Sen. Rob Standridge’s Press Releases

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The full Senate has given approval to Senate Bill 162 aimed at improving safety in the medical marijuana available to Oklahoma patients as well as clarifying the qualifications for doctors who may provide the recommendation letters required for patients. The bill is authored by Sen. Rob Standridge.
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A bill honoring an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer who was killed in the line of duty has cleared the State Senate and will next be considered in the House of Representatives. Sen. Rob Standridge is the principal author of Senate Bill 338, creating the Lt. Heath Meyer #64 Memorial Highway. The measure was approved unanimously on Monday—the same day the man responsible for the high speed chase that resulted in Meyer’s death was convicted of murder.
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For the past three years, State Sen. Rob Standridge has been welcoming Norman area students to the Capitol for a first-hand experience aimed at teaching them about the legislative process. This past week students from Jefferson Elementary were the latest to find out what it’s like to propose a bill and move it through the Legislature.
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The full Senate has given unanimous approval to a bill giving former military police credit for their training and service toward required training with the Council of Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) certification required to become a member of law enforcement in Oklahoma. Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, is the principal author of Senate Bill 171.
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State Sen. Rob Standridge has won Senate approval for a measure allowing third-party commercial driver license (CDL) testing. Standridge said 40 states already have some form of third-party CDL testing. He said if Senate Bill 378 becomes law, Oklahoma will be able to address a costly testing backlog in an industry that is an important part of the state’s economy.
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Members of the Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday voted Senator Greg Treat as president pro tempore, the chamber’s top leadership post.

Treat previously served as the majority floor leader, the Senate’s second-highest leadership office, and was selected by Senate Republicans last year as their choice to lead the Senate. On Tuesday during organizational day, the entire Senate made it official and voted to name Treat as the Senate leader.
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State Sen. Rob Standridge has been elected to a top leadership position for the 57th Legislature.  During the 2019 and 2020 legislative sessions, Standridge, R-Norman, will serve as Majority Whip for the Senate Republican Caucus.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Senators Rob Standridge and Paul Scott recently reached out to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation after receiving numerous inquiries from residents in Norman and the surrounding area about the I-35/SH-9W intersection.  

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State Sen. Rob Standridge said two of his requested interim studies on education would be held on Tuesday, September 11, at the state Capitol. The first study will meet from 9 a.m. to noon in room 535 and will look at the issue of bullying. The second will focus on innovations in education throughout Oklahoma and what policies may be needed to help encourage such programs.

Standridge said despite the adoption of previous statutes and policies, bullying remains an issue which continues to devastate the lives of countless Oklahoma children and their families.

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Efforts revealed to misuse education support staff salary funds

The teacher walk out last month, I believe, taught all those involved many things. As a senator, I was very appreciative of all those that took the time to come to my office to exercise their constitutionally-given right to come to their house, the state Capitol, and express their positions with regard to education. Of all the things I learned, the two most repeated needs expressed by educators and their supporters was a desire for smaller classroom sizes and more pay for support personnel. 

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