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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
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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
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Education, Law & Principles
Oklahoma lawmakers oppose schools teaching on evils of communism
Members of a House subcommittee have voted to kill legislation that would require Oklahoma schools to teach children about the evils of communism.Ray Carter | February 10, 2025
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Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
Abusive lawsuits stifling Oklahoma economic, job growth
Excessive lawsuit costs are costing citizens jobs and income—and costing the state tax revenue.Ray Carter | February 5, 2025
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Law & Principles
Reining in Oklahoma’s administrative state
Oklahoma’s elected state lawmakers—not unelected bureaucrats—should make the law.Tyler Williamson | February 5, 2025
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Law & Principles
Effort to reduce state regulation gets bipartisan support
Legislation that would reduce the amount of state regulation imposed on Oklahomans has cleared its first legislative hurdle.Ray Carter | February 4, 2025
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Law & Principles
2025 OCPA Legislative Scorecard: Watch List
Here is a list of bills that are eligible to be included on the OCPA Legislative Scorecard for the 2025 legislative session.Staff | January 31, 2025
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Law & Principles
Study: California ‘open’ primary didn’t boost turnout
Those who want Oklahoma to enact a California-style “top two” primary claim that the California system would increase voter turnout in Oklahoma elections. However, research from California shows that isn’t necessarily true.Ray Carter | January 23, 2025
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Law & Principles
California’s election system: How’s that working out for you?
California’s election system has given that state a political class completely out of touch with the average citizen’s basic needs and indifferent to the consequences of bad policy.Jonathan Small | January 21, 2025
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Law & Principles
Lawmakers seek to reduce Oklahoma regulations
Oklahoma imposes more state regulations than most U.S. states, due in part to a review process that currently allows little time for lawmakers to thoroughly examine proposed agency rules. Two lawmakers want to change that.Ray Carter | January 21, 2025