First Session

In the First Session, the Legislature enacted 516 bills, including the following:

• Guns - HB2597 established permit-less carry of concealed and unconcealed firearms for all Oklahomans over the age 21
• Government Reform - HB2479 granted the Governor the authority to directly hire and fire the Director of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
• Government Reform - HB2480 granted the Governor the authority to directly hire and fire the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections
• Government Reform - HB2483 granted the Governor the authority to directly hire and fire the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
• Government Reform - SB456 granted the Governor the authority to directly hire and fire the Director of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority
• Government Reform - SB457 granted the Governor the authority to directly hire and fire the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation
• Medical Marijuana - HB2612 enacted the Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act to regular medical marijuana in Oklahoma
• Highways - HB1071 increased speed limit to 80 miles per hour on state turnpikes and to 75 miles per hour on state highways
• Hemp - SB868 authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to oversee the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program
• State Employees - SB234 requires all non-merit state employee positions be approved by the Legislature
• Attorney General - HB2751 requires all settlement proceeds collected by the Oklahoma Attorney General to be deposited into the State General Fund
• Budget - HB2765 adopting the Fiscal Year 2020 state budget
• Education - HB2769 repealing the annual April 1 deadline for the Legislature to fund common education
• Government Reform - SB1 establishing the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency within the Legislature to audit state agencies
• Elections - HB1259 allowing voters to take and post pictures of their marked ballot to social media
• State Employees - HB2771 granted a pay raise for all State government employees

Second Session

In the Second Session, the Legislature enacted 167 bills, including the following:

• Government Reform - SB661 amended the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act to allow public bodies to hold videoconference meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Government Reform - HB3870 permits the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office to increase its investment in commercial real estate
• Elections - SB210 allows for additional absentee voter methods in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Transportation - HB2744 authorizes the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to issue $200 million in bonds to finance highway construction
• Juvenile Justice - HB1282 prohibiting the placement of certain minor child into the custody of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
• Crime - HB2777 criminalizes the theft or destruction of mail and packages
• Education - HB2905 amends the process whereby virtual charter schools accept new students
• Crime - SB1461 criminalizes the dissemination of private sexual images
• Privacy - HB3613 prohibits any state or local agency from requiring a nonprofit organization to disclose its members and supports
• State Employees - SB285 requiring State agencies to accommodate lactating mothers
• Firearms - SB1081 prohibits any state agency rule or local government ordinance from enforcing gun restrictions greater than required by state law
• Tobacco - SB1428 increases the minimum age for the purchase of tobacco products from 18 to 21
• State Employees - SB1424 authorizes a pay raise for employees of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections
• Abortion - SB1728 allows for a wrongful death suit if an abortion provider does not perform an abortion as required by law

Changes in membership during session

• January 31, 2020— Jason Smalley (R) resigned from SD-28 to accept a private sector position.^[1]
• August 4, 2020— Zack Taylor (R) assumed office to fill SD-28 vacated by Jason Smalley.^[2]
• December 31, 2020— Stephanie Bice (R) resigned from SD-22 to represent Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, leaving the seat vacant and triggering a 2021 special election.

Senate

Overview

Party composition of the Oklahoma Senate in the 57th Legislature

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39	9
Republican	Democrat

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic
End of previous legislature	40	8	48
Begin	39	9	48
Latest voting share	81%	19%

Leadership

Senate Leadership

Office	Officer		Party	Since
President of the Senate		Matt Pinnell	Rep	2019
President Pro Tempore		Greg Treat[3]	Rep	2018

Majority Leadership[4] Party Office Officer Rep Majority Floor Leader Kim David Assistant Majority Floor Leader Stephanie Bice Assistant Majority Floor Leader Frank Simpson Majority Whip Rob Standridge Assistant Majority Whip Julie Daniels Assistant Majority Whip Casey Murdock Assistant Majority Whip Marty Quinn Majority Caucus Chair Jason Smalley Majority Caucus Vice Chair Dave Rader

Minority Leadership Party Office Officer Dem Minority Floor Leader Kay Floyd Minority Caucus Chair Kevin Matthews Assistant Minority Floor Leader JJ Dossett Minority Caucus Vice Chair Michael Brooks Minority Whip Allison Ikley-Freeman

Committee Leadership

Party	Office	Officer
Rep	Appropriations Committee Chair	Roger Thompson
Rep	Rural Caucus Chair	Darcy Jech

House

Overview

Party composition in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in the 57th Legislature

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76	25
Republican	Democrat

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic
End of previous legislature	75	26	101
Begin	76	25	101
Latest voting share	75%	25%

Leadership

House Leadership

Office	Officer		Party	Since
Speaker of the House		Charles McCall	Rep	2017

Majority Leadership Party Office Officer Rep Speaker Pro Tempore Harold Wright Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols Majority Whip Terry O'Donnel Appropriations Committee Chair Kevin Wallace Deputy Majority Floor Leader John Pfeiffer Deputy Majority Floor Leader Dustin Roberts Majority Leader Mike Sanders Assistant Floor Leader Scott Fetgatter Assistant Floor Leader Mark McBride Assistant Floor Leader Sheila Dills Assistant Floor Leader Garry Mize Assistant Floor Leader Jay Steagall Assistant Majority Whip Ryan Martinez Assistant Majority Whip Mike Osburn Assistant Majority Whip Jadine Nollan Assistant Majority Whip Lewis Moore Assistant Majority Whip Tammy Townley Assistant Majority Whip Sherrie Conley Assistant Majority Whip Dean Davis Assistant Majority Whip David Hardin Assistant Majority Whip Jim Olsen Majority Caucus Chair Tammy West Majority Caucus Vice Chair Ross Ford Majority Caucus Secretary Carol Bush

Minority Leadership Party Office Officer Dem Minority Leader Emily Virgin Minority Floor Leader David Perryman Minority Whip Mickey Dollens Minority Caucus Chair Cyndi Munson Minority Caucus Vice Chair Monroe Nichols Minority Caucus Secretary Jason Lowe Assistant Minority Floor Leader Forrest Bennet Assistant Minority Floor Leader Regina Goodwin