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City Council Oklahoma City is divided into eight geographical areas called Wards. The voters in each Ward elect a Council member to represent them, and all City voters elect the Mayor. The eight Council members an...

OKC City Council will take a vote this Tuesday 7/15 on whether to support a resolution that will make taxpayers foot the legal defense of the police officer who slammed Mr. Vu, a 71 year old man, to the ground.

Take action & email your city councilor to vote NO: www.okc.gov/Government/E...

BREAKING: We're suing to stop an Oklahoma law that threatens many noncitizens with arrest, prosecution, and banishment from the state — all in violation of federal immigration law.

Two bills criminalizing homelessness will be heard in #okleg committees on Tues 4/15.

HB1764 - Criminalizes homelessness by $50 or 15 days in jail on county & municipal property.
- Senate Local County Gov at 2:30pm.

HB1689 - Criminalizes “stealing” shopping carts.
- Senate Public Safety at 9am.

SB 484, which prohibits municipalities of less than 300,000 from building new homeless shelters within 3,000 ft of schools, did not receive a second motion to pass in committee. It is now dormant for the rest of session! #okleg

Bills scheduled for #okleg floor today 3/25:

HB1168: Felony for “trafficking” abortion pills.

HB1217: Misdemeanor of 1 year or $1k for drag performances where minors can be present.

SB484: Ban on municipalities on building new homeless shelters within 3,000 ft of where children congregate.

Senators | Oklahoma Senate

It’s deadline week at the #okleg. We need your help to get SB 601, which will pause executions and establish a death penalty review task force until June 1, 2027, heard on the floor.

Call your senators and ask them to vote YES on SB 601. oksenate.gov/senators

1 in 4 women convicted of failure to protect in Oklahoma receive a longer sentence than the man responsible for the child abuse.

When DV survivors report suspected child abuse, they can face a lifetime sentence. A bill that would have changed that never got a hearing.

🚨 HB 1362 is scheduled to be heard on the #okleg house floor Thurs 3/13. Call your state reps to VOTE NO!

It will create a 5 yr felony for undocumented immigrants who are arrested for allegedly violating any criminal law like speeding. Immigrants can face deportation and a 35k bond.

The Latino Community Development Agency invites you to a free legal clinic! April 5th, 9am-3pm

Participants are encouraged to come prepared with their questions and any relevant documents.

Reserve your spot today.
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Great news! The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-3 to pass SB 601, a bill that pauses executions in our state until June 1, 2027 and creates a death penalty review task force.

It now heads to the senate floor. Contact your state senators to vote YES on SB 601!

“Failure to Protect” does not protect children; it tears families apart. Help address this issue by urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to add it to the agenda before 3/4. ujoin.co/campaigns/36...

TAKE ACTION ON SB 594:

OK’s Failure to Protect law blames women for failing to control their abusers and imprisons them for their alleged inability to protect her kids. 1 in 4 women convicted under this receive a longer sentence than the abuser. SB 594 will change this.
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Once again, going against the will of Oklahoma voters, the House Oversight Judiciary & Public Safety Committee votes 6-3 to rollback SQ 780 and lower the felony larceny limit from $1000 to $500.

HB 1592 now heads to the house floor. Contact your house reps to vote NO!

This means a vote didn’t happen and the bill can be heard at a later date.

HB 1219 still bans state entities from promoting, engaging in, or organizing pride events. The only flags allowed on state grounds under this bill would be federal/state recognized flags.

HB 1219, previously a ban on the pride flag on state grounds + ban on funds and resources for state entities to promote, engage in, or organize pride activities, was laid over in okleg house committee.

New language no longer explicitly bans pride flags. www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-...

Thanks for the shout out!

This is the most entertaining #okleg senate judiciary committee meeting I have ever seen. I’ve never seen a public smack down in the lege like this.

Bills voted down:
- Covenant Marriage
- No fault divorce
- Charging abortion patients w/ first degree murder
- Ten Commandments at state capitol

#Okleg Senate Judiciary Committee hearing several spicy bills on Wed 2/19 at 1:30pm.

SB 456 - Abolition of Abortion Act; allows people to be charged with murder for obtaining an abortion.

SB 380 - Ten Commandments at State Capitol…seriously?

SB 228 - Covenant Marriage Act

Another drag show ban - HB 1217 - has been scheduled for a hearing in the #okleg House Judiciary Criminal Committee Tuesday 2/18 at 3pm.

Find committee members here: www.okhouse.gov/committees/h...

A number of #okleg bills last week got postponed to this week bc of the weather. I am expecting the same to happen this week.

I also caught the flu and had to take a cold shower yesterday because the pilot light in my hot water heater kept going out. This weather is brutal!

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#okleg bills for committee the week of Feb 17:

HB 1008 - Anti-abortion; Removes health exceptions for life-saving abortions.

HB 1224 - Healthcare denial based on conscience for all providers and insurance.

HB 1362 - Makes being undocumented a felony of 5 yrs if any criminal law is violated.

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#okleg bills up for committee the week of Feb 17:

HB 1688 - Bans gender marker updates to birth certificates.

SB 1006 - Bans DEI for state agencies.

SB 865 - Creates interagency system between law enforcement and federal officials for immigration enforcement.

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#Okleg bills up for committee the week of Feb 17.

HB 2235 - Increases payments to 50k/yr for wrongful incarceration. Great bill!

HB 1693 - Restores competency for those deemed “incompetent” for execution. Allows state to execute those with severe mental illness. Unimaginably cruel.

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3 #okleg abortion bills in committee for the week of Feb 10:

HB 1008: Makes providing an abortion a felony of 100k or 10yrs. Revives SB 612 (2022) that was struck down by OK Supreme Court.

HB 1168: Makes transporting/delivering abortion pills a felony.

HB 1169: Bans access to abortion pills.

#OKLeg bills for week of Feb 10:

SB 658: Prohibits DHS from disqualifying foster parents who don’t affirm 2SLGBT children, including those who believe in conversion therapy.

SB 418: Requires DOC to house incarcerated folks by repro organs regardless of gender identity.

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#OkLeg bills for the week of Feb 10:

SB 550: Drag show & story hour ban. Punishment includes up to 5 yrs or 20k.

SB 748: Fines people $500 or 30 days community service for taking a shopping cart. Targets our unhoused neighbors.

HB 1007: Bans student IDs for voting.

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HB 1688 - ban on trans Oklahomans updating their gender marker on their birth certificates - was laid over until the next committee meeting.

Rep. Kevin West, author of HB 1219, which bans the promotion of pride month and the flying of pride flags for state entities, says that his bill will apply to school districts and municipalities.

It passes 5-2 in the #okleg House General Gov Committee & moves to Oversight Committee.

All senate bills have been assigned to committees, but the senate won’t be hearing bill this week due to budget discussions!

HB 1219 -ban on promoting pride month and flying the pride flag- will be heard in the House General Government Committee Tues 2/4 at 10:30am.

Find committee members here: www.okhouse.gov/committees/h...