TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — Governor Kevin Stitt has signed 33 bills into law, including House Bill 4043, which provides a major investment in the state’s emergency response capabilities.
The legislation allocates $1 million to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to support Oklahoma Task Force 1, an elite, mulit-agency urban search and rescue team that responds to disasters in Oklahoma and across the nation.
State Senator John Haste, one of the bill’s authors, says the funding is designed to strengthen the team’s ability to respond quickly in critical moments…