• Fugate Condemns HB1236 as Blatantly Unconstitutional

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 ...

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  • Senate, House Redistricting Committees approve rules, process

    Senate, House Redistricting Committees approve rules, process - February 25, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Select Committee on Redistricting and the House State and Federal Redistricting Committee met Thursday at the Oklahoma Capitol and adopted redistricting rules and guidel...

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  • Alcohol Law Modernization Bill Passes House Committee

    Alcohol Law Modernization Bill Passes House Committee - February 25, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans may soon be able to purchase alcohol through liquor store drive-thrus thanks to bipartisan legislation that passed the House Appropriations & Budget Committee on Wed...

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  • LOFT Democrats Respond to CARES Act Report

    LOFT Democrats Respond to CARES Act Report - February 25, 2021

    OKLAHOMA CITY -- House Democrats on the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency Committee released the following statements after the presentation of LOFT’s evaluation of how Oklahoma spent fede...

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