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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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.

OKLAHOMA CITY – On Thursday, the Energy and Telecommunications Committee approved the nomination of Jeff Wilber, carried by Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington, to the Oklahoma Air Quality Advisory Council.