Fewer Democratic-led bills pass through state Legislature By: Trevor Brown Oklahoma Watch June 14, 2021
House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, watches from the gallery as Gov. Kevin Stitt gives his third State of the State address at the Capitol on Feb. 1. (Oklahoma Watch file photo by Whitney Bryen)
Armed with their largest supermajority in the state’s history, Republican lawmakers found increased legislative success this year as the number of successful bills written by Democrats fell.
An Oklahoma Watch review found that of the nearly 600 bills that made it through the legislative process, only 28 had Democrats as the bill’s original lead sponsor.
As GOP majority grows, fewer Democratic-led bills make it through Oklahoma Legislature
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Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill to Name Highway After Donald Trump
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1 Jun 2021
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) recently signed a bill into law to name a stretch of highway in his state after former President Donald Trump.
“Senate Bill 624 would name a section of a highway in the Panhandle 287 from Boise City to Texas ‘President Donald J. Trump Highway.’ It would also direct the Department of Transportation to place suitable permanent markers bearing the name on the highway,” KOCO reported Tuesday.
The governor signed the bill into law on Friday.
Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd (D-Oklahoma City) noted state law required a person must be deceased for at least three years before a highway or bridge can be named in their honor, which temporarily derailed the legislation, according to the
By Janelle Stecklein/ CNHI State Reporter May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference, Monday, May 17, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma will end a $300-a-week federal supplemental unemployment benefit next month. Sue Ogrocki
OKLAHOMA CITY â Even as Gov. Kevin Stitt inked his name on the stateâs $8.8 billion budget Monday, Democratic lawmakers demanded that Republicans ensure future budgeting efforts will be more transparent.
A coalition of House and Senate Democrats want their Republicans colleagues, who hold supermajorities in both legislative chambers, to allow for more public input and to include more minorities and women at the negotiating table going forward.
Budget passes with little time for review, public input By: Trevor Brown Oklahoma Watch May 24, 2021
Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, left, poses with Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, center, and House Speaker Charles McCall. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
It didn’t take long for arguably the most important bill of the 2021 session to work its way through the oftentimes tedious and laborious legislative process.
A week and three hours after Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican leaders announced the framework of the state’s $8.8 billion spending plan, the annual budget bill passed the Legislature Thursday on its way to the governor’s desk.
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