Legislation

 

Awards

  • 2025 Mental Health Legislative Champion

  • 2025 Journal Record’s Achievers Under 40

  • 2025 Legislative Mental Health Champion Award

  • 2024 Oklahoma Turning Point Council’s Health Innovator

  • 2022 CSG 20 Under 40 Leadership Award

  • 2022 CSG Toll Fellow

  • 2022 Oklahoma State Regents Distinguished Service Awards for Higher Education

  • 2022 Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women’s Guardian Award

  • 2021 Friend of Local Government Award

  • 2020 Reuben Award from Leadership Lawton Fort Sill

  • 2020 OU College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Young Alumni Award

  • 2020 12:10 to the Top Finalist

  • 2019 NextGen Under 30 Award

  • 2019 Oklahoma Public Employees Association’s Freshman Legislator of the Year

  • 2019 Rising Star Award from the International Leadership Foundation

 

Leadership Development

  • Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellowship (2022)

  • Leadership Oklahoma Class 33 Graduate (2019-2020)

  • City of Lawton Citizens Academy Inaugural Class Graduate (2019)

  • Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills Participant (2019)

 

Bills Signed Into Law

  • This bill updates how a legal signature can be obtained as a reflection of changes in modern technology, specifically blockchain.

  • This bill allows a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking be allowed to terminate their lease agreement without paying a penalty so that they can move to a safer environment.

  • Allows school districts or individual campuses with resources for military-connected students to be designated as Purple Star Campuses.

  • This bill grants an exemption for providing tobacco products to individuals between 18-21 years of age who are existing users for medical research purposes and scientific studies.

  • This bill allows municipalities to retain the contact information for dilapidated property owners.

  • This bill reauthorizes the income tax refund tax checkoff program for the Oklahoma chapter of the Y.M.C.A. Youth and Government program.

  • This bill clarifies that the statute of limitations for sexual assault crimes against individuals 18 years or older starts when the crime is discovered.

  • his bill authorizes the flying of the 9/11 Remembrance ”Freedom Flag” on flagpoles.

  • This bill lifts the long-standing ban preventing incarcerated students from accessing the Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant Program (OTAG). 

  • This bill increases the required top margin size for documents filed with county clerks from 1 inch to 2 inches.

  • This bill authorizes the use of electronic signatures for documents related to the sale or transfer of motor vehicles.

  • This bill adds five days to the eviction timeline.

  • This bill reauthorizes the state income tax checkoff program for donating a portion of tax refunds to regional food banks.

  • This bill establishes the Taiwan Regional Trade Office.

  • This bill repeals statutes related to CompSource Oklahoma.

  • This bill updates the Open Records Act.

  • This bill requires small business incubator tenants to submit specific annual information to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

  • This bill requires manufacturing facilities receiving the five-year ad valorem tax exemption to submit specific job-creation and payroll data.

  • This bill updates statutes related to youth homelessness.

  • This bill updates the Kratom Consumer Protection Act.

  • This bill combines and updates sales tax exemptions for aircraft maintenance, manufacturing, and specific aircraft parts.

  • This bill updates our state’s definition for individuals with intellectual disability to match the federal definition.

  • This bill clarifies that if a congressional vacancy occurs during an even-numbered year, the Governor can issue a proclamation to ensure that the regular election serves as the special election, too.

  • This bill proposes increasing the speed limit on turnpikes from 75 mph to 80 mph and highway speed limits from 70 mph to 75 mph. It was nicknamed “The Pae-Way Bill” by my colleagues.

  • This bill adds evading a law enforcement officer in the context of a felony pursuit that endangers the general public to the list of dangerous crimes.

  • Oklahoma Kratom Consumer Protection Act. Requires that kratom products are appropriately labeled and regulated.

  • This bill cleans up language for the Oklahoma Electronic Toll Collection Act and paves the way for all-electronic tolling.

  • This bill encourages local governmental units, such as municipalities and school districts, to create inter-local cooperative bids for bulk purchases.

  • This bill updates the Kratom Consumer Protection Act.

  • This bill establishes the Fighting Chance for Firefighters Act to allow for free cancer screenings for firefighters.

  • This bill establishes Dylan’s Law to help Oklahomans living with epilepsy.

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