🚨🚨Bad Bill Alert!! - Standridge's SB 484 to Zone Out Shelters to Be Heard by Committee!!🚨🚨

John,

Senator Lisa Standridge (R-Norman) has amended SB 484, and it is scheduled to be heard tomorrow afternoon by the Senate Committee on Local & County Government.

The amended bill now prohibits shelters for unhoused folks from being built within 3,000 feet of several types of public and private buildings in any city other than Tulsa or OKC. Moreover, it imposes strict requirements upon ANY entity attempting to build a shelter, including religious groups, to notify nearby landowners. 

By carving out some exceptions and making the bill more complicated, Sen. Standridge is attempting to sneak this bill by you. But throughout the state our towns and communities care for our neighbors and uphold the Oklahoma standard. 

Below are the members of the Senate Committee on Local & County Government. Clicking the picture below will take you to the Senate's website where you can click any member to email or get their office number. Please call these Senators and let them know that you believe in the Oklahoma Standard, that our neighbors in need are still our neighbors, and that cities, towns, and even churches should be able to care for Oklahomans free from Standridge's interference.

I also want to take just a moment to thank you. Oklahomans are used to a barrage of bad governance and scary headlines, but now just as much of that is coming from D.C. So thank you for taking the time to pay attention to the local issues and for being willing to speak up about them. And I want you to know that you're not alone. 

Just this weekend we hosted over 100 proud Democrats at our 2025 Campaign Academy. We held 27 seminars on different ways that we can get more organized, engage better, fight back, and win elections.

Beating MAGA extremism requires all of us working together and building a movement. And I couldn't be prouder to be in this fight with you.

With Defiance,

Lauren Craig

Interim Executive Director, Oklahoma Democratic Party

We are Democratic strong, powered by grassroots efforts and activists of this Great State. Our mission is to fight for Oklahoma’s most vulnerable communities, protect working families and ensure that we live up to the promises of the Oklahoma dream.