Will the real Golden State please stand up?

Senates, be they state or federal, are always more liberal than Houses for some reason. So why is it that in state after state, Senates are strongly passing startling pro-liberty bills these days?

http://libertycrier.com/oklahoma-senate-passes-bill-authorize-gold-silver-legal-tender/
Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill To Authorize Gold And Silver As Legal Tender

This is beautiful news and all the reportage makes it sound like OK, AZ and maybe UT are on the very brink of getting this monetary freedom so long stolen from them. But these states have Houses of Representatives. Where is any mention of their involvement in these measures -- don't they have to pass them as well, and then the governor sign them? In at least one case, a governor vetoed a previous attempt.

I'm the master of online research, but I'm stumped here. There was a bill for open carry in Illinois. I called the legislature and was told it's gone to a House committee where bills supposedly don't go to die. Let's pray hard that there's a big breakthrough on one of these soon. Somebody call OK or AZ please!

California is the real Golden State, but I seek a more literal rendering for these extreme times. The way things have gone on the left coast lately, it doesn't bid fair to happen there. 

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