{{Short description|Lower house of Oklahoma's legislature}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox legislature | background_color = {{party color|Republican Party (US)}} | name = Oklahoma House of Representatives | legislature = Oklahoma State Legislature | coa_pic = OK House of Representatives Seal.png | house_type = Lower house | term_limits = 12-year cumulative total, in either or both chambers | new_session = 2025 | leader1_type = Speaker | leader1 = Kyle Hilbert<!-- TBD --> (R) | election1 = January 7, 2025<!-- January 2025 --> | leader2_type = Speaker pro tempore | leader2 = Anthony Moore (R) | election2 = January 7, 2025 | leader3_type = Majority Leader | leader3 = Mark Lawson (R) | election3 = January 7, 2025 | leader4_type = Minority Leader | leader4 = Cyndi Munson (D) | election4 = November 16, 2022 | members = 101 | last_election1 = November 5, 2024 <br />(101 seats) | next_election1 = November 3, 2026 <br />(101 seats) | redistricting = Legislative control | structure1 = Oklahoma House of Representatives, February 2026.svg | structure1_res = 290px | political_groups1 = '''Majority''' *{{legend|#FF0000|Republican (81)}} '''Minority''' *{{legend|#1947FF|Democratic (18)}}
*{{legend|#CCCCCC|Vacant (2)}} | term_length = 2 years | authority = Article V, Oklahoma Constitution | salary = $47,500/year + per diem | meeting_place = House of Representatives Chamber<br />Oklahoma State Capitol<br />Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | website = {{URL|https://www.okhouse.gov/|okhouse.gov}} }} {{OKGovernment}}
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 budget. The upper house of the Oklahoma Legislature is the Oklahoma Senate.
The Oklahoma Constitution established the powers of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1907. Voters further amended those powers through constitutional referendums. One referendum required legislators to balance the annual state budget. Others specified the length and dates of the legislative session. Today, there are 101 House members, each representing a legislative district. District boundaries are redrawn every decade to ensure districts of equal population. Members must be 21 years of age at the time of election and a qualified elector and a resident of the legislative district to serve in the House. The state holds district elections every two years coincident with federal elections and special elections to fill vacant seats. The House meets from early February until the last Friday in May. Members elect a Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the presiding officer and a Speaker Pro Tempore, who serves as the presiding officer in the absence of the speaker. Members organize in political party-based caucuses to develop partisan policy agendas.
After the 2024 election, Republicans hold a supermajority of the House seats in the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.
==History==
===Early years=== The Oklahoma Constitution established both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate in 1907. It met in Guthrie until 1910.<ref name="farmer"/> William H. Murray was the first Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Less than 50 legislative employees aided lawmakers in the first year.<ref name="remember">[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf "A Century to Remember"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204833/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf |date=2012-09-10 }}, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed April 24, 2013)</ref>
A weakening of the Democratic coalition leading up to the 1908 election allowed Republicans to make gains in the Oklahoma House. Republicans gained an even third of the legislative seats.<ref name="scales">Scales, James R. and Danny Goble (1982). ''Oklahoma Politics: A History, University of Oklahoma Press'', Norman, p. 41-58.</ref> The largest gains came in Holdenville, Okmulgee, and Guthrie, each of which had a sizable African-American population.<ref name="scales"/> The Oklahoma Democratic lawmakers of the early 1900s opposed integration. The first legislature passed legislation that made it almost impossible for African-Americans to vote.<ref name="scales"/> The legislature's first African-American member, A. C. Hamlin, served only one term, though he did gain the support of his fellow lawmakers to fund an African-American school in his district and create more equal accommodations for black and white railroad passengers.<ref>Bruce, Michael L. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HA015.html "Hamlin, Albert Comstock (1881-1912)"], Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. (accessed April 17, 2013)</ref>
The Democratic Party also pushed to make Oklahoma City the capital over Guthrie, a Republican and African-American voting stronghold.<ref name="scales"/>
In 1913, a House investigative committee forced the resignation of the state auditor and impeached the state printer and insurance commissioner.<ref name="remember"/> The legislature at the time included Democratic members who were angry at then Governor Lee Cruce over his veto of a redistricting plan that would have gerrymandered Congressional districts and his attempt to remove public institutions established by earlier legislatures.<ref name="harlows">Gibson, Arrell Morgan (1972). Harlow's Oklahoma History, Sixth Ed. Harlow Publishing Corporation, Norman. {{oclc|3404748}}</ref> Cruce escaped an impeachment trial by one vote of the House investigative committee.<ref name="harlows"/>
Women earned the right to vote in Oklahoma in 1918 through a constitutional amendment approved by voters.<ref>Reese, Linda W. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WO003.html Women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230101747/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WO003.html |date=2014-12-30 }}, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 9, 2013)</ref> In 1920, Bessie S. McColgin became the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. A Republican, McColgin and her female colleague in the Oklahoma Senate, focused on the passage of public health bills, but failed in many of their efforts.<ref>Pappas, Christine. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MC013.html McColgin, Amelia Elizabeth Simison (1875-1972] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207194348/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MC013.html |date=2014-12-07 }}, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 9, 2013)</ref>
After eight Democratic-controlled Legislatures, Republicans took the majority from 1921 to 1922 and elected George B. Schwabe as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.<ref>Hannemann, Carolyn G. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SC006.html Schwabe, George Blaine (1886-1952)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119164624/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/SC006.html |date=2012-11-19 }}, Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (accessed April 29, 2013)</ref> The Republican-dominated House brought impeachment charges against Lieutenant Governor Martin Trapp and narrowly failed to approve impeachment charges against both the state treasurer and Oklahoma Governor James Roberts. The Democratic-dominated Senate did not sustain the impeachment charges against Trapp.<ref>O'Dell, Larry. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RO006.html Robertson, James Brooks Ayers (1871-1938)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005080133/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RO006.html |date=2013-10-05 }}, ''[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416084151/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia |date=April 16, 2009 }}'' (accessed May 11, 2013)</ref>
Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted eleven articles of impeachment against Governor Henry S. Johnston, which led to his expulsion from office.<ref>Burke, Bob. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/J/JO015.html Johnston, Henry Simpson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001510/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/J/JO015.html |date=2013-10-05 }}, ''[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416084151/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia |date=April 16, 2009 }}'' (accessed May 9, 2013)</ref>
===1930s through 1950s=== A severe drought beginning in 1932 in western Oklahoma combined with land consolidation and mechanization in eastern Oklahoma drove farmers out of the state and left others in economic distress.<ref name="newdeal">Bryant Jr., Keith L. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/N/NE007.html New Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524143815/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/N/NE007.html |date=2013-05-24 }}, ''[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416084151/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia |date=April 16, 2009 }}'' (accessed May 9, 2013)</ref> Legislatures of the 1930s battled with governors William H. Murray and Ernest W. Marland, targeting Murray's efforts to generate relief for farmers and Marland's proposals to create a state public works program, reform the tax code and create unemployment insurance.<ref name="newdeal"/> Lawmakers did enact an old age pension system funded by a dedicated sales tax.<ref name="newdeal"/> The rejection of providing state matching funds for New Deal projects resulted in fewer projects.<ref name="newdeal"/> A conservative reaction developed in Oklahoma in the late 1930s and rejected further New Deal programs.<ref name="newdeal"/>
In 1941, Governor Leon C. Phillips pushed the state legislature to send a constitutional amendment to voters to force the Oklahoma House of Representatives to approve a balanced budget each year.<ref name="GJH">Hudson, Geneva Johnston (AuthorHouse, 2005). ''Statesman or Rogue: Elected to Serve''. {{ISBN|1-4208-2503-8}}</ref> Ever since voters approved the state question, the state legislature has been constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget.
The number of Republican Party seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives plummeted in the 1930s.<ref>Gaddie, Ronald Keith. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RE030.html Republican Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903125824/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RE030.html |date=2011-09-03 }}, ''[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416084151/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia |date=April 16, 2009 }}'' (accessed May 9, 2013)</ref>
===1960s to present=== The legislative sessions held by the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate changed due to two key legislative reforms in 1966 and 1989. In 1966, Oklahomans voted to institute 90-day annual sessions.<ref>Kirkpatrick, Samuel A. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978). ''The Legislative Process in Oklahoma'', p. 8. {{ISBN|0-8061-1421-5}}</ref> An initiative petition championed by Governor Henry Bellmon in 1989 further required the legislative sessions to end by 5 p.m. on the last Friday in May.<ref name="remember"/>
After earlier attempts to raise legislative pay failed, voters approved a state question in 1968 to create a board to set legislative compensation. It set compensation at $8,400 that year.<ref name="remember"/>
State legislators enacted Oklahoma's open meeting and open records laws in 1977, but made the Oklahoma House of Representatives exempt.<ref name="newsok1">Dean, Bryan. [https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2012/03/11/oklahoma-legislators-consider-making-themselves-subject-to-openness-laws/61089724007/ Oklahoma legislators consider making themselves subject to openness laws], ''Oklahoman'', March 11, 2012. (accessed March 28, 2022)</ref>
A shift in the behavior of Oklahoma voters occurred, beginning in the 1960s. Registered Democrats began to more often vote Republican at the federal level and later at state level. As partisan debate became more polarizing, southern states including Oklahoma abandoned old voting patterns of supporting the Democratic party.<ref name="OKVoter">Kirkpatrick, Samuel A., David R. Morgan and Thomas G. Kielhorn (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. ''The Oklahoma Voter''. {{ISBN|0-8061-1391-X}}</ref> After the 2004 Presidential Election, Republicans gained control of the House for the first time since 1921.<ref>McNutt, Michael. "Republicans select speaker designate" http://newsok.com/republicans-select-speaker-designate/article/2969390, ''The Oklahoman'' November 10, 2006.</ref> In 2010, Republicans gained a large majority of 70 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.<ref>McNutt, Michael. "[http://newsok.com/oklahomas-legislative-leaders-pledge-to-work-with-democrats/article/3512054 Oklahoma's legislative leaders pledge to work with Democrats]", ''The Oklahoman'', November 7, 2010.</ref> Following the 2018 general election, Republicans gained the largest majority in state history with 76 of the 101 seats. This also includes the largest ever freshman class, with 46 new representatives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018|title=Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2018|website=Ballotpedia}}</ref>
==Powers and legislative process== The Oklahoma House and the Oklahoma Senate are responsible for introducing and voting on bills and resolutions, providing legislative oversight for state agencies, and helping to craft the state's budget.<ref name="farmer"/> Every ten years, legislators are responsible for designating new district boundaries for state electoral districts, along with Congressional districts. The governor must sign these bills into law, or a statewide panel convenes to draw the disputed lines.<ref>[http://www.okhouse.gov/research/Redistricting.aspx Redistricting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517202830/http://www.okhouse.gov/Research/Redistricting.aspx |date=2013-05-17 }}, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed May 14, 2013)</ref>
Legislators, with staff support, develop and file bills prior to the legislative session. Bill sponsors submit requests for bill drafting to the professional staff of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The staff ensure bills have proper legal language and meet constitutional requirements. The bills are filed electronically with the Clerk of the House's office by a designated filing deadline. Since 1999, members of the Oklahoma House are limited to a maximum of eight bills that will receive a hearing.<ref name="process">"[http://www.okhouse.gov/Information/CourseOfBills.aspx Course of Bills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429062430/http://www.okhouse.gov/Information/CourseOfBills.aspx |date=2013-04-29 }}", Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed April 19, 2013)</ref>
A proposal may be introduced as a bill, a joint resolution, a concurrent resolution, or a simple resolution.<ref>Kirkpatrick, Samuel A. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978). ''The Legislative Process in Oklahoma'', p. 109-111. {{ISBN|0-8061-1421-5}}</ref> Legislators use joint resolutions to propose a constitutional amendment. Concurrent resolutions (passed by both houses) and simple resolutions (passed by only one house) do not have the force of law. Instead, they serve to express the opinion of approving house of houses, or to regulate procedure. Article 5 Section 33 of the Oklahoma Constitution requires bills for raising revenue to originate in the Oklahoma House.
thumb|250px|Oklahoma State Capitol thumb|250x250px|Chamber of the Oklahoma House of Representatives The Oklahoma House meets in regular session in the west wing of the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, from the first Monday in February to the last Friday in May. Special sessions may be called by the governor, or by a written call signed by two-thirds of the members of each chamber of the Legislature.
Bills receive a First Reading when they are published in the House Journal. They then undergo a Second Reading upon assignment to committee. The committee system is designed to screen out legislation that is, in the committee's judgment, unnecessary or not ready for passage.<ref name="process"/>
Committees either stop the progress of a bill or approve it for consideration on the floor of the House. When a bill is called up on the floor, either the principal author or a designated member will be recognized for the explanation of the bill. Typically, after questions from other members, the bill is advanced to Third Reading and a vote is taken on final passage.<ref name="process"/>
Fifty-one votes are required for bill passage on the floor of the Oklahoma House. Lawmakers also vote on whether or not to make the bill effective upon signature of the governor, which requires a two-thirds majority. Action on the floor is recorded in the House Journal.<ref name="process"/> Once approved on Third Reading, which is the name for this stage of the floor process, approved bills are sent to the Oklahoma Senate. If amended, bills will return to the Oklahoma House of Representatives for an acceptance of the Senate amendment(s) or to work out the differences in a conference committee, but can go directly to the governor after Senate passage.<ref name="process"/>
The Oklahoma House is not subject to the state's open meeting and open records laws due to provisions to exempt the state legislature in the 1977-enacted laws.<ref name="newsok1"/>
==Party composition==
{| style="width:50%" |- | scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | {{Down-arrow|alt=Midpoint}} |- | scope="row" style="background:#F33; width:79.20%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''80''' | style="background:#33F; width:17.82%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''18''' | style="background:#888; width:2.98%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''3'''
|- | scope="row" style="text-align:center; color:#F33" | '''Republican''' | style="text-align:center; color:#33F" | '''Democratic''' | style="text-align:center; color:#888" | '''Vacant'''
|}
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" !rowspan=3|Affiliation !colspan=2|Party <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> !rowspan=3|Total ! |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | |style="background: black"| |- !Republican !Democratic !Vacant |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|54th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 72 | 29 ! 101 | 0 |- |colspan=5| |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|55th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 71 | 30 ! 101 | 0 |- |colspan=5| |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 56th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 75 | 26 ! 101 | 0 |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End 56th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 72 | 27 ! 99 | 2 |- |colspan=5| |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|57th Legislature<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-state-representative-changes-party-affiliation/|title=Oklahoma state representative changes party affiliation|date=December 6, 2018|website=kfor.com}}</ref> |{{party shading/Republican}}| 77 | 24 ! 101 | 0 |- |colspan=5| |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"| 58th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 82 | 19 ! 101 | 0 |- |colspan=5| |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|59th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 81 | 20 ! 101 | 0 |- |colspan=5| |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin 60th Legislature |{{party shading/Republican}}| 81 | 20 ! 101 | 0 |- !nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Current |{{party shading/Republican}}| 81 | 18 ! 99 | 2 |- !Latest voting share ! {{party shading/Republican}} |{{percentage|81|99|0}} !{{percentage|18|99|0}} ! colspan="2" | |}
==Current members==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! District !! Representative !! Party !! Residence !First elected |- | 1 | Eddy Dempsey | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Valliant | 2020 |- | 2 | Jim Olsen | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Roland | 2018 |- | 3 | Rick West | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Heavener | 2016 |- | 4 | Bob Ed Culver Jr. | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tahlequah | 2020 |- | 5 | Josh West | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Grove | 2016 |- | 6 | Rusty Cornwell | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Vinita | 2018 |- | 7 | Steve Bashore | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Miami | 2020 |- | 8 | Tom Gann | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Inola | 2016 |- | 9 | Mark Lepak | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Claremore | 2014 |- | 10 | Judd Strom | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Copan | 2018 |- | 11 | John Kane | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Bartlesville | 2022 |- | 12 | Mark Chapman | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Broken Arrow | 2024 |- | 13 | Neil Hays | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Checotah | 2022 |- | 14 | Chris Sneed | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Fort Gibson | 2018 |- | 15 | Tim Turner | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Kinta | 2024 |- | 16 | Scott Fetgatter | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Okmulgee | 2016 |- | 17 | Jim Grego | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Wilburton | 2018 |- | 18 | David Smith | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Arpelar | 2018 |- | 19 | Justin Humphrey | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lane | 2016 |- | 20 | Jonathan Wilk | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Goldsby | 2024 |- | 21 | Cody Maynard | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Durant | 2022 |- | 22 | Ryan Eaves | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Atoka | 2024 |- | 23 | Derrick Hildebrant | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Catoosa | 2024 |- | 24 | Chris Banning | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Bixby | 2022 |- | 25 | Ronny Johns | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Ada | 2018 |- | 26 | Dell Kerbs | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Shawnee | 2016 |- | 27 | Danny Sterling | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tecumseh | 2018 |- | 28 | Danny Williams | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Seminole | 1990{{efn|Williams' first term in his 1990 election was not subject to term limits; he was re-elected in 1992 but not again until 2020.}} |- | 29 | Kyle Hilbert | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Bristow | 2016 |- | 30 | Mark Lawson | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Sapulpa | 2016 |- | 31 | Collin Duel | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Guthrie | 2022 |- | 32 | Jim Shaw | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Chandler | 2024 |- | 33 | Molly Jenkins | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Coyle | 2024 |- | 34 | Trish Ranson | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Stillwater | 2018 |- | 35 | Dillon Travis | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Maramec | 2026 |- | 36 | John George | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Newalla | 2022 |- | 37 | Ken Luttrell | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Ponca City | 2006{{efn|Luttrell served two terms from 2007-2011 and was re-elected to the seat in 2018; due to term limits, he will be ineligible for re-election in 2026.}} |- | 38 | John Pfeiffer | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Orlando | 2014 |- | 39 | Erick Harris | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Edmond | 2024 |- | 40 | Chad Caldwell | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Enid | 2014 |- | 41 | Denise Crosswhite Hader | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Piedmont | 2018 |- | 42 | Cynthia Roe | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lindsay | 2018 |- | 43 | Jay Steagall | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Yukon | 2018 |- | 44 | Jared Deck | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Norman | 2022 |- | 45 | Annie Menz | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Norman | 2022 |- | 46 | Jacob Rosecrants | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Norman | 2017 |- | 47 | Brian Hill | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Mustang | 2018 |- | 48 | Tammy Townley | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Ardmore | 2018 |- | 49 | Josh Cantrell | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Kingston | 2022 |- | 50 | Stacy Jo Adams | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Duncan | 2024 |- | 51 | Brad Boles | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Marlow | 2018 |- | 52 | Gerrid Kendrix | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Altus | 2020 |- | 53 | Jason Blair | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Moore | 2024 |- | 54 | Kevin West | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Moore | 2016 |- | 55 | Nick Archer | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Elk City | 2022 |- | 56 | Dick Lowe | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Amber | 2020 |- | 57 | Anthony Moore | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Clinton | 2020 |- | 58 | Carl Newton | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Cherokee | 2016 |- | 59 | Mike Dobrinski | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Okeene | 2020 |- | 60 | Mike Kelley | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Yukon | 2024 |- | 61 | Kenton Patzkowsky | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Balko | 2018 |- | 62 | Daniel Pae | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lawton | 2018 |- | 63 | Trey Caldwell | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Faxon | 2018 |- | 64 | Rande Worthen | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Lawton | 2016 |- | 65 | Toni Hasenbeck | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Elgin | 2018 |- | 66 | Clay Staires | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Skiatook | 2022 |- | 67 | Rob Hall | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tulsa | 2024 |- | 68 | Mike Lay | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Jenks | 2024 |- | 69 | Mark Tedford | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Tulsa | 2022 |- | 70 | Suzanne Schreiber | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2022 |- | 71 | Amanda Clinton | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2025 |- | 72 | Michelle McCane | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2024 |- | 73 | Ronald Stewart | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2024 |- | 74 | Kevin Wayne Norwood | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Owasso | 2025 |- | 75 | T. J. Marti | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Broken Arrow | 2018 |- | 76 | Ross Ford | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Broken Arrow | 2017 |- | 77 | John Waldron | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2018 |- | 78 | Meloyde Blancett | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2016 |- | 79 | Melissa Provenzano | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Tulsa | 2018 |- | 80 | Stan May | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Broken Arrow | 2018 |- | 81 | Mike Osburn | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Edmond | 2016 |- | 82 | Nicole Miller | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2018 |- | 83 | Eric Roberts | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2020 |- | 84 | Tammy West | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2016 |- | 85 | Cyndi Munson | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2015 |- | 86 | David Hardin | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Stilwell | 2018 |- | 87 | Ellyn Hefner | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2022 |- | 88 | Ellen Pogemiller | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2024 |- | 89 | Arturo Alonso-Sandoval | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2022 |- | 90 | Emily Gise | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2024 |- | 91 | Chris Kannady | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2014 |- | 92 | ''Vacant''{{efn|Democrat Forrest Bennett resigned in order to serve as president of the Oklahoma AFL-CIO.}} | | | |- | 93 | Mickey Dollens | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2016 |- | 94 | Andy Fugate | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2018 |- | 95 | Max Wolfley | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2020 |- | 96 | Preston Stinson | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Edmond | 2020 |- | 97 | Aletia Timmons | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | Oklahoma City | 2025 |- | 98 | Gabe Woolley | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Broken Arrow | 2024 |- | 99 | ''Vacant''{{efn|Democrat Ajay Pittman resigned after pleading guilty to forgery.}} | | | |- | 100 | Marilyn Stark | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Bethany | 2018 |- | 101 | Robert Manger | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | Oklahoma City | 2018 |}
===Notable past members=== * Mary Fallin, 27th governor of Oklahoma, former U.S. Congresswoman * Dan Boren, former U.S. Congressman * Ernest Istook, former U.S. Congressman * Jari Askins, 15th Oklahoma lieutenant governor, 1st female House minority leader * Ken A. Miller, former Oklahoma treasurer * Glen D. Johnson Jr., current Chancellor of Higher Education, former U.S. Congressman, former speaker of the House * John Jarman, former U.S. Congressman * Frank Keating, 25th governor of Oklahoma * Henry Bellmon, 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma * George Nigh, 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma * David Boren, 21st governor of Oklahoma and former U.S. senator * James C. Nance, Oklahoma community newspaper chain publisher and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and member Uniform Law Commission * Harry J. W. Belvin, longest serving Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation served as both an Oklahoma Senator and a 3-term Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives * Leon C. Phillips, 11th governor of Oklahoma * William H. Murray, 9th governor of Oklahoma * John Newbold Camp, former U.S. Congressman * Victor Wickersham, former U.S. Congressman * A. C. Hamlin, first African-American in Oklahoma Legislature * Todd Hiett, former speaker of the House and current corporation commissioner * T. W. Shannon, first African-American speaker of the House * Susan Winchester, first female speaker pro tempore of the House * Pam Peterson, first female majority floor leader
==Organization== Leadership in the state House begins two leaders elected by their fellow lawmakers - the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Speaker Pro Tempore.<ref name="farmer">Farmer, Rick, "[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/L/LE010.html Legislature]", {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117071324/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/L/LE010.html |date=2015-01-17 }}" ''[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/ Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531193517/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/ |date=May 31, 2010 }}'' (accessed June 23, 2010).</ref> Party caucuses play a major role in this process by nominating candidates for key leadership positions.<ref>"[http://www.ncsl.org/documents/legismgt/ILP/99Tab2Pt3.pdf Legislative Organization]", ''Inside the Legislative Process'', National Conference of State Legislatures. (accessed January 3, 2014)</ref>
The speaker appoints a majority floor leader and a majority whip. The majority floor leader sets the floor calendar during session.<ref name="legleaders">"[http://www.ncsl.org/documents/legismgt/ILP/99Tab2Pt4.pdf Legislative Organization: Legislative Leaders]", ''Inside the Legislative Process'', National Conference of State Legislatures. (accessed January 3, 2014)</ref> The duties of the majority whip are to assist the floor leader, ensure member attendance, count votes, and communicate the majority position on issues.<ref name="legleaders"/>
The speaker also names assistant floor leaders, assistant whips, and caucus officers. Additionally, the minority party caucus elects a minority leader. The minority leader develops caucus positions, negotiates with the majority party caucus, and directs minority caucus activities on the chamber floor.<ref name="legleaders"/>
The speaker appoints committee and subcommittee chairs and vice chairs.<ref name="farmer"/> The majority floor leader selects an informal team that assists with management of legislation on the House Floor.<ref name="farmer"/>
As of November 2018, The Oklahoma House of Representatives has 22 committees and 10 subcommittees.<ref name="House Committees">{{Cite web|url=https://www.okhouse.gov/Media/News_Story.aspx?NewsID=5174|title=News Story - Oklahoma House of Representatives|website=www.okhouse.gov}}</ref>
A non-partisan staff provides professional services for members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in addition to the Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau. Individual members are also assisted by partisan staff members, and those in leadership positions have additional partisan staff.<ref name="remember"/> Committees are staffed primarily by research, fiscal and legal staff. The current Clerk of the House is Jan B. Harrison.<ref>"[http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/Miscelllaneous/Legislative_Committee_Structure_and_Staffing_Patterns.pdf Legislative Committee Structure and Staffing Patterns]", Southern Legislative Conference. (accessed January 3, 2014)</ref>
==Membership== [[File:A. C. Hamlin (Albert Comstock Hamlin) (1881-1912) (cropped).jpg|thumb|A.C. Hamlin, the first black member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.]] {{See also|Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives|}}
===Terms and qualifications=== In order to file for election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, one must be 21 years of age at the time of their election and a qualified elector and resident of their legislative district.<ref name="okarticlev">[http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/V-17.html Article V, Section 17: Age - Qualified electors - Residents], [http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/ Constitution of the State of Oklahoma] at [http://oklegal.onenet.net/ Oklahoma Legal Research System], University of Oklahoma College of Law (accessed May 3, 2010).</ref> Officers of the United States or state government and individuals who have been adjudged guilty of a felony are not eligible to election to the Oklahoma Legislature. If a member of the Oklahoma Legislature is expelled for corruption, they are not eligible to return to legislative office.<ref name="expulsion">[http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/V-19.html Section V-19: Expelled member ineligible - Punishment not to bar indictment], [http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/ Constitution of the State of Oklahoma] at [http://oklegal.onenet.net/ Oklahoma Legal Research System], University of Oklahoma College of Law (accessed May 3, 2010).</ref>
State representatives serve a two-year term and are limited to six terms or 12 years. No member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives can serve more than 12 years in the Oklahoma Legislature. A term-limited member can not run for election to the Senate as both Representative terms and Senate terms are added together in determining the total number of Legislative years in office.<ref name="termlimits">[http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/V-17A.html Section V-17A: Limitation of time served in the Legislature], [http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/ Constitution of the State of Oklahoma] at [http://oklegal.onenet.net/ Oklahoma Legal Research System], University of Oklahoma College of Law (accessed May 3, 2010).</ref>
===Salaries and benefits=== Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives receive $47,500 in annual pay.<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Oklahoma legislative compensation |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/omes/documents/LCBPresentation20231017.pdf |website=Oklahoma.gov |publisher=State of Oklahoma |access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives receives $65,432 in annual pay. The Speaker Pro Tempore, minority leader and appropriations chair receive $59,864 in annual pay.<ref name="salary">[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/2013LegislativeManual.pdf 2013 Legislative Manual] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108211959/https://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/2013LegislativeManual.pdf |date=2022-11-08 }}, Oklahoma House of Representatives, p. 24. (accessed May 16, 2013)</ref> Pay is set by a nine-member state board appointed by the governor, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.<ref name="salary"/>
State legislators can seek reimbursement for expenses related to meals, lodging, and travel related to their duties at any point during the year. They receive a $174 per diam and a milage reimbursement of $0.655 per mile. They have access to benefits, including health and life insurance and retirement savings plans.<ref name="salary"/>
===Current makeup=== As of January 2025, members of the Republican Party hold a supermajority in the House with over three-fourths seats. There are 80 Republicans, 20 Democrats, and 1 vacancy.<ref>{{cite web | title = Membership | publisher = Oklahoma House of Representatives | url = https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives| access-date = January 6, 2025}}</ref>
===Representation=== Originally, the House was apportioned according to a method spelled out in the state constitution, in which each county formed a legislative district. Representation was determined by taking the total population of the state, according to the most recent federal census, and that number was divided by one hundred, with the quotient equaling one ratio. Counties having a population less than one full ratio received one Representative; every county containing an entire ratio but less than two ratios was to be assigned two Representatives; every county containing a population of two entire ratios but less than three ratios was to be assigned three Representatives; and every county containing a population of three entire ratios but less than four ratios was to be assigned four Representatives. After the first four Representatives, a county was to qualify for additional representation on the basis of two whole ratios of population for each additional Representative.
In 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled that this method violated the federal constitution, as it resulted in districts having wildly different populations. State lawmakers implemented a new method that continues to be used today. The Oklahoma House of Representatives must draw new district boundaries within 90 days of the latest Federal Decennial Census. Under the holding of ''Reynolds v. Sims'', 377 U.S. 533 (1964) districts must be apportioned within a five percent margin of the average target size district as determined by the U.S. Census population figures divided by the one hundred and one districts. This allows for certain districts to be slightly smaller or larger than others. The Oklahoma House of Representatives draws its own maps of its district lines, which are subject to the approval of both the state senate and the governor. Should the redistricting not occur in the time limits prescribed by law, the lines are determined by a panel of five statewide elected officials.
===Leadership=== {| class=wikitable |- ! Office ! colspan=2|Officer ! Party ! Since |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Speaker of the House | 100px | Kyle Hilbert | Rep | 2025 |- |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Speaker Pro Tempore | 100px | Anthony Moore | Rep | 2025 |}
{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''Majority Leadership''' {| class=wikitable |- ! Party ! Office ! Officer |- | rowspan=13 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" | Rep | Majority Floor Leader | Josh West |- | Deputy Floor Leader | Steve Bashore |- | Deputy Floor Leader | John Pfeiffer |- | Majority Whip | Tammy West |- | Chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee | Kevin Wallace |- | Vice Chair of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee | Trey Caldwell |- | Majority Caucus Chair | Stan May |- | Majority Caucus Vice Chair | Nick Archer |- | Majority Caucus Secretary | Josh Cantrell |}
{{col-break}} '''Minority Leadership''' {| class=wikitable |- ! Party ! Office ! Officer |- | rowspan=9 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Dem | Minority Leader | Cyndi Munson |- | Assistant Minority Leader | Melissa Provenzano |- | Minority Floor Leader | Andy Fugate |- | Minority Whip | Forrest Bennett |- | Minority Caucus Chair | Trish Ranson |- | Minority Caucus Vice Chair | Ellyn Hefner |- | Minority Caucus Secretary | Arturo Alonso-Sandoval |} {{col-end}}
<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma House of Representatives |url=https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives |website=Oklahoma House of Representatives |publisher=State of Oklahoma |access-date=October 9, 2025}}</ref>
== Past composition of the House of Representatives == {{main|Political party strength in Oklahoma}}
== See also == * List of United States state legislatures * Government of Oklahoma * Oklahoma Senate
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