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Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

January 26, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, has filed Senate Bill 814, the Oklahoma Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, prohibiting credit card companies from sharing information about lawful firearm and ammunition purchases. His legislation would allow citizens and merchants to file lawsuits and seek damages against those who violate SB 814’s provisions. Bergstrom said he’s…

Rep. Josh West Refiles Data Privacy Bill

January 26, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Josh West, R-Grove has refiled legislation that would require consumer consent for all personal data collection and sharing by major technology companies operating in the state. House Bill 1030 would create the Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act. “Major technology companies track our every conversation, our spending records, our movements and so…

Davis Files “Andy’s Law” after Young Victim of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

January 26, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, this week filed legislation that would require a carbon monoxide poisoning warning sticker on motorized boats that operate in Oklahoma waters. House Bill 2010, known as “Andy’s Law,” is named after Andrew Free, a nine-year-old Broken Arrow boy who died in 2020 of open-air carbon monoxide poisoning…

Senate finishes bill filing for 2023 session

January 26, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate has completed filing bills for the First Session of the 59th Legislature. The deadline was Thursday, Jan. 19. A total of 1,116 Senate Bills and 18 Senate Joint Resolutions were filed. The Thursday deadline did not apply to appropriations bills, which can be filed throughout the session. Senate rules also…

House finishes bill filing for 2023 session

January 26, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives completed bill filing Thurs., Jan. 19, for the first session of the 59th Legislature. A total of 1,901 House Bills and 44 House Joint Resolutions were filed. One House Resolution was filed outlining House Rules and was adopted on Organizational Day earlier this month. The full text…

Oversight Bill for the Turnpike Authority

January 26, 2023

Senate Bill 199, authored by Senator Standridge (R-Norman), is the first of several bills written this session to add oversight, accountability, and citizen protections into the Turnpike Enabling Act. SB 199 seeks to create a Joint Legislative Task Force “for the purpose of studying the functions, activities, policies, procedures and expenditures performed by the (Turnpike)…

Higher egg prices are the new normal

January 26, 2023 Gail Ellis

STILLWATER, Okla. – Record-high egg prices are making headlines right now, but when can consumers expect some relief? Oklahoma State University Extension specialists say several factors are to blame for the significant price spike, and the sticker shock is expected to continue through the first quarter of 2023. At this time in 2021, eggs were…

Voter registration statistics

January 26, 2023

(Oklahoma City) – An official voter registration report by the Oklahoma State Election Board shows 2,225,086 people are registered to vote as of January 15, 2023. The annual report comes days after the State Election Board conducted its statutorily-required voter list maintenance process, removing inactive voters and duplicate voters. Current numbers show Republicans make up…

Voter Registration deadline is approaching quickly

January 26, 2023

Friday, February 10, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the March 7, Special Election for State Question 820, Tulsa County Election Board Secretary Gwen Freeman said today. Freeman said that persons who are United States Citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 17 ½…

Traveling Portrait Exhibit of 55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans Launches at State Capitol

January 26, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY (January 19, 2023) – The traveling portrait exhibit of the inaugural class of 55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans launches this week at the State Capitol on the fourth floor Rotunda with a free reception open to the public on Saturday, January 21, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The portraits will remain on…