Oklahoma laws

The leader of the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission is facing criminal charges for allegedly attending a cockfight.

Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna will not seek criminal charges against Ryan Walters after nude images appeared on his television during a state board meeting.

A study led by Sen. Mary Boren (D-Norman) included representatives from the renewable energy industry, a nonprofit and Oklahoma State University.

A Tulsa pastor is taking the first steps to designate a new state holiday. According to an initiative petition filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State, Greenwood Remembrance and Reconciliation Day would "recognize and honor the victims and survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre."

Citing lack of standing for the legislator who brought a lawsuit against it, the Oklahoma Supreme Court allows Gov. Kevin Stitt's "return to work" executive order to stand.

No one has been arrested during recent encampment sweeps in Tulsa, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, despite already clearing at least 30 locations.

The head of the Oklahoma Office of Enterprise Management, Rick Rose, submitted his resignation letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday. The State Attorney General says the move follows a possible violation of state law Stitt signed in 2023.

Most bills signed into law in Oklahoma are slated to take effect sometime in the fall of that same year. The first round of measures to officially become law following the 2025 legislative session has passed, and there's more to come.

Rep. Andy Fugate, D-Del City, is questioning whether the State Capitol Preservation Commission can decide to build a new governor's mansion all on its own, regardless of how it's been funded. And he wants the state attorney general to weigh in.

Texan Matt Langston has kept his campaign business running while collecting a six-figure salary as the Department of Education's chief policy advisor, though he rarely comes into the office.