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Who We Are...

convenience_store.gifThe Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association (OWMA) is a statewide trade association that has represented the wholesale distributors of Oklahoma for 69 years.  More than 92 percent of the member wholesale houses are small, family-owned businesses serving their own and neighboring communities in Oklahoma and surrounding states.

In the early days of the association, wholesalers sold primary tobacco and candy products.  Today they are widely diversified, offering products such as:

  • Dry, refrigerated and frozen groceries  
  • Beverages
  • Snack foods
  • Institutional foods
  • Paper products
  • Health and beauty care products
  • Automotive products
  • Cleaning supplies 

Our customers include:

  • Oil retailers
  • Convenience stores
  • Drug stores 
  • Mass merchandisers
  • Gift shops
  • Liquor stores
  • Military installations
  • Airports
  • Schools
  • Campgrounds 
  • Service organizations
  • Government agencies
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing homes
  • Motels
  • Restaurants
What We Do...
  • tobacco.gifTobacco distributors act as tax collectors for the state of Oklahoma, affixing the tax stamps we purchase from the state to the packages of cigarettes and other tobacco products we sell to the retailer, thus collecting the excise tax for the state.

  • The Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association actively monitors legislation at the state capitol, primary focusing on business issues.

  • The OWMA is also involved in supporting efforts to prevent youth from purchasing tobacco products.
Association News
House staff changes and deadlines at the Legislature
Sunday, December 02, 2007

House staff changes and deadlines at the Legislature

Author :
 Erin Boeckman
 
Date :
 11/20/2007
 Senior Staff Writer

(OK) When the House and Senate staffers return from their holiday break, they will have two weeks before the legislation hits the fan and the Legislature's deadline process begins anew for 2008.

The first legislative deadline quickly approaches on Dec. 7. Bill requests must be submitted by that Friday. Staff members then have a little more than a month before their next deadline. Bills must be filed by Jan. 17 in the House and Senate, according to their deadline calendars.

The 2008 legislative session, the second half of the 51st Legislature, is set to begin Feb. 4. A Senate committee deadline quickly follows on Feb. 21, according to the Senate's calendar. The House has not yet established any internal deadlines for subcommittees or full committees, said Jan Harrison with the House chief clerk's office.

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