Rep. Tim Turner stands with House Page Adysen Dishman in the Chamber of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
By Rep. Tim Turner
I was fortunate to have another page serve in my Capitol office this past week.
Adysen Dishman is a senior at Warner High School. She is the daughter of Adam and Brooke Dishman.
Adysen is an honors student and a member of the National Honor Society and an officer for her FFA chapter. She plays basketball, fastpitch and slow-pitch softball and she runs track and is a cheerleader. She also shows livestock. Her goals are to attend Cottey College and to become a registered nurse.
Adysen is a go-getter, very talented and smart. I know she’ll do very well in her future.
It’s always good to have pages at the Capitol as they learn about the legislative process and state government. They take part in their own mock legislative session, writing and presenting bills they’ve worked on, and they vote for their own leaders. It’s a good experience for our young people.
We’ve reached the point in the legislation session, where House committees are considering Senate measures and Senate committees are hearing House measures.
In the House, we have until April 9 to advance measures out of initial policy committees or Appropriation and Budget subcommittees before they move to oversight or full A&B. Then we’ll begin hearing Senate measures on the House floor.
House and Senate budget leaders, meanwhile have agreed on a state budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which starts July 1. They gathered with the governor on April 1 to give details, but we will still need to pass budget bills in each legislative chamber before the work is complete. It looks, however, like teachers will be given a raise, and reading and math programs will be funded. Many areas of public safety will be funded as well, and we’ll still have about $3 billion in savings for the future. This is a good budget. I’ll give more details in my next column.
This past week, Senate Bill 137 passed the House Criminal Judiciary Committee. This is a mirror to House Bill 3114. Both would remove DUI with great bodily injury from the list of crimes eligible for Oklahoma Department of Corrections’ GPS monitoring. People who injure others while driving under the influence deserve to spend their time of incarceration inside of a prison and not at home on an ankle monitor. I’m a coauthor on both bills. Sometimes it’s beneficial to path both House and Senate versions of a bill so we have a better chance that at least one will get signed into law.
As always, serving you is a privilege, not a guarantee. I and my family are proud to have this opportunity. If I can help you in my capacity as your representative, please do not hesitate to contact me at the Capitol. My office phone is (405) 557-7375, and my email is tim.turner@okhouse.gov.
Rep. Tim Turner, a Republican, represents House District 15 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. His district includes Haskell County and portions of McIntosh, Muskogee, Le Flore and Pittsburg counties.
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