Stephanie Bice

Bice was first elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 2014.[4] She was re-elected in 2018 with 68% of the vote in the general election, and 73% of the vote in the Republican Primary, defeating Leslie NesSmith. [5]

While still in her first year in office, Bice was chosen as one of 52 legislators across the U.S. for the State Legislative Leaders Foundation Emerging Leaders Class of 2015.[6] She was also selected as a GOPAC Emerging Leader for 2015 and received the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce Rising Star award.[7][8] That year she also addressed the Southern Republican Leadership Conference held in Oklahoma City.[9] She was selected as one of 25 women for the Governing Institute's Leadership Class of 2016.[10]

Bice is an Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellow, a public Leadership program that seeks to enhance democracy by identifying and bringing together the nation's most promising young political leaders to explore, through study and conversation, the underlying values and principles of western democracy.[11]

Appropriations

Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation

Business, Commerce & Tourism

Finance – Chair[13]

Public Safety

In 2016, Bice was elected by the Senate Republican Caucus to serve as Assistant Majority Floor Leader of the Senate.[14]

Bice votes against abortion rights has been endorsed by Oklahoma Right to Life[15] Bice also received an A rating from the NRA.[16]

Bice was the Senate sponsor of House Bill 1269 that provided relief to people who were serving felony prison sentences for crimes that are now misdemeanors.[17] Instead of automatically granting retroactive relief to all eligible inmates, state lawmakers directed the Pardon and Parole Board to establish an accelerated, single-stage commutation docket to review eligible cases.

SB 142 required informed consent for nursing home patients and their families regarding the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs.[18] The measure deals with the overuse of powerful antipsychotic drugs for nursing home patients who have not received a psychiatric diagnosis, nor has informed consent been given by the patients or their representatives.

Bice modernized Oklahoma's liquor laws by engineering the first overhaul since 1959 when prohibition was repealed in Oklahoma, Hailed as a victory for consumers and for economic development, her efforts expanded opportunities in Oklahoma for locally owned businesses by allowing them to sell their products on site resulting in dozens of new breweries, wineries and distilleries opening across the state and creating approximately 5000 new jobs.[19]