OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, was recently named a speaker at the prestigious 50th Anniversary of Women in Public Life Symposium at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senator Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, recently held an interim study to evaluate the influence of the Chinese Communist Party within the state of Oklahoma. The study evaluated the surge in illegal marijuana cultivation in the state, raising concerns about foreign involvement, environmental hazards, and risks to public safety.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senator Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, announced Wednesday that her Senate Bills 50 and 176 will soon take effect on November 1, offering Oklahomans increased access to gun safes and contraceptive pills. 

SB 50 creates a state sales tax exemption on the purchase of any gun safe or safety device. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Bill 54, a measure championed by Senator Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, during the 2025 legislative session, will soon take effect on November 1 and expand the definition of Aggravated DUI under Oklahoma law.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt issued the following statement after the governor announced he’d ordered the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to begin removing unhoused people from state property in Oklahoma City.

OKLAHOMA CITY— Senator Brenda Stanley, R-Midwest City, recently received the Oklahoma Distinguished Advocacy Award from the American Cancer Society.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks issued the following statement after the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Thursday on their budget request for Fiscal Year 2027.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, today hosted the Oklahoma Legislature’s first-ever interim study on sports betting.

Senator Coleman hosted the study in the Senate Business and Insurance Committee, which he chairs, to bring stakeholders to the table to discuss reaching a consensus on a framework for legalized sports betting in Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, is encouraging Oklahomans to visit Wewoka this weekend for the 50th Annual Sorghum Festival, taking place all day Saturday, Oct. 25.

Senator Green attended the Wewoka Sorghum Festival Banquet on Monday, a long-standing tradition that kicks off the week’s festivities and brings together festival organizers, community members and volunteers who make the festival possible.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, today encouraged members of the Legislative Compensation Board to reconsider their recent vote on pay for members of the Oklahoma Legislature.

Pro Tem Paxton’s comments follow the board’s decision to increase pay for legislative leadership positions but not for individual members of the House and Senate. A motion to reconsider the broader pay adjustment will potentially be discussed at the board’s next meeting on November 4.