Sen. Julia Kirt’s Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt issued the following statement after Friday’s Board of Equalization’s certification for Fiscal Year 2027, showing there will be 4.5 percent less to appropriate compared to Fiscal Year 2026, in addition to the state facing federal cuts as well.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt and Caucus Chair Michael Brooks issued the following statements defending the First Amendment rights of Oklahoma students on Thursday.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to increase the availability of housing in Oklahoma has cleared its first legislative hurdle. Senate Bill 1393, by Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt, creates the Revitalizing Empty Structures Through Ownership, Renovation, and Enterprise (RESTORE) Program. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt issued a statement following the governor’s final State of the State address and commenting on the beginning of the 2026 legislative session. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt issued the following statement honoring Bernice Shedrick, a Democrat from Stillwater, who served in the Senate from 1980 to 1996. She was 85 when she passed on Jan. 20, 2026.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt has filed a slate of bills to increase available affordable housing in the state. Oklahoma is 77,000 housing units short statewide for current workforce, even without increases in population. Almost a third of Oklahomans are cost-burdened when trying to pay for renting or owning a home, which holds back economic growth.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt has filed a trio of bills for the 2026 session to make insurance rates in Oklahoma more affordable. Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, said her bills were the result of stories from her own constituents about challenges they faced as well as from Oklahomans across the state. Kirt said those concerns were backed up by an interim study she held last fall on insurance rates.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate and House Democrats will welcome the public’s ideas for new and updated laws on November 18. This will be their final Capitol Conversation event of 2025.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt issued the following statement after the governor announced he’d ordered the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to begin removing unhoused people from state property in Oklahoma City.