Oklahoma Senate advances bill to make school cellphone ban permanent

Oklahoma Voice: Senate advances bill to make school cellphone ban permanent

OKLAHOMA CITY — After resurrecting and amending a year-old bill, the Oklahoma Senate advanced a measure to make a statewide school cellphone ban permanent.

Oklahoma Senate advances bill to make school cellphone ban permanent

After resurrecting and amending a year-old bill, the Oklahoma Senate advanced a measure to make a statewide school cellphone ban permanent.

Senate Passes Bill to Keep Cellphones Out of Schools

Senate Passes Bill to Keep Cellphones Out of Schools carmen.forman Thu, 04/16/2026 - 08:59 OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate on Wednesday easily passed legislation from Sen. Ally Seifried, R-Claremore, to permanently keep cellphones out of Oklahoma schools. In a vote of 41-5, the full Senate passed House Bill 1276 to extend the state’s requirement that every public school district have a "bell to bell" policy prohibiting students from having cellphones…