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Oklahoma legislators file more than 3,000 bills and joint resolutions for coming session

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January 23, 2023
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Oklahoma lawmakers prefiled almost 3,100 bills and joint resolutions for the first session of the 59th Legislature, which gavels in Feb. 6.

This year’s total includes 1,116 Senate bills, 18 Senate joint resolutions, 1,901 House bills and 44 House joint resolutions. Those measures will now be assigned to committees in their chambers of origin, with committee chairs generally given the power to decide which are taken up and which are not.

Joint resolutions are similar to bills but are rarely used for anything except legislative referenda placed on statewide ballots. These are usually constitutional amendments, which must be submitted to a vote of the people, but occasionally legislators will send a proposed change in statute to the ballot voluntarily.

Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives rules require that most bills and joint resolutions be filed before the start of the session. This year’s deadline was Thursday.

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There are exceptions to the prefiling rules. The House speaker and the Senate president pro tem can introduce bills anytime, as can some of their chief lieutenants. Budget and appropriations bills generally are not filed until near the end of the session.

A large share of House bills — more than 400 this year — are shell bills, which means they contain no substantive language. These are essentially spares to address issues that may develop during the session, although in some cases shell bills are placeholders for planned legislation that misses the prefiling deadline.

Shell bills are put into play with committee or floor substitutes that replace pro forma language with the actual legislation.

The Senate does not allow shell bills but has more liberal rules concerning amendments.

Unlike the U.S. Congress — and the Senate — House rules require that amendments be germane to the bill’s original subject. So multiple House shell bills are filed for all 93 titles and subtitles of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Of the near 3,100 bills prefiled, most will be sidelined in less than a month and only about 400 will eventually make it into law.

Because the Legislature operates on a fixed timeline, gaveling in on the first Monday of every February and adjourning no later than the last Friday in May, it sticks to a strict succession of deadlines. This, too, is unlike the U.S. Congress.

The first deadline is March 3, when bills and joint resolutions that have not been passed from committees in their chambers of origin are considered dormant. Because this is the first year of a two-year legislative cycle, those bills can be brought back next year except for those voted down on what is called “final action.”

A negative final action also bars other measures on the same subject from being heard during the two-year legislative cycle, so committee and floor votes are rarely taken unless the author is confident of the outcome.

Joined by his youngest daughter Jackie and wife Christine, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler speaks at the Tulsa Police Department Wednesday about Oklahoma’s mental health crisis, which he calls a “gaping wound” that the state legislature needs to prioritize more. Kunzweiler was allegedly stabbed by one of his daughter during a mental health crisis in his home Tuesday afternoon, police said.


Tulsa-area state legislators and how to contact them

Sen. Nathan Dahm





DISTRICT 33

Sen. Nathan Dahm (R)

Hometown: Broken Arrow

District area: South and east Tulsa County

Phone: 405-521-5551

Email Sen. Dahm


Sen. Jack Stewart





Sen. Jack Stewart

DISTRICT 18

Sen. Jack Stewart (R)

Hometown: Yukon

District area: Wagoner County; also includes small part of Broken Arrow and some of Tulsa

Phone: 405-521-5590

Email Sen. Stewart


Sen. Dana Prieto





Sen. Dana Prieto

DISTRICT 34

Sen. Dana Prieto (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Owasso and northern Tulsa County

Phone: 405-521-5566

Email Sen. Prieto


Sen. Jo Anna Dossett





Sen. Jo Anna Dossett

DISTRICT 35

Sen. Jo Anna Dossett (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: South and central Tulsa

Phone: 405-521-5624

Email Sen. Jo Anna Dossett


Sen. John Haste





Sen. John Haste

DISTRICT 36

Sen. John Haste (R)

Hometown: Broken Arrow

District area: Eastern Tulsa County, western Wagoner County

Phone: 405-521-5602

Email Sen. Haste


Sen. Todd Gollihare





Sen. Todd Gollihare

DISTRICT 12

Sen. Todd Gollihare (R)

Hometown: Kellyville

District area: Creek County

Phone: 405-521-5528

Email Sen. Gollihare


Sen. Kevin Matthews





Sen. Kevin Matthews

DISTRICT 11

Sen. Kevin Matthews (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Northern Tulsa, southeast Osage County

Phone: 405-521-5598

Email Sen. Matthews


Sen. Joe Newhouse





Sen. Joe Newhouse

DISTRICT 25

Sen. Joe Newhouse (R)

Hometown: Broken Arrow

District area: South Tulsa, Bixby, Broken Arrow and Jenks

Phone: 405-521-5675

Email Sen. Newhouse


Sen. Dave Rader





Sen. Dave Rader

DISTRICT 39

Sen. Dave Rader (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Central and south Tulsa

Phone: 405-521-5620

Email Sen. Rader


Sen. Cody Rogers





Sen. Cody Rogers

DISTRICT 37

Sen. Cody Rogers (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District Area: West Tulsa County

Phone: 405-521-5600

Email Sen. Rogers


Rep. Meloyde Blancett





Rep. Meloyde Blancett

DISTRICT 78

Rep. Meloyde Blancett (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Midtown Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7334

Email Rep. Blancett


Rep. Jeff Boatman





Rep. Jeff Boatman

DISTRICT 67

Rep. Jeff Boatman (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Southeast Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7341

Email Rep. Boatman


Rep. Amanda Swope





Rep. Amanda Swope

DISTRICT 71

Rep. Amanda Swope (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Brookside in Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7361

Email Rep. Swope


Rep. Suzanne Schreiber





Rep. Suzanne Schreiber

DISTRICT 70

Rep. Suzanne Schreiber (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Midtown Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7359

Email Rep. Schreiber


Rep. Dean Davis





Rep. Dean Davis

DISTRICT 98

Rep. Dean Davis (R)

Hometown: Broken Arrow

District area: Elm Place in east Broken Arrow, east to 248th East Avenue

Phone: 405-557-7362

Email Rep. Davis


Rep. Mark Tedford





Rep. Mark Tedford

DISTRICT 69

Rep. Mark Tedford (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Jenks, Bixby and Tulsa between those cities

Phone: 405-557-7331

Email Rep. Tedford


Rep. Scott Fetgatter





Rep. Scott Fetgatter

DISTRICT 16

Rep. Scott Fetgatter (R)

Hometown: Okmulgee

District area: Okmulgee County and the southeastern tip of Tulsa County

Phone: 405-557-7373

Email Rep. Fetgatter


Rep. Ross Ford





Rep. Ross Ford

DISTRICT 76

Rep. Ross Ford (R)

Hometown: Broken Arrow

District area: West Broken Arrow

Phone: 405-557-7347

Email Rep. Ford


Rep. Regina Goodwin





Rep. Regina Goodwin

DISTRICT 73

Rep. Regina Goodwin (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Downtown and northwest Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7406

Email Rep. Goodwin


Rep. Kyle Hilbert





Rep. Kyle Hilbert

DISTRICT 29

Rep. Kyle Hilbert (R)

Hometown: Depew

District area: Westernmost Tulsa County, Creek County

Phone: 405-557-7353

Email Rep. Hilbert


Rep. Mark Lawson





Rep. Mark Lawson

DISTRICT 30

Rep. Mark Lawson (R)

Hometown: Sapulpa

District area: Sapulpa, Mounds, southwest Tulsa County

Phone: 405- 557-7414

Email Rep. Lawson


Rep. T.J. Marti





Rep. T.J. Marti

DISTRICT 75

Rep. T.J. Marti (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: East Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7356

Email Rep. Marti


Rep. Stan May





Rep. Stan May

DISTRICT 80

Rep. Stan May (R)

Hometown: Broken Arrow

District area: Southeast Tulsa County; small section of southwest Wagoner County

Phone: 405-557-7338

Email Rep. May


Rep. Monroe Nichols





Rep. Monroe Nichols

DISTRICT 72

Rep. Monroe Nichols (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Southeast corner of Inner Dispersal Loop to Owasso; also includes Turley and Sperry

Phone: 405-557-7391

Email Rep. Nichols


Rep. Clay Staires





Rep. Clay Staires

DISTRICT 66

Rep. Clay Staires (R)

Hometown: Skiatook

District area: Sand Springs, west Tulsa between Arkansas River and Osage County line and Riverview

Phone: 405-557-7390

Email Rep. Staires


Rep. Terry O’Donnell





Rep. Terry O'Donnell

DISTRICT 23

Rep. Terry O’Donnell (R)

Hometown: Catoosa

District area: Catoosa, east Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7379

Email Rep. O’Donnell


Rep. Melissa Provenzano





Rep. Melissa Provenzano

DISTRICT 79

Rep. Melissa Provenzano (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: East and southeast Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7330

Email Rep. Provenzano


Rep. John George





Rep. John George

DISTRICT 36

Rep. John George (R)

Hometown: Newalla

District area: Southeast Osage County, northern Tulsa County

Phone: 405-557-7322

Email Rep. George


Rep. Lonnie Sims





Rep. Lonnie Sims

DISTRICT 68

Rep. Lonnie Sims (R)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: West Tulsa County from the bend of Arkansas River down to Glenpool

Phone: 405-557-7340

Email Rep. Sims


Rep. John Kane





Rep. John Kane

DISTRICT 11

Rep. John Kane (R)

Hometown: Bartlesville

District area: Bartlesville, north Tulsa County including Collinsville

Phone: 405-557-7358

Email Rep. Kane


Rep. Mark Vancuren





Rep. Mark Vancuren

DISTRICT 74

Rep. Mark Vancuren (R)

Hometown: Owasso

District area: Suburban Owasso

Phone: 405-557-7377

Email Rep. Vancuren


Rep. John Waldron





Rep. John Waldron

DISTRICT 77

Rep. John Waldron (D)

Hometown: Tulsa

District area: Northeast Tulsa

Phone: 405-557-7410

Email Rep. Waldron


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