Capitol Connection

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday to expand the definition of child abuse to better protect Oklahoma’s children and hold abusers accountable. Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, authored Senate Bill 1773, which extends the crime to include anyone who engages in or enables child abuse. “We must do all we…

Leewright, who chairs the Senate’s Committee on Business, Commerce and Tourism, said he was honored to be named Legislator of the Year.

Laura Farris has served as a career prosecutor with the Creek and Okfuskee County District Attorney’s Office for 20 years.

More than half of the members of the Oklahoma State Senate represent communities impacted by this week’s storms, which included tornadoes and severe flooding across the state.

Oklahoma People First is a nonprofit self-advocacy group run by and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Hilbert and Lawson talk about what it’s like to be more experienced, and how glad they are to be working under Stitt.

Leewright has written legislation on what he calls a "common-sense approach to preventing animal abuse.

Get a look at some of the bills looking Lawson has filed, and which ones he hopes make it to the Governor's desk.

The bills are a mixture of local control issues or ones aiming to increase public safety or economic development.