Recap from the NEOBA President:
The March meeting of NEOBA was a big success. There were over 140 people present, and LOTS of guests and first-timers. And there is a lot of information to pass on, so I feel compelled to write a recap. I wish I would do it every month.
Things have been happening in the Oklahoma beekeeping world this last month. The Oklahoma Honey Sales Act – SB716 — has been working its way through the Legislature. By the time you read this it may have already been passed by the Senate and on its way to the House of Representatives.
The big news is that the “Oklahoma Honey Sales Act” has been submitted in the Senate by Senator Eddie Fields and has been assigned the number SB716. Representative Donnie Condit is listed as pending as the author in the House of Representatives. This is an excellent situation. Senator Fields is a Republican who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee to which the bill will probably be assigned. Rep. Condit is a Democrat from the McAlester area. So from the very start we have bipartisan support.