The Oklahoma House has narrowly passed legislation that would extend the state's Quality Jobs Act to chicken egg producers.
House members voted 51-43 on Tuesday for the Senate-passed measure.
Oklahoma's Quality Jobs Act provides cash incentives to companies that create jobs that have good salaries and benefits.
The bill's House author, Republican Rep. John Bennett of Sallisaw, says adding chicken egg producers to the program would encourage poultry companies to create new jobs and expand existing operations in and around his eastern Oklahoma district.