Oklahoma

Illusion of disclosure. Lobbyists file monthly reports while the legislature is in session but these reports reveal nothing about compensation or legislation. The OK House provides a promisingly large number of videos of committee proceedings, but most of these are just a few minutes long, and meaningless, or nearly so.

Living near orphan oil wells and other fossil fuel infrastructure has been correlated with higher instances of cancer and other health problems. Yet some of Oklahoma’s most prominent public health entities–such as the Primary Care Association and the Tulsa Health Department–share lobbyists with fossil fuel companies.

Best feature: disclosure forms helpfully list agencies to be lobbied.

Worst feature: near-total failure on Strength of Disclosure for lobbyist activities, with a third-worst score of 20%.

Additional Findings