2022 legislative session

Last year, state lawmakers in Oklahoma passed SB 1369, the Oklahoma Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act. The legislation requires all healthcare providers to enter patient records into an online database.

The ACLU is representing three Oklahoma students and their families and suing the state over its transgender school bathroom ban policy.

In Oklahoma and Texas, laws don't clarify what counts as life-threatening. That leaves room for interpretation, and has already delayed critical care.

Starting Jan. 1, a law lowering taxes for employers will take effect. But critics say it comes at the expense of unemployed Oklahomans.

Oklahoma Republicans control over 80% of the state Legislature. The GOP used that dominance to pass hundreds of bills this year with Democrats only able to pass 12 Democratic-led measures.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the shooting Wednesday night at Tulsa's Saint Francis Health System and Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoing parts of the nearly $10 billion budget.

Vague laws leave residents wondering what’s legal and what isn’t. Opponents argue that is by design.

Business owners in Oklahoma’s cannabis industry will soon need to comply with new regulations signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt this legislative session.

Lawmakers fired back at the governor over statements he made, both with legislative action and words of their own.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a new poll showing a majority of Oklahomans not supporting a total ban on abortion and Gov. Kevin Stitt signing a bill to reduce the number of weeks for unemployment benefits.