Latest posts tagged with #OkLeg on Bluesky
HAPPENING NOW: Under cover of darkness, the House is considering the anti-trans HB3242, which would prohibit a school or university from requiring students to share sleeping quarters with students of the opposite sex during a school-authorized event where students are sleeping overnight. #okleg
That's a very generous reading. #okleg rarely, if ever, knows what it is doing or why.
JUST IN: HB1219 and its emergency clause PASS. Seeks to ban state dollars from going to Pride events and Pride flags from being displayed on state property. #okleg
Follow this thread as the stiflingly GOP majority #okleg tries, as it does ALL THE FKN TIME, to overregulate the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ Oklahomans.
HAPPENING NOW: The House is considering HB1219, seeking to prohibit state agencies from using state funds to organize or endorse any event or program that promotes Pride Month. It prohibits LGBTQ flags from being displayed by an agency on state property. #okleg
JUST IN: The House is considering HB2978, by Rep. Chris Banning, which seeks to prohibit public school libraries from having material w/ “depictions or descriptions of sexually explicit conduct.” #okleg #oklaed
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready approved a plan for CompSource Mutual Insurance Co. to convert from a mutual insurer to a stock company, allowing it to raise capital and expand. The proposal now heads to policyholders for a vote. #insurance #okleg #okgov
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JUST IN: The House Rules Committee advanced HJR1067, which proposes a ballot measure that, if approved by voters, would allow #okleg to not cover Medicaid expansion if federal participation is less than 90%, effectively asking Oklahomans to vote against other Oklahomans. #okpol
An audit of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority did not uncover any "egregious wrongdoing" or "significant" statutory non-compliance, but State Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd suggested that the legislature regulate OTA's "broad" legal authority. #okleg
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I can't explain it, but listening to these two #Oklahoma lawmakers spar over a bill that would expand black bear hunting season is the energy I need on my feed today. #okleg
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The #Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled circumstantial evidence is enough to convict defendants of acquiring proceeds from drug activity.
Read about that, an #okleg member's mileage reports, a former sheriff's #cockfighting case and more.
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And also heterosexism/homophobia/transphobia, fear of "pissing off" God (Oklahoma makes way too much of being "faith-based" and there are lots of White Christian Nationalist wackos in #okleg). And stupidity. Lots of stupidity. Huzzah for being either 48th or 50th in public ed, Sooners.
👀"THAT'S BULLSH*T!" heard yelled from an Oklahoma House member to Speaker Hilbert during debate of HB 4422-- aimed at ensuring SNAP and TANF applicants are US citizens. Hilbert called it a 'White House request bill' and asked same question posed in the SOTU. #okleg #Oklahoma
WATCH: During debate on a bill requiring immigration checks be a prerequisite for SNAP benefits, Speaker Kyle Hilbert quoted Trump’s SOTU, asking members who agreed the first duty of the US government was to protect US citizens to stand. One member could be heard yelling, “Bullshit.” #okleg
In case you missed them amid excitement for the 2026 #okleg, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed eight wide-ranging executive orders to kick off his final year in office, including changes to the state's higher education system.
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Mississippi rejected vouchers and raised teacher pay. If we want “Mississippi’s Miracle” results, why aren’t we copying Mississippi’s latest move?
👉 Read more at wlangdon.substack.com #OklahomaEducation
#MississippiMiracle #FundPublicSchools #TeacherPay #SchoolVouchers
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🚨 OPPOSE HB 3127 — Would let employers fire licensed OK medical marijuana patients for off-duty legal use. No impairment required. Just a positive test.
📅 Tue Feb 24 — 10:30 AM
Act before 10 AM!
FULL DETAILS AND CTA: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#OKLeg #Oklahoma #CAP
🚨 ALERT🚨 SB 1389 puts voucher tax credits on autopilot. $250M base, then a 20% automatic increase when the cap hits 90% (+$50M) and it compounds year after year. Rural schools get cuts, vouchers get raises. 2/23 1:30pm Senate vote. Action + scripts: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #oklaed #okleg
My bill-tracking partner, after reading one too many crazy Oklahoma bills. I get it, buddy.
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✅ UPDATE: HB2945 FAILED in House Civil Judiciary (3–5).
Vote breakdown:
Yeas: Culver, Duel, Sneed
Nays: Deck, Osburn, Schreiber, Stinson, West
Civic engagement works. Stay informed. Stay involved.
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The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Board of Investors approved new anti-ESG investment rules championed by Treasurer Todd Russ, requiring its $2.2 billion fund to reflect “Oklahoma values” in proxy voting and asset management decisions. #ESG #okleg #okgov
https://ow.ly/qFUA50YhWta
🚨 CALL-TO-ACTION - URGENT This bill will be heard in committee on Wednesday, 2/18. Please complete all calls and emails before noon if possible. You may email at any time and leave an after-hours message for the committee members.
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A proposal that would ask voters to eliminate #PropertyTaxes on homestead residences has caused angst for stakeholders who see a lack of planning to maintain #oklaed, city and county funding.
Instead, #okleg leaders favor the pursuit of targeted relief.
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Federal funding giveth — and taketh away. As Washington orders Medicaid cuts, Oklahoma prepares to roll out a sweeping rural health overhaul funded by guess who? The feds.
oklahomawatch.org/2026/02/16/f... #okgov #okleg #okhealth
Federal funding giveth — and taketh away. As Washington orders Medicaid cuts, Oklahoma prepares to roll out a sweeping rural health overhaul funded by guess who? The feds. #okgov #okleg #okhealth
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If we believe in the Constitution, we believe in it even when the speech makes us uncomfortable.
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President Donald Trump seems…displeased with Gov. Kevin Stitt over the NGA meeting confusion, referring to him as a “RINO” in a long TruthSocial post this afternoon. #okleg
