Sen. Chuck Hall’s Press Releases

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 – Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, and Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, are continuing their efforts to address Oklahoma’s housing shortage.

Hall also requests confirmation of inhalers distributed by OSDE

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chairman Chuck Hall, R-Perry, on Thursday urged the State Department of Education (SDE) to quickly distribute state funds appropriated in 2023 to provide Oklahoma schools emergency asthma inhalers.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, and Rep. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee, released the following statements on Tuesday celebrating Morrison Elementary School being named a National Blue Ribbon School.

Morrison Elementary was one of four Oklahoma schools to earn the top national honor awarded to campuses that excel in academic achievement. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that just 356 schools across the U.S. received the Blue Ribbon designation this year.  

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

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

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Monday passed Senate Bill 1403 from Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, to increase funding for county roads and highways.

OKLAHOMA CITY –The Senate Judiciary Committee held an interim study Tuesday requested by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, and Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, examining the many issues surrounding a shortage of housing, particularly rental housing, in Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, was sworn in for a second term in the Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday in a ceremony presided over by Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, with the oath of office administered by Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Darby.  Members of Hall’s family, along with friends and supporters from District 20, attended the ceremony.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Chair Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, and Vice Chair Chuck Hall, R- Perry, said Oklahomans would see generational benefits as a result of the incredible hard work and dedication of members of the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding over the past year.  On Tuesday, the bicameral, bipartisan committee approved more than $1.1 billion in projects through funding provided by the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that will address critical needs facing the state – needs that were heightened as a result of the pandemic. Thompson and Hal