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HOUSE JOURNAL

First Regular Session of the Fifty-third Legislature

of the State of Oklahoma

First Legislative Day, Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Pursuant to Article V, Section 26, of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, the First Regular Session of the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature assembled in the House Chamber at 12:00 o'clock noon.

Representative Watson called the House to order. Prayer was offered by Pastor Larry Sparks, New Beginnings Church and Chaplain

of the Unity Health Center, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Pastor Sparks was sponsored by Speaker-elect Steele. MILEAGE CHANGE

The following mileage change was submitted: Mileage Amount Round Trip Due Name Gus Blackwell, Laverne and return 372 $186.00

CERTIFICATION OF HOUSE MEMBERS

Representative Sullivan moved that the Communication dated November 12, 2010, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and furnished to the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the State Election Board listing the persons elected to the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature be accepted as prima facie evidence of membership in the House of Representatives and that said Members-elect be seated in the House Chamber and the above-named Communication be printed in the House Journal, which motion was declared adopted.

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COMMUNICATION November 12, 2010 The Honorable Kris Steele Speaker, Oklahoma House of Representatives State Capitol Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Sir: Upon the face of the returns of the General Election, November 2, 2010, certified to this office by the several County Election Boards of the State, the candidates named in the list attached appear to have been regularly elected as Members of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives for the districts indicated. Certificates of Election have been issued to them by this Board, entitling each to participate in the preliminary organization of the House of Representatives. Sincerely, /s/ Paul Ziriax, Secretary State Election Board DIST NO. COUNTY NAME POL. CITY 1 *McCurtain Rusty Farley R Haworth 2 *Sequoyah John R. Bennett R Sallisaw 3 *LeFlore James Lockhart D Heavener 4 *Cherokee Mike Brown D Tahlequah 5 *Delaware, *Mayes Doug Cox R Grove 6 Craig, *Mayes, *Rogers Chuck Hoskin D Vinita 7 *Delaware, Ottawa Larry Glenn D Miami 8 *Mayes, *Rogers, *Wagoner Ben Sherrer D Chouteau 9 *Rogers Marty L. Quinn R Claremore 10 Nowata, *Osage, *Washington Steve Martin R Bartlesville 11 *Tulsa, *Washington Earl Sears R Bartlesville 12 *Rogers, *Wagoner Wade Rousselot D Okay 13 *Muskogee, *Wagoner Jerry McPeak D Warner 14 *Cherokee, *Muskogee George E. Faught R Muskogee 15 *Haskell, *LeFlore, *McIntosh, *Muskogee, *Sequoyah Ed Cannaday D Porum 16 *Muskogee, *Okmulgee, *Wagoner Jerry Shoemake D Morris 17 *Haskell, Latimer, *LeFlore, *Pittsburg Brian Renegar D McAlester 18 *McIntosh, *Pittsburg Donnie Condit D McAlester

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19 Choctaw, *LeFlore, *McCurtain, Pushmataha R. C. Pruett D Antlers 20 Atoka, *Bryan, Coal, Johnston, *Pontotoc Paul D. Roan D Tishomingo 21 *Bryan Dustin Roberts R Durant 22 *Cleveland, *Garvin, *McClain, Murray, *Pontotoc Wes Hilliard D Sulphur 23 *Tulsa Sue Tibbs R Tulsa 24 *Creek, *Hughes, *Okfuskee, *Okmulgee Steve Kouplen D Beggs 25 *Hughes, *McClain,*Pontotoc, *Pottawatomie Todd Thomsen R Ada 26 *Pottawatomie Kris Steele R Shawnee 27 *Cleveland, *Pottawatomie Josh Cockroft R McLoud 28 *Lincoln, *Okfuskee, *Pottawatomie, Seminole Tom Newell R Seminole 29 *Creek, *Tulsa Skye McNiel R Bristow 30 *Creek, *Tulsa Mark McCullough R Sapulpa 31 *Logan, *Oklahoma Jason W. Murphey R Guthrie 32 *Creek, *Lincoln Danny Morgan D Prague 33 *Logan, *Payne Lee Denney R Cushing 34 *Payne Cory T. Williams D Stillwater 35 *Noble, *Osage, Pawnee, *Payne Dennis Casey R Morrison 36 *Osage, *Tulsa Sean Roberts R Hominy 37 *Kay, *Osage Steven E. Vaughan R Ponca City 38 *Garfield, *Grant, *Kay, *Noble, *Osage Dale DeWitt R Braman 39 *Oklahoma Marian Cooksey R Edmond 40 *Garfield Mike Jackson R Enid 41 *Canadian, *Garfield, *Kingfisher, *Oklahoma John T. Enns R Enid 42 *Cleveland, *Garvin, *Grady, *McClain Lisa J. Billy R Lindsay 43 *Canadian Colby Schwartz R Yukon 44 *Cleveland Emily Virgin D Norman 45 *Cleveland Aaron Stiles R Norman 46 *Cleveland, *McClain Scott Martin R Norman 47 *Canadian, *Grady Leslie Osborn R Tuttle 48 *Carter Pat Ownbey R Ardmore 49 *Carter, Love, Marshall Tommy C. Hardin R Madill 50 *Comanche, *Cotton, *Stephens Dennis Johnson R Duncan 51 *Cotton, *Grady, Jefferson, *McClain, *Stephens Corey Holland R Marlow 52 *Greer, Jackson, *Kiowa Charles L. Ortega R Altus 53 *Cleveland Randy Terrill R Moore

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54 *Cleveland Paul Wesselhoft R Moore 55 *Caddo, *Canadian, *Kiowa, Washita Todd Russ R Cordell 56 *Caddo, *Canadian, *Grady Phil Richardson R Minco 57 *Blaine, *Canadian, Custer Harold Wright R Weatherford 58 Alfalfa, *Grant, *Major, Woods, *Woodward Jeff Hickman R Dacoma 59 *Blaine, *Canadian, Dewey, *Kingfisher, *Major, *Woodward Mike Sanders R Kingfisher 60 Beckham, *Ellis, *Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills Purcy D. Walker D Elk City 61 Beaver, Cimarron, *Ellis, Harper, Texas, *Woodward Gus Blackwell R Laverne 62 *Comanche T.W. Shannon R Lawton 63 *Comanche, Tillman Don Armes R Faxon 64 *Comanche Ann Coody R Lawton 65 *Caddo, *Comanche, *Grady Joe Dorman D Rush Springs 66 *Tulsa Jadine Nollan R Sand Springs 67 *Tulsa Pam Peterson R Tulsa 68 *Creek, *Tulsa Glen Mulready R Tulsa 69 *Tulsa Fred Jordan R Jenks 70 *Tulsa Ron Peters R Tulsa 71 *Tulsa Daniel Sullivan R Tulsa 72 *Tulsa Seneca Scott D Tulsa 73 *Osage, *Tulsa Jabar Shumate D Tulsa 74 *Rogers, *Tulsa David Derby R Owasso 75 *Tulsa Dan Kirby R Tulsa 76 *Tulsa David Brumbaugh R Broken Arrow 77 *Rogers, *Tulsa Eric Proctor D Tulsa 78 *Tulsa Jeannie McDaniel D Tulsa 79 *Tulsa Weldon Watson R Tulsa 80 *Tulsa Mike Ritze R Broken Arrow 81 *Oklahoma Randy Grau R Edmond 82 *Oklahoma Guy Liebmann R Oklahoma City 83 *Oklahoma Randy McDaniel R Oklahoma City 84 *Oklahoma Sally Kern R Oklahoma City 85 *Oklahoma David Dank R Oklahoma City 86 Adair, *Cherokee, *Delaware William T. Fourkiller D Stilwell 87 *Oklahoma Jason Nelson R Oklahoma City 88 *Oklahoma Al McAffrey D Oklahoma City 89 *Oklahoma Rebecca Hamilton D Oklahoma City 90 *Oklahoma Charles Key R Oklahoma City 91 *Cleveland, *Oklahoma Mike Reynolds R Oklahoma City 92 *Oklahoma Richard Morrissette D Oklahoma City 93 *Oklahoma Mike Christian R Oklahoma City 94 *Oklahoma Scott Inman D Del City


95 *Oklahoma Charlie Joyner R Midwest City 96 *Oklahoma Lewis H. Moore R Arcadia 97 *Oklahoma Mike Shelton D Oklahoma City 98 *Tulsa, *Wagoner John Trebilcock R Broken Arrow 99 *Oklahoma Anastasia Pittman D Oklahoma City 100 *Oklahoma Elise Hall R Oklahoma City 101 *Cleveland, *Oklahoma Gary Banz R Midwest City *County divided into two or more State House of Representatives districts. OATH OF OFFICE

The official Oath of Office, as required by Article XV, Sections 1 and 2, Oklahoma Constitution, was administered in the House Chamber on August 17, 2010, to Representative Liebmann by Notary Public Joel G. Kintsel, on November 9, 2010, to Representative Cannaday by Notary Public Joel G. Kintsel and to Representative Morgan by Supreme Court Justice James R. Winchester, on November 10, 2010, to Representatives Blackwell, Roan and Sears by Notary Public Joel G. Kintsel, on November 12, 2010, to Representative Sanders by Notary Public Joel G. Kintsel, on November 15, 2010, to Representative McAffrey by Supreme Court Justice James R. Winchester, on November 16, 2010, to Representative Pittman by Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Kauger, to the other 90 newly elected Members named above on November 16, 2010, by Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Steven W. Taylor, on November 18, 2010, to Representative Sean Roberts by Notary Public Joel G. Kintsel and on December 27, 2010, to Representative Casey by Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Steven W. Taylor.

Representative Watson ordered the roll called of the newly elected Members of the

House of Representatives, which resulted as follows: Present: Armes, Banz, Bennett, Billy, Blackwell, Brown, Brumbaugh, Cannaday,

Casey, Christian, Cockroft, Condit, Coody, Cooksey, Cox, Dank, Denney, Derby, DeWitt, Dorman, Enns, Farley, Faught, Fourkiller, Glenn, Grau, Hall, Hamilton, Hardin, Hickman, Hilliard, Holland, Hoskin, Inman, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kern, Key, Kirby, Kouplen, Liebmann, Lockhart, Martin (Scott), Martin (Steve), McAffrey, McCullough, McDaniel (Jeanie), McDaniel (Randy), McNiel, McPeak, Moore, Morgan, Morrissette, Mulready, Murphey, Nelson, Newell, Nollan, Ortega, Osborn, Ownbey, Peters, Peterson, Pittman, Proctor, Pruett, Quinn, Renegar, Reynolds, Richardson, Roan, Roberts (Dustin), Roberts (Sean), Rousselot, Russ, Sanders, Schwartz, Scott, Sears, Shannon, Shelton, Sherrer, Shoemake, Shumate, Steele, Stiles, Sullivan, Terrill, Thomsen, Tibbs, Trebilcock, Vaughan, Virgin, Walker, Watson, Wesselhoft, Williams, Wright.—100.

Excused: Ritze.—1. Representative Watson declared a quorum present and the House of Representatives of

the Fifty-third Legislature duly assembled.

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QUALIFICATION OF HOUSE MEMBERSHIP

Representative Sullivan moved that whereas the Members-elect of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third Legislature have examined the above-named Communication, election returns and qualifications of the persons named in such Communication and found that said persons have been duly elected to the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature; and therefore, the persons named in said Communication are declared duly elected and qualified Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Oklahoma Legislature, having taken their Oaths of Office and said Oaths having been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.

The roll was ordered called on the Sullivan motion and resulted as follows: Aye: Armes, Banz, Bennett, Billy, Blackwell, Brown, Brumbaugh, Cannaday, Casey,

Christian, Cockroft, Condit, Coody, Cooksey, Cox, Dank, Denney, Derby, DeWitt, Dorman, Enns, Farley, Faught, Fourkiller, Glenn, Grau, Hall, Hamilton, Hardin, Hickman, Hilliard, Holland, Hoskin, Inman, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kern, Key, Kirby, Kouplen, Liebmann, Lockhart, Martin (Scott), Martin (Steve), McAffrey, McCullough, McDaniel (Jeanie), McDaniel (Randy), McNiel, McPeak, Moore, Morrissette, Mulready, Murphey, Nelson, Newell, Nollan, Ortega, Osborn, Ownbey, Peters, Peterson, Pittman, Proctor, Pruett, Quinn, Renegar, Reynolds, Richardson, Roan, Roberts (Dustin), Roberts (Sean), Rousselot, Russ, Sanders, Schwartz, Scott, Sears, Shannon, Shelton, Sherrer, Shoemake, Shumate, Steele, Stiles, Sullivan, Terrill, Thomsen, Tibbs, Trebilcock, Vaughan, Virgin, Walker, Watson, Wesselhoft, Williams, Wright.—99.

Excused: Morgan, Ritze.—2. Representative Watson declared the motion adopted having received a majority vote of

those elected to and constituting the House of Representatives. ELECTION OF SPEAKER

Representative Watson announced that nominations for the Speaker of the House of Representatives are now in order.

Representative Tibbs nominated Representative Steele for Speaker of the House, which

motion was seconded by Representative Ortega. Representative Proctor nominated Representative Inman for Speaker of the House,

which motion was seconded by Representative Hoskin. Representative Banz moved that nominations for Speaker cease, which motion was

declared adopted.


Representative Watson put the question: “Shall the Honorable Kris Steele or the Honorable Scott Inman be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature?

The roll was ordered called and resulted as follows: Steele: Armes, Banz, Bennett, Billy, Blackwell, Brumbaugh, Casey, Christian,

Cockroft, Coody, Cooksey, Cox, Dank, Denney, Derby, DeWitt, Enns, Farley, Faught, Grau, Hall, Hardin, Hickman, Holland, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kern, Key, Kirby, Liebmann, Martin (Scott), Martin (Steve), McCullough, McDaniel (Randy), McNiel, Moore, Mulready, Murphey, Nelson, Newell, Nollan, Ortega, Osborn, Ownbey, Peters, Peterson, Quinn, Reynolds, Richardson, Roberts (Dustin), Roberts (Sean), Russ, Sanders, Schwartz, Sears, Shannon, Steele, Stiles, Sullivan, Terrill, Thomsen, Tibbs, Trebilcock, Vaughan, Watson, Wesselhoft, Wright.—69.

Inman: Brown, Cannaday, Condit, Dorman, Fourkiller, Glenn, Hamilton, Hilliard,

Hoskin, Inman, Kouplen, Lockhart, McAffrey, McDaniel (Jeannie), McPeak, Morrissette, Pittman, Proctor, Pruett, Renegar, Roan, Rousselot, Scott, Shelton, Sherrer, Shoemake, Shumate, Virgin, Walker, Williams.—30.

Excused: Morgan, Ritze.—2. Representative Watson declared Representative Steele elected Speaker of the House of

Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature and appointed Representatives Coody, Key, Nollan, Osborn and Quinn to escort Speaker-elect Steele to the rostrum where Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven W. Taylor administered the Oath of Office as Speaker.

The Speaker addressed the House. Upon unanimous consent request of Representative

Ownbey, the remarks of Speaker Steele were ordered printed in full as follows: “Thank you, Representative Tibbs and Representative Ortega, for your kind words and

thank all of you for granting me the wonderful privilege of serving as Speaker of the House for the 53rd Legislature. I pledge to serve diligently and do my best with the responsibilities you have entrusted to me and uphold the ideals of this magnificent institution.

I would also like to express my appreciation to the three most important people in my life: my wife, Kellie, and our two daughters, Mackenzie and Madison. Without their support, encouragement and help, I would not be here today. Girls, you are the light of my life and Kellie, you are my rock, inspiration, motivation, and best friend. My greatest blessing is getting to share life by your side – I love you, Sweetie!

Thank you to my other family members as well. My Mom and stepdad Kaye and James Harrod; Dad and stepmom Mike and Carol Steele; PopPop and Ninny, Sam and Joy Steele; mother-in-law and her husband, Vickie and Bill Winters, Father-in-law George Kursar; Uncle, Bruce Day; and Aunt and Uncle, Janet and Will Garcia. In addition, several members from my church family of Wesley United Methodist Church in Shawnee are in attendance. Please welcome them to the House of Representatives.

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I would like to acknowledge my staff: Brian Downs, Sara Pawelka, Jonathan Buxton and Laurie Nicoll. You are among the best and brightest in the Great State of Oklahoma and I am truly grateful for your willingness to share your talents with us.

Last, but not least, I want to say a special word of thanks to Liz Young, my legislative assistant for the past 7 years. Liz is, without question, the most dedicated, dependable, and conscientious person I know. She truly cares about helping and serving the good people of our state. Thank you, Liz, for sticking with me and reminding me on a daily basis of our purpose and mission. You are the best!

On November 4, 1879, an extraordinary individual was born in Oklahoma. His name was Will Rogers.

Will Rogers loved reading and talking to people; and these two interests enabled him to become an effective communicator. His intelligent and amusing observations about people, life, the country and government, expressed in simple down-home language inspired people to love his insight, humor and wit. His honest and sincere observations earned him the respect of the nation.

To this day, he is still regarded as one of the greatest political sages and humorists our country has ever known. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Will Rogers:

• ‘If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.’ • ‘The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back

in your pocket.’ • ‘There are two theories to arguing with a woman: neither works.’ • ‘Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco.’

And the one I want to concentrate on today: • ‘Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit

there.’ You know, there are so many exciting things happening in Oklahoma right now. Our

state was recently recognized in USA Today as being a great place to live and open or expand a business. Newsweek and Forbes magazines have identified Oklahoma as one of the most recession-proof places in the nation! And Time magazine is in the process of writing a story about the creative pilot programs in our state for nonviolent, low-risk, female offenders. We are making progress, and in my opinion, our best days are yet to come, but, like Will Rogers said, “We will get run over, if we just sit there.”

We must continue to focus on policies that will provide the greatest benefit to all Oklahomans. We should strive to enact sensible reforms that will grow the economy and allow the citizens of our state to reach their potential. The goal is to create an environment conducive to job growth, job creation and job enhancement.

We must continue to concentrate on putting the state’s financial house in order by streamlining government to eliminate waste and duplication and produce a balanced budget that protects core services important to fellow Oklahomans. We must also seek to stabilize state pension systems so that current obligations are secured as we position the state to attract a skilled and competent workforce for generations to come. It’s time to promote correction reforms that will increase public safety, save tax payer dollars, and produce better outcomes.

Educational opportunities should be improved so children from across our state can excel in college and thrive in the work force upon graduation.


We will remain a strong voice for Oklahoma’s traditional values by enacting policies that protect unborn children, aid women facing crises pregnancies, reverse the trend of family fragmentation and support adoption as a viable and successful option.

We will be diligent in defending all rights provided by the United States Constitution, including the right to bear arms. We must guard against federal overreach and protect against those who intentionally break the law and pose a threat to public safety.

These are significant goals, but they are achievable. When we work together, we are at our best and the sky’s the limit. However, our potential can only be realized if we are intentional about utilizing the gifts and talents that exist within this robust body. Every elected official has something to offer – some contribution to make.

As I look around this room, I realize some of us are Republicans, some are Democrats, some are urban, while others are rural.

But, above all, we are Oklahomans! Now is the time for us to collectively serve a cause greater than ourselves. We owe it to the people who elected us to measure up to the standard that makes Oklahoma the greatest place to live, work, and raise a family!

Oklahomans are unique individuals. We have the uncanny ability to rise to the occasion and work to overcome adversity, all while maintaining a positive attitude when facing difficult and challenging situations. We are a strong, friendly, courageous and resilient group of people.

Today, I accept this position knowing the office of House Speaker is not about me ; it’s about serving the people of our great state and working together to move Oklahoma forward!

You have granted me a unique opportunity to join with you in meeting the needs of our citizens and building a better, brighter tomorrow. It is indeed an honor to be a part of such an incredible team of people.

My desire is for every member of this body to feel comfortable in participating in the lawmaking process and that the needs of Oklahoma will be placed above partisan politics and personal agendas.

My priority is for the Oklahoma House of Representatives to be defined by cooperation, humility, hard work, selflessness, respect, sacrifice and professionalism!

With a humble and grateful heart, I accept your nomination as Speaker of the House for the 53rd Legislature and pledge to serve diligently along side each of you to fulfill the duties of this office.

May God Bless you, May God Bless your families, and May God Bless the Great State of Oklahoma!

Thank you!” Speaker Steele Presiding ELECTION OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

Speaker Steele announced the nominations for Speaker Pro Tempore are now in order. Representative Billy nominated Representative Hickman for Speaker Pro Tempore of

the House, which motion was seconded by Representative McDaniel (Randy).

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Representative Pittman nominated Representative Dorman for Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, which motion was seconded by Representative McPeak.

Representative Shannon moved that nominations for Speaker Pro Tempore cease,

which motion was declared adopted. Speaker Steele put the question: “Shall the Honorable Jeff Hickman or the Honorable

Joe Dorman be elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature?”

The roll was ordered called and resulted as follows: Hickman: Armes, Banz, Bennett, Billy, Blackwell, Brumbaugh, Casey, Christian,

Cockroft, Coody, Cooksey, Cox, Dank, Denney, Derby, DeWitt, Enns, Farley, Faught, Grau, Hall, Hardin, Hickman, Holland, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kern, Key, Kirby, Liebmann, Martin (Scott), Martin (Steve), McCullough, McDaniel (Randy), McNiel, Moore, Mulready, Murphey, Nelson, Newell, Nollan, Ortega, Osborn, Ownbey, Peters, Peterson, Quinn, Reynolds, Richardson, Roberts (Dustin), Roberts (Sean), Russ, Sanders, Schwartz, Sears, Shannon, Stiles, Sullivan, Terrill, Thomsen, Tibbs, Trebilcock, Vaughan, Watson, Wesselhoft, Wright, Mr. Speaker.—69.

Dorman: Brown, Cannaday, Condit, Dorman, Fourkiller, Glenn, Hamilton, Hilliard,

Hoskin, Inman, Kouplen, Lockhart, McAffrey, McDaniel (Jeannie), McPeak, Morrissette, Pittman, Proctor, Pruett, Renegar, Roan, Rousselot, Scott, Shelton, Sherrer, Shoemake, Shumate, Virgin, Walker, Williams.—30.

Excused: Morgan, Ritze.—2. Speaker Steele declared Representative Jeff Hickman elected Speaker Pro Tempore of

the House of Representatives for the Fifty-third Legislature and appointed Representatives Cox, Dank, Denney, Grau and Sears to escort Speaker Pro Tempore-elect Hickman to the rostrum where he was administered the Oath of Office as Speaker Pro Tempore by Judge Ray Dean Linder, Alva.

Speaker Pro Tempore Hickman addressed the House. Upon unanimous consent request of Representative Jackson, the remarks of Speaker

Pro Tempore Hickman were ordered printed in full as follows:

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me begin by thanking the District Judge for Oklahoma’s Fourth Judicial District,

Judge Ray Dean Linder, for administering the oath of office. It is an honor for me and my family to have Judge Linder with us today. One of the longest sitting trial judges in our state, he has been on the bench since 1967, and has served 17 years as presiding judge over the 18 counties in Oklahoma’s Northwest Administrative District. Many of you may have first gotten to know Judge Linder a decade ago when he presided over the Terry Nichols case after the tragedy not far from where we are today on April 19, 1995, but my wife, Jana, and I, growing up in and around Woods County, have not lived a day on this earth knowing


anything other than Judge Linder dispensing justice and applying common sense in his courtrooms across northwest Oklahoma, but more importantly, leading efforts to make our corner of the state and all of Oklahoma a better place to live, work and raise a family. The radio play-by-play voice for Northwestern Ranger athletics for 28 seasons, Dean Linder, as well as Jack Buck with the St. Louis Cardinals, caused me to fall in love with broadcasting and the magic of radio as a young child as I remember spending hours in the evenings laying by the AM radio with my father listening to Dean’s voice – he wasn’t Judge Linder when he was on the air – with the thrill of a Ranger victory or the agony of a defeat, and as a small child sometimes falling asleep to his voice, waking the next morning to ask my Dad if we had won, disappointed my little body had been unable to stay awake until the end of Dean’s broadcast. Jana grew up across the street from Judge Linder and his wife, Wylodean, during her high school years and the Linders have a special place in her heart beyond the remarkable jewelry I frequently purchase for her which is handmade by Judge Linder, I’m certain, Your Honor! An Oklahoma treasure and a northwest Oklahoma legend, please join me in welcoming to our State Capitol and thanking him for his half-century of public service to our great state and her citizens, District Judge Dean Linder.

I am honored to have several family members here today. On the floor is my partner in all that I do, my wife Jana. Seated with Jana, are our children, Taylor, Ashley and Austin. Ashley is celebrating her 13th birthday here at the Capitol today! Our spouses make tremendous personal sacrifices for us, our families and the people of our district, so that we may be away from home and serve our state. Those of us with young children at home also realize our families make sacrifices due to our absence, or sometimes due to our presence, making them celebrate their birthdays at the Capitol! Probably none of us thank our spouses and our families enough for those sacrifices, and Jana, Taylor, Ashley, and Austin, I thank you and I love you.

In the gallery are two of the most supportive parents any son could have and two of the most spoiling grandparents our three children could have, my Dad, who was also Jana’s basketball coach in grade school, and my Mom, Steve and Cathy Hickman from Cherokee. And a wonderful lady, who I have known almost all of my life and who today Jana and I consider family. Her son, Monte, was a wonderful father to Taylor and Ashley prior to his death, and I hope I’m somehow able to fill the Dad role in his absence for the two wonderful daughters I’m now privileged to be raising. Please welcome Taylor and Ashley’s grandmother, and now Austin’s too by unofficial adoption, from Alva, Mrs. Jane Tucker.

Mr. Speaker, fellow members and guests; Thank you. I am humbled. Thank you for the honor you have given me by placing

your trust in me to serve you as Speaker Pro Tempore for the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature. And I must also say thank you to the people of Alfalfa, Woods, Grant, Major and Woodward counties in District 58 for giving me the privilege to represent them here the past six years and for the next two years, and appreciation to my predecessor, Rep. Elmer Maddux, for his advice, counsel and support. I feel truly blessed to be able to serve the part of the state where Jana and I grew up and that gave so much to us.

As we embark on this next session, we stand on the brink of perhaps Oklahoma’s most challenging budgetary year…not because our state’s economy is not growing stronger each day, thanks to our state’s hard working citizens, men and women primarily in small businesses in large and small communities across our 77 counties. We face a year for our state government that rivals the Great Depression, not in sacrifice or hardship as presented by the Dust Bowl, but in terms of significant reductions to our state’s budget over a multi-

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year period because revenues are simply not there to fill the holes caused by the national and global recession, and the use of virtually all of our state’s savings account during our rainy days the past two years.

We stand side-by-side on this brink, each as elected members of this body, faced with a choice to work through this challenging budget cycle to meet Oklahoma’s needs or to work against each other and fail those who sent us here to represent them. This will be a year of difficult decisions that require sacrifice from those who utilize the services state government was initially intended to provide, sacrifice from state employees who provide those services, and sacrifices as we determine what programs are beyond our mission and must be ended because they are luxuries we can no longer afford at the expense of the essential state services of public safety, education, transportation and affordable healthcare.

This will also be a year that requires creative solutions from all 101 members of this House. Indeed, as Speaker Steele frequently says, this will be the time for all hands on deck. For our 20 new members, gone are the days when you would have been not only able to, but expected to sit on the back row and keep quiet as the issues were debated here on the House floor. From where Representatives Nollan, Fourkiller and Casey are sitting today, clearly the back row days are gone!

While we do face significant challenges this year, the diversity of experience and the depth of the members of this body give me great confidence that this House of Representatives will not only meet those challenges but will lead in meeting those challenges. I’m reminded of the story of the first president of the University of Oklahoma, David Ross Boyd, who accepted the position before ever coming to the state and who accepted the position without the knowledge that the University was yet to be built. When he stepped off the train in Norman, he found that the campus had no buildings, no classrooms, no books … not even a tree broke the expanse of the hardpan prairie. In the eyes of these challenges, he easily could have stepped back on the train, but instead he looked around at what he saw, and said simply, “What possibilities!”

Even with our budget challenges, I hope you see the possibilities we have before us this year. We have the opportunity to reform our tax code and the responsibility to minimize government regulation to create an economic environment where Oklahoma businesses can create jobs and be profitable, an environment that will be recognized by entrepreneurs and sought after by companies located outside our state’s border. We have the opportunity as well as the responsibility to improve our public education system to do what’s right for our children and prepare them for their future. We have the opportunity to advance needed reforms in corrections and the responsibility to ensure safe working conditions for our correctional employees. We have the responsibility to protect the investments we’ve finally made under new leadership in the past six years in our roads and bridges to make Oklahoma a safer place to travel and provide the infrastructure for businesses to grow. We have the opportunity to ensure Oklahomans have access to quality, affordable healthcare and the responsibility to stand up to the federal government’s efforts which overreach. We have the responsibility to protect our freedoms and assert our rights as a state under the U.S. Constitution. And we have a responsibility to the taxpayers and to future, current and retired state employees to get serious about addressing our retirement systems.

Members, the challenges are great. The days will be long. This democratic process will get noisy. There will be agreement about where we want our state to go, but disagreement about how we get there. It won’t be easy, but our founding fathers didn’t intend for it to be. Through all of this, I pledge to you as your Speaker Pro Tem, to serve


with respect for each elected member of the People’s House, to be firm but fair, to ensure the majority can conduct the people’s business but that the rights of the minority are protected, realizing that majority and minority on many issues before us will not be divided by political party. I pledge to interpret and apply the rules of the House fairly, and as chairman of the Speaker’s Committee on process reform, I assure you we will bring forth to you very soon for your consideration, reforms to provide a more responsible appropriations process, a conference committee process with openness and accountability, and common sense timelines for the end of session that provide adequate opportunity for you to review legislation … reforms this Legislature has needed for decades.

Members, we have been given a tremendous honor by our constituents to represent them in this beautiful and special place. It’s a privilege I hope you take seriously and an opportunity I hope you enjoy. In President Washington’s first State of the Union speech on January 8, 1790, he challenged the Congress to build upon their prior good work for the American people saying, ‘Still further to realize their expectations, and to secure the blessings which a gracious Providence has placed within our reach, will in the course of the present important session, call for the cool and deliberate exertion of your patriotism, firmness and wisdom.’ We today, in this House, will need the cool and deliberate exertion of the patriotism, firmness and wisdom of our 101 members. We do face challenges but when I look across this House floor today I see a team ready to roll up their sleeves, work hard and find ways to do good things. Remember the words found in Galatians 6:9: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Better days will return to Oklahoma. In fact, we’re already seeing signs that this state which avoided the national recession longer than most may well come out of it quicker than most. I hope you’ll join me in looking at the challenges ahead and proclaim, ‘What possibilities!’ Together, if we don’t give up, we can chart a course which will set the stage for the next generation to be able to live, work and raise their families here, to secure the blessings which our gracious God has placed within our reach, in this special place we call Oklahoma.

May God bless you, may He bless our great state, and may God continue to bless America.” MOTION

Representative Sullivan moved that the Honorable Senate be notified by message that the House of Representatives is organized and ready to convene in Joint Session.

JOINT SESSION

The First Joint Session of the First Regular Session of the Fifty-third Legislature assembled in the House Chamber on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, and was called to order by Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins.

Senator Schulz moved that the attendance roll call of the Senate be considered the

attendance roll call of the Senate in Joint Session, which was the order.

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Representative Sullivan moved that the attendance roll call of the House be considered the attendance roll call of the House in Joint Session, which was the order.

Lieutenant Governor Askins declared quorums of the Senate and House present and the

Joint Session duly assembled. Invocation was given by Pastor Larry Sparks, New Beginnings Church and Chaplain of

the Unity Health Center, Shawnee.

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 5, Oklahoma Constitution, Speaker Steele announced the canvassing of the returns of the General Election held on November 2, 2010, as certified to the House of Representatives and transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by Secretary of the State Election Board Paul Ziriax and transmitted to the House of Representatives by Secretary of State Susan Savage.

Senator Schulz moved to dispense with the reading of the election results and ordered

same printed in the Journals of the House and Senate respectively, which motion was declared adopted.

The Speaker declared elected to the respective offices listed below the candidates

whose names are shown:

COMMUNICATIONS December 21, 2010 The Honorable M. Susan Savage Secretary of State State Capitol Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Dear Ms. Savage: I transmit to you herewith a sealed envelope addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives containing the results of the General Election held November 2, 2010, to be delivered by you to the Speaker pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Paul Ziriax, Secretary State Election Board


December 21, 2010 The Honorable Kris Steele, Speaker Oklahoma State House of Representatives State Capitol Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Sir: I hereby certify that the attached compilation is a complete list of the names of all candidates voted for at the General Election held November 2, 2010, for the offices indicated, and that the figures set by the names represent the sum of the total votes cast for each as certified to this office by the County Election Boards of the State. Candidates who were unopposed in the General Election also are listed. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Paul Ziriax, Secretary State Election Board

State of Oklahoma Official Returns

General Election — November 2, 2010

UNITED STATES SENATOR TOM COBURN Republican Muskogee 718,482 JIM ROGERS Democrat Midwest City 265,814 STEPHEN P. WALLACE Independent Tulsa 25,048 RONALD F. DWYER Independent Tulsa 7,807

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE District 1 JOHN SULLIVAN Republican Tulsa 151,173 ANGELIA O'DELL Independent Tulsa 45,656 District 2 CHARLES THOMPSON Republican Hulbert 83,226 DAN BOREN Democrat Muskogee 108,203 District 3 FRANK D. LUCAS Republican Cheyenne 161,927 FRANKIE ROBBINS Democrat Medford 45,689

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District 4 TOM COLE Republican Moore Unopposed District 5 JAMES LANKFORD Republican Edmond 123,236 BILLY COYLE Democrat Oklahoma City 68,074 CLARK DUFFE Independent Edmond 3,067 DAVE WHITE Independent Edmond 2,728 GOVERNOR MARY FALLIN Republican Edmond 625,506 JARI ASKINS Democrat Duncan 409,261

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TODD LAMB Republican Edmond 659,242 KENNETH CORN Democrat Poteau 334,711 RICHARD PRAWDZIENSKI Independent Edmond 35,665

STATE AUDITOR AND INSPECTOR GARY JONES Republican Cache 570,174 STEVE BURRAGE Democrat Antlers 449,152

ATTORNEY GENERAL SCOTT PRUITT Republican Broken Arrow 666,407 JIM PRIEST Democrat Oklahoma City 357,162

STATE TREASURER KEN MILLER Republican Edmond 675,515 STEPHEN E COVERT Democrat Midwest City 339,272

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION JANET BARRESI Republican Norman 573,716 SUSAN PADDACK Democrat Ada 387,007 RICHARD E. COOPER Independent Ada 65,243

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR MARK COSTELLO Republican Edmond 649,748 LLOYD L. FIELDS Democrat Norman 362,805

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER JOHN DOAK Republican Tulsa 555,740 KIM HOLLAND Democrat Tulsa 464,310

CORPORATION COMMISSIONER DANA MURPHY Republican Edmond Unopposed

DISTRICT JUDGE District 1, Office 1 GREG A. ZIGLER Nonpartisan Guymon Unopposed District 2, Office 1 DOUG HAUGHT Nonpartisan Elk City 9,968 RICHARD PHILLIPS Nonpartisan Clinton 8,319 District 3, Office 1 RICHARD B. DARBY Nonpartisan Altus Unopposed District 4, Office 1 RAY DEAN LINDER Nonpartisan Alva Unopposed District 4, Office 2 PAUL K. WOODWARD Nonpartisan Enid Unopposed District 4, Office 3 DENNIS HLADIK Nonpartisan Enid Unopposed District 5, Office 1 C. ALLEN McCALL Nonpartisan Lawton Unopposed


District 5, Office 2 JOE ENOS Nonpartisan Duncan Unopposed District 5, Office 3 KEITH AYCOCK Nonpartisan Lawton Unopposed District 5, Office 4 MARK RANDALL SMITH Nonpartisan Lawton Unopposed District 5, Office 5 GERALD F. NEUWIRTH Nonpartisan Lawton Unopposed District 6, Office 1 RICHARD G. VAN DYCK Nonpartisan Chickasha Unopposed District 7, Office 1

KENNETH C. WATSON Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 2 TWYLA GRAY Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 3 DONALD L. DEASON Nonpartisan Edmond Unopposed District 7, Office 4 BRYAN C. DIXON Nonpartisan Edmond Unopposed District 7, Office 5 PATRICIA G. PARRISH Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 6 DANIEL L. OWENS Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 7

CINDY TRUONG Nonpartisan Oklahoma City 95,786 PAT CRAWLEY Nonpartisan Choctaw 73,528 District 7, Office 8 GLENN M. JONES Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 9 TAMMY L. BASS-LESURE Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 10 BILL GRAVES Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 11 BARBARA SWINTON Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 12

LISA TIPPING DAVIS Nonpartisan Edmond Unopposed District 7, Office 13 NOMA GURICH Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 14 RAY C. ELLIOTT Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed District 7, Office 15 JERRY D. BASS Nonpartisan Edmond Unopposed District 8, Office 1 D. W. BOYD Nonpartisan Ponca City Unopposed District 9, Office 1 PHILLIP CORLEY Nonpartisan Stillwater Unopposed District 10, Office 1 JOHN KANE Nonpartisan Pawhuska Unopposed District 11, Office 1 CURTIS L. DeLAPP Nonpartisan Bartlesville Unopposed District 12, Office 1 TERRY H. McBRIDE Nonpartisan Pryor Unopposed

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District 12, Office 2 DYNDA R. POST Nonpartisan Locust Grove Unopposed District 12, Office 3 DWAYNE STEIDLEY Nonpartisan Claremore Unopposed District 13, Office 1 ROBERT G. HANEY Nonpartisan Miami Unopposed District 14, Office 1 WILLIAM C. KELLOUGH Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 2 JESSE S. HARRIS Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 3 JAMES M. CAPUTO Nonpartisan Owasso Unopposed District 14, Office 4

DAMAN H. CANTRELL Nonpartisan Owasso Unopposed District 14, Office 5 JEFFERSON D. SELLERS Nonpartisan Cleveland Unopposed District 14, Office 6

CARLOS J. CHAPPELLE Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 7 TOM GILLERT Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 8 P. THOMAS THORNBRUGH Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 9 JOHN M. EAGLETON Nonpartisan Tulsa 57,302 LINDA MORRISSEY Nonpartisan Tulsa 91,380 District 14, Office 10 MARY FITZGERALD Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 11 REBECCA NIGHTINGALE Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 12 DORIS L. FRANSEIN Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed District 14, Office 13

BILL MUSSEMAN Nonpartisan Broken Arrow 91,005 CARL FUNDERBURK Nonpartisan Tulsa 52,890 District 14, Office 14

JON R. PATTON Nonpartisan Tulsa 69,917 KURT G. GLASSCO Nonpartisan Tulsa 72,751 District 15, Office 1 MIKE NORMAN Nonpartisan Muskogee Unopposed District 15, Office 2 DARRELL SHEPHERD Nonpartisan Wagoner Unopposed District 15, Office 3 JEFF PAYTON Nonpartisan Stilwell Unopposed District 15, Office 4 THOMAS H. ALFORD Nonpartisan Muskogee Unopposed District 16, Office 1

JONATHAN K. SULLIVAN Nonpartisan Poteau 9,952 MARION D. FRY Nonpartisan Poteau 8,177 District 17, Office 1 WILLARD DRIESEL Nonpartisan Broken Bow 7,992 J. P. LONGACRE Nonpartisan Valliant 7,036


District 18, Office 1 THOMAS M BARTHELD Nonpartisan McAlester Unopposed District 19, Office 1 MARK R. CAMPBELL Nonpartisan Durant Unopposed District 20, Office 1

DENNIS MORRIS Nonpartisan Ardmore 13,198 THOMAS S WALKER Nonpartisan Ardmore 10,299 District 20, Office 2 WALLACE COPPEDGE Nonpartisan Tishomingo Unopposed District 21, Office 1 TRACY SCHUMACHER Nonpartisan Norman 45,696 JONATHAN NICHOLS Nonpartisan Norman 33,640 District 21, Office 2 GREG DIXON Nonpartisan Purcell 42,944 JOHN A. MANTOOTH Nonpartisan Purcell 36,449 District 21, Office 3 JEFF HARLEY BRYANT Nonpartisan Norman 26,555 TOM A. LUCAS Nonpartisan Norman 52,091 District 21, Office 4

CHARLES L. BROADWAY Nonpartisan Norman 27,761 LORI M. WALKLEY Nonpartisan Norman 50,332 District 22, Office 1 GEORGE W. BUTNER Nonpartisan Wewoka Unopposed District 22, Office 2 TOM LANDRITH Nonpartisan Ada Unopposed District 22, Office 3 GARY SNOW Nonpartisan Seminole Unopposed District 23, Office 1 CINDY FERRELL ASHWOOD Nonpartisan Chandler 16,511 ROBERT THOMPSON Nonpartisan Carney 9,635 District 23, Office 2 DOUGLAS L. COMBS Nonpartisan Shawnee Unopposed District 24, Office 1 DOUGLAS W. GOLDEN Nonpartisan Sapulpa Unopposed District 24, Office 2 LAWRENCE W. PARISH Nonpartisan Okemah Unopposed District 24, Office 3 KEN ADAIR Nonpartisan Henryetta 17,450 JOHN MALEY Nonpartisan Okmulgee 12,002 District 24, Office 4 JOE SAM VASSAR Nonpartisan Bristow Unopposed District 24, Office 5 MIKE CLAVER Nonpartisan Henryetta Unopposed District 25, Office 1 RICHARD E. BRANAM Nonpartisan Coalgate Unopposed District 26, Office 1 GARY E. MILLER Nonpartisan Yukon Unopposed

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ASSOCIATE DISTRICT JUDGE Adair County LIZ BROWN Nonpartisan Stilwell Unopposed Alfalfa County

LOREN E. ANGLE Nonpartisan Burlington Unopposed Atoka County PRESTON HARBUCK Nonpartisan Atoka Unopposed Beaver County GERALD H. RIFFE Nonpartisan Beaver Unopposed Beckham County

MIKE ABEL Nonpartisan Elk City 2,169 MICHELLE KIRBY-ROPER Nonpartisan Elk City 3,133 Blaine County MARK A. MOORE Nonpartisan Watonga Unopposed Bryan County CHRIS D. JONES Nonpartisan Durant 3,706 ROCKY L. POWERS Nonpartisan Durant 5,885 Caddo County WYATT HILL Nonpartisan Fort Cobb Unopposed Canadian County BOB W. HUGHEY Nonpartisan El Reno Unopposed Carter County LEE CARD Nonpartisan Ardmore Unopposed Cherokee County MARK L. DOBBINS Nonpartisan Tahlequah Unopposed Choctaw County

JAMES R. WOLFE Nonpartisan Hugo 2,188 THOMAS J. HADLEY Nonpartisan Grant 1,707 Cimarron County RONALD L. KINCANNON Nonpartisan Boise City Unopposed Cleveland County STEPHEN BONNER Nonpartisan Norman Unopposed Coal County D. CLAY MOWDY Nonpartisan Coalgate Unopposed Comanche County C. WILLIAM BILL STRATTON Nonpartisan Lawton Unopposed Cotton County

MICHAEL C. FLANAGAN Nonpartisan Walters Unopposed Craig County GARY MAXEY Nonpartisan Vinita Unopposed Creek County MARK IHRIG Nonpartisan Bristow Unopposed Custer County JILL CARPENTER WEEDON Nonpartisan Arapaho Unopposed Delaware County BARRY DENNEY Nonpartisan Grove Unopposed Dewey County

RICK BOZARTH Nonpartisan Seiling Unopposed Ellis County JOE L. JACKSON Nonpartisan Shattuck Unopposed


Garfield County TOM L. NEWBY Nonpartisan Enid Unopposed Garvin County JOHN BLAKE Nonpartisan Pauls Valley Unopposed Grady County JOHN E. HERNDON Nonpartisan Chickasha Unopposed Grant County JACK D. HAMMONTREE Nonpartisan Medford Unopposed Greer County DANNY R. DEAVER Nonpartisan Mangum Unopposed Harmon County WINFORD MIKE WARREN Nonpartisan Hollis Unopposed Harper County G. WAYNE OLMSTEAD Nonpartisan Laverne Unopposed Haskell County BRIAN C. HENDERSON Nonpartisan Stigler Unopposed Hughes County B. GORDON ALLEN Nonpartisan Holdenville Unopposed Jackson County CLARK HUEY Nonpartisan Altus Unopposed Jefferson County

DENNIS GAY Nonpartisan Hastings 917 JON TOM STATON Nonpartisan Waurika 859 Johnston County ROBERT M. HIGHSMITH Nonpartisan Tishomingo Unopposed Kay County PHILIP ARNOLD ROSS Nonpartisan Newkirk Unopposed Kingfisher County

ROBERT E. BOB DAVIS Nonpartisan Okarche Unopposed Kiowa County NORMAN L. RUSSELL Nonpartisan Hobart Unopposed Latimer County BILL WELCH Nonpartisan Wilburton Unopposed LeFlore County TED A. KNIGHT Nonpartisan Poteau Unopposed Lincoln County

SHEILA KIRK Nonpartisan Meeker Unopposed Logan County LUKE DUEL Nonpartisan Guthrie Unopposed Love County CHARLES E. ROBERTS Nonpartisan Marietta Unopposed McClain County CHARLES N. GRAY Nonpartisan Purcell Unopposed McCurtain County MICHAEL D. DeBERRY Nonpartisan Idabel Unopposed McIntosh County

JAMES PRATT Nonpartisan Eufaula Unopposed Major County TIM HAWORTH Nonpartisan Fairview 1,574 JOHN W. McCUE, II Nonpartisan Fairview 1,316

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Marshall County RICHARD A. MILLER Nonpartisan Madill Unopposed Mayes County SHAWN S. TAYLOR Nonpartisan Adair Unopposed Murray County AARON SCOTT DUCK Nonpartisan Sulphur Unopposed Muskogee County NORMAN D. THYGESEN Nonpartisan Muskogee Unopposed Noble County DAN ALLEN Nonpartisan Perry Unopposed Nowata County CARL G. GIBSON Nonpartisan Nowata Unopposed Okfuskee County DAVID N. MARTIN Nonpartisan Okemah Unopposed Oklahoma County

RICHARD W. KIRBY Nonpartisan Oklahoma City Unopposed Okmulgee County DUANE A. WOODLIFF Nonpartisan Henryetta Unopposed Osage County BRUCE DAVID GAMBILL Nonpartisan Pawhuska Unopposed Ottawa County ROBERT E REAVIS, II Nonpartisan Miami Unopposed Pawnee County MATTHEW D. HENRY Nonpartisan Pawnee Unopposed Payne County STEPHEN R. KISTLER Nonpartisan Stillwater Unopposed Pittsburg County JAMES D. BLAND Nonpartisan McAlester Unopposed Pontotoc County MARTHA K. KILGORE Nonpartisan Ada Unopposed Pottawatomie County JOHN GARDNER Nonpartisan McLoud Unopposed Pushmataha County JANA WALLACE Nonpartisan Antlers Unopposed Roger Mills County PAT VerSTEEG Nonpartisan Cheyenne Unopposed Rogers County SHEILA A. CONDREN Nonpartisan Owasso Unopposed Seminole County TIMOTHY L. OLSEN Nonpartisan Seminole Unopposed Sequoyah County DENNIS M. SPROUSE Nonpartisan Sallisaw Unopposed Stephens County G. BRENT RUSSELL Nonpartisan Duncan Unopposed Texas County RYAN D. REDDICK Nonpartisan Guymon Unopposed Tillman County BRADFORD LEE BENSON Nonpartisan Frederick Unopposed Tulsa County DANA LYNN KUEHN Nonpartisan Tulsa Unopposed


Wagoner County DENNIS N. SHOOK Nonpartisan Coweta Unopposed Washington County RUSSELL VACLAW Nonpartisan Bartlesville Unopposed Washita County CHRISTOPHER S. KELLY Nonpartisan Corn Unopposed Woods County MICKEY J. HADWIGER Nonpartisan Alva Unopposed Woodward County DON A. WORK Nonpartisan Woodward Unopposed

DISTRICT ATTORNEY District 1 JAMES M. BORING Republican Guymon Unopposed District 2 DENNIS A. SMITH Democrat Clinton Unopposed District 3 JOHN M. WAMPLER Democrat Duke Unopposed District 4 MIKE FIELDS Republican Enid Unopposed District 5 FRED C. SMITH Democrat Lawton Unopposed District 6

JASON HICKS Republican Duncan 22,557 BRET BURNS Democrat Amber 16,097 District 7

DAVID W. PRATER Democrat Edmond Unopposed District 8 BRIAN HERMANSON Republican Ponca City 12,039 THOMAS SALISBURY Democrat Ponca City 5,237 District 9 ROBERT L. HUDSON Republican Guthrie Unopposed District 10 REX DUNCAN Republican Sand Springs 9,956 JEFF S. JONES Democrat Skiatook 8,980 District 11 KEVIN D. BUCHANAN Republican Bartlesville 14,082 ALAN W. GENTGES Democrat Bartlesville 5,296 District 12 JANICE STEIDLEY Democrat Claremore Unopposed District 13

EDDIE WYANT Democrat Miami Unopposed District 14 TIM HARRIS Republican Tulsa Unopposed District 15 LARRY D. MOORE Democrat Fort Gibson Unopposed District 16 JEFFREY C. SMITH Democrat Poteau Unopposed District 17 MARK MATLOFF Democrat Idabel Unopposed District 18

FARLEY WARD Democrat McAlester Unopposed

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District 19 EMILY REDMAN Democrat Durant Unopposed District 20 CRAIG LADD Democrat Ardmore Unopposed District 21 GREG MASHBURN Republican Norman Unopposed District 22 CHRIS L. ROSS Democrat Ada Unopposed District 23 RICHARD L. SMOTHERMON Democrat McLoud Unopposed District 24 MAX COOK Republican Sapulpa Unopposed District 25 O. R. BARRIS, III Democrat Okmulgee Unopposed District 26 HOLLIS THORP Republican Fairview Unopposed District 27

BRIAN J. KUESTER Republican Broken Arrow 27,628 JERRY S. MOORE Democrat Tahlequah 19,250

STATE SENATOR District 2

SEAN BURRAGE Democrat Claremore Unopposed District 4

MARK ALLEN Republican Spiro 9,974 NEIL BRANNON Democrat Arkoma 9,451 District 6

JOSH BRECHEEN Republican Coalgate 11,719 JAY PAUL GUMM Democrat Durant 8,925 District 8

JANICA EDMONDS Republican Morris 9,064 ROGER BALLENGER Democrat Okmulgee 10,564 District 10

EDDIE FIELDS Republican Wynona 14,324 DALE CHRISTENSON, JR. Democrat Pawhuska 8,641 District 12 BRIAN BINGMAN Republican Sapulpa Unopposed District 14

FRANK SIMPSON Republican Ardmore 13,408 DARRYL ROBERTS Democrat Ardmore 7,987 District 16

SHARON PARKER Republican Norman 9,460 JOHN SPARKS Democrat Norman 10,507 District 18

KIM DAVID Republican Porter 13,334 JANICE ALDRIDGE Democrat Wagoner 6,902 District 20 DAVID MYERS Republican Ponca City Unopposed District 22

ROB JOHNSON Republican Kingfisher Unopposed


District 24 ANTHONY SYKES Republican Moore Unopposed District 26

TOM IVESTER Democrat Sayre Unopposed District 28 HARRY COATES Republican Seminole Unopposed District 30 DAVID HOLT Republican Oklahoma City Unopposed District 32

RANDY BASS Democrat Lawton Unopposed District 34

RICK BRINKLEY Republican Owasso Unopposed District 36 BILL BROWN Republican Broken Arrow Unopposed District 38 MIKE SCHULZ Republican Altus Unopposed District 40 CLIFF BRANAN Republican Oklahoma City Unopposed District 42

CLIFF A ALDRIDGE Republican Choctaw 14,954 MIKE KELLY Democrat Choctaw 6,934 District 44

RALPH SHORTEY Republican Oklahoma City 6,060 RANDY ROSE Democrat Oklahoma City 4,509 District 46

JOSHUA JANTZ Republican Oklahoma City 3,507 ANDREW RICE Democrat Oklahoma City 7,548 District 48 CONNIE JOHNSON Democrat Forest Park Unopposed

STATE REPRESENTATIVE District 1

RUSTY FARLEY Republican Haworth 4,118 DENNIS R. BAILEY Democrat Broken Bow 3,984 District 2 JOHN R. BENNETT Republican Sallisaw 4,794 GLEN BUD SMITHSON Democrat Sallisaw 4,004 District 3 ROGER MATTOX Republican Poteau 4,178 JAMES LOCKHART Democrat Heavener 4,713 District 4

DWAYNE THOMPSON Republican Fort Gibson 3,262 MIKE BROWN Democrat Fort Gibson 5,555 District 5 DOUG COX Republican Grove Unopposed District 6

CHUCK HOSKIN Democrat Vinita Unopposed District 7 LARRY GLENN Democrat Miami Unopposed District 8 BEN SHERRER Democrat Chouteau Unopposed

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District 9 MARTY QUINN Republican Claremore 9,914

ERIC CULLEN Democrat Claremore 3,407 District 10

STEVE MARTIN Republican Bartlesville 6,330 NICK BROWN Democrat Dewey 3,468 District 11 EARL SEARS Republican Bartlesville Unopposed District 12 WADE ROUSSELOT Democrat Wagoner Unopposed District 13 JERRY McPEAK Democrat Warner Unopposed District 14 GEORGE FAUGHT Republican Muskogee Unopposed District 15

PAUL C. PARROTT Republican Vian 3,325 ED CANNADAY Democrat Porum 5,894 District 16

JERRY SHOEMAKE Democrat Morris Unopposed District 17

MICAH THOMPSON Republican Canadian 4,176 BRIAN RENEGAR Democrat McAlester 5,740 District 18

KYLE BURMEIER Republican McAlester 4,708 DONNIE CONDIT Democrat McAlester 4,817 District 19

R. C. PRUETT Democrat Antlers Unopposed District 20

PAUL D. ROAN Democrat Tishomingo Unopposed District 21 DUSTIN ROBERTS Republican Durant 4,965 NATHAN W. WILLIAMS Democrat Calera 4,623 District 22

ALLIE BURGIN Republican Wynnewood 3,894 WES HILLIARD Democrat Sulphur 6,008 District 23

SUE TIBBS Republican Tulsa 4,801 MARK W. MANLEY Democrat Tulsa 2,300 District 24 STEVE KOUPLEN Democrat Beggs Unopposed District 25 TODD THOMSEN Republican Ada Unopposed District 26 KRIS STEELE Republican Shawnee Unopposed District 27

JOSH COCKROFT Republican McLoud 5,667 CHRIS ODNEAL Democrat Shawnee 3,810 District 28

TOM NEWELL Republican Seminole 5,339 ED SMITH Democrat Seminole 3,425


District 29 SKYE McNIEL Republican Bristow 7,942

DAVID W. NARCOMEY Democrat Bristow 2,203 District 30

MARK E. McCULLOUGH Republican Sapulpa 7,726 DONNA MARIE VOGELPOHL Democrat Sapulpa 2,460 District 31 JASON W. MURPHEY Republican Guthrie Unopposed District 32

JOHN B. HUSTED Republican Agra 4,293 DANNY MORGAN Democrat Prague 6,936 District 33 LEE DENNEY Republican Cushing Unopposed District 34

RYAN SMITH Republican Stillwater 4,610 CORY T. WILLIAMS Democrat Stillwater 4,890 District 35

DENNIS CASEY Republican Morrison 7,868 RODGER ENSIGN Democrat Pawnee 3,240 District 36

SEAN ROBERTS Republican Hominy 5,912 GREG BROWN Democrat Skiatook 4,671 District 37

STEVE VAUGHAN Republican Ponca City 5,028 KEN LUTTRELL Democrat Ponca City 4,534 District 38

DALE R. DeWITT Republican Braman Unopposed District 39

MARIAN COOKSEY Republican Edmond Unopposed District 40 MIKE JACKSON Republican Enid Unopposed District 41 JOHN ENNS Republican Enid Unopposed District 42 LISA J. BILLY Republican Lindsay Unopposed District 43

COLBY SCHWARTZ Republican Yukon 10,491 J. P. HEMMINGER Democrat Yukon 2,393 District 44

KENT HUNT Republican Norman 3,187 EMILY VIRGIN Democrat Norman 5,577 District 45

AARON STILES Republican Norman 6,313 WALLACE COLLINS Democrat Norman 5,823 District 46

SCOTT MARTIN Republican Norman 10,972 ZACHARY KNIGHT Independent Newcastle 2,692 District 47 LESLIE OSBORN Republican Tuttle Unopposed

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District 48 PAT OWNBEY Republican Ardmore Unopposed District 49

TOMMY C. HARDIN Republican Madill 5,237 SAMSON R. BUCK Democrat Ardmore 5,201 District 50

DENNIS JOHNSON Republican Duncan Unopposed District 51

COREY HOLLAND Republican Marlow Unopposed District 52 CHARLES LARRY ORTEGA Republican Altus Unopposed District 53 RANDY TERRILL Republican Moore 8,230 AMY CORLEY Democrat Newalla 5,273 District 54 PAUL WESSELHOFT Republican Moore Unopposed District 55 TODD RUSS Republican Cordell Unopposed District 56

PHIL RICHARDSON Republican Minco 7,173 MAYA TORRALBA Democrat Anadarko 2,532 District 57

HAROLD WRIGHT Republican Weatherford Unopposed District 58

JEFF HICKMAN Republican Fairview 9,400 WILSON JOHN ADAMSON Democrat Fairview 1,559 District 59 MIKE SANDERS Republican Kingfisher Unopposed District 60

PURCY D. WALKER Democrat Elk City Unopposed District 61 GUS BLACKWELL Republican Goodwell 6,518 STEPHEN SKACALL Independent Goodwell 1,948 District 62 T. W. SHANNON Republican Lawton Unopposed District 63 DON ARMES Republican Faxon Unopposed District 64

ANN COODY Republican Lawton 4,577 MICHAEL J. CORRALES Democrat Lawton 1,433 District 65 JOE DORMAN Democrat Rush Springs Unopposed District 66

JADINE NOLLAN Republican Sand Springs 3,600 ELI POTTS Democrat Sand Springs 3,503 District 67 PAM PETERSON Republican Tulsa Unopposed District 68

GLEN MULREADY Republican Tulsa 6,768 SETH WATKINS Democrat Tulsa 3,188


District 69 FRED JORDAN Republican Jenks Unopposed District 70 RON PETERS Republican Tulsa Unopposed District 71 DANIEL S. SULLIVAN Republican Tulsa 5,774 JEFF TRACY Democrat Tulsa 3,910 District 72

RANDALL L. REESE Republican Tulsa 1,059 SENECA D SCOTT Democrat Tulsa 3,326 District 73

JABAR SHUMATE Democrat Tulsa Unopposed District 74 DAVID DERBY Republican Owasso Unopposed District 75

DAN KIRBY Republican Tulsa Unopposed District 76 DAVID BRUMBAUGH Republican Broken Arrow Unopposed District 77 ERIC PROCTOR Democrat Tulsa Unopposed District 78

MOLLY McKAY Republican Tulsa 4,715 JEANNIE McDANIEL Democrat Tulsa 5,407 District 79 WELDON WATSON Republican Tulsa Unopposed District 80 MIKE RITZE Republican Broken Arrow Unopposed District 81 RANDY GRAU Republican Edmond Unopposed District 82 GUY LIEBMANN Republican Oklahoma City Unopposed District 83 RANDY McDANIEL Republican Edmond Unopposed District 84 SALLY KERN Republican Oklahoma City 5,717 BRITTANY M. NOVOTNY Democrat Oklahoma City 2,958 District 85

DAVID DANK Republican Oklahoma City 7,450 GAIL VINES Democrat Oklahoma City 3,990 EDWARD A. SHADID Independent Oklahoma City 1,346 District 86 WILLIAM T. WILL FOURKILLER Democrat Stilwell Unopposed District 87

JASON NELSON Republican Oklahoma City 5,147 DANA ORWIG Democrat Oklahoma City 4,369 District 88

DOMINIQUE DaMON BLOCK, SR. Republican Oklahoma City 1,826 AL McAFFREY Democrat Oklahoma City 4,173 District 89

REBECCA HAMILTON Democrat Oklahoma City Unopposed

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District 90 CHARLES KEY Republican Oklahoma City Unopposed District 91 MIKE REYNOLDS Republican Oklahoma City 10,197 HOLLIS HARPER Democrat Oklahoma City 3,454 District 92

RICHARD D. MORRISSETTE Democrat Oklahoma City Unopposed District 93

MIKE CHRISTIAN Republican Oklahoma City 2,722 WANDA JO PELTIER Democrat Oklahoma City 2,184 District 94

KYLE COULTER Republican Del City 3,252 SCOTT INMAN Democrat Oklahoma City 4,814 District 95

CHARLIE JOYNER Republican Midwest City 5,481 MICHAEL A. WALKER Democrat Oklahoma City 2,891 District 96

LEWIS H. MOORE Republican Arcadia Unopposed District 97

MIKE SHELTON Democrat Oklahoma City 8,514 DANIEL N. STANKIEWICZ Independent Midwest City 1,638 District 98

JOHN TREBILCOCK Republican Broken Arrow 9,453 DENNIS W. WEESE Democrat Broken Arrow 2,987 District 99

ANASTASIA A. PITTMAN Democrat Oklahoma City Unopposed District 100 ELISE HALL Republican Oklahoma City Unopposed District 101 GARY BANZ Republican Midwest City 7,896 JOHNNY LAUDERMILK Democrat Midwest City 3,692

JUSTICE OF THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT District 2 STEVEN W. TAYLOR YES: 575,570 NO: 311,608 District 5 JAMES R. WINCHESTER YES: 571,893 NO: 307,615

JUDGE OF THE OKLAHOMA COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS District 2, Office 1

DEBORAH B. BARNES YES: 565,390 NO: 316,542 District 3, Office 1 DOUG GABBARD II YES: 539,326 NO: 336,136 District 3, Office 2

JOHN F. FISCHER YES: 549,756 NO: 326,506 District 4, Office 2 LARRY E. JOPLIN YES: 548,247 NO: 329,520


Upon motion of Representative Sullivan, the Joint Session was ordered dissolved at 2:10 p.m.

Speaker Steele Presiding HOUSE OFFICERS AND LEADERSHIP

Speaker Steele introduced the House Officers and Leadership for the Fifty-third Legislature as follows:

Kris Steele....................................................................................................Speaker

Jeff Hickman..........................................................................Speaker Pro Tempore Dale DeWitt ................................................................................... Majority Leader Daniel Sullivan .....................................................................Majority Floor Leader Gary Banz ............................................................. Assistant Majority Floor Leader Lisa Billy .............................................................. Assistant Majority Floor Leader George Faught ...................................................... Assistant Majority Floor Leader Mike Jackson ........................................................ Assistant Majority Floor Leader Dennis Johnson..................................................... Assistant Majority Floor Leader Leslie Osborn........................................................ Assistant Majority Floor Leader Skye McNiel .....................................................................................Majority Whip Dennis Casey .................................................................... Assistant Majority Whip Marian Cooksey................................................................ Assistant Majority Whip Corey Holland................................................................... Assistant Majority Whip Fred Jordan ....................................................................... Assistant Majority Whip Steve Martin ..................................................................... Assistant Majority Whip Randy McDaniel............................................................... Assistant Majority Whip Mike Sanders .................................................................... Assistant Majority Whip Paul Wesselhoft ................................................................ Assistant Majority Whip Weldon Watson ...................................................................Majority Caucus Chair Harold Wright............................................................. Majority Caucus Vice Chair Marian Cooksey.............................................................Majority Caucus Secretary Scott Inman................................................................... Democrat Minority Leader Chuck Hoskin .......................................................................Minority Floor Leader Eric Proctor..............................................................Deputy Minority Floor Leader Wes Hilliard..........................................................Assistant Minority Floor Leader Steve Kouplen.......................................................Assistant Minority Floor Leader Al McAffrey .........................................................Assistant Minority Floor Leader Jeannie McDaniel .................................................Assistant Minority Floor Leader Wade Rousselot ....................................................Assistant Minority Floor Leader Mike Shelton.........................................................Assistant Minority Floor Leader Ben Sherrer ...................................................................................... Minority Whip Cory Williams...................................................................Assistant Minority Whip Jerry McPeak .......................................................................Minority Caucus Chair Joe Dorman................................................................. Minority Caucus Vice Chair Donnie Condit............................................................... Minority Caucus Secretary

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STANDING COMMITTEES

The Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore are ex officio voting members of all standing and special committees.

Speaker Steele named the following standing committees and their membership.

Administrative Rules and Government Oversight

Faught, Chair

Walker, Vice-Chair

Banz Brumbaugh Fourkiller Key McAffrey

McCullough Peterson Reynolds Shelton Watson

Agriculture, Wildlife and Environment

Richardson, Chair Russ, Vice-Chair

Bennett Billy Casey Enns Farley Glenn Hardin Jackson Kouplen

Lockhart Newell Ortega Osborn Pruett Renegar Sanders Shoemake Vaughan

Appropriations and Budget

Sears, Chair

Martin (Scott), Vice-Chair

Armes Billy Blackwell Brown Cox Dank Denney DeWitt

Dorman Hoskin Liebmann McPeak Peters Sullivan Walker


Education Subcommittee

Denney, Chair Holland, Vice-Chair

Banz Casey Coody Kern McDaniel (Jeannie)

Nollan Quinn Shumate Thomsen Williams

General Government and Transportation Subcommittee

Liebmann, Chair

Wright, Vice-Chair

Faught Glenn Johnson Key McDaniel (Randy)

Murphey Proctor Scott Shannon Terrill

Human Services Subcommittee

Peters, Chair

Nelson, Vice-Chair

Hall McDaniel (Jeannie) Peterson Pittman

Renegar Roberts (Dustin) Tibbs Vaughan

Judiciary Subcommittee

Blackwell, Chair

McCullough, Vice-Chair

Grau Jordan Joyner Morrissette

Sherrer Stiles Trebilcock Virgin

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Natural Resources and Regulatory Services Subcommittee

Armes, Chair Osborn, Vice-Chair

Enns Farley Kirby McNiel Ortega

Renegar Richardson Shoemake Walker

Public Health and Social Services Subcommittee

Cox, Chair

Cooksey, Vice-Chair

Cockroft Derby Fourkiller Hamilton Moore

Mulready Roberts (Sean) Schwartz Shelton Wesselhoft

Public Safety Subcommittee

Billy, Chair

Ritze, Vice-Chair

Bennett Brumbaugh Christian Condit

Dorman Hardin Roan Sanders

Revenue and Taxation Subcommittee

Dank, Chair

Ownbey, Vice-Chair

Brown Jackson Martin (Steve) Newell Pittman

Pruett Reynolds Russ Watson


Common Education

Coody, Chair Shumate, Vice-Chair

Blackwell Cannaday Casey Condit Cox Holland Jordan

Kern McDaniel (Jeannie) Nelson Nollan Ownbey Roberts (Dustin) Virgin

Economic Development, Tourism and Financial Services

McDaniel (Randy), Chair

Ortega, Vice-Chair

Armes Brown Denney Faught Holland Jackson Key McAffrey McNiel Morgan

Morrissette Mulready Osborn Ownbey Pittman Reynolds Russ Shelton Sullivan

Energy and Utility Regulation

Trebilcock, Chair

Jackson, Vice-Chair

Armes Brumbaugh Cooksey Denney Hilliard Inman Johnson Kirby Kouplen Martin (Steve) McNiel McPeak Morgan

Ortega Peters Proctor Quinn Rousselot Russ Sanders Schwartz Shannon Sherrer Watson Wesselhoft

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General Government

Johnson, Chair Christian, Vice-Chair

Billy Condit Glenn Hall Joyner Liebmann Martin (Scott)

Martin (Steve) Roberts (Dustin) Rousselot Shoemake Terrill Tibbs

Government Modernization

Murphey, Chair

Hilliard, Vice-Chair

Brumbaugh Cockroft Derby McCullough Moore Morrissette

Scott Stiles Terrill Trebilcock Walker

Higher Education and Career Tech

Thomsen, Chair

Kouplen, Vice-Chair

Casey Cooksey Denney Hall Hamilton Martin (Scott) Moore Newell

Pittman Reynolds Richardson Shannon Terrill Virgin Williams Wright


Human Services

Peterson, Chair Sanders, Vice-Chair

Condit Kern McNiel Murphey Nelson Nollan

Peters Rousselot Scott Sherrer Wright

Insurance

Key, Chair

Kirby, Vice-Chair

Christian Dank Dorman Morgan Mulready Quinn

Ritze Roberts (Sean) Shelton Shumate Vaughan

Judiciary

Jordan, Chair

Schwartz, Vice-Chair

Blackwell Cooksey Grau Inman Kirby McCullough Morrissette Osborn

Sherrer Stiles Sullivan Tibbs Virgin Wesselhoft Williams

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Long-Term Care and Senior Services

Kern, Chair Pruett, Vice-Chair

Billy Blackwell Cannaday Christian Coody

Dank Fourkiller Lockhart Newell Ritze

Public Health

Enns, Chair

Derby, Vice-Chair

Cannaday Cox Grau Hilliard Holland McAffrey

McDaniel (Jeannie) Nollan Peters Ritze Roberts (Sean) Schwartz

Public Safety

Tibbs, Chair

Martin (Steve), Vice-Chair

Bennett Cannaday Cockroft Cox Hardin Hoskin Jordan Joyner

McAffrey Ownbey Peterson Renegar Roan Thomsen Vaughan


Rules

Banz, Chair Watson, Vice-Chair

Armes Dank Dorman Glenn Hamilton Johnson Liebmann

McDaniel (Randy) Mulready Quinn Scott Trebilcock Williams

Transportation

Shannon, Chair

Joyner, Vice-Chair

Brown Cockroft Farley Faught Grau Hall Hardin Kouplen Liebmann

Lockhart Martin (Scott) McPeak Murphey Proctor Richardson Roberts (Sean) Thomsen Wright

Veterans and Military Affairs

Wesselhoft, Chair Moore, Vice-Chair

Banz Bennett Coody Enns Farley Hoskin

Inman McDaniel (Randy) Proctor Roan Roberts (Dustin) Stiles

HOUSE CHAPLAIN

Representative Thomsen moved that when the House reconvenes on Monday, February 7, 2011, a Chaplain be selected to serve as House Chaplain by rotation on a week-to-week basis, which motion was declared adopted.

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OFFICE SUPPLIES AND POSTAGE

Representative Sullivan moved that each House member be given a credit in the House post office in the amount equal to 500 one-ounce postage stamps to be used for official communications and that each House Member be authorized to purchase stationery and/or office supplies in the amount of $350.00, same to be paid by the House and that the Speaker be authorized to purchase from time to time necessary postage, supplies and equipment to conduct the affairs of the House during the First Regular Session of the Fifty-third Legislature, which motion was declared adopted.

MILEAGE REPORT

Pursuant to the federal mileage allowable, effective January 1, 2011, Representative Sullivan moved adoption of the Report on Mileage Allowance prepared by the Office of the Comptroller and for said Report to be printed in the House Journal, which motion was declared adopted.

Mileage Amount Name Round Trip Due Don Armes, Faxon and return 223 113.73 Gary Banz, Midwest City and return 0 0 John R. Bennett, Sallisaw and return 328 167.28 Lisa Billy, Lindsay and return 102 52.02 Gus Blackwell, Lavern and return 372 189.72 Mike Brown, Fort Gibson and return 314 160.14 David Brumbaugh, Broken Arrow and return 216 110.16 Ed Cannaday, Porum and return 280 142.80 Dennis Casey, Morrison and return 180 90.00 Mike Christian, OKC and return 0 0 Josh Cockroft, McLoud and return 58 29.58 Donnie Condit, McAlester and return 290 147.90 Ann Coody, Lawton and return 170 86.70 Marian Cooksey, Edmond and return 24 12.24 Doug Cox, Grove and return 446 227.46 David Dank, Oklahoma City and return 0 0 Lee Denney, Cushing and return 134 68.34 David Derby, Owasso and return 252 128.52 Dale DeWitt, Braman and return 234 119.34 Joe Dorman, Rush Springs and return 132 67.32 John T. Enns, Enid and return 200 102.00 Rusty Farley, Haworth and return 500 255.00 George E. Faught, Muskogee and return 294 149.94 William T. Fourkiller, Stilwell and return 412 210.12 Larry Glenn, Miami and return 392 199.92 Randy Grau, Edmond and return 26 13.26 Elise Hall, Oklahoma City and return 0 0


Rebecca Hamilton, Oklahoma City and return 17 8.67 Tommy C. Hardin, Madill and return 252 128.52 Jeff Hickman, Dacoma and return 308 157.08 Wes Hilliard, Sulphur and return 180 91.80 Corey Holland, Marlow and return 148 75.48 Chuck Hoskin, Vinita and return 354 180.54 Scott Inman, Del City and return 28 14.28 Mike Jackson, Enid and return 204 104.04 Dennis Johnson, Duncan and return 170 86.70 Fred Jordan, Jenks and return 202 103.02 Charlie Joyner, Midwest City and return 14 7.14 Sally Kern, Oklahoma City and return 20 10.20 Charles Key, Oklahoma City and return 22 11.22 Dan Kirby, Tulsa and return 222 113.22 Steve Kouplen, Beggs and return 220 112.20 Guy Liebmann, Oklahoma City and return 30 15.30 James Lockhart, Heavener and return 408 208.08 Scott Martin, Norman and return 54 27.54 Steve Martin, Bartlesville and return 316 161.16 Al McAffrey, Oklahoma City and return 5 2.55 Mark McCullough, Sapulpa and return 198 100.98 Jeannie McDaniel, Tulsa and return 206 105.06 Randy McDaniel, Oklahoma City and return 30 15.30 Skye McNiel, Bristow and return 152 77.52 Jerry McPeak, Warner and return 270 137.70 Lewis Moore, Arcadia and return 36 18.36 Danny Morgan, Prague and return 110 56.10 Richard Morrissette, Oklahoma City and return 20 10.20 Glen Mulready, Tulsa and return 192 97.92 Jason Murphey, Guthrie and return 52 26.52 Jason Nelson, Oklahoma City and return 18 9.18 Tom Newell, Seminole and return 120 61.20 Jadine Nollan, Sand Springs and return 208 106.08 Charles Ortega, Altus and return 290 147.90 Leslie Osborn, Tuttle and return 76 38.76 Pat Ownbey, Ardmore and return 192 97.92 Ron Peters, Tulsa and return 210 107.10 Pam Peterson, Tulsa and return 204 104.04 Anastasia Pittman, Oklahoma City and return 16 8.16 Eric Proctor, Tulsa and return 212 108.00 R. C. Pruett, Antlers and return 300 153.00 Marty L. Quinn, Claremore and return 272 138.72 Brian Renegar, McAlester and return 260 132.60 Mike Reynolds, Oklahoma City and return 34 17.34 Phil Richardson, Minco and return 120 61.20 Mike Ritze, Broken Arrow and return 232 118.32 Paul Roan, Tishomingo and return 242 123.42 Dustin Roberts, Durant and return 302 154.02

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Sean Roberts, Hominy and return 240 122.40 Wade Rousselot, Wagoner and return 314 160.14 Todd Russ, Cordell and return 206 105.06 Mike Sanders, Kingfisher and return 104 53.04 Colby Schwartz, Yukon and return 36 18.36 Seneca Scott, Tulsa and return 224 114.24 Earl Sears, Bartlesville and return 290 147.90 T. W. Shannon, Lawton and return 198 100.98 Mike Shelton, Oklahoma City and return 6 3.06 Ben Sherrer, Chouteau and return 276 140.76 Jerry Shoemake, Morris and return 232 118.32 Jabar Shumate, Tulsa and return 218 111.18 Kris Steele, Shawnee and return 72 36.72 Aaron Stiles, Norman and return 54 27.54 Daniel Sullivan, Tulsa and return 200 102.00 Randy Terrill, Moore and return 28 14.28 Todd Thomsen, Ada and return 185 94.35 Sue Tibbs, Tulsa and return 224 114.24 John Trebilcock, Broken Arrow and return 224 114.24 Steven E. Vaughan, Ponca City and return 224 114.24 Emily Virgin, Norman and return 0 0 Purcy Walker, Elk City and return 238 121.38 Weldon Watson, Tulsa and return 214 109.14 Paul Wesselhoft, Moore and return 24 12.24 Cory Williams, Stillwater and return 128 65.28 Harold Wright, Weatherford and return 152 77.52 APPOINTMENTS

Speaker Benge announced the following interim appointments: June 9, 2010 – Representative Duncan appointed as a Member and Vice Chair of the

Task Force on the Standardization of Courtroom Security Procedures. (SB 2170, § 1, 2010) June 9, 2010 – Representative Denney reappointed as a Member of the Oklahoma

Commission on the Status of Women. (74 O. S. § 666) June 9, 2010 – Representative Watson appointed as a Member of the Task Force on

Tax Incentives to Increase Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity. (SB 2169, § 1, 2010) June 23, 2010 – Representative Hickman appointed as a Member and Co Chair and

Representative Brannon appointed as a Member of the Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform. (SJR 61, § 15, 2010)

June 23, 2010 – Representatives Nelson and Peters appointed as Members of the Oklahoma Juvenile Justice Reform Committee. (HJR 1065, § 1, 2010)

June 23, 2010 – Representative Johnson appointed as a Member and Co Chair of the Task Force on Retail Natural Gas Service. (SB 1840, § 1, 2010)

June 23, 2010 – Representative McDaniel (Randy) appointed as a Member of the Task Force on Incentives to Increase Retail Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity. (SB 2169, § 1, 2010)


June 23, 2010 – Representative Shannon appointed as a Member and Co Chair and Representative Liebmann appointed as a Member of the Innovative Funding for Oklahoma Roads Task Force. (SB 1941, § 1, 2010)

June 23, 2010 – Representative Peters appointed as a Member of the Vulnerable Adult Intervention Task Force. (43A O. S. § 10-112, SB 1601, § 2, 2010)

July 9, 2010 – Representatives Armes, Ortega and Russ appointed as Members of the Task Force on Retail Natural Gas Service. (SB 1840, § 1, 2010)

July 9, 2010 – Representatives Armes, Banz, Brannon, Carey, Christian, Coody, Duncan, Hoskin, Inman, McDaniel (Randy), Roan and Wesselhoft appointed as Members of the Special Committee on Soldier Relief. (68 O. S. § 2355.1c)

July 15, 2010 – Representative Shumate appointed by House Minority Leader Morgan as a Member of the Oklahoma Race to the Top Commission. (70 O. S. § 6-101.7, SB 2033, § 7, 2010)

July 16, 2010 – Representative Watson appointed as a Member of the Agriculture and Energy Standing Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Bylaws of the National Conference of State Legislatures)

July 19, 2010 – Representative Sears appointed as a Member of the Oklahoma Race to the Top Commission. (70 O. S. § 6-101.17, SB 2033, § 7, 2010)

July 19, 2010 – Representative Denney appointed as a Member and Co Chair and Representatives Coody, Kern and Sears appointed as Members of the Task Force on Oklahoma School Principal Training. (SB 1617, § 2, 2010)

July 19, 2010 – Representatives Hickman and Martin (Scott) appointed as Members of the Special Committee on Soldier Relief. (68 O. S. § 2355.1c)

July 19, 2010 – Representative Coody appointed as a Member of the Statewide Virtual School Task Force. (SB 2129, § 1, 2010)

July 19, 2010 – Representative McDaniel (Randy) appointed as a Member of the Task Force on Comprehensive Tax Reform. (SJR 61, § 15, 2010)

July 19, 2010 – Representative Watson appointed as a Member of the Environment Standing Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Bylaws of the National Conference of State Legislatures)

August 16, 2010 – Representative Cannaday appointed by House Minority Leader Morgan as a Member of the Task Force on Oklahoma School Principal Training. (SB 1617, § 2, 2010)

August 16, 2010 – Representative Kern appointed as a Member of the Statewide Virtual School Task Force. (SB 2129, § 1, 2010)

August 24, 2010 – Representative McCullough appointed as a Member and Chair of the Task Force on Vocational Rehabilitation for Injured Workers. (HB 2650, § 7, 2010)

Pursuant to Article V, Section 26 of the Oklahoma Constitution, Representative

Sullivan moved that when the clerk's desk is clear, the House stand adjourned to reconvene at 12:00 noon, Monday, February 7, 2011, which was the order.

Pursuant to the motion of Representative Sullivan, the House was adjourned at 2:20 p.m., to reconvene Monday, February 7, 2011, at 12:00 noon.

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