Scott Biggs (born July 2, 1979) is an American politician who served in the
Oklahoma House of Representatives
The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's b ...
from the 51st district from 2012 to 2017.
In 2016, Biggs authored the measure that called for SQ 777 to be voted on by the people, that would have lifted certain measures and protections against acts like cockfighting in the state that the
Oklahoma Farm Bureau and other large agriculture-related organizations like the
Oklahoma Gamefowl Association wanted. It was opposed by animal welfare groups and by former
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, who pointed out that cockfighting was banned not by the legislature, but by the people who circulated petitions. Previously, in 2002, "Oklahoma voters criminalized hosting, attending and raising birds for cockfighting events. State Question 687 received 56.2 percent support."
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1979 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
Place of birth missing (living people)
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