Rob Standridge

He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. In 1995, he purchased a small pharmacy in Blanchard, Oklahoma. A few years later he started one of the first interactive online pharmacies, CyberPharmacy. In 2005, it was transformed into a pharmacy that specialized in juveniles and the mentally disabled.{{Cite web |last=Hampton |first=Joy |date=2012-08-29 |title=Standridge wins runoff |url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/local_news/standridge-wins-runoff/article_fc866565-1186-5756-90bb-9c04aaf3d69d.html |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=The Norman Transcript}} In December of 2022 Rob graduated from Syracuse College of Law, and passed the Bar in Oklahoma in February of the following year. Rob wrote the introduction, collaborated on and was the initial creator of the book, Smashing the DC Monopoly by former Senator Tom Coburn. Rob published his first novel, Trump & the Bill of Freedoms in May of 2024, and recently finished his second novel, The Meth Cartel, which he expects to have published soon.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

For his 2012 campaign, Standridge won the runoff for the Republican primary against Jack Beller before facing Democrat Claudia Griffith.{{cite web |last=Griffith |first=Claudia |date=2012-11-04 |title=Oklahoma State Senate District 15 candidates |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2012/11/04/oklahoma-state-senate-district-15-candidates/61031403007/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |website=The Oklahoman}} He received 18,789 votes, more than 60 percent of the vote, on November 6, 2012."Official Results, Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races, General Election — November 6, 2012," http://www.ok.gov/elections/support/12gen_seb.html Oklahoma State Election Board (accessed April 19, 2013) Standridge was sworn in November 14, 2012.{{cite web |last=Rolland |first=Megan |date=2012-11-15 |title=Oklahoma state senators sworn in for new session |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3728650/oklahoma-state-senators-sworn-in-for-new-session |access-date=February 10, 2022 |website=The Oklahoman}} Standridge won reelection in 2016 against independent Shawn P. Sheehan and again in 2020 against Democrat Alex Scott.{{Cite web|last=Douglas|first=Blake|title=Election 2020: Rob Standridge wins reelection to Oklahoma State Senate District 15|url=https://www.oudaily.com/news/election-2020-rob-standridge-wins-reelection-to-oklahoma-state-senate-district-15/article_680ac086-1e45-11eb-aa08-7b24c11da445.html|access-date=2022-02-04|website=OU Daily}} He was term limited in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Hoberock |first1=Barbara |title=Candidates flock to Capitol to file for office |url=https://oklahomavoice.com/2024/04/03/candidates-flock-to-capitol-to-file-for-office/ |access-date=4 April 2024 |work=Oklahoma Voice |date=3 April 2024}} His wife, Lisa Standridge, ran to succeed him in office.{{cite news |last1=Olsson |first1=Faithanna |title=Cheat Sheet: 6 Republicans seek open Senate District 15 |url=https://nondoc.com/2024/06/05/cheat-sheet-6-republicans-seek-open-senate-district-15-seat/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=NonDoc |date=5 June 2024}}

On February 1, 2021, Standridge introduced Senate Bill 624, to name the Donald J. Trump Highway in Oklahoma.{{cite web |website=Oklahoma State Legislature |title=Bill Information for SB 624 |url=https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb624&Session=2100 |url-status=live}} This was believed to be the first state highway to be named after President Trump.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

On February 1, 2021, Standridge introduced Senate Bill 658, which would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools and was amended to also restrict school mask mandates; the bill passed both houses of Oklahoma's state legislature and was signed into law by Oklahoma's governor on May 28, 2021.{{cite news |date=2021-05-25 |first=Storme |last=Jones |website=News on 6 Now |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102185335/https://www.newson6.com/story/60ad849157a5b1785086befd/state-senate-passes-bill-banning-school-vaccine-requirements-partial-mask-mandate |archive-date=2021-11-02 |url-status=live |url=https://www.newson6.com/story/60ad849157a5b1785086befd/state-senate-passes-bill-banning-school-vaccine-requirements-partial-mask-mandate |title=State Senate Passes Bill Banning School Vaccine Requirements, Partial Mask Mandate }}{{cite web |last=Oklahoma Senate |date=2021-06-03 |title=Measure protecting health choice signed into law |url=https://oksenate.gov/press-releases/measure-protecting-health-choice-signed-law |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204103059/https://oksenate.gov/press-releases/measure-protecting-health-choice-signed-law |archive-date=2022-02-04}}{{cite web |website=Oklahoma State Legislature |title=Bill Information for SB 658 |url=http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB658 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222195653/http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB658 |archive-date=2022-02-22 |url-status=live}}

In April 2021, Stanridge co-sponsored legislation to increase penalties for demonstrators who obstruct public roadways and give legal immunity to car drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters. It followed a May 2020 incident when a pickup truck drove through a Black Lives Matter protest and injured three people, including a man who was paralyzed after falling from an overpass. Critics expressed concern that the law could stifle First Amendment rights, and called it "the worst anti-protest bill in the nation."{{Cite web |last=Fieldstadt |first=Elisha |date=2021-04-23 |title=Oklahoma passes law protecting drivers who kill or hurt rioters |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-passes-law-protecting-drivers-who-kill-or-hurt-rioters-n1265111 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

On December 16, 2021, Standridge introduced Senate Bill 1142, a bill that would prohibit schools from having or promoting books regarding sex, sexual identity, or sexual orientation.{{Cite web |title=Bill Information for SB1142 |url=http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1142&Session=2200 |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=Oklahoma State Legislature}}{{Cite web |last=Ogle |first=Katelyn |date=2022-02-02 |title=State senators file opposing bills on school library books |url=https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/state-senators-file-opposing-bills-on-school-library-books/ |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=KFOR-TV}}{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Ginnie |date=2022-02-02 |title=Ginnie Graham: I'm glad books are being banned so I know what to read next |url=https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/columnists/ginnie-graham-im-glad-books-are-being-banned-so-i-know-what-to-read-next/article_636bbb82-8241-11ec-88b8-aff7849c1b7d.html |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=Tulsa World}} The bill would also allow for parents to request for the removal of certain books. If the book is not removed within thirty days, then the librarian must be fired and prohibited from working in a public school for two years.{{Cite web |last=Stecklein |first=Janelle |date=2021-12-27 |title=Oklahoma bill gives parents the right to have a book removed from a school library |url=https://www.mcalesternews.com/cnhi_network/oklahoma-bill-gives-parents-the-right-to-have-a-book-removed-from-a-school-library/article_2cd5f468-641c-11ec-9674-475897eac565.html |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=McAlester News-Capital}} Parents are also awarded $10,000 every day the challenged book is not removed.{{Cite web|last=Migdon|first=Brooke|date=2021-12-28|title=Oklahoma lawmaker introduces book-banning bill with $10,000-a-day penalty|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/587517-oklahoma-lawmaker-introduces-book-banning-bill|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Hill}} Democratic representative Jacob Rosecrants argued that the bill effectively allowed for the removal of any book containing the word "sex".{{Cite web |last=Sprayregen |first=Molly |date=2021-12-28 |title=Oklahoma bill lets parents ban LGBTQ books from schools and sue if staff won’t listen |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/oklahoma-bill-says-parents-can-ban-lgbtq-books-schools-sue-staff-wont-listen/ |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=LGBTQ Nation}}

On January 19, 2022, Standridge introduced Senate Bill 1381, a bill that would require homeless people to get permits for their camps.{{Cite web |title=Bill Information for SB1381 |url=http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1381&Session=2200 |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=Oklahoma State Legislature}} The camps would then have to continually meet health standards and building codes; if the camps fail to get a permit and comply with the codes, then the camps must be demolished by the city.{{Cite web |last=Skarky |first=Brent |date=2022-01-20 |title=New bill requires homeless camps to get permits |url=https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/new-bill-requires-homeless-camps-to-get-permits/ |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=KFOR-TV}}{{Cite web |author=KOKH Staff |date=2022-01-19 |title=Oklahoma lawmaker files bill that would impose sanitation standards on homeless camps |url=https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-lawmaker-rob-standridge-bill-homeless-camps |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=KOKH}}

On January 20, 2022, Standridge introduced Senate Bill 1470 titled the "Students' Religious Belief Protection Act".{{Cite web |title=Bill Information for SB1470 |url=http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1470&Session=2200 |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=Oklahoma State Legislature}} The bill would allow for students to sue teachers for an upwards of $10,000 if they promote material that is held in opposition to the students' beliefs. The fine would be paid from the teacher's personal funds. If unable to pay, the teacher would be fired.{{Cite web|last=Bremmer|first=Jade|date=2022-02-03|title=Oklahoma bill to fine teachers $10k for contradicting religion|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oklahoma-rob-standridge-education-religion-bill-b2007247.html|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Independent}}{{Cite web |last=Browning |first=Bil |date=2022-02-02 |title=Oklahoma bill would fire teachers for offending Christian morals by teaching biology |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/02/oklahoma-bill-fire-teachers-offending-christian-morals-teaching-biology/ |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=LGBTQ Nation}}

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