As a deadline approaches, the Oklahoma Legislature has been busy pushing through key measures while sidetracking others that might have given the state a black eye.

Lawmakers have one more week to advance bills that have cleared one chamber of the Legislature and are pending in committee in the other chamber.

On Tuesday, Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law a bill to strengthen Oklahoma’s prescription drug monitoring program, requiring doctors to check a patient database before prescribing highly addictive drugs. It was the first bill she signed this year and she said it portended a productive session.

The measure, aimed at preventing people from getting multiple prescriptions from multiple doctors, was a priority for Fallin, who has also been pushing for a bill to ban texting while driving. The texting bill cleared committee March 26.