[This list was updated on February 27, 2023.]

Below is a list of bills that are eligible to be included on the OCPA Legislative Scorecard for the 2023 legislative session.

The scorecard is an effort to inform Oklahoma citizens how their state legislators vote at the state Capitol on issues related to free markets, limited government, individual initiative, and personal responsibility. OCPA will periodically update this watch list with additional bills as the session progresses. This watch list, as well as subsequent updates, will be emailed to every legislator and posted on OCPA’s website.

A bill’s presence on the watch list does not guarantee that it will be included on the scorecard, but a bill on the watch list is eligible to be added to the scorecard at any time. Subject to the fluidity of the legislative process, OCPA will strive to add a given bill to the watch list prior to that bill being voted on.

Senate

SB 9 (Sen. David Bullard)
Requiring school districts to report DEI expenditures to OSDE
OCPA position: Support

SB 27 (Sen. Dewayne Pemberton)
Providing OHLAP eligibility for students at technology center school overseen by the state CareerTech board
OCPA position: Watch

SB 30 (Sen. Cody Rogers)
Prohibiting the use of certain names and pronouns without consent; prohibiting certain instruction in certain grades
OCPA position: Support

SB 31 (Sen. Micheal Bergstrom)
Creating the Uniform Worker Classification Act
OCPA position: Watch

SB 33 (Sen. David Bullard)
Prohibiting vaccine mandates if business has a contract with state or federal government
OCPA position: Watch

SB 35 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Creating the Electronic Communication and Device Privacy Act
OCPA position: Watch

SB 37 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Data privacy; criminal justice reform; prohibiting certain collection of location information
OCPA position: Support

SB 38 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Data privacy; criminal justice reform; prohibiting obtaining of certain data without a court order or search warrant
OCPA position: Support

SB 40 (Sen. David Bullard)
Creating a task force to study and make recommendations on teacher pay
OCPA position: Watch

SB 41 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Eminent domain; requiring return of surplus property; placing burden of proof on condemning authority; granting certain rights to private property owners
OCPA position: Watch

SB 44 (Sen. Micheal Bergstrom)
Requiring schools to offer remedial courses
OCPA position: Support

SB 45 (Sen. Micheal Bergstrom)
Modifying topics to be reviewed by the School Finance Review Commission
OCPA position: Support

SB 46 (Sen. Micheal Bergstrom)
Creating the Oklahoma Home-based Business Fairness Act
OCPA position: Support

SB 75 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
School employee payroll deductions; requiring authorization for certain dues and political contributions
OCPA position: Support

SB 77 (Sen. Brent Howard)
Criminal justice reform; changes fines paid by parents for juvenile offenders from “shall” to “may”
OCPA position: Support

SB 79 (Sen. Brent Howard)
Modifying procedures for offers of judgment
OCPA position: Support

SB 89 (Sen. Julia Kirt)
Requiring written notice when open-records requests cannot be completed within a specified time
OCPA position: Support

SB 93 (Sen. Dave Rader)
Requiring completion of FAFSA to graduate from public high school
OCPA position: Watch

SB 95 (Sen. Rob Standridge)
Prohibiting school districts from providing sexually explicit material to students without written consent
OCPA position: Support

SB 99 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
School employee payroll deductions; requiring authorization for certain dues and political contributions
OCPA position: Support

SB 108 (Sen. Micheal Bergstrom)
Criminal justice; attempting to use incarceration to treat addiction
OCPA position: Oppose

SB 111 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Prohibiting higher education institutions from accepting funds from any entity associated with the China-based People’s Liberation Army
OCPA position: Support

SB 114 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Prohibiting higher-education tuition, fee, and fine increases
OCPA position: Support

SB 129 (Sen. David Bullard)
Prohibiting provision of or referral for gender-transition procedures
OCPA position: Watch

SB 131 (Sen. Cody Rogers)
Strengthening the Parents' Bill of Rights; providing for civil action
OCPA position: Support

SB 163 (Sen. George Young)
Increasing the minimum wage
OCPA position: Oppose

SB 166 (Sen. Dana Prieto)
Directing school-board vacancies to be filled by election; providing special election process
OCPA position: Support

SB 189 (Sen. Carri Hicks)
Prohibiting a charter school from entering into a contract with a teacher who does not hold a valid certificate
OCPA position: Oppose

SB 244 (Sen. Ally Seifried)
Moving school district elections to November
OCPA position: Support

SB 250 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Prohibiting public funding for provider of gender-transition procedures
OCPA position: Support

SB 251 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Limiting permissible applications of the terms “gender” or “sex”
OCPA position: Support

SB 252 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Prohibiting certain medical treatment for minors; providing administrative penalty
OCPA position: Support

SB 289 (Sen. Dana Prieto)
Moving school district elections to November
OCPA position: Support

SB 306 (Sen. Carri Hicks)
Tax and revenue; credit for buying an e-bike
OCPA position: Oppose

SB 312 (Sen. Julia Kirt)
Tax and revenue; providing credit for certain renters
OCPA position: Watch

SB 319 (Sen. Julia Kirt)
Modifying certain income-tax brackets and rates
OCPA position: Watch

SB 325 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Requiring courts to hurry along criminal cases when the defendant has been in jail for 9 months
OCPA position: Support

SB 339 (Sen. Cody Rogers)
Moving municipal bond elections and school bond elections to November
OCPA position: Support

SB 345 (Sen. Warren Hamilton)
Prohibiting any person under the age of 21 from undergoing gender-reassignment medical treatment
OCPA position: Support

SB 358 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program; removing requirement for prior school-year attendance
OCPA position: Support

SB 363 (Sen. Adam Pugh)
Higher education; prohibiting tuition and fee rates from exceeding those of the 2022-23 academic year
OCPA position: Support

SB 384 (Sen. Jessica Garvin)
Tax and revenue; income tax deduction for wages paid during family leave
OCPA position: Watch

SB 397 (Sen. Warren Hamilton)
Directing school libraries and public libraries to conduct certain inventories of materials and media
OCPA position: Watch

SB 408 (Sen. Jessica Garvin)
Creating the Women's Bill of Rights
OCPA position: Support

SB 430 (Sen. Carri Hicks)
Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship program; requiring administration of certain assessments
OCPA position: Oppose

SB 443 (Sen. John Michael Montgomery)
Creating Orphaned Well Bitcoin Mining Partnership Program
OCPA position: Watch

SB 478 (Sen. Lonnie Paxton)
Tax and revenue; sales tax exemption on occasional sales
OCPA position: Watch

SB 516 (Sen. Adam Pugh)
Creating the Statewide Charter School Board
OCPA position: Support

SB 578 (Sen. John Michael Montgomery)
Providing credit for certain qualified software employers and employees
OCPA position: Watch

SB 588 (Sen. John Michael Montgomery)
Creating the Carbon Sequestration Gross Production Rebate Program
OCPA position: Watch

SB 613 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Prohibiting gender-reassignment medical treatment for minors; providing for administrative violation and penalty
OCPA position: Support

SB 614 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Prohibiting gender-reassignment medical treatment for minors; providing for certain civil actions and relief
OCPA position: Support

SB 646 (Sen. Joe Newhouse)
Requiring written notification prior to administration of any survey to students
OCPA position: Support

SB 662 (Sen. Cody Rogers)
Eliminating commissions, bonuses, and overtime pay from the definition of wages
OCPA position: Watch

SB 669 (Sen. Michael Brooks)
Removing certain limitations on issuing driver licenses
OCPA position: Support

SB 732 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Prohibiting hospitals from taking certain collections actions against patients if not in compliance with certain transparency laws
OCPA position: Watch

SB 752 (Sen. Casey Murdock)
Providing sales tax exemption on occasional sales
OCPA position: Watch

SB 786 (Sen. Rob Standridge)
Prohibiting doctors or other health care providers from providing hormone therapy or puberty blocking drugs to anyone under the age of 18 unless such drugs are medically necessary
OCPA position: Support

SB 787 (Sen. Rob Standridge)
Prohibiting doctors or other health care professionals from providing gender transition surgery to anyone under age 18
OCPA position: Support

SB 788 (Sen. Rob Standridge)
Preventing a parent or guardian from consenting to the administration of hormone therapy or puberty blocking drugs for any individual under age 18
OCPA position: Support

SB 789 (Sen. Rob Standridge)
Prohibiting a parent or guardian from consenting to gender transition surgery for a minor
OCPA position: Support

SB 822 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Creating the Oklahoma Education Freedom Act
OCPA position: Support

SB 825 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Modifying the state aid formula to increase certain small school district formula factor
OCPA position: Support

SB 844 (Sen. Roger Thompson)
Appropriating funding for SQ 781
OCPA position: Support

SB 865 (Sen. David Bullard)
Creating the Teachers' Bill of Rights; affording certain rights to teachers, administrators, and support staff
OCPA position: Watch

SB 866 (Sen. David Bullard)
Requiring written consent to participate in certain curriculum; directing certain materials be available for inspection
OCPA position: Support

SB 870 (Sen. David Bullard)
Prohibiting the funding, promotion, sponsorship, or support of any office of diversity, equity, or inclusion in higher education
OCPA position: Support

SB 872 (Sen. David Bullard)
Prohibiting certain materials containing certain depictions or descriptions from certain library or school premises
OCPA position: Support

SB 878 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting gender-transition procedures; providing for administrative and civil enforcement
OCPA position: Support

SB 881 (Sen. John Michael Montgomery)
Health insurance; creating the Surprise Billing Protection Act of 2023
OCPA position: Watch

SB 882 (Sen. John Michael Montgomery)
Teachers’ retirement system; directing creation of defined-contribution system for new members
OCPA position: Support

SB 884 (Sen. Mary Boren)
Criminal justice; creates an affirmative defense to enabling child abuse if the defendant is a victim of abuse
OCPA position: Watch

SB 899 (Sen. Darrell Weaver)
Criminal justice; allows OIDS cases to be transferred under certain circumstances and increases fees for OiDS attorneys in capital cases
OCPA position: Watch

SB 900 (Sen. Darrell Weaver)
Criminal justice reform; exempts OIDS from limitations on contracts with private attorneys
OCPA position: Support

SB 921 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Directing school districts to submit certain information regarding reading instruction to the State Department of Education
OCPA position: Support

SB 928 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting public schools after a certain date from recognizing certain collective bargaining units
OCPA position: Support

SB 932 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting certain employees, volunteers, and contractors from using certain names or pronouns without written consent
OCPA position: Support

SB 933 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting certain schools from compelling participation in certain instruction, professional development, or training
OCPA position: Watch

SB 935 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Creating the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop W.O.K.E.) Act
OCPA position: Watch

SB 937 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Creating the School Establishment Clause Act (SECA); prohibiting creation, enforcement, or endorsement of certain policies
OCPA position: Watch

SB 943 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Creating creating the Oklahoma Parent Empowerment Act for Kids
OCPA position: Support

SB 971 (Sen. David Bullard)
Tax and revenue; income tax credit for educational expenses
OCPA position: Watch

SB 972 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Requiring textbooks and supplementary books used or recommended for use to be available for inspection
OCPA position: Support

SB 973 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting certain curriculum and materials for certain grades from including certain information
OCPA position: Support

SB 987 (Sen. Jessica Garvin)
Providing income-tax credit for entities providing free classroom space for pre-K programs
OCPA position: Watch

SB 990 (Sen. Jessica Garvin)
Creating the Oklahoma Paid Family Leave Program
OCPA position: Watch

SB 996 (Sen. Cody Rogers)
Addressing the OTC practice of contracting with commission-based auditors
OCPA position: Support

SB 998 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Providing credit toward home-purchase expenditures for members of the Oklahoma National Guard
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1008 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting certain test or qualification as a condition of employment or promotion within certain institutions of higher education
OCPA position: Support

SB 1011 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Directing certain institutions of higher education to post certain budget information on their websites
OCPA position: Support

SB 1014 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Requiring notification from law enforcement upon arrest or investigation of school employee for certain offenses
OCPA position: Support

SB 1017 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting survey on certain topics; prohibiting schools from maintaining books on certain topics
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1027 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Prohibiting public schools from using certain funds to promote concepts of social emotional learning
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1031 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Requiring public schools that administer certain survey to include certain affidavit
OCPA position: Support

SB 1033 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Creating the Parent, Community, and School Board Accessibility Act
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1034 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Prohibiting state agencies from entering into contracts and agreements with certain lobbyists
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1056 (Sen. Rob Standridge)
Obscene material; defining certain term
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1063 (Sen. Jessica Garvin)
Providing tax credit for providing certain child care services
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1068 (Sen. Brent Howard)
Providing sales-tax exemption for certain custom order manufacturers
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1071 (Sen. John Michael Montgomery)
Providing income-tax exemption for new hydrogen manufacturing facilities
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1072 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Child grooming; creating certain felony; providing certain definition
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1083 (Sen. Shane Jett)
Providing income-tax credit for school choice expenditures and home school expenditures
OCPA position: Watch

SB 1104 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
School district elections; modifying permissible dates for certain elections; modifying dates for filing for certain office
OCPA position: Support

SB 1108 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; adding Judicial Nominating Commission to definition of public body; establishing purposes for permissible executive sessions
OCPA position: Support

SCR 1 (Sen. Nathan Dahm)
Concurrent resolution; requiring the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit certain report by certain date
OCPA position: Support

SJR 3 (Sen. Julia Kirt)
Constitutional amendment; reducing threshold to approve school district indebtedness
OCPA position: Oppose

SJR 6 (Sen. Julie Daniels)
Constitutional amendment; eliminates the Judicial Nominating Commission and provides for the appointment of Supreme Court justices and Court of Criminal Appeals judges to be nominated solely by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate
OCPA position: Support

SJR 13 (Sen. Lonnie Paxton)
Criminal justice reform; making district attorneys subject to impeachment proceedings
OCPA position: Support

House of Representatives

HB 1011 (Rep. Jim Olsen)
Prohibiting gender-reassignment procedures for those under 21
OCPA position: Support

HB 1012 (Rep. Jon Echols)
Creating new administrative courts for complaints against hospitals
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1031 (Rep. Jacob Rosecrants)
Repealing HB 1775 (enacted in 2021)
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 1040 (Rep. Randy Randleman)
Directing school athletic association to establish a new category of competition
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 1339 (Rep. Jacob Rosecrants)
Requiring written notification when an alleged violation is being investigated by the State Department of Education
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1341 (Rep. Jacob Rosecrants)
Subjecting private schools which accept state funds to the same laws, rules, regulations, and mandates prescribed for public schools
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 1342 (Rep. Dean Davis)
Providing eligibility to homeschool students for the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1367 (Rep. Tammy West)
Authorizing the State Board of Education to assist in establishing community school pilot projects
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 1617 (Rep. Mark Lepak)
Prohibiting fiduciaries of Oklahoma pension plans from considering non-pecuniary factors
OCPA position: Support

HB 1771 (Rep. John Kane)
Requiring school district boards of education to adopt policy allowing certain students to participate in extracurricular activities
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1781 (Rep. Danny Williams)
Creating a private right of action against schools which violate the Parents' Bill of Rights
OCPA position: Support

HB 1890 (Rep. Suzanne Schreiber)
Creating penalties for health care facilities that fail to provide price transparency
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1905 (Rep. Andy Fugate)
Prohibiting certain private schools from using state funds for religious instruction or activities
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 1906 (Rep. Andy Fugate)
Requiring Oklahoma Tax Commission to publish certain taxpayer information online
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 1935 (Speaker Charles McCall)
Creating the Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1937 (Speaker Charles McCall)
Requiring local school boards to permit a private school student to enroll on a part-time basis
OCPA position: Support

HB 1953 (Speaker Charles McCall)
Providing for income tax cuts of .25%
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1954 (Speaker Charles McCall)
Providing for income tax cuts of .5%
OCPA position: Watch

HB 1991 (Rep. Mickey Dollens)
Authorizing an income tax credit for apprenticeships
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2021 (Rep. Max Wolfley)
Creating a flat 4.75% income tax
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2077 (Rep. Chad Caldwell)
Directing the State Department of Education to establish an online transparency portal for review of certain school materials
OCPA position: Support

HB 2078 (Rep. Chad Caldwell)
Requiring all instructional material purchased or made available on school property to be subject to inspection
OCPA position: Support

HB 2086 (Rep. Jon Echols)
Temporarily exempting groceries from state sales tax
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2087 (Rep. Jon Echols)
Reduces personal income tax rate to 4.5% and then 4.25%
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2112 (Rep. Daniel Pae)
Clarifying possession-with-intent-to-distribute statute
OCPA position: Support

HB 2119 (Rep. Amanda Swope)
Employment discrimination; adding “gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation" language
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 2132 (Rep. John George)
Criminal justice; would not permit a law enforcement agency to inform a state attorney of allegations of misconduct by a peace officer testifying in a criminal case unless the allegation has been fully adjudicated
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 2138 (Rep. Kevin McDugle)
Providing income tax exemption for first three years of employment under $75,000
OCPA position: Support

HB 2285 (Rep. Mark Lepak)
Income-tax phaseout
OCPA position: Support

HB 2316 (Rep. Kyle Hilbert)
Sales tax exemption for occasional sales
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2379 (Rep. Chris Kannady)
Providing agriculture sales-tax exemption for horses
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2380 (Rep. Chris Kannady)
Shell bill enacting the Amusements and Sports Act of 2023
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2465 (Rep. Brian Hill)
Requiring bail to be set within 48 hours of arrest
OCPA position: Support

HB 2529 (Rep. Mark Lepak)
Prohibiting specified existing organizations from continuing to represent school employees; modifying prohibition against payroll deductions
OCPA position: Support

HB 2533 (Rep. Justin Humphrey)
Appropriating funding for SQ 781
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2620 (Rep. Mark Lepak)
Creating a flat tax rate of 4.5%
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2657 (Rep. Jay Steagall)
Creating the Oklahoma Privacy Act of 2023
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2693 (Rep. Neil Hays)
Phasing out the franchise tax
OCPA position: Support

HB 2725 (Rep. Annie Menz)
Providing income tax credit for individuals who pay rent for their residence
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2745 (Rep. Nicole Miller)
Criminal justice reform; creating a tax deduction for small businesses engaged in second-chance hiring
OCPA position: Support

HB 2769 (Rep. Cyndi Munson)
Increasing the EITC
OCPA position: Oppose

HB 2775 (Speaker Charles McCall and Rep. Mark McBride)
Increasing appropriations for public education, providing for a teacher pay raise
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2789 (Rep. Preston Stinson)
Amending the statute determining who can get a protective order
OCPA position: Watch

HB 2873 (Rep. Kevin Wallace)
Creating the Filmed in Oklahoma Modifications Act of 2023
OCPA position: Watch

HJR 1037 (Rep. Jon Echols)
A legislative referendum enacting the School Choice Act of 2023
OCPA position: Watch