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A piece of legislation, named for an 18-year old sexual assault survivor Lauren Atkins passed the Oklahoma State House of Representatives this week.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter was joined by Sen. AJ Griffin and Rep. Tim Downing at a news conference Wednesday to announce legislation to form the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse.
With just over a week to go before the start of the state legislative session, Senate Republicans are outlining their agenda for 2017.
In a Tuesday morning meeting, the Oklahoma State Board of Health passed rules on anti-abortion signs that would be required to be placed in any bathroom open to the public, according to a law passed in the last Legislative session.
Legislation signed into law closes a loophole that could allow individuals who commit forcible sodomy on unconscious victims to receive acquittal.
A bill that would require insurance companies to pay for treatment for children with autism has passed in the state senate and is one step closer to being law.
Lawmakers are trying to crack down on lawbreakers who show a pattern of domestic violence. The House is considering a bill that would make a person convicted of domestic abuse face a much stiffer charge should they choose to reoffend. The measure is Senate Bill 1491, also known as Kristin's law.
In Gov. Mary Fallin's State of the State Address, she was confident lawmakers could come up with $178 million she’s appropriating from the general revenue fund to pay teachers $3,000 more a year.
