Sen. Michael Brooks’s Press Releases

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, chair of the Oklahoma Legislative Latino Caucus, released the following statement Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint in federal court against Oklahoma’s recently passed immigration law. The DOJ stated that the law is in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Members of the Oklahoma Legislative Latino Caucus said they were disappointed and deeply concerned after hearing that the governor had signed House Bill 4156 into law. Sen. Michael Brooks is chair of the caucus.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Members of the Oklahoma Legislative Latino Caucus recognize the crisis at the U.S. southern border, and the challenges with the nation’s immigration system, but they have serious concerns about the constitutionality and unintended consequences of House Bill 4156. They have called on the governor to veto the measure.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, released the following statement after the full Senate approved House Bill 4156, creating misdemeanor and felony crimes aimed at Oklahoma’s immigrant populations.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation creating the “Oklahoma Standby Guardianship Act” has been signed into law. Senate Bill 1701, by Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, creates a legal framework so that parents can designate a “standby” guardian under certain circumstances.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, issued the following statement after the Senate Administrative Rules Committee held a hearing on Monday to provide more information about agency rules, including those passed by State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the Board of Education. Such rules can be approved by the Legislature or rejected. If the Legislature does not act, the governor can make that determination.

Senate Democrats Press Conference held a press conference on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 12:30 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, has received committee approval for legislation honoring Sgt. Meagan Burke, an Oklahoma City police officer killed in an on-duty, head-on crash with an impaired driver on I-44 on Sept. 29, 2022. Senate Bill 1584, naming a bridge in Burke’s memory, was approved by the Senate Aeronautics and Transportation Committee on Tuesday. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, has authored Senate Bill 1326, adding domestic violence crimes to the state’s Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Brooks filed the measure at the urging of constituents.