Oklahoma Seeks to Protect its Highways with Innovative Approach

States like Oklahoma are taking action to protect their citizens from drivers who have proven that they are willing to defy the law.

ALEC Katherine T. Bennett February 6, 2026

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is doing his best to protect Americans from incidents like the crash in Florida that took three lives last August, but he can only do so much. Despite Sec. Duffy pulling $160 million in federal funding, California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to drag his feet over revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given without verification of citizenship or lawful presence. California’s annual transportation budget is approximately $18 billion, leading to speculation over how effective pulling federal funding will be.

Unlike California, states like Oklahoma are taking action to protect their citizens from drivers who have proven that they are willing to defy the law. In South Carolina, Speaker Pro Tempore Thomas Pope and Rep. Dennis C. Moss are sponsoring a similar bill.

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