BILL SIGNING CEREMONY. YEAH, IN A BUILDING KNOWN FOR PARTIZAN BICKERING, IT WAS A RARE SHOW OF BIPARTISAN CELEBRATION AS IT WAS MADE OFFICIAL THAT THE STATE WILL ELIMINATE THE STATE'S PORTION OF THE GROCERY TAX. IT'S A HUGE DAY FOR OKLAHOMANS. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS I'M EXCITED TO SEE US HERE TODAY. CELEBRATE. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE GET INVITED TO PRESS CONFERENCES LIKE THIS. SO WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE TODAY. JUST JUST VOTE WITH ME MORE AND YOU'LL BE HERE.
OKAY. WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. AND SMILES TUESDAY MORNING AS GOVERNOR STITT SIGNED HOUSE BILL 1955 INTO LAW BEFORE A PACKED ROOM AT THE STATE CAPITOL. IT TOOK TIME FOR TODAY TO BECOME A REALITY. TALKS OF A BIPIPARTISAN GROCERY TAX CUT HAVE GONE ON FOR AT LEAST THE PAST THREE SESSIONS. NOW, FORMER DEMOCRATIC LEADER EMILY VIRGIN TALKED WITH OUR EVAN ONSTOT ABOUT IT IN EARLY 2022. GIVE ME ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT YOU THINK PERHAPS, MAYBE HAS A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH AND FIND SOME SUPPORT FROM FROM YOUR YOUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE? YEAH, FOR OVER A YEAR, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW OKLAHOMA IS ONE OF VERY FEW STATES THAT TAXES GROCERIES.
BUT AFTER SENATE PRO TEM GREG TREAT RENEWED HIS SUPPORT FOR ELIMINATION OF THE 4.5% TAX, SANDERS MOVED TO PASS A SHELVED HOUSE BILL LAST WEEK THAT DID EXACTLY THAT, ELIMINATING THE TAX. BY THE END OF THIS AUGUST, BY CUTTING THE STATE'S PORTION OF THE GROCERY TAX, WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING ON REAL RELIEF FOR REAL OKLAHOMA FAMILIES. SO WILL OKLAHOMANS ALSO SEE AN INCOME TAX CUT THIS YEAR? TREAT SAYS WE CAN'T AFFORD BOTH. BUT THE GOVERNOR ARGUES A 0.25% CUT IS MORE THAN AFFORDABLE. I GUESS THE QUESTION FOR ALL THREE ARE INCOME TAXES. NEXT. NOT GREG. UH, LISTEN, WE WE THINK WE NEED TO PUT OKLAHOMA ON A PATH TO ZERO.
UH, LIKE I'VE SAID, ALWAYS, WHEN YOU HAVE EXCESS REVENUE, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT EXCESS REVENUE AND WHILE THIS LAW WILL DO AWAY WITH THE STATE PORTION OF THE GROCERY TAX, TOWNS AND CITIES CAN STILL TAX GROCERIES HERE IN OKLAHOMA, REPORTING LIVE AT.