Oklahoma’s 60th regular legislative session begins next week. While lawmakers have filed more legislation than ever before, only a relative few will ever become law. Here is a topical breakdown of some key pieces of legislation to look out for.
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Carmen Forman/Oklahoma VoiceThe Oklahoma Supreme Court put on hold a new state law that critics say threatens the independence of a constitutionally created board overseeing nearly $2 billion in public dollars. -
Sarah Liese (Twilla)/KOSUThe Oklahoma Supreme Court late Tuesday put on hold a law that would create the state’s first business court system. The action came after the full court earlier in the day heard a challenge to the constitutionality of Senate Bill 632.
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Oklahoma legislative report on reports shows bad marks for state agencies. Here's the plan to fix itThe joint Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency presented a report Thursday detailing the degree to which state agencies comply with mandated reporting of various aspects of their work. Findings indicate that the system for submitting information requested by lawmakers is broken, but not irreparable. -
A constitutionally created board overseeing nearly $2 billion in public dollars on Tuesday asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to overturn a recent state law saying it threatens its independence. -
Oklahoma lobbyists spent more than $220,000 on food and beverages for lawmakers during the 2025 legislative session. -
Dozens of new state laws went into effect today. Here are some of the noteworthy pieces of legislation going into the next fiscal year. -
A group of Oklahoma City attorneys filed a lawsuit against Gov. Kevin Stitt this week, requesting the Oklahoma Supreme Court prevent the creation of a business court system they consider unconstitutional. -
Oklahoma lawmakers filed more than 3,200 bills during this year’s legislative session. Less than one in five of those are slated to become law. -
Legal challenges were filed Wednesday aimed at a recent law that puts more restrictions on the process voters use to get issues on the ballot. -
Two highly anticipated teacher retention bills received the governor's signature Tuesday. -
Two highly anticipated teacher retention bills are awaiting the governor's signature. The measures will die if they aren't signed by Saturday. -
For NPR’s Climate Solutions Week, KOSU and StateImpact are exploring how wind energy lets some Oklahomans live where and how they want. In the second story of that three-part series, we’ll look at what policymakers and economists are saying about Oklahoma’s growing wind sector.
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