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Oklahoma Lawmakers Want To Regulate Strippers…

10:19 AM EST on February 19, 2026

At the rate things are going, you’ll soon need a VPN to go inside an Oklahoma strip club!

Over the past month, a pair of bills that would saddle Oklahoma’s adult entertainment industry with fresh layers of regulation and red tape have been winding their way through the Capitol.

Authored by Stan May and Warren Hamilton – two men who look like they’ve folded plenty of $1 bills in their day – the proposals would raise the minimum stripping age from 18 to 21, require dancers to obtain state licenses through the ABLE Commission, and mandate proof of citizenship or legal residency.