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OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to ensure a timely response to open records requests is headed for a vote by the full Senate. Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt is Senate principal author of House Bill 2095, which received unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Members of the Senate and House Democratic Caucuses are stepping up their call for votes on joint resolutions to reject Superintendent Ryan Walters’ social studies standards. If the Legislature fails to act in the coming days, those standards will take effect in the 2025-26 school year.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Mark Mann, D-Oklahoma City, has won unanimous approval from the Senate Education Committee for House Bill 1601, a bipartisan measure to allow teachers to use up to six weeks of accrued sick leave to extend their six-week maternity leave.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks, co-chair of the Legislative Diabetes Caucus, is inviting Oklahomans living with diabetes, their families, and all who are concerned about this disease to come to the state Capitol on Tuesday, April 29 for Diabetes Advocacy Day.

OKLAHOMA CITY – After winning unanimous Senate approval, the House is the next stop for legislation to streamline government for residents whose neighborhoods are within the metro’s Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning District. Sen.

Leaders of the House and Senate Democratic Caucuses issued the following statements on Monday after filing two measures, House Joint Resolution 1030 and Senate Joint Resolution 19, disapproving the new social studies standards approved and submitted by the State Board of Education.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, won unanimous Senate support for Senate Bill 447 to allow foraging for nuts, edible plants and fungi on state-owned or state-managed property. Boren said she didn’t even know it was against the law until a family member brought the situation to light.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has given unanimous, bipartisan approval for legislation aimed at better identifying and helping children with dyslexia, a learning disorder that can hinder a child’s ability to read. Sen.