Sen. George Young’s Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, issued the following statement after Monday’s Senate passage in special session of a resolution condemning acts of political violence.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Even though Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, and Sen.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has given unanimous approval to a measure clarifying Oklahoma statutes on voting rights for citizens convicted of a felony who’ve received a commutation or pardon. Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, is the Senate principal author of House Bill 1629, and Rep. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, is the House principal author. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Judiciary Committee has given unanimous approval to a measure clarifying Oklahoma statutes on voting rights for citizens convicted of a felony who’ve received a commutation or pardon. Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, is the Senate principal author of House Bill 1629, and Rep.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, issued the following statement after Monday’s Senate passage of legislation allowing municipalities to remove language originally intended to prevent minorities from moving into neighborhoods. Young is coauthor of Senate Bill 1617, by Sen.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young released the following statement after the Senate General Government Committee on Thursday approved Senate Bill 1854, which would make a conviction of creating a camp in a right-of-way or on state land a misdemeanor.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young has announced he will step down from his Senate District 48 seat effective Nov. 15, 2024. Young, D-Oklahoma City, was first elected to the Oklahoma House in 2014 and then to the Senate in 2018.  

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young issued the following statement Thursday in response to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s executive order on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education and state agencies.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young has urged county officials to remove any locations in northeastern Oklahoma City from consideration for construction of a new jail. Young issued the follow statement on Wednesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. George Young and Rep. Jason Lowe both expressed disappointment, but not surprise, after the release of a federal report on Oklahoma’s underfunding of Langston University. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S.