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prohibits state research universities from requiring students to purchase a meal plan as a condition of enrollment or residing in on-campus housing. The floor sub narrows the focus of the bill to just research universities, instead of all institutions of higher education under the state regents. YES but it should have been left to ALL institutions of higher learning.

Free market principles at risk here. This prohibits additional financial burden on students and meals that might or might not be healthy or suitable for students.

This legislation would legalize citizens to carry firearms on a vessel on Oklahoma lakes and waterways. This is to clean up language in an antiquated section of law before there was concealed carry. OKGOP platform is clear on protecting our 2nd amendment rights.

HB 3036 would reduce certain statutory restrictions on where handguns may be carried in Oklahoma by deleting those restrictions from state law.

• Supporters see this as reinforcing constitutional rights and simplifying gun laws.

Law-abiding gun owners are not the problem.

Removes restrictions for carrying handguns on certain property. This bill is an OK2A bill. OKGOP platform is clear on protecting our 2nd amendment rights.

Abortion is murder and must be stopped; our OKGOP platform is clear on this matter.

Every conceived child is a Child of God! Matthew 5:21 states, “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ This bill needs to be passed to eliminate the murder of approximately 7,000 children each year in Oklahoma.

Allows a retired municipal judge to carry a firearm throughout the state after completing a handgun qualification course for court officials developed by CLEET (unclear on why this license as they can already with permit less carry or with a concealed carry license). OKGOP platform is clear on protecting our 2nd Amendment rights.

Anyone with a valid Oklahoma handgun license may carry a concealed handgun through the State Capitol building security checkpoint if attended by a peace officer, after presenting their license. Officers cannot inspect or remove concealed handguns or restrain licensed carriers without probable cause of a crime.

21 states allow the carrying of handguns in the capitol building including 5 surrounding states: New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas.

A very good bill!

The good faith belief that a federal procedural bar was in place when a cause of action for health care liability arose shall extend the limitation of action of said period until one year after the good faith belief no longer existed.

This bill gives people a fair chance to file a health care lawsuit. Because of the lack of access to the court system, people honestly thought the federal law was blocking them. This bill simply asks the legislature to 'make law' what the courts have already established in multiple decisions.

relating to gender transition procedures; prohibiting state funds for use towards all gender transition procedures.

Prohibits state funds for gender transitioning/mutilation for minors; protects parental rights

HB3130 adds the performance, attempted performance, and even referrals for gender transition medical procedures to the list of unethical and illegal practice by physicians, PA's, and nurses. Adding consequences of job termination and loss of contract with state agencies or providing services covered by state funds. Adding protective language that parents have a right to decline gender transition procedures, that cannot be construed as child neglect or abuse by state agencies.

This legislation codifies your 2nd Amendment right to acquire handgun permits, eliminating the state conditional requirements of attending a training class for handguns.

The boards of education of school districts and charter schools shall adopt a policy requiring every public school to provide students and employees with an opportunity to participate in a period of prayer and reading of the Bible OR OTHER RELIGIOUS TEXT on each school day.

WE support HB 3240 on policy grounds. However, the reaction to this bill exposes a striking double standard at the Capitol.

The Hypocrisy can't be ignored.

When the previous State Superintendent advanced similar ideas around religion in schools, legislators from both parties reacted with outrage, citing:

• constitutional concerns,
• separation of church and state,
• and warnings about government overreach.

Now, with HB 3240:

• The policy is substantially similar in effect
• The mandate comes from the Legislature itself
• And there is little to no opposition, including from many of the same lawmakers who previously objected

What changed?

Not the policy—the messenger.

This legislation would provide allot time daily for a voluntary opportunity to pray and read scripture.

This bill modifies the definition of 'rifle' and 'shotgun' to exclude barrel lengths. The measure provides that it is lawful to own or possess any firearm or suppressor that is not regulated under the National Firearms Act. Protects Second Amendment rights to the extent possible.

This measure allows the carrying of concealed weapons at events held on the fairgrounds and in buildings that are open to the general public during the Oklahoma State Fair or the Tulsa State Fair. The event holder may authorize the open carry of firearms at these events also. Supports our Second Amendment rights.

Unfortunately, since the better bills by Senator Jett and House Rep Shaw were killed.... this is the best option at this point to begin protecting homeowners with disclosures and testing on land.

1. It forbids them from using biosolids on food crops, so no more poopy PFAS carrots and corn and wheat… (Unfortunately they can still use it on hay, which is then taken up into the cows that end up as your steak.)

2. It makes them test for PFAS before land applying humanure. (Unfortunately it doesn’t make that info public, but, at least they’re testing now. 🙄)

3. It requires them to give warning of risks to the farmers taking free humanure. Kind of like a warning label on glyphosate and cigarettes. 👀

4. It limits land application in the same field to once every OTHER year.

5. It requires that the DEQ also approve methods like the microbes that eat humanure (saving cities millions and no need to land apply) and super critical water solutions (water hotter than molten lava that destroys PFAS and bacteria etc in humanure.) These two methods are things we specifically asked for, and I appreciate Representative John George including them in the bill for us.

This bill on humanure (biosolids) HB 3411 is being heard this morning. Below are the reasons we need to support HB 3411.

1. It forbids them from using biosolids on food crops, so no more poopy PFAS carrots and corn and wheat… (Unfortunately they can still use it on hay, which is then taken up into the cows that end up as your steak.)

2. It makes them test for PFAS before land applying humanure. (Unfortunately it doesn’t make that info public, but, at least they’re testing now. )

3. It requires them to give warning of risks to the farmers taking free humanure. Kind of like a warning label on glyphosate and cigarettes.

4. It limits land application in the same field to once every OTHER year.

5. It requires that the DEQ also approve methods like the microbes that eat humanure (saving cities millions and no need to land apply) and super critical water solutions (water hotter than molten lava that destroys PFAS and bacteria etc in humanure.) These two methods are things we specifically asked for, and I appreciate Representative John George including them in the bill for us.

Now, is this bill GREAT?? Nope.

Not even close, but since they kìlled Senator Shane Jett and Representative Jim Shaw’s GREAT bills to ban humanure on farmland, this bill is the best we’ve got left this session.

So, I’m asking for a yes vote today.

(Because, some of us don’t retaliate against good legislation just because the senate author, Grant Green, voted in favor of a bill to destroy her donkey dairy less than 12 hours before…..)

That would be wrong and vindictive, and would make me no better than them.

It’s about what’s best for the people of Oklahoma.

Please ask your OK State House Representative to vote YES on this bill today.

Sincerely,

The Donkey Milk Lady

Save Oklahoma Farms and Ranches

Prevents foreign adversarial governments from owning mineral rights in Oklahoma.

HB 3727 would bar local governments from spending public dollars on lobbyists, especially former legislators.

The goal is to keep taxpayer funds focused on core services and limit the influence of paid lobbyists using public funds.

An Act relating to lobbying regulation; prohibiting political subdivisions from spending public funds on hiring a lobbyist or paying a nonprofit state association or organization that hires lobbyists.

Yes, please add former members cannot be appointed to positions in Government for 6 years.

"Beginning on January 1, 2027, no former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the Oklahoma State Senate may work or register as a lobbyist until six (6) years after their last term has expired. Former members of the Legislature who have become registered lobbyists prior to January 1, 2027, shall not be eligible for renewal of their registration until six (6) years after their last term has expired."

Thank you Representative Gann!

Protects property rights

YES!!!! "NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22 of Title 31, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. Triggering Condition. The provisions of this section shall take effect only upon certification by the Secretary of State that State Question 842 has been approved by the voters. B. Unconditional Ownership Established. 1. Ownership of owner-occupied residential real property in this state shall be absolute and unconditional, subject only to: a. voluntary conveyance, Req. No. 14524 Page 3 b. eminent domain exercised in accordance with constitutional requirements, c. judicial foreclosure arising from voluntary private debt, or d. enforcement of criminal forfeiture pursuant to a final conviction. 2. No state agency, political subdivision, or taxing authority shall treat residential real property ownership as conditional upon payment of any tax, fee, assessment, or charge not expressly authorized by the Oklahoma Constitution. C. Prohibition on Indirect Forfeiture. No governmental entity shall: 1. Impose any substitute tax, assessment, service charge, lien, penalty, or fee that functions to: a. encumber title, b. condition possession, c. compel forfeiture, d. authorize sale for nonpayment, or e. circumvent the elimination of residential ad valorem taxation. 2. Recharacterize property taxes as fees, special assessments, utility surcharges, or occupancy charges for the purpose of enforcing collection through lien or sale. D. Limits on Government Remedies. Req. No. 14524 Page 4 For owner-occupied residential real property: 1. No lien shall attach for nonpayment of any governmental charge unless: a. expressly authorized by the Oklahoma Constitution, and b. unrelated to the former ad valorem taxation of residential property. 2. No forced sale, eviction, or dispossession shall occur based solely on failure to pay a governmental charge arising after the effective date of this section. E. Private Rights Preserved. Nothing in this section shall impair: 1. Voluntary contractual obligations entered into by the owner; 2. Mortgage, deed of trust, or consensual lien rights; 3. Homeowners' association covenants voluntarily accepted by the owner. SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 23 of Title 31, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. Any owner aggrieved by a violation of this act shall have standing to seek: 1. Declaratory relief; 2. Injunctive relief; 3. Quiet title; 4. Recovery of reasonable attorney fees and costs. Req. No. 14524 Page 5 B. Sovereign or governmental immunity is waived to the extent necessary to enforce this section. SECTION 4. The provisions of this act are severable and if any part or provision shall be held void the decision of the court so holding shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts or provisions of this act."

Under Gann’s proposal, the Legislature and all committees, conference committees, task forces and working groups would be required to:

• provide advance public notice and agendas;
• allow public observation and recording of meetings;
• post meeting records online within seven days; and
• refrain from taking votes outside Open Meeting Act compliance.

Also requires lawmakers to file a Lobbyist Impact Statement if they have received campaign contributions, gifts or other benefits from lobbyists connected to legislation they sponsor and mandates that legislators disclose any nondisclosure agreements they sign, and any agreement restricting communication with constituents or legislative deliberation would be void.

Supports openness and transparency in procedural processes

Texas and Arkansas have passed this.

Expands medical freedom

Ivermectin; pharmacists to dispense ivermectin without a prescription or OTC. This has passed out of committee.

Prevents Sharia Law from overriding our Constitution

This legislation would classify ivermectin as an OTC medication.

I support Senate Bill 1222 and its goal of ensuring that commercial drivers operating in Oklahoma are properly licensed and accountable by no longer allowing non-domiciled commercial driver licenses, meaning licenses held by drivers who are not residents of this state. During COVID, when licensing offices in some states were shut down, drivers were temporarily allowed to obtain or renew CDLs in other states. That situation no longer exists. CDL licenses are only valid for two years, and six years have now passed since those shutdowns. There is no longer a legitimate need for non-domiciled CDLs, and anyone operating a commercial vehicle on Oklahoma roads should be required to hold a regular, properly issued CDL. Eliminating non-domiciled CDLs closes a loophole that has been exploited to bypass residency and documentation requirements, strengthening safety, accountability, and enforcement on our roadways.

Stops illegals with commercial drivers licenses from other states from driving in Oklahoma.

I support SB 1230 and its goal of ensuring that driver licenses and identification cards are issued only to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States. The bill strengthens the integrity of state-issued identification, improves public confidence in those credentials, helps reinforce trust in other civic systems that rely on accurate and reliable identification, and establishes clear consequences for those who knowingly falsify records.

Very important legislation to stop illegals from obtaining drivers licenses, driving on our highways and potentially voting. The OKGOP platform is clear on this matter.

Set work requirements for SNAP food assistance.

This legislation would exempt certain firearms from sales taxes during the period of July.

Provides that it shall be lawful for a person to point a firearm at another if the person possesses a valid handgun license. This gives the private property owner the same rights as a security guard. Private property rights AND the right to keep and bear arms.

This legislation places parameters on the placement of children in foster care.

Anonymous reports of suspected child abuse shall not be accepted.

A vaccine manufacturer is liable to an individual if the manufacturer advertises a vaccine in this state and the advertised vaccine causes harm or injury to the individual.

OKGOP platform opposes terrorism and any nations that sponsor terroristic organizations and groups that are anti-US. The measure directs all relevant agencies to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations conducted by the organizations.

Proposing amoratorium on new data centers until November 1, 2029. Also requires the Corporation Commission to study the potential impacts of data centers on:

• State water supplies, including aquifers, streams, and wastewater systems
• Utility rates
• Property values within a three-mile radius of proposed facilities
• Other areas deemed relevant by the Commission

I support SB 1488 and its intent to pause large-scale data center development while the state studies impact to water, utilities, property values, and grid reliability. The bill could be stronger with a few clarifications that set clear limits on the moratorium, narrow how new rules can be used, and ensure the study does not quietly turn into a permanent ban or centralized siting authority. These changes keep the bill focused on fact-finding and public protection without changing its purpose.

1) Clear Scope of the Moratorium

Example: Clarify that the pause applies only tonew, large-scale facilities meeting the defined size threshold, not upgrades, maintenance, or expansion of existing operations below that level.

Why: Without a clear scope, the moratorium could unintentionally halt unrelated projects or discourage infrastructure improvements that were never meant to be targeted.

2) Guardrails on Rulemaking Authority

Example: Specify that any rules developed are limited to recommendations and standards informed by the study, not automatic approvals, denials, or siting decisions.

Why: Broad rulemaking authority without limits creates a risk that temporary research authority turns into permanent regulatory control.

3) Study Use and Sunset Clarity

Example: State plainly that the study informs future legislative decisions and does not itself authorize ongoing restrictions once the moratorium expires.

Why: This prevents the study from being used later as justification for indefinite delays or non-legislative regulation.

Who these amendments protect: These amendments protect landowners, local communities, utility customers, and future businesses by ensuring the bill remains a temporary, transparent pause for study—not a backdoor expansion of regulatory power. They also protect the Legislature’s role by keeping long-term decisions in the hands of elected representatives rather than agencies acting beyond the bill’s original intent.

Costly to taxpayers; must be stopped!

YES! Moratorium on Data Centers until study impacts, etc.

This legislation protects our school age material from obscene material. The provisions of this act are necessary to protect the health, safety, and morals of students in this state.

This legislation restricts the library collection in our public schools:

a. prohibits the possession, acquisition, display, or purchase of print and nonprint materials and multimedia resources that:

(1) contain or depict obscene material, sexual

conduct, sexually explicit content, nudity, or

material that is harmful to minors, and

(2) refers a person, by printed or digital means, to

a website containing or depicting obscene

material, sexual conduct, nudity, or material

that is harmful to minors.

This is much needed legislation to protect children in public schools.

This legislation allows the concealed carry of firearms in the state capital with a concealed carry permit or a security guard license. This codifies your 2nd Amendment rights. 21 states allow the carry of handguns in the capitol building; this includes 5 surrounding states: New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas (See HB 3084 also)

No public or private business operating within this state shall introduce or deposit fluoride into water in, or water that will be introduced into, a public water supply.

This legislation expands concealed carry permit holders to carry concealed or unconcealed in a nonprofit entity,

an individual shall be allowed to carry a concealed or unconcealed

handgun. Codifies your 2nd Amendment rights.

A vaccine manufacturer would be liable to an individual if the manufacturer advertises a vaccine in this state and the advertised vaccine causes harm or injury to the individual.

Great bill!

While the bill may save some taxpayer money by restricting subsidies,its expansion of government regulatory power over civil society makes it difficult to support. True limited-government reform would prioritize shrinking the state’s footprint, not expanding its reach into private nonprofit activities.

We must stop the expansion of Socialism in our school systems through the implementation of school based health care clinics (SBHCs). Many programs exist for this encroachment - "Whole Child Whole School" (WSCC), "Community Schools", "Multi-Tiered Support for Mental Health", "Mental Health for On-Site Counseling Teams" (MTSS), "Health Integration Program", "Health Partnerships", and "Mobile School Clinic" to name a few.

Health care is not a function of education!

Moral values and common sense.

Employees are prohibited from drinking on the job or being inebriated in the private sector, so why are supposed "servants of the people" allowed to do so? A moral and common-sense refrainment!

Sad that this is necessary, but apparently it is. Thank you for this bill!

A court shall not abridge a person’s right to purchase, possess, concealed carry, or open carry a firearm in this state. No court shall require a firearm seized due to a misdemeanor arrest or conviction to be forfeited or destroyed.

Clean up legislation to conceal carry.

This legislation allows for the carry of a firearm into a courthouse when it is not in session.

This legislation places the burden on government to supply storage.

Any structure, building, or office space which is owned or leased by a city, town, county, state, or federal governmental uthority for the purpose of conducting business with the public.

The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to a structure, building, or office space which is owned or leased by a city, town, county, state, or federal governmental authority for the purpose of conducting business with the public where there is a peace officer certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training and a metal detector present at a security checkpoint. Handgun storage shall be provided outside of such buildings and signage must be posted prohibiting the carry of firearms in such buildings.

This legislation protects your property and privacy. This prevents OSBI from taking fingerprints from a firearm unless it is suspected of being used in a crime.

This is a cleanup bill to clarify off-duty law enforcement personnel can carry off duty with in the state. Also corrects grammatical language.

Any United States Attorney or Assistant United

States Attorney may carry a firearm on his or her person throughout this state if the person has successfully completed a handgun qualification course for court officials developed by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.

Clean up language on current law.

Protects basic fundamental human rights

The sale of firearms and firearm ammunition shall be exempt from the tax imposed by Section 1354 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the sale takes place on July 3, 2026.

When an infant or child dies unexpectently or suddenly in this state an autopy is to be performed within 48 hours. Specify labs and toxicity studies are to be conducted including immunizations within the last 90 days.

This legislation allows for patients with life-threatening or debilitating illness to receive investigational therapies.

Firearms, accessories & ammo exempt from sales tax.

No manufacturer, dealer or citizen to be liable for mis-use or self-defense use of a firearm.

SB1904: Professions and occupations; requiring reinstatement of the Hippocratic Oath for physicians.Please consider liking this bill. This legislation would reinstate the Hippocratic Oath for physicians, (Do No Harm).It would also affirm: the tenets of the Nuremberg Code prohibiting experimental medication on patients. It would include the swearing to not blindly follow pharmaceutical treatments without engaging in thoughtful contemplation of the needs of the patient.The oath would include swearing to not knowingly prescribe medications based on financial inducements from the pharmaceutical industry.

Vehicle transport & carry eligibility for 18-21 year olds.

Prohibits regulation of firearms and firearm components to include any order, policy, ordinance, resolution, or regulation, The measure authorizes the court to require the person, municipality, agency, or political subdivision to pay court costs, expert witness fees, and attorney fees to the aggrieved party in a civil action.

Authorizes any person who possesses a valid handgun license to carry a concealed handgun into or upon any public college, university, or technology center school building or property in which or on which the person is authorized to be. Right to keep and bear arms

This legislation would preserve any firearm obtained by a law enforcement agency in Oklahoma from destroying said firearm. Firearm must be retained or auctioned.

This legislation supports stopping the abuse of illegal foreigners and foreign national claiming citizenship for a child deliveries in the United States or Oklahoma.

This bill opens the door for predators in our schools to not be investigated. This information comes from Sherrie Conley.

This bill deals with amendatory language. The language change opens the door for the administration to use personal judgment to determine if a school employee should be investigated. Currently, all reported cases are to be investigated. This allows for potential coverup of an abuse incident. The current language states, "Any school personnel who is reported to be the subject of a violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the schooldistrict investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. This changes to, "Any school personnel who is the subject of a corroborated report of being in violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the school district investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. Key words changed from, "reported to be" to, "the subject of a corroborated report of being".

This leaves the possibility of a predator in the school until it can be corroborated which might never happen.



this is a bad bill that was introduced last session. it had so much opposition that the original author of the bill has now pulled him name from the bill only after amending the bill. that in its current language will leave potential predators in the classroom while an investigation is being conducted.

This bill deals with amendatory language. The language change opens the door for the administration to use personal judgment to determine if a school employee should be investigated. Currently, all reported cases are to be investigated. This allows for potential coverup of an abuse incident. The current language states, "Any school personnel who is reported to be the subject of a violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the schooldistrict investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. This changes to, "Any school personnel who is the subject of a corroborated report of being in violation of subsection B of this section shall be put on administrative leave while the school district investigates the incident and notifies the board of education. Key words changed from, "reported to be" to, "the subject of a corroborated report of being". This leaves the possibility of a predator in the school until it can be corroborated which might never happen.

Not nearly strong enough and is too vague and leaves the decision up for interpretation. This needs to be more concrete and more protective of our students!

Repeals the Oklahoma Sunset Laws Act. The OKGOP platform believes in Sunset Laws to justify government programs.

From the OKGOP Platform, pg 13 under “Budget”. “We believe in the implementation of, “sunset laws” “zero-based budgeting” and performance audits to require justification for government programs.” Agencies, programs and budget should be evaluated and justified, if not, then discontinued.

New law establishing a statewide 988 Trust Fund for the 988 Mental Health Lifeline. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to have PRIMARY OVERSIGHT over the suicide prevention and crisis service activities and essential coordination with designated 988 Lifeline Crisis Centers. (This is an agency whose director was FIRED in 2025 by the legislature FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MISSING with no accountability or prosecutions).

This legislation creates new laws, raises spending, mandates and grows government.

Persons under 18 must demonstrate reading ability at an eighth-grade level by passing the statewide reading assessment or an approved alternative test to qualify for a driver license or permit.Authorizes Service Oklahoma to cancel the driving privileges of persons age 14 through 17 who withdraw from school. Service Oklahoma estimates a one-time absorbable cost associated with these system changes to be approximately $75,000.

This legislation is more nanny-state interference on our liberties. It establishes new requirements, penalties and OSDE involvement in regulating the DMV driver licenses.

For a ballot question: Creates an appointment and removal process for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.The process shall consist of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives preparing a list of eligible nominees, the Governor selecting a nominee from the list, and the Senate voting whether to confirm the Governor's selection. (This takes away the direct voting voice of the people).

Oklahoma Constitution Article VI, Section 4: The State Superintendent is an elected office - let’s keep it that way!

This legislation infringes on 2nd Amendment rights. "Restricted bullet", "Body Armor", and Modifications to Firearms. OKGOP platform is clear on protecting our 2nd Amendments. This is a bad bill.

NO!!!!! terrible bill adds following; 2. “Restricted bullet” means a round or elongated missile with a core of less than sixty percent (60%) lead and having a fluorocarbon coating, which is designed to travel at a high velocity and is capable of penetrating body armor; and 3. “Restricted weapon” means any firearm that is capable of shooting more than one round automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term includes devices that convert ordinary firearms or semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic firearms, and includes, but is not limited to, Glock switches or auto sears, but does not include bump stocks.

This is more regulation imposed upon the private sector.

This legislation places gun dealers in the role of judge for any behavior of the legitimate gun owner. There is no reason for this agreement between gun dealer and firearm owner.

The OKGOP platform states we believe in sunset laws, zero based budgeting and performance audits to justify government programs.

SB 1545 sounds like it protects religious freedom, but in reality it eliminates local control.

As written, it removes cities’ and counties’ authority over zoning for all religious institutions—churches, mosques, satanic temples, and others—regardless of community impact.

Even more concerning, it shifts decision-making power to the Oklahoma Housing Finance Authority, an agency with no zoning or land-use expertise. That’s not limited government—that’s state overreach.

Zoning exists to protect safety, infrastructure, and neighborhoods—not to restrict worship.

Religious liberty does not require stripping communities of their voice.

This bill centralizes power, sets a dangerous precedent.

While this bill eliminates the 5-year handgun license and creates a 20-year handgun license. The measure provides that the 10-year license shall have the same application requirements as the former 5-year handgun license and the new 20-year handgun license shall have the same requirements as the 10-year license

Why the bill needs work is that the fee shall be double the amount of the fee provided for in paragraph 4. The fee is already double what it should be should at $85.00. There is no justification for the increase in fee for the same amount of work by the state.

This legislation provides that a lawful citizen who is peacefully and lawfully in possession of a firearm within 1,000 ft of an educational facility is considered to be lawfully carrying. The conflict with federal law needs to be resolved.

See Federal law18 U.S.C.§921(a)(26). The law applies to public, private, andparochialelementary schools and high schools, and to non-private property within 1,000 feet (300m) of them.It provides that the states and their political subdivisions may issue licenses that exempt the licensed individuals from the prohibition.

The OKGOP platform states we believe in sunset laws, zero based budgeting and performance audits to justify government programs.

From the OKGOP Platform, pg 13 under “Budget”. “We believe in the implementation of, “sunset laws” “zero-based budgeting” and performance audits to require justification for government programs.” Agencies, programs and budget should be evaluated and justified, if not, then discontinued.

We can't continue taking away people's rights under the guise of safety and security. Let's follow the laws and policies already in place and hold those accountable.

Violates parental rights; horrible bill

Note from Millstone Press on this bill: "Senator Avery Frix’s SB 1774 (introduced in the 2026 session) amends 10A O.S. § 1-2-105 to empower the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) during child abuse/neglect investigations.

The critical addition allows district courts to order temporary emergency custody (up to 72 hours) if parents refuse to cooperate—even absent proven imminent harm. While framed as enhancing investigations, this bill risks state overreach into family autonomy, potentially punishing parents for asserting their rights.

The Bill’s Core Change

The new language in subsection B.1 states:

“If a parent refuses to cooperate with the Department in its investigation, the Department shall immediately notify the district attorney’s office of the refusal and a district court may order the child to be placed in temporary emergency custody for up to seventy-two (72) hours while the investigation is being conducted.”

This goes beyond existing tools (court-ordered access, exams, or records) by authorizing short-term removal solely for non-cooperation. Other provisions (reasonable discipline protections, multidisciplinary teams, collaborative processes) remain, but the custody trigger stands out as expansive.

Senator Frix’s Background

Frix’s conservative record on taxes, business, limited government—but this bill expands state child welfare powers.

So is Frix really Pro-Trump as this move exhibits extending government overreach, which secures more funding into Oklahoma.

Supporters may argue it prevents obstruction in legitimate probes, especially for vulnerable children (disabled, non-verbal). However, critics see it as lowering the bar for state intervention.

Major Concerns: Overreach, Parental Rights Erosion, and Constitutional Violations

This provision effectively gives OKDHS leverage to take children for “failing to participate”—a vague standard that could encompass disputing a report, demanding warrants, or invoking privacy. The 72-hour removal, while temporary, inflicts real trauma on families, particularly in erroneous or low-risk cases.

Critically, SB 1774 potentially infringes on fundamental constitutional rights. The Oklahoma Constitution explicitly protects inherent liberties that government cannot arbitrarily restrict:

• Article II, Section 1: “All political power is inherent in the people; and government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and to promote their general welfare; and they have the right to alter or reform the same whenever the public good may require it.”

• Article II, Section 2: “All persons have the inherent right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry.”

These affirm that any law infringing on constitutional rights is not legal and cannot restrict our liberties without due process or compelling justification.

Parental rights to direct the care, custody, and upbringing of children are recognized as fundamental liberty interests under both Oklahoma and U.S. constitutional frameworks (see also U.S. Supreme Court precedents like Troxel v. Granville, affirming parents’ fundamental rights).

The U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) reinforces this:

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

As established in Marbury v. Madison (1803), “any law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” If SB 1774 enables removals that violate due process (14th Amendment) or inherent family liberties without adequate safeguards, it risks being unconstitutional and unenforceable. Broad “non-cooperation” triggers could disproportionately burden families exercising their rights to question state actions, conflicting with these protections.

The bill lacks robust checks: no explicit penalties for bad-faith reports, narrow definitions of cooperation, or mandatory post-removal reviews beyond standard procedures. In Oklahoma’s overburdened child welfare system, this invites abuse and erodes the limited-government principles Frix has championed elsewhere.

Broader Context

SB 1774 emerges amid ongoing debates over parental rights in Oklahoma (e.g., prior Parents’ Bill of Rights expansions). Yet it moves in the opposite direction by expanding state removal authority. As of now, the bill is newly introduced with no hearings scheduled.

Final Thoughts

Senator Frix’s bill prioritizes investigation convenience over family integrity, granting OKDHS troubling power to separate children for mere non-participation. The media has been plaqued with allegations of dishonest, low integrity caseworkers and this will be another tool in their bag of tricks to enter fraud into cases.

By conflicting with the Oklahoma Constitution’s inherent rights to liberty (Art. II, §§ 1–2) and the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause—principles that render infringing laws void—this measure threatens core liberties rather than safeguarding children. Oklahoma families deserve better: robust child protection without unconstitutional overreach.

Parents, constituients and Lawmakers should reject SB 1774 to respect these foundational limits on government power. Track progress at oklegislature.gov.

Contact your representatives and tell them to stop this bill in its tracks. Contact your Governor Candidates and tell them this bill needs to die in committee.

Continuing to create law that is contrary to the U.S. Constitution and Oklahoma Constitution makes that law void.

This bill needs work as it is very easy to have the selector switch in the wrong position.

See SB381 as a reference for a better bill with better provisions