Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, released the following statement after filing Senate Concurrent Resolution 25.

OKLAHOMA CITY- Sen. Greg McCortney, R-Ada, presented Senate Resolution 44 Thursday to recognize KTEN meteorologists for their coverage of severe weather and tornadoes that devastated areas of south-central Oklahoma on April 27-28.

OKLAHOMA CITY – State leaders released the following statements Wednesday after an agreement was reached on the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, and House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, today released the following statements after Senate and House negotiators reached an agreement on the state’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

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Contact: Democratic Leader Kay Floyd

OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Stitt signed House Bill 3792 into law Tuesday. The legislation, authored by Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, establishes the Oklahoma Access and Achievement Program, aimed at providing scholarships to eligible students with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursuing higher education through comprehensive transition and postsecondary (CTP) programs.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Shane Jett, R-Shawnee, is voicing his strong support for Senate Joint Resolution 23, authored by Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, and Speaker of the House Charles McCall, R-Atoka, a measure that aims to clarify and secure voting rights for United States citizens in Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, chair of the Oklahoma Legislative Latino Caucus, released the following statement Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint in federal court against Oklahoma’s recently passed immigration law. The DOJ stated that the law is in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.

OKLAHOMA CITY – On Monday, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Senate Bill 1668, authored by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Mary Boren issued a statement Tuesday following her no vote on the executive nomination of Tim Gatz as executive director for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Monday gave final passage to legislation that will protect frontline employees and businesses from retail and commercial theft.

OKLAHOMA CITY- Local, state, and tribal leaders held a press conference Friday to announce funding for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to redesign an intersection in Ada, widely known as “Crazy Corner.” Numerous accidents have occurred at the intersection of N Mississippi Ave.

Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat held a press conference on Thursday, May 16 at 1:15 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to appropriate $45 million to help counties that have been ravaged by recent tornadoes.

Treat: The Survivor’s Act protects victims of domestic violence 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, today passed 

Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat held a press conference on Thursday, May 9 at 1:15 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Recently, Senate Concurrent Resolution 22, authored by Shane Jett, R-Shawnee, successfully passed through both the Senate and House of Representatives.

OKLAHOMA CITY –D.D. Kirkland Elementary School Principal Ashley Hoggatt was recently honored by the Oklahoma Senate after the Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principals (OAESP) named Hoggatt Principal of the Year.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Within the last week, 49 U.S. Senators signed a letter urging President Joe Biden to reconsider the expansion of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic authority, a move that Sen.