Oklahoma laws

Stitt will replace Ken McQueen with energy professional Jeff Starling.

Sen. Julia Kirt and Sen. Carri Hicks invited policy and legal groups to a community interim study, highlighting a need to decriminalize HIV through a public health approach.

House Speaker-elect Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, says his goals for the 60th legislature await his majority caucus’s retreat in the coming weeks. He said tax cuts are sure to come up and that he’s ready to work across the rotunda to decide what’s best for Oklahomans.

A newly filed ballot initiative aims to let Oklahoma voters decide to codify open primary elections in the state constitution.

This November, two state questions are up for vote across Oklahoma. One asks about implementing public infrastructure districts, and the other seeks to clarify that only U.S. citizens can vote in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma is among the top hotspots in the country when it comes to legislative attempts to censor certain discussions in academic settings, according to a new report. The study shows lawmakers in this state have proposed the second most so-called “Educational Gag Orders” in the country since 2021.

State lawmakers in the newly established Oklahoma Freedom Caucus support State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ mandate to have copies of the Bible in classrooms statewide.

From June 2022 to June 2023, there were at least 210 pregnancy-related prosecutions in the U.S. Oklahoma trailed Alabama, at 68 prosecutions.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is appealing to a federal court to reinstate HB 4156, a law criminalizing unauthorized immigrants in the state.

Oklahoma’s request to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Biden Administration from blocking federal family planning money it lost last year was denied Tuesday.