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Sexual Assault Victims’ Right to Information Act Passes Committee - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation to increase the information provided to sexual assault victims unanimously passed the House Judiciary - Criminal Committee on Wednesday with a vote of 9 to 0. "Sexua...
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Minority Leader Responds to Governor’s Recent Cabinet Appointments - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY -- House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, released the following statement in response to Governor Stitt’s appointment of Jennifer Grigsby as Secretary of Economic Administrat...
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Legislation Would Grant Education Refunds to Parents - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Ryan Martinez, R-Edmond, on Wednesday won committee passage in the House Appropriations & Budget Committee of a bill that would grant $1,000 refunds to any parent or...
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Fugate Condemns HB1236 as Blatantly Unconstitutional - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY - State Rep. Andy Fugate, D-Del City, issued the following statement after the passage of House Bill 1236. “I can’t support the blatantly unconstitutional concept of this legisl...
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Committee Passes CJR Bill Named After First Lady Sarah Stitt - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Reps. Marilyn Stark, R-Bethany, and Brian Hill, R-Mustang, today passed House Bill 1679, also known as the “Sarah Stitt Act,” through the Oklahoma House of Representatives Cri...
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Legislation Championing States’ Rights Passes the House - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – House Bill 1236 sponsored by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, and Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, and House Resolution 1005 sponsored by Rep. Jay Steagall, R-Yukon, overwhelmingl...
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Regents approve Dr. Evans’ retirement letter, regent Brownlee sworn in - February 25, 2021
Northern Oklahoma College regents formally accepted the retirement letter of President Dr. Cheryl Evans at Wednesday’s meeting at NOC Tonkawa’s Renfro Center. Dr. Evans anno...
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Domestic Violence Victim Protection Legislation Passes Committee - February 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation that increases protections for domestic violence victims passed the House Judiciary-Criminal Committee on Wednesday with a vote of 9 to 0. House Bill 1658, authored ...
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Committee work complete - February 25, 2021
By Sen. Bill Coleman For the next two weeks, we’ll be on the Senate floor working through the nearly 600 bills that made it out of committee. Again, rules were suspended to give the Appro...
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Mueller Joining Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development - February 25, 2021
Governor Kevin Stitt announced today he has nominated Scott Mueller to join his cabinet as the Secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development. Pending Senate confirmation, Mueller will ...