Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt has filed a pair of bills for the 2025 legislative session providing meaningful tax relief to working Oklahomans struggling with rising costs and stagnant wages. Senate Bill 72 would modernize the state’s sales tax relief credit.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Pro Tem-Elect Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle and Senator Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, today announced their plans to refile legislation to reduce the use of virtual school days in public education.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks and Sen. Mark Mann issued the following statement Wednesday after the Department of Education (SDE) caused unnecessary confusion for school districts regarding funding for teacher benefits.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks has filed legislation to expand educational opportunities for members of the Oklahoma National Guard.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chairman Chuck Hall, R-Perry, today released the following statement after the federal government canceled plans for a 645-mile federal transmission corridor that would have run through northern Oklahoma.

Plans for the corridor that would have crossed from Oklahoma’s Panhandle to the state’s border with Arkansas showed the transmission project could go through Kingfisher, Logan and Payne counties, which make up part of Hall’s Senate district.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Pro Tem-Elect Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, today released the following statement after the proposed 645-mile long, 18-mile-wide federal energy corridor was canceled.

The Delta-Plains National Interest Electric Corridor would have resulted in the seizure of private property for electric transmission lines.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, on Friday celebrated the federal government’s decision to scrap plans for an energy transmission corridor through Oklahoma.

In light of news that the Delta Plains National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor won’t move forward, Murdock said he stands with local landowners in opposition to federal land grabs. The proposed transmission corridor would have stretched across Oklahoma from the Panhandle to the state’s border with Arkansas.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Tom Woods, R-Westville, released the following statement commending Oklahoma landowners who stood in opposition to the U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed electric transmission corridor that would have spanned hundreds of miles across the state.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, has requested legislation to ensure state elected officials remain accountable to Oklahoma voters.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, has announced her leadership team for the 60^th Oklahoma Legislature. Kirt and Democratic Caucus Chair Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, were previously elected to their leadership posts by their fellow Senate Democrats.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington, has been named to key leadership positions for the upcoming legislative session. Pederson will serve as Chair of the Select Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Vice Chair of the Agriculture and Wildlife Committee, and as an Assistant Majority Whip.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, recently filed six pieces of legislation to provide a five percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for police officers, firefighters, and other public servants throughout the state.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, was appointed on Wednesday to serve as chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee for the upcoming legislative session.

A rancher from northwest Oklahoma, Murdock previously chaired the Agriculture and Wildlife Committee from 2018 to 2022. When he was in the House, he served on the chamber’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Pro Tem-Elect Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, today announced the appointments of chairs and vice chairs of Senate committees for the upcoming Legislative Session.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Senator Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, has introduced legislation to better improve health outcomes in Oklahoma.

The initiative comes as incoming President Donald Trump’s administration aims to prioritize public health. Senator Thompson’s bill specifically examines the use of certain harmful food additives that are prohibited in other countries.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, and Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, hosted a public forum Wednesday examining how Oklahoma could improve health outcomes by taking a public health policy approach to HIV, instead of continuing to criminalize those living with the virus.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, has filed Senate Bill 1, a tax reform proposal designed to reduce Oklahoma’s income tax rates in a responsible and measured way.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, released the following statement regarding the filing of a new state question that aims to change Oklahoma’s elections to impose open primaries.

“On November 5th, Oklahoma spoke loud and clear that we are a conservative state that is only becoming more conservative. So, why then would Oklahoma suddenly move to a liberal, open primary system, which seeks only to disenfranchise Republicans? This proposed state question is a sure pathway to turn our state blue and a ‘solution’ in search of a problem.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senator Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, chair of the Senate Education Committee, welcomed Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders today at the National Summit on Education, hosted by ExcelinEd in Oklahoma City. 

The event, running from Nov. 13 to 15, brought together policymakers, educators and thought leaders to discuss transformative strategies for improving education nationwide.

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