52nd Oklahoma Legislature explained

52nd Oklahoma Legislature
Coa Pic:	Flag of Oklahoma.svg
Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Leader1:	Jari Askins (D)
Leader2 Type:	President Pro Tem of the Senate
Leader2:	Glenn Coffee (R)
Leader3 Type:	Speaker of the House
Leader3:	Chris Benge (R)
Leader4 Type:	Term:
Leader4:	January 3, 2009-January 4, 2011
Leader5 Type:	Composition:
Leader5:	Senate 26 22 House 61 40

The Fifty-second Oklahoma Legislature was the meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City from January 3, 2009, to January 4, 2011,^[1] during the second two years of the second administration of Governor Brad Henry. It was the first session in state history where the Republican Party has controlled both houses of the legislature.^[2]

Dates of sessions

Organizational day: January 3, 2009
First regular session: February 2, 2009 – May 29, 2009
Second regular session: February 4, 2010 – May 30, 2010

Previous: 51st Legislature • Next: 53rd Legislature

Major legislation

Enacted

Abortion - HB 1595 prohibited a mother from having an abortion based solely on the sex of the child.^[3]
Health care - HB 1127 provided $7 million to allow the Oklahoma State University Medical Center to continue to operate.
Sales tax exemption - SB 318 created a gradual elimination of the state sales tax on groceries.^[4]
Silver Alert - HB 2030 creates an alert system for senior citizens who have gone missing, similar to the Amber Alert used to find missing children.^[5]
Tort reform - HB 1603 required Oklahomans wishing to file a medical malpractice lawsuit to prove before a third party that the case is not frivolous.^[6]

Failed

Charter schools - SB 834 would have allowed school districts to easily convert schools into charter schools, a move that would exempt them from most state mandates.^[7] The legislation was vetoed by the governor.
Embryonic stem cells - HB 1326 would have made it a crime for a scientist to perform any form of embryonic stem cell research, but was vetoed by Governor Brad Henry.^[8]
Insurance - HB 1312 would have mandated insurance coverage for children with autism.^[9] It failed to get enough votes for passage in the Oklahoma Senate.
Term limits - HJR 1022 would ask voters to vote on term-limits for all statewide elected offices. The legislation failed in committee.

Added to 2010 ballot as a referendum

English-only - HJR 1042 asked voters whether or not to make English the official language of Oklahoma.^[10]
Voting - SB 4 asked voters to decide whether or not to require voters to produce a state-issued ID at the polls.
Workers compensation - SB 609 allowed voters to decide whether or not to require workers compensation judges' appointments to be confirmed by the Oklahoma Senate.

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate:^[11] Jari Askins (D-Duncan^[12])
President pro tempore: Glenn Coffee (R-Oklahoma City)

Republican caucus

Majority Leader: Todd Lamb
Assistant Floor Leader: Brian Bingman
Assistant Floor Leader: Mike Mazzei
Assistant Floor Leader: Clark Jolley
Whip: Mike Schulz
Whip: Cliff Branan
Whip: Anthony Sykes
Caucus Chair: John Ford

Democratic caucus

Democratic Leader: Charlie Laster
Assistant Floor Leader: Jay Paul Gumm
Assistant Floor Leader: Sean Burrage
Assistant Floor Leader: Tom Adelson
Assistant Floor Leader: Tom Ivester
Assistant Floor Leader: Richard Lerblance
- Whip: Susan Paddack Whip: Debbe Leftwich
Whip: Roger Ballenger
Whip: Charles Wyrick
Caucus Chair: Kenneth Corn

House of Representatives

Speaker

Chris Benge

Speaker Pro Tempore: Kris Steele

Republican caucus

Majority Floor Leader: Tad Jones
First Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Ron Peters
- Caucus Chairman: John A. Wright Majority Whip: Mike Jackson

Democratic caucus

Democratic Leader: Danny Morgan
Democratic Floor Leader: Mike Brown
Whip: Ben Sherrer
Caucus Chairman: Chuck Hoskin

Party composition

Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
nowrap style="font-size:80%"	End of previous legislature	24		24	48	0

nowrap style="font-size:80%"	Begin		26	22	48	0
Latest voting share		54.2%	45.8%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
nowrap style="font-size:80%"	End of previous legislature		57	44	101	0

nowrap style="font-size:80%"	Begin	rowspan=2	61	40	101	0
nowrap style="font-size:80%"	July 15, 2009^[13]	39	100	1
nowrap style="font-size:80%"	October 21, 2009^[14]	39		62	101	0

Latest voting share		61.4%	38.6%

Membership

Changes in membership during session

July 15, 2009 Ryan McMullen (D) resigns from representing HD-55 to take a federal position as Oklahoma’s director of rural development.^[15]
October 21, 2009 Todd Russ (R) is sworn in to represent HD-55, filling the seat vacant from Ryan McMullen's resignation.^[16]

Senate

Name	Hometown	Towns Represented
Lt-Gov		Dem	Duncan	2006	President of the Senate
1		Dem	Fairland	2004	Fairland, Grove, Jay, Miami
2	Sean Burrage	Dem	Claremore	2006	Claremore, Pryor
3		Dem	Tahlequah	2004	Tahlequah, Stilwell
4	Kenneth Corn	Dem	Howe	2002	Sallisaw, Poteau
5		Dem	Hugo	2008	Atoka, Hugo
6	Jay Paul Gumm	Dem	Durant	2002	Durant
7	Richard Lerblance	Dem	Hartshorne	2003	Hartshorne, McAlester, Wilburton
8	Roger Ballenger	Dem	Okmulgee	2006	Henryetta, Okmulgee
9	Earl Garrison	Dem	Muskogee	2004	Muskogee, Ft. Gibson
10		Dem	Pawhuska	2006	Pawhuska, Fairfax
11	Judy Eason McIntyre	Dem	Tulsa	2004	Tulsa
12	Brian Bingman	Rep	Sapulpa	2006	Sapulpa, Bristow
13	Susan Paddack	Dem	Ada	2004	Ada
14	Johnnie Crutchfield	Dem	Ardmore	1998	Ardmore
15	Jonathan Nichols	Rep	Norman	2000	Norman
16	John Sparks	Dem	Norman	2006	Norman, Purcell
17		Dem	Shawnee	2003	Shawnee
18	Mary Easley	Dem	Grand Lake Towne	2004	Tulsa, Wagoner
19	Patrick Anderson	Rep	Enid	2004	Guthrie, Enid
20	David Myers	Rep	Ponca City	2002	Ponca City
21	Jim Halligan	Rep	Stillwater	2008	Stillwater, Guthrie
22	Mike Johnson	Rep	Kingfisher	1998	Kingfisher, Oklahoma City, Edmond
23	Ron Justice	Rep	Chickasha	2004	Chickasha
24	Anthony Sykes	Rep	Moore	2006	Moore, Duncan
25	Mike Mazzei	Rep	Tulsa	2004	Tulsa, Broken Arrow
26		Dem	Sayre	2006	Elk City, Sayre, Mangum
27	Bryce Marlatt	Rep	Woodward	2008	Woodward, Guymon
28	Harry Coates	Rep	Seminole	2002	Seminole
29	John Ford	Rep	Bartlesville	2004	Bartlesville
30	Glenn Coffee	Rep	Oklahoma City	1998	Oklahoma City, Bethany
31	Don Barrington	Rep	Lawton	2004	Lawton, Rush Springs
32	Randy Bass	Dem	Lawton	2004	Lawton
33	Tom Adelson	Dem	Tulsa	2004	Tulsa
34	Randy Brogdon	Rep	Owasso	2002	Owasso, Tulsa
35	Gary Stanislawski	Rep	Tulsa	2008	Tulsa
36	Bill Brown	Rep	Broken Arrow	2006	Broken Arrow, Tulsa
37	Dan Newberry	Rep	Tulsa	2008	Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby
38	Mike Schulz	Rep	Altus	2006	Altus, Weatherford
39	Brian Crain	Rep	Tulsa	2004	Tulsa
40	Cliff Branan	Rep	Oklahoma City	2002	Oklahoma City
41	Clark Jolley	Rep	Edmond	2004	Edmond
42	Cliff Aldridge	Rep	Midwest City	2002	Midwest City
43	Jim Reynolds	Rep	Oklahoma City	2000	Del City, Oklahoma City
44	Debbe Leftwich	Dem	Oklahoma City	2003	Oklahoma City
45	Steve Russell	Rep	Oklahoma City	2008	Moore, Mustang, Oklahoma City
46	Andrew Rice	Dem	Oklahoma City	2006	Oklahoma City
47	Todd Lamb	Rep	Edmond	2004	Edmond, Oklahoma City
48	Constance N. Johnson	Dem	Oklahoma City	2006	Oklahoma City

House of Representatives

Name	District	Party	City	First elected
Dennis R. Bailey	1	Dem		2008
Glen Bud Smithson	2	Dem		2002
	3	Dem		2002
	4	Dem		2004
	5	Rep		2004
	6	Dem		2006
	7	Dem		2004
	8	Dem		2004
	9	Rep		1998
Steve Martin	10	Rep		2004
	11	Rep		2006
	12	Dem		2004
	13	Dem		2004
	14	Rep		2006
	15	Dem		2006
	16	Dem		2004
	17	Dem		2006
Terry Harrison	18	Dem		2002
	19	Dem		2004
	20	Dem		2000
John Carey	21	Dem		2002
	22	Dem		2004
	23	Rep		2000
Dale Turner	24	Dem		1996
	25	Rep		2006
	26	Rep		2000
	27	Rep		2004
	28	Dem		2004
	29	Rep		2006
	30	Rep		2006
	31	Rep		2006
	32	Dem		2002
	33	Rep		2004
	34	Dem		2008
Rex Duncan	35	Rep		2004
	36	Rep		2008
	37	Dem		2006
	38	Rep		2002
	39	Rep		2004
	40	Rep		2004
	41	Rep		2006
	42	Rep		2004
	43	Rep		2006
	44	Dem		1998
	45	Dem		2002
	46	Rep		2006
	47	Rep		2008
	48	Rep		2008
	49	Dem		2008
Dennis Johnson	50	Rep		2006
	51	Rep		2008
	52	Rep		2008
	53	Rep		2004
	54	Rep	Moore	2006
	55	Rep		2009
	56	Rep		2004
	57	Rep		2008
	58	Rep		2004
	59	Rep		2008
	60	Dem		2000
	61	Rep		2002
	62	Rep		2006
	63	Rep		2002
	64	Rep		2004
	65	Dem		2002
	66	Dem		2002
	67	Rep		2004
	68	Rep		1998
	69	Rep		2006
	70		Tulsa
Daniel Sullivan	71	Rep		2004
	72	Dem		2008
	73	Dem		2004
	74	Rep		2006
	75	Rep		2008
	76	Rep		1998
	77	Dem		2006
	78	Dem		2004
	79	Rep		2006
	80	Rep		2008
	81	Rep		2004
	82	Rep		2004
	83	Rep		2006
	84	Rep		2004
	85	Rep		2006
John Auffet	86	Dem		2004
Jason Nelson	87	Rep		2008
Al McAffrey	88	Dem		2006
	89	Dem		2002
Charles Key	90	Rep		2000
	91	Rep		2002
	92	Dem		2002
	93	Rep		2008
	94	Dem		2006
Charlie Joyner	95	Rep		2006
	96	Rep		2008
	97	Dem		2004
	98	Rep		2002
	99	Dem		2006
	100	Rep		2004
	101	Rep		2004

External links

Notes and References

http://www.oksenate.gov/publications.aspx Publications - Senate Journals
http://okiepundit.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/what-does-the-new-oklahoma-legislature-hold-in-store/ What does the new Oklahoma Legislature hold in store
Web site: OSCN Found Document:[HB 1595] - an Act relating to public health and safety; amending 63 O.S. 2001, Section 1-730, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 161, O.S.L. 2007 (63 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 1-730), which relates to abortion; modifying definitions; prohibiting the performance of an abortion solely on account of the sex of the unborn child; etc.
Web site: Tax.com article on legislation . 2009-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130201051/http://tax.com/taxcom/features.nsf/Articles/AC495FFDBF5CB2E5852575F4007B5C29?OpenDocument . 2010-11-30 . dead .
Web site: [HB 2030] - an Act relating to public safety; creating the Silver Alert Act; defining terms; requiring the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement a statewide silver alert system; providing for administration of the system; providing duties of the Commissioner of Public Safety; etc.
http://newsok.com/receiving-gov.-henrys-ok-tort-reform-effort-hailed/article/3371720?custom_click=lead_story_title Henry's OK on tort reform hailed
Web site: SB 834 Passes Oklahoma Senate | OSTA.
Web site: Governor Brad Henry . 2009-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090426105210/http://www.gov.ok.gov/display_article.php?article_id=1232&article_type=1 . 2009-04-26 . dead .
http://newsok.com/a-look-at-bills-in-the-oklahoma-legislature/article/3353393 A look at bills in the Oklahoma Legislature
Web site: Archived copy . 2009-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727112114/http://www.nativeamericanlegislators.org/Lists/News%20and%20Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=24 . 2011-07-27 . dead .
The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma serves as the President of the Senate.
Although Askins is formally listed as being from Duncan, she does not represent any city either as Lieutenant Governor or as Senate President.
Democrat Ryan McMullen (District 55) resigned to become the State Director of USDA Rural Development
Republican Todd Russ sworn in to succeed McMullen
News: McNutt . Michael . Ex-lawmaker Ryan McMullen begins federal ag job . 7 June 2022 . The Oklahoman . 17 July 2009.
News: McNutt . Michael . Representative takes Oklahoma House post . 7 June 2022 . The Oklahoman . 22 October 2009.