Press Releases

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.

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Contact: Democratic Leader Kay Floyd

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Contact: Democratic Leader Kay Floyd

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Joint Resolution 16, authored by Sen. John Haste, R-Broken Arrow, will be on November's general election ballot following adoption by the House.

OKLAHOMA CITY — On April 26, the Biden administration revised Title IX to include transgender entitlements for participation in women’s sports and spaces, rejecting the natural definitions of biological sex embraced by sane societies for millennia.

Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat held a press conference on Thursday, May 2 at 1:15 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to help reduce maternal deaths in Oklahoma is now on the governor’s desk. Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, and Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, are authors of House Bill 2152. The bill decreases the membership of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) and makes critical data on maternal deaths available to the committee.