Department of Corrections statistics on Tuesday showed the system at 98.9 percent capacity with 24,337 inmates. The figures included those in private prisons and under contract with county jails.

Outlawing tattooing of eyeballs was described as a preventive measure. Local ophthalmologists are unaware the practice has come to Oklahoma, but warn it has the potential for causing loss of vision.

Through a series of bills, lawmakers extended to 2012 a raft of tax exemptions for oil and natural gas production that have cost the state more than $340 million over the past five years.

Other bills becoming law today would increase hunting and fishing fees by $5, require fishing guides to obtain a $200 license and subject public officials to forfeiture of benefits for abuses tied to campaign contributions.