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Oklahoma Senate panel OKs bill prohibiting state from automatically deducting teachers’ union dues
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY — The state would be barred from automatically deducting dues for the Oklahoma Education Association and American Federation of Teachers under a measure that passed a Senate committee Monday.
House Bill 1749, by Rep. Tom Newell, R-Seminole, and Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, passed the Senate General Government Committee by a vote of 4-3.
The measure would prohibit the automatic payroll deduction of dues for groups engaged in collective bargaining after Nov. 1. Dahm said a portion of those dues could be used for political activities.
Dahm said he would have preferred that the measure prohibit all automatic deductions but didn’t think the House would go along with that idea.