Paper or plastic? Recycled bills fill legislative bins

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: December 3, 2008

Now that Oklahoma lawmakers can file bills electronically, less paper may fill the halls of state. On the other hand, it won’t reduce the number of bills filed (and may increase it), nor make it harder to recycle failed bills from past sessions.

Legislation is plastic, meaning an old bill can be molded into a "new” one. Several bills that died in the last session will be recycled. Chief among them is...


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