42nd Oklahoma Legislature
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{{Infobox legislature
| name = 42nd Oklahoma Legislature
| coa_pic = Flag of Oklahoma (1988–2006).svg
| leader1_type = President of the Senate:
| leader1 = Robert S. Kerr III (D)
| leader2_type = President Pro Tem of the Senate:
| leader2 = Robert V. Cullison (D)
| leader3_type = Speaker of the House:
| leader3 = Jim Barker (D)
| leader4_type = Term:
| leader4 = January 3, 1989–January 8, 1991
| leader5_type = Composition:
| leader5 = Senate
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House
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The Forty-second Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 3, 1989, to January 8, 1991, during the term of Governor Henry Bellmon. In 1989, a ballot question designated the sine die adjournment day, or last day of session, as the last Friday in May.[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204833/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf |date=September 10, 2012 }}, [http://www.okhouse.gov/ Oklahoma House of Representatives] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043630/http://www.okhouse.gov/ |date=June 22, 2013 }} (accessed June 16, 2013) Combined with the 90-day requirement, this moved the session start day to February, leaving the original start day in January as an organizational day.
Dates of sessions
- First regular session: January 3-May 26, 1989
- Special sessions: 46 days spanning August 14, 1989 – May 2, 1990
- Second regular session: February 5-May 25, 1990
Previous: 41st Legislature • Next: 43rd Legislature
Party composition
=Senate=
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!rowspan=3|Affiliation !colspan=2|Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
!rowspan=3|Total |
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| Democratic |
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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 34 |{{party shading/Republican}}| 14 ! 48 |
| Voting share
!{{party shading/Democratic}}|70.8% !{{party shading/Republican}}|29.2% !colspan=2| |
=House of Representatives=
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!rowspan=3|Affiliation !colspan=2|Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
!rowspan=3|Total |
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| Democratic |
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|{{party shading/Democratic}}| 69 |{{party shading/Republican}}| 32 ! 101 |
| Voting share
!{{party shading/Democratic}}|68.3% !{{party shading/Republican}}|31.7% !colspan=2| |
Major legislation
=Enacted=
- Education - HB 1017 was an education reform package enacted by the state legislature after Governor Henry Bellmon called for the longest special session in state history.[http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf A Century to Remember] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204833/http://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/CenturyToRemember.pdf |date=September 10, 2012 }}, Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)
Leadership
=Senate=
Democratic State Senator Robert V. Cullison served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.
Democratic State Senator Darryl F. Roberts served as Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate
=House of Representatives=
==Democratic leadership==
Jim Barker served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives during the first regular session in 1989, but was ousted on May 17, 1989,Morgan, David R. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CInmh860DEIC&dq=Oklahoma+Speaker+Jim+Barker&pg=PA82 Oklahoma Politics and Policies], University of Nebraska Press, 1991. (accessed via Google Books on June 20, 2013) due to political infighting.[http://newsok.com/past-oklahoma-officials-trouble-with-law/article/3258379 Past Oklahoma officials trouble with law], The Oklahoman, June 17, 2008 (accessed June 15, 2013). He was replaced by Steve Lewis, who served during the special and second regular sessions.
==Republican leadership==
Joe Heaton served as Republican Minority leader.
Members
=Senate=
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!District !Name !Party !Towns Represented |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Lt-Gov
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert S. Kerr III |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|President of Senate |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|1
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Schuelein |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Miami, Grove, Jay |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|2
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Stratton Taylor |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Claremore, Pryor |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|3
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Herb Rozell |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tahlequah, Stilwell |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|4
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Larry Dickerson |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Sallisaw, Poteau |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|5
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Rex Chandler |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|6
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Billy Mickle |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Durant |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|7
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Gene Stipe |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|McAlester, Wilburton |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|8
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Frank Shurden |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|9
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ben Robinson |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Muskogee, Ft. Gibson |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|10
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|John Dahl |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Pawhuska, Fairfax |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Maxine Cissel-Horner |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ted Fisher |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Sapulpa, Bristow |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dick Wilkerson |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ada, Atwood |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Darryl Roberts |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ardmore |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Trish Weedn |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Norman, Purcell |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|16
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Gary Gardenhire |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Norman |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|17
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Carl Franklin |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Shawnee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ed Long |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Enid |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|20
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Olin Branstetter |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Bernice Shedrick |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Stillwater |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|22
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Ralph J. Choate |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Hennessey, Kingfisher |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ray Giles |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Chickasha, Hinton |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Cliff Marshall |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Duncan, Moore, Kellyville |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Gilmer Capps |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Elk City, Sayre, Mangum |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|29
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Jerry Pierce |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Bartlesville |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Paul Taliaferro |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Lawton |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |32
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roy Hooper |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Lawton |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Penny Williams |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert Cullison |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|35
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Don Rubottom |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Lewis Long Jr. |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |38
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert M. Kerr |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Altus, Weatherford |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|39
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Jerry Smith |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|40
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Leo Kingston |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|41
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Mark Snyder |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Edmond |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dave Herbert |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Midwest City |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Ben Brown |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|44
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Kay Dudley |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|45
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Tom Cole |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Oklahoma City, Moore |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Bernest Cain |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|47
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Mike Fair |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Edmond, Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Vicki Miles-LaGrange |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Don Williams |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}| |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|50
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Enoch Kelly Haney |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Seminole |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|51
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Charles Ford |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|52
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Howard Hendrick |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Bethany, Oklahoma City |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|54
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Gerald Wright |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Oklahoma City |
=House of Representatives=
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! Name !! District !! Party !! Counties in District | |||
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Don Mentzer | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Hamilton | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Robert Medearis | 4 | Dem | Cherokee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 5 | Dem | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|George Vaughn Jr. | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Rogers |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Dwayne Steidley | 9 | Dem | Rogers |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Gary Taylor | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Jim Dunlap | 11 | Rep | Nowata, Washington |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jerry Hefner | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 13 | Dem | Muskogee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jeff Potts | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Walter R. McDonald | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Ronald Glenn | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Walt Roberts | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bart Bates | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Tommy Thomas | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Gary Coffee | 22 | Dem | Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Kevin Easley | 23 | Dem | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Karroll Rhoades | 25 | Rep | Pontotoc |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Bob Weaver | 26 | Rep | Pottawatomie |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Steve C. Lewis | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Pottawatomie |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Danny Williams | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Seminole |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Bill Gurley | 29 | Rep | Creek |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Mike Tyler | 30 | Dem | Creek |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 31 | Rep | Logan, Noble |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jessie Pilgrim | 33 | Dem | Payne |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Larry Gish | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|James Hager | 36 | Dem | Osage |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|James Holt | 37 | Rep | Kay |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Jim Reese | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Steven Boeckman | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Gary Maxey | 40 | Dem | Garfield |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|John McMillen | 41 | Rep | Garfield |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Harold Hale | 43 | Dem | Canadian |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Vickie White | 46 | Dem | Cleveland, McClain |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Denver Talley | 47 | Dem | Grady |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bill Brewster | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 50 | Rep | Stephens |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bill James Smith | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 52 | Dem | Harmon, Jackson |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|John Lassiter | 53 | Dem | Cleveland |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Joan Greenwood | 54 | Rep | Cleveland |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Emil Lee Grieser | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Tom Manar | 56 | Dem | Caddo |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bill Widener | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Elmer Maddux | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 59 | Rep | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Wendell Powell | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jack Begley | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jim Maddox | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Lloyd Benson | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Sid Hudson | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche, Grady |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Russ Roach | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Wayne Cozort | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jay Logan | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|William Veitch | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Rob Johnson | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Don McCorkle Jr. | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 73 | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Gene Combs | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Grover Campbell | 75 | Rep | Rogers, Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Richard Williamson | 76 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Gary Stottlemyre | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Frank Pitezel | 78 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Jim Henshaw | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Joseph Gordon | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Ray Vaughn | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Joe Heaton | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Bill Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Michael Hunter | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 86 | Dem | Adair, Delaware, Mayes |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Linda Larason | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Kevin Hutchcroft | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Alice Musser | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Bill Paulk | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Gary Bastin | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jim Isaac | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Mark Seikel | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}}
|Tim Pope | 98 | Rep | Canadian, Cleveland |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Freddye Williams | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 100 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Jeff Hamilton | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma |