On April 1, the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee passed HB 1072, after first amending it to make it better. As amended, the bill sets the petition for a new or previously unqualified party at 3% of the last gubenatorial vote. The House had earlier passed it at 5% of the last gubernatorial vote. The newly-amended bill for 2010 would require approximately 28,000 valid signatures.

The Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee also passed HB 2246, which makes initiatives somewhat easier to get on the ballot.