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OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Bill 1427 ensuring parents have access to Type 1 diabetes (T1D) screening for their children has become law. Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, and Rep. T.J. Marti, R-Broken Arrow, are the principal authors of the measure, which gives parents the option of having their children tested.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks, co-chair of the Legislative Diabetes Caucus, invites Oklahomans living with diabetes, their families, and all who are concerned about this disease to come to the state Capitol on Tuesday, April 14 for Diabetes Awareness Day.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, and Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, issued the following statements after voting no on proposed constitutional amendments on Monday morning’s Senate Rules Committee agenda.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Democratic Leader Julia Kirt and Assistant Leader Carri Hicks released the following remarks after Senate Republicans announced their budget agreement at the Capitol on Wednesday.  

OKLAHOMA CITY – With no public meetings to discuss plans for the Fiscal Year 2027 state budget, GOP leaders have reversed course on a two-year effort to promote transparency in the state budget process and reverted to meeting behind closed doors. Senate and House Democratic leaders said the secretive negotiations are leaving Oklahomans with no opportunity to speak out about how the budget will impact their lives.