49th Oklahoma Legislature

Leadership

President of the Senate:

Mary Fallin (R)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:

Mike Morgan (D)

Speaker of the House:

Larry Adair (D)

Term:

January 7, 2003 – January 4, 2005

Composition:

Senate
26  22
House
54  47

The Forty-ninth 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 7, 2003 to January 4, 2005, during the first two years of the first term of Governor Brad Henry. It was marked by the passage of a ballot proposal, the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act.

## Dates of sessions

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* Organizational day: January 7, 2003[1]
* First regular session: February 3, 2003 – May 30, 2003[1]
* Second regular session: February 2, 2004 – May 28, 2004[1]
* Special session: May 19, June 14, and June 17, 2004[1]

Previous: 48th Legislature • Next: 50th Legislature

## Party composition

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### Senate

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 26  | 22  | 48
Voting share  | 54.2%  | 45.8%  |

### House of Representatives

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Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total

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Democratic | Republican
| 54  | 47  | 101
Voting share  | 53.5%  | 46.5%  |

## Major legislation

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### 2003

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#### Enacted

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* Beer – SB 353 allowed low-point beer manufactured in Oklahoma to be sold both in-state and out-of-state, designated low-point beer manufactured for exporting as tax exempt, and allowed manufacturers such as a restaurant brewery to serve customers free samples produced on the premises.[2]
* Child pornography – HB 1562 made downloading child pornography onto a computer a crime.[2]
* Insurance – SB 635 strengthened the financial oversight of HMOs by the state, combined the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ model legislation for HMO regulation and risk-based capital with key provisions from current Oklahoma law, transferred the licensure of HMOs from the state health department to the state insurance department, delineated the authority of the state insurance commissioner and state health commissioner, and required each HMO to maintain minimum net worth of $1.5 million[2]
* Jobs – HB 1605 amended the Quality Jobs Act and Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act by decreasing the percentage of inventory processed through distribution centers shipped out-of-state.[2]
* Labor – SB 741 modified the Oklahoma Employment Security Act; allowed a claimant to voluntarily terminate employment and still draw benefits if quitting to avoid domestic violence evidenced by a victim protective order; appropriated money made available by federal Reed Act and used it to make up for shortfall in the budget of the Employment Service and the Unemployment Insurance Program, One-Stop Career Centers, and to pay for reprogramming of the computer system to allow for names and Social Security numbers to be placed on the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission’s wage file.[2]
* Lawsuit reform – SB 629 created a $300,000 cap on noneconomic damages for obstetric and emergency room cases except in wrongful death cases or if negligence is shown and made other changes to regulate medical liability actions.[2]
* Lending – HB 1574 created new requirements on lending practices to deter and penalize predatory lending.[2]
* Local government – HB 1724 authorized local governments to issue bonds to finance public and private economic development projects and repay the bond through tax increases.[2]
* Military – HB 1396 created a commission to analyze state policies affecting military facilities in Oklahoma, examine methods for improving the potential private sector market value, and recommend new state policies needed to protect and expand Oklahoma’s military facilities.[2]
* Payday lending – SB 583 authorized payday lending.[2]
* Water – SB 288 placed a moratorium on the sale of water from the sole source aquifer to cities and towns until a study is done by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.[2]
* Water – SB 408 directed the Secretary of Environment to conduct a comprehensive study of the watershed of the Grand Lake area to identify factors that may impact the economic growth and environmental uses of the lake. Several state environmental agencies are also directed to participate in the study.[2]

#### Failed

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* Livestock care – SB 557 would have required veterinarians to report to the state agriculture board within 24 hours animals suspected of having a disease that could cause of a public health emergency, but was vetoed by the governor.[2]

#### Ballot proposals

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* Oklahoma Education Lottery Act – HB 1278 established State Question 705 to be submitted to the voters for their approval regarding the establishment of a statewide lottery to benefit schools and a governing board.[2]

### 2004

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#### Enacted

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* State employees – HB 2005 set out a total of $2,100 in across-the-board salary increases over the next two fiscal years for state employees, public school teachers and state troopers.[3]
* Meth – HB 2176 limited the sale of pseudoephedrine products used to make crystal meth.[3]
* Economic development – HB 2288 created the Rural Action Partnership Program and established resources for starting businesses in rural areas.[3]
* Volunteer Firefighter Training Incentive Act of 2004 – HB 2372 established the Oklahoma Council on Firefighter Training and an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters who achieve specified firefighter training or certification.[3]
* Oil and gas – HB 2550 designed to quickly resolve disputes between the two segments of the oil and gas industry by enhancing state oversight of gas gathering and increasing the authority of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to examine charges of abuse in order to ensure gas gatherers are charged fair and reasonable prices.[3]
* Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act – SB 1529 affected municipalities with a population of greater than 35,000 persons and special authorities, agencies, and boards created by municipalities; allows non-uniform municipal employees to form employee organizations in order to collectively bargain and negotiate for employment-related benefits.[3]
* Finance – SB 1565 followed up payday loan bill in 2003 with protections for borrowers.[3]

## Leadership

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### Senate

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#### Democratic

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* President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate Cal Hobson
* Majority Floor Leader Ted Fisher
* Appropriations Chair Mike Morgan
* Caucus Chair Maxine Cissel-Horner

#### Republican

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* Minority leader James Allen Williamson
* Republican Caucus Chair Mike Johnson

### House of Representatives

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#### Democratic

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* Speaker Larry Adair
* Speaker Pro Tempore Danny Hilliard
* Majority Floor Leader Larry Rice
* Appropriations and Budget Chair Bill Mitchell
* Caucus Chair David Braddock
* Caucus Secretary Roy McClain

#### Republican

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* Minority leader Todd Hiett
* Caucus Chair Mark Liotta
* Caucus Secretary Ron Peterson

## Members

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### Senate

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District  | Name  | Party  | Towns Represented

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Lt-Gov  | Mary Fallin | Rep | President of Senate
1  | Rick Littlefield | Dem | Miami, Grove, Jay
2  | Stratton Taylor | Dem | Claremore, Pryor
3  | Herb Rozell | Dem | Tahlequah, Stilwell
4  | Kenneth Corn | Dem | Sallisaw, Poteau
5  | Jeff Rabon  | Dem | Atoka, Hugo
6  | Jay Paul Gumm | Dem | Durant
7  | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton
8  | Frank Shurden | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta
9  | "Bulldog" Ben Robinson | Dem | Muskogee, Ft. Gibson
10  | J. Berry Harrison  | Dem | Pawhuska, Fairfax
11  | Maxine Horner | Dem | Tulsa
12  | Ted Fisher  | Dem | Sapulpa, Bristow
13  | Dick Wilkerson  | Dem | Ada
14  | Johnnie Crutchfield | Dem | Ardmore
15  | Jonathan Nichols | Rep | Norman
16  | Cal Hobson | Dem | Norman, Purcell
17  | Charlie Laster | Dem | Shawnee
18  | Kevin Easley | Dem | Wagoner, Tulsa
19  | Robert Milacek  | Rep | Enid
20  | David Myers | Rep | Ponca City
21  | Mike Morgan | Dem | Stillwater
22  | Mike Johnson | Rep | Kingfisher
23  | Bruce Price  | Rep | Chickasha
24  | Daisy Lawler | Dem | Moore, Duncan
25  | Mike Mazzei | Rep | Tulsa, Broken Arrow
26  | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Elk City, Sayre, Mangum
27  | Owen Laughlin  | Rep | Woodward, Guymon
28  | Harry Coates | Rep | Seminole
29  | Jim Dunlap  | Rep | Bartlesville
30  | Glenn Coffee | Rep | Oklahoma City
31  | Sam Helton  | Rep | Lawton
32  | Jim Maddox  | Dem | Lawton
33  | Penny Williams | Dem | Tulsa
34  | Randy Brogdon | Rep | Owasso, Tulsa
35  | James Williamson | Rep | Tulsa
36  | Scott Pruitt | Rep | Broken Arrow, Tulsa
37  | Nancy Riley | Rep | Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby
38  | Robert M. Kerr  | Dem | Altus, Weatherford
39  | Jerry L. Smith | Rep | Tulsa
40  | Cliff Branan | Rep | Oklahoma City
41  | Mark Liotta  | Rep | Edmond
42  | Cliff Aldridge | Rep | Midwest City
43  | Jim Reynolds | Rep | Oklahoma City, Del City
44  | Keith Leftwich | Dem | Oklahoma City
45  | Kathleen Wilcoxson | Rep | Oklahoma City, Moore
46  | Bernest Cain | Dem | Oklahoma City
47  | Mike Fair | Rep | Oklahoma City
48  | Angela Monson | Dem | Oklahoma City

### House of Representatives

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Name | District | Party | City

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Jerry Ellis | 1 | Dem | Valliant
Glen Bud Smithson | 2 | Dem | Sllisaw
Neil Brannon | 3 | Dem | Arkoma
Jim Wilson | 4 | Dem | Tahlequah
Joe Hutchinson | 5 | Dem | Grove
Joe Eddins | 6 | Dem | Vinita
Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Miami
Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Pryor
Tad Jones | 9 | Rep | Claremor
Gary Taylor | 10 | Dem | Bartlesville
Mike Wilt | 11 | Rep | Bartlesville
Jerry Hefner | 12 | Dem | Wagoner
Stuart Ericson | 13 | Dem | Warner
Barbara Staggs | 14 | Dem | Muskogee
Ray Miller | 15 | Dem | Porum
M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Morris
Richard Lerblance[4] | 17 | Dem | McAlester
Terry Harrison | 18 | Dem | McAlester
Randall Erwin | 19 | Dem | Antler
Paul Roan | 20 | Dem | Tishomingo
John Carey | 21 | Dem | Durant
Danny Hilliard | 22 | Dem | Sulphur
Sue Tibbs | 23 | Rep | Tulsa
Dale Turner | 24 | Dem | Holdenville
Bob Plunk | 25 | Dem | Ada
Kris Steele | 26 | Rep | Shawnee
Dale Smith | 27 | Dem | Tecumseh
Dan Boren | 28 | Dem | Seminole
Todd Hiett | 29 | Rep | Bristow
Mike Tyler | 30 | Rep | Sapulpa
Frank Davis | 31 | Rep | Guthrie
Danny Morgan | 32 | Dem | Prague
Dale Wells | 33 | Dem | Cushing
Terry Ingmire | 34 | Rep | Stillwater
Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Sand Springs
Joe Sweeden | 36 | Dem | Pawhuska
Jim Newport | 37 | Dem | Ponca City
Dale DeWitt | 38 | Rep | Braman
Wayne Pettigrew | 39 | Rep | Edmond
Mike O'Neal | 40 | Rep | Enid
Curt Roggow | 41 | Rep | Waukomis
Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Purcell
Ray Young | 43 | Rep | Yukon
Bill Nations | 44 | Dem | Norman
Thad Balkman | 45 | Rep | Norman
Doug Miller | 46 | Rep | Norman
Susan Winchester | 47 | Rep | Chickasha
Greg Piatt | 48 | Rep | Ardmore
Fred Stanley | 49 | Dem | Madill
Jari Askins | 50 | Dem | Duncan
Ray McCarter | 51 | Dem | Marlow
David Braddock | 52 | Dem | Altus
Carolyn Coleman | 53 | Rep | Moore
Joan Greenwood | 54 | Rep | Moore
Jack Bonny | 55 | Dem | Burns Flat
Ron Langmacher | 56 | Dem | Chickasha
James Covey | 57 | Dem | Custer City
Elmer Maddux | 58 | Rep | Woodward
Clay Pope | 59 | Dem | Kingfisher
Purcy Walker | 60 | Dem | Elk City
Gus Blackwell | 61 | Rep | Goodwell
Abe Deutschendorf | 62 | Dem | Lawton
Don Armes | 63 | Rep | Faxon
Ron Kirby | 64 | Dem | Lawton
Joe Dorman | 65 | Dem | Rush Springs
Lucky Lamons | 66 | Dem | Tulsa
Pam Peterson | 67 | Rep | Tulsa
Chris Benge | 68 | Rep | Tulsa
Fred Perry | 69 | Rep | Jenks
Ron Peters | 70 | Rep | Tulsa
Roy McClain | 71 | Dem | Tulsa
Darrell Gilbert | 72 | Dem | Tulsa
Judy Eason McIntyre | 73 | Dem | Tulsa
John Smaligo | 74 | Rep | Owasso
Dennis Adkins | 75 | Dem | Tulsa
John A. Wright | 76 | Rep | Broken Arrow
Mark Liotta | 77 | Rep | Tulsa
Mary Easley | 78 | Dem | Tulsa
Chris Hastings | 79 | Rep | Tulsa
Ron Peterson | 80 | Rep | Broken Arrow
Ray Vaughn | 81 | Rep | Edmond
Leonard Sullivan | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Fred Morgan | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Bill Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Odilia Dank | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Larry Adair | 86 | Dem | Stilwell
Robert Worthen | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Debbie Blackburn | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma City
Rebecca Hamilton | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma City
John Nance | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Mike Reynolds | 91 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Bill Paulk | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma City
Al Lindley | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma City
Kevin Calvey | 94 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Bill Case | 95 | Rep | Midwest City
Lance Cargill | 96 | Rep | Harrah
Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma City
John Trebilcock | 98 | Rep | Tulsa
Opio Toure | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma City
Richard Phillips | 100 | Rep | Oklahoma City
Forrest Claunch | 101 | Rep | Midwest City

## See also

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* Oklahoma state elections, 2002

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Publications – Senate Journals, Oklahoma Senate Archived July 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (accessed May 28, 2013)
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 2003 Session Highlights Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 3, 2013)
3. ^ a b c d e f g 2004 Session Highlights Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 4, 2013)
4. ^ During the summer of 2003, Lerblance was elected to the state Senate and Mike Mass was elected to fill the vacancy.

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