OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A plan to overhaul Oklahoma's workers' compensation laws has been given final approval in the state legislature.
The more than 200-page bill was unanimously approved Wednesday in the Senate on a 48-0 vote and later passed the House 88-8. The plan is one of Republican Gov. Mary Fallin's top legislative priorities and now heads to her desk.
It was developed by a group that spent months completely rewriting the state's Workers' Compensation Act.
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