State Lawmakers Start Approving Items for New $12.5 Billion Budget

Many moving budget parts still remain

Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leaders have announced an agreement for the key elements to the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget.

Oklahoma lawmakers aim to finalize state budget by end of week

Lawmakers in Oklahoma will finish up their regular session by finalizing the state's budget for the upcoming year.

State lawmakers start approving items for new $12.5 billion budget

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Lawmakers have started the process to vote on each item in the fiscal year 2026 state budget. Governor Kevin Stitt and House and Senate leaders announced the $12.59 billion budget last week. In the House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget, lawmakers voted to move forward with using $312 million in taxpayer dollars to buy the state’s only privately-run prison, the Lawton Correctional Facility. Representative Trey …

House panel backs purchase of Lawton prison

A House budget committee on Monday, May 19, 2025, voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton that the state uses to house about 2,300 inmates.

OKLAHOMA VOICE: Oklahoma House committee greenlights purchase of Lawton private prison, pledges no job cuts

OKLAHOMA CITY — A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton that the state uses to house about 2,300 inmates.

Oklahoma House committee greenlights purchase of Lawton private prison, pledges no job cuts • Oklahoma Voice

House budget chair Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Faxon, speaks at an announcement of a budget deal for the 2026 fiscal year on May 14. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton that the state uses to house about 2,300 inmates. Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Faxon, said The GEO Group, which operates the Lawton Correctional and Reha…