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Measures to reduce government regulation pass committee
Ray Carter | February 13, 2025
Measures to reduce government regulation pass committee
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![]() Law & Principles Measures to reduce government regulation pass committee
A state Senate committee approved measures that would restrain the growth of state government regulations and repeal many existing regulations to reduce the size of state government.
Ray Carter | February 13, 2025 Measures to reduce government regulation pass committee Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles Lawsuit reform moves ahead in Senate
Oklahoma lawmakers are advancing SB 1065, a bill that would cap noneconomic damages at $500,000 in civil lawsuits, aiming to prevent excessive "jackpot" jury awards that drive businesses away and hurt the state’s economy.
Ray Carter | February 13, 2025 Lawsuit reform moves ahead in Senate Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles, Culture & the Family Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee
Legislation that would prevent officials from housing “transgender women”—men who self-identify as females—alongside women in state prisons has advanced from an Oklahoma Senate committee.
Ray Carter | February 11, 2025 Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Budget & Tax Effort to end electric-car subsidy advances
Electric-car manufacturers would no longer receive taxpayer subsidies from the Oklahoma Quick Action Closing Fund under a bill approved by a Senate committee. Meanwhile, another bill to require transparency in the awarding of state incentives failed to advance.
Ray Carter | February 12, 2025 Effort to end electric-car subsidy advances Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Education Oklahoma House, Senate advance school-board election reform
Committees in both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the state Senate have advanced bills that would move school-board elections to the November ballot to dramatically increase voter participation.
Ray Carter | February 11, 2025 Oklahoma House, Senate advance school-board election reform Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. ![]() Law & Principles, Culture & the Family Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee
Legislation that would prevent officials from housing “transgender women”—men who self-identify as females—from being housed alongside women in state prisons has advanced from an Oklahoma Senate committee.
Ray Carter | February 11, 2025 Ban on men in women’s prisons clears committee Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA. |
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