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The 2024 Oklahoma legislative session has been over for months as discussions regarding new bills and policies have died down in the state. However, over 200 bills that were passed by the state ...
More than 25,000 domestic abuse incidents were reported to Oklahoma law enforcement in 2021, a slight decrease from 2020 but higher than the average total from 2011 to 2021. 2. Changing rules on ...
Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, authored a bill that could ban some forms of birth control in Oklahoma. West, however, said he intends to change that part of the bill to target over-the-counter ...
February 8 – Sixteen-year-old non-binary Oklahoma student Nex Benedict dies after an incident stemming from repeated bullying due to their gender identity in their high school. This results in backlash towards Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction who has defended Oklahoma's anti-LGBT policies, and calls to ...
The new legislation likely will help hundreds of women in Oklahoma prisons, Beatty said — women like April Wilkens, who is incarcerated at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center. Wilkens is in prison ...
Abortion in Oklahoma is illegal [1] [2] unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of a pregnant individual. Oklahoma banned abortion in 1910 [3] and it remained banned until the United States' Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade. Oklahoma became the first state in the United States to institute a ban on abortion from fertilisation ...
Being part of the Southern United States and Western United States, Oklahoma is home to a strong gun culture, which is reflected in Oklahoma's gun laws. On May 15, 2012, Oklahoma State Senate Bill 1733 was signed into law by Governor Mary Fallin, which authorized open and concealed carry of handguns by permit holders. This law took effect ...
A new Oklahoma law that goes into effect on Sept. 1 will require vehicle buyers to pre-register the vehicle with the state within two business days. Buyers will then have 10 days from the date of ...