facilities for an institute designed to provide specific strategies and treatments to address the obesity epidemic and other public health challenges, and to promote health and nutrition awareness especially in rural parts of the state while utilizing collaboration of experts from various scientific fields. |
OSU 2. Pharmaceutical | $ 50,000,000.00 | OSUMA | HB1012 §2 | to construct a biotech drug development laboratory to develop new medicines and therapeutics to address the growing demand for addiction management and pain management resulting from Covid-19 pandemic. |
OSU 3. Telemedicine | $ 10,000,000.00 | OSUMA | HB1012 §3 | to fund outreach, training, and other allowable expenses associated with implementation of rural advanced care pilot program. |
DMHSAS - Griffin | $ 87,000,000.00 | DMHAS | HB1013 §1 | to address the ongoing increased demand for mental health services by constructing a replacement facility for Griffin Memorial Hospital; provided, that such construction be confined within a thirty-mile radius of the State Capitol Building. |
DMHSAS - TCBH | $ 38,000,000.00 | DMHAS | HB1013 §2 | to address the ongoing increased demand for mental health services by expanding the infrastructure of the Tulsa Center for Behavioral health to increase capacity. |
DPS Wellness Division | $2,523,000.00 | DPS | HB1014 §1 | to acquire, or equip two (2) mobile wellness units to provide mobile unit support for post-incident trauma experienced by first responders in this state. |
Regional EMS - VETOED | $ 6,000,000.00 | OEM | HB1015 §1 | to construct nine regionally located emergency operations centers to assist with the distribution of personal protective equipment, disinfectant, and other supplies for first responders, public employees, and schools responding to emergency conditions. |
Tulsa Tower | $ 20,000,000.00 | Aeronautics Commission | HB1016 §1 | to fund the construction of the air traffic control tower located at an international airport in the northeast region of the state to maintain and enhance air traffic safety in the state. |
OKC Hanger | $ 20,000,000.00 | Aeronautics Commission | HB1016 §2 | to construct an airplane hanger on or near the grounds of a major international airport to centrally located in the state to enhance opportunities to attract aircraft maintenance facilities to the state. |
Woodward AirPark | $ 20,000,000.00 | Aeronautics Commission | HB1016 §3 | to make improvements to an airpark in the northwest region of the state in an effort to increase future economic development in the region. |
Ardmore Taxiways and Runways | $ 22,350,000.00 | Aeronautics Commission | HB1016 §4 | to make needed upgrades to runways and taxiways at an industrial airpark located in the southern region of the state in an effort to increase future economic development in the region. |
Aeronautics Commission Hangar Program | $ 14,000,000.00 | Aeronautics Commission | HB1016 §5 | to enhance the construction of hangers at airparks, airports, and related locations to increase future economic development in the state. |
Flight Subsidization | $ 4,000,000.00 | Aeronautics Commission | HB1016 §7 | to be administered by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Air Service Development Grant Program. |
Spaceport - Water and Broadband | $ 4,250,000.00 | OSIDA | HB1017 §1 | to provide needed water, wastewater, and broadband upgrades for communities and areas located near the Oklahoma Air and Space Port. |
Spaceport - other needs | $ 22,500,000.00 | OSIDA | HB1017 §2 | to make needed infrastructure and facility improvements across the space port campus, including the removal of identified hazardous or unusable structures. |
Statewide Radar Program | $ 5,000,000.00 | OSIDA / Aeronautics Commission | HB1017 §3 | to invest in unmanned aircraft systems or advanced air mobility infrastructure, including radar and other detection systems, in order to assist itself, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, and other entities within the state with with the safe integration of these aerospace technologies into the airspace around the state and ensure safe operation of various airports, air navigation facilities, and test sites. |
Fab Lab | $ 250,000.00 | OCAST | HB1018 §1 | to complete the purchase of equipment, needed to outfit various laboratory needs including workforce training programs for reskilling and upskilling the workforce in the area, for a Fab Lab Network member organization as verified by the MIT Fab Foundation. |
Innovation District | $ 8,400,000.00 | OCAST | HB1018 §2 | to assist an innovation district in a major metropolitan, centrally located area of the state, purchase equipment, curriculum, and other supplies needed to start, develop, and implement a workforce training program focused on upskilling and reskilling workers in manufacturing positions for the pharmaceuticals and biologics industries. |
Lawton FISTA | $ 20,000,000.00 | OCAST | HB1018 §3 | to the Southwest Oklahoma ARPA Regional Alliance to buy equipment necessary to outfit a STEM Lab, Incubator and Accelerator at the Fires Innovation and Technology Accelerator, targeting populations with educational and economic disparities and addressing the negative economic impacts of Covid-19 pandemic by providing technical assistance to businesses. |
Manufacturing Skills Academy | $ 8,100,000.00 | OCAST | HB1018 §4 | to the manufacturing alliance centrally located in the state to establish and build out a Manufacturing Skills Academy aimed at educating at-risk youth, justice involved persons, and those unemployed or underemployed in manufacturing labor skills while also providing various wrap-around services. |
Oklahoma Aviation Academy | $ 20,000,000.00 | OCAST | HB1018 §5 | to address disparities and respond to the negative economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic by assisting in the establishment of an aviation academy, a high school focused on developing an aeronautics workforce for the future, located centrally in the state. |
TU Cyber Security | $ 12,000,000.00 | OCAST | HB1018 §6 | to assist the build-out of and to equip an Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute aimed at extending educational reach to high school students with tailored curriculum; empowering unemployed or underemployed workforce participants with micro-credentialing options; and matching local start-ups across the state with students and lab resources needed to help build out products, provided such Institute is located on or near a private higher educational institute with a continuous physical presence in the northeast region of the state for no less than fifty (50) years. |
Ardmore Intermodal Rail | $ 25,000,000.00 | Commerce | HB1019 §1 | to construct the needed facility upgrades, including intermodal rail, at the Ardmore Industrial Airpark |
International Trade | $ 1,000,000.00 | Commerce | HB1019 §2 | to enhance trade with Latin America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. |
State Fair Grounds | $ 20,000,000.00 | Commerce | HB1019 §3 | to construct needed facility upgrades to the Oklahoma State Fair Grounds in cooperation with Oklahoma State Fair, Inc. |
Pot of funding for other industrial parks in counties not already receiving PREP funds | $ 29,950,000.00 | Commerce | HB1019 §4 | to fund facility upgrades including electric, water, natural gas, sewer, fiber, site access and land remediation at industrial parks, airparks, and ports not previously identified by the Department nor receiving funding from the Pandemic Relief Primary Source Revolving Fund or Pandemic Relief Secondary Source Revolving Fund, both created in Enrolled House Bill No. 2021 of the 2nd Extraordinary Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature. |
2% admin fees for appropriations in this section | 2% | Commerce | HB1019 §8 | N/A |
2% admin fees for Section 3, chapter 1, 2nd extraordinary session, O.S.L. 2022 | 2% | C | HB1019 §9 | N/A |
YMCA -NOT HEARD | $ 25,000,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §1 | for promoting healthy childhood environments through expanding capacity for child care services. |
1st Step Male Diversion - NOT HEARD | $ 300,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §10 | for addressing holistic approaches and violence prevention through mental heath and substance abuse services, education, and job training and placement. |
Oasis - Not Heard | $ 30,000,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §2 | to support strong healthy communities by increasing poverty wrap-around services at locations mitigating food deserts. |
Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault- NOT HEARD | $ 2,800,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §3 | to offset expenditures by an organization to address semi-independent housing needs, food security, and transitional tools to victims of domestic violence; provided such reimbursements are for services provided by a statewide organization with greater than twenty-five member organization whose purpose is to prevent and eliminate sexual and domestic violence in the State of Oklahoma. |
The Parent Child Center of Tulsa - NOT HEARD | $ 700,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §4 | for services to reduce child abuse and neglect by focusing programs on fathers and high-risk communities. |
The Spring - NOT HEARD | $ 1,000,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §5 | for captiol improvements to a facility that serves victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human sex trafficking. |
The Family Safety Center - NOT HEARD | $ 2,000,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §6 | to develop a multipurpose community facility aimed at providing assistance to individuals impacted by domestic violence and sexual abuse. |
Boys and Girls Club - NOT HEARD | $ 30,100,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §7 | to promote healthy childhood environments and address educational disparities. |
Food on the Move - Food Hub - NOT HEARD | $ 3,000,000.00 | DHS | HB1020 §8 | to develop a food program which focuses on food distribution, education, workforce development, and health assessments. |
CASA - NOT HEARD | $ 342,360.00 | DHS | HB1020 §9 | to address the needs of at-risk youth in Oklahoma by providing counseling and other support services for youth and their parents for child care services. |
ARPA Revolving Fund Creation | N/A | Commerce | HB1021 §1 | All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and shall be awarded by the Department of Commerce through grants to enhance industrial parks, airparks, and ports to cover costs related to water, wastewater, sewer, and broadband projects eligible under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that support sites or surrounding communities identified by the Department as having such needs prior the passage of this act and as discussed in the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Rural Development Working Group public meeting on September 15, 2022. |
PREP Revolving Fund Creation | N/A | Commerce | HB1021 §2 | shall be awarded by the Department of Commerce through grants to cover costs that are: 1. Directly associated with industrial parks, airparks, and ports at least partially funded by an appropriation from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, with priority given to projects partially funded by the Pandemic Relief Primary Source Revolving Fund; and 2. Anticipated by the Department to be ineligible expenditures for reimbursement under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. |
Work Force Coordination Revolving Fund | N/A | Commerce | HB1021 §3 | a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed for deposit by law. |
ARPA Allowable Revolving Fund | $ 60,000,000.00 | Commerce | HB1022 §1 | See fund creation bill HB 1021 |
PREP Fund Pot | $ 46,200,000.00 | Commerce | HB1022 §2 | See fund creation bill HB 1021 |
Work Force Coordination | $ 5,000,000.00 | Commerce | HB1022 §3 | See fund creation bill HB 1021 |
OWRB Grant Program | $50,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect. 1-4 | same as old bill |
Tribal Water Partnership (Part 2) | $12,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect. 5 | to establish a grant program and to match tribal investment in rural water infrastructure projects. |
Tribal Water Partnership (Part 3) | $25,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect. 6 | to establish a grant program and to match tribal investment in rural water infrastructure projects. |
OKC/Tinker | $35,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect. 7 | to address critical water and wastewater infrastructure needs in central Oklahoma around the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center |
Fair Oaks LLC (Robson Ranch) | $50,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect. 8 | for water and wastewater upgrades to provide needed infrastructure to populations outside of the Tulsa metropolitan area. Funds appropriated in this section shall be contingent upon execution of a joint development agreement by December 31, 2022, among the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity (TAEO), and Fair Oaks Ranch, LLC, providing for TAEO’s acquisition of at least two thousand (2,000) acres for industrial and employment uses at current fair market value through an exclusive option agreement. |
OKC 577 | $8,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect. 9 | to address critical water and wastewater infrastructure needs in central Oklahoma |
Statewide Water Projects | $130,507,275.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect.. 10 | statewide strategic water infrastructure projects |
Inola Water Needs | $14,000,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect.. 11 | for upgrades to water and wastewater infrastructure needs for populations located near major supply chain locations |
Ardmore Airport | $17,100,000.00 | OWRB | SB13 sect.. 12 | for upgrades to water and wastewater infrastructure needs for populations located near major supply chain locations |
Water Fix SB 429 & 4XX 4% | $- | OWRB | SB13 sect.. 17&18 | N/A |
OMD HHFC | $22,150,000.00 | OMD | SB15 sect. 1 | for the construction of a holistic health and fitness center for service members and first responders |
Thunderbird Academy | $11,900,000.00 | OMD | SB15 sect. 2 | to address educational disparities through academic, social, and emotional services |
Nat. Guard Join Ops Center | $8,000,000.00 | OMD | SB15 sect. 3 | for effective service delivery in coordination of response assets to pandemic and other emergencies |
Broadband Workforce Training | $5,000,000.00 | Career Tech | SB16 sect. 1 | to establish a broadband workforce training program. |
Trucking Workforce Training | $6,200,000.00 | Career Tech | SB16 sect. 2 | to establish a truck driver workforce training program. |
Kiamichi Tech addition | $300,000.00 | HWDTC | SB17 sect. 1 | to establish a grant program with Kiamichi Technology Centers for the purpose of recruiting, education, and stabilizing Oklahoma's health care workforce. |
ECU addition | $300,000.00 | HWDTC | SB17 sect. 2 | to establish a grant program with East Central University for the purpose of recruiting, education, and stabilizing Oklahoma's health care workforce. |
HWWDT 2% for SB 8XX | HWDTC | SB17 sect. 7 | N/A | |
Redlands Repeal | ($300,000.00) | HWDTC | SB17 sect. 9 | N/A |
Oklahoma Arts Council - VETOED | $10,000,000.00 | Arts Council | SB18 | to address the negative economic impacts of the pandemic by providing assistance to impacted nonprofit organizations. |
Youth Services of Oklahoma | $30,672,000.00 | OJA | SB19 | to address education disparities through academic, social, and emotional services to the youth of Oklahoma |
OSDH Medical Records | $26,000,000.00 | OSDH | SB20 sect. 1 | for the implementation of an electronic health record system and related infrastructure |
Hearts for Hearing | $10,000,000.00 | OSDH | SB20 sect. 2 | to increase hearing services for disproportionately impacted populations |
OSDH Hospital Rebuild | $25,000,000.00 | OSDH | SB20 sect. 3 | for a program providing medical facilities for disproportionately impacted populations |
Potts Family Foundation | $8,959,000.00 | OSDH | SB20 sect. 4 | to promote healthy childhood environments through early learning |
GTC Non Profits - OK Primary Care Ass | $50,000,000.00 | OSDH | SB20 sect. 5 | to increase capacity at Community Health Centers in Oklahoma |
Redlands New App | $300,000.00 | OSDH | SB20 sect. 6 | to establish a grant program with Redlands Community College for the purpose of recruiting, education, and stabilizing Oklahoma's health care workforce. |
JD McCarty Center | $6,000,000.00 | JD McCarty | SB21 | to provide medical care for children with developmental disabilities who are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. |