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The Oklahoma Senate is composed of 48 members, [1] each representing an electoral district in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2019, the majority of seats are held by Republicans. The current President Pro Tempore is Greg Treat of Oklahoma City.
Originally, the Oklahoma Constitution based Senate districts on Oklahoma's counties. The 19 most populous counties, as determined by the most recent federal census, were each to elect one senator. The 58 less populous counties were to be joined into 29 two-county districts, each of which was to elect one senator.
The president pro tempore is an ex officio voting member of state senate committees. The presiding officer sits in a chair in the front of the Oklahoma Senate chamber. The presiding officer acts as the Oklahoma Senate's mouthpiece, performs duties such as announcing the results of vote, and controls debates by calling on members to speak.
A spokesman for Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, said Wednesday night, "The Senate has seen preliminary budget numbers but the House would not give the Senate a copy of ...
Oklahoma’s current top tax rate is 4.75%, and if Bergstrom's bill passes, the rate would first decrease to 4.5%. It would continue to decline every year, as long as the state has at least $400 ...
The Fifty-ninth Oklahoma Legislature is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It meets in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025, during the first two years of the second administration of Governor Kevin Stitt .
Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat discusses the new budget process the Senate will undertake during the 2024 Legislative Session during a press conference at the state Capitol, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.
In 2023, according to the Tulsa World, Pugh authored Senate Bill 364, "which would provide up to eight weeks of paid maternity leave for school employees" but the bill was pushed back for subcommittee vote. [5] In mid-April 2023, House Floor Leader Jon Echols also steered two other Pugh bills, Senate Bill 519 and Senate Bill 526, through ...