Echols said he asked for the standard to be changed so that in-county companies would have a fair opportunity to make bids for the contract.

Echols has said that "he works for the company’s CEO mostly outside of Oklahoma to minimize perceived conflicts of interest.

It "would give charter schools right of first refusal for leasing Commissioners of the Land Office property."

[11] In 2024, he voted in favor of a bill that would require adults to show and ID before accessing porn sites.

It aimed to overhaul the Oklahoma law that gives "residents the power to file initiative petitions about legislative issues.