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It is critical for the business community to support candidates and elected officials who will advance pro-business legislation at the Capitol. The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber’s Government Relations division uses information prepared by the statewide Research Institute for Economic Development (RIED) to identify elected officials’ votes on issues important OKLAHOMA STATE LEGISLATURE PRO-BUSINESS SCORECARDS

to the business community. Alongside the RIED scores, the Chamber also assigns a score based on economic development issues included in the Chamber’s public policy agenda that are important to the prosperity of our region and state. In 2022, the Chamber tracked votes on key pro-business legislation and assigned a score to legislators based on their support for these measures. A selection of the key bills the Chamber scored last session were: Strategic Industrial Tax Credit (HB 3081); Mega-Projects (HB 4455); Expungements/Criminal Justice Reform (HB 3316); Data Privacy (HB 2969); Workers’ Compensation (SB 1458); and Teacher Scholarships (HB 3564). See all scoring criteria at okcchamber.com/scorecard. The following charts represent the voting records for the State House and Senate members based on the issues identified by the Chamber and RIED for 2022. RIED scores for previous years can be found at www.riedreport.com.

DISCLAIMER : All data in these charts are obtained from legislative, government and private sector sources. The data, information and estimations herein are not warranted as to accuracy and are presented as is and without warranty either expressed or implied. The purpose of this material is to inform. Further, the material is not intended to be and does not constitute an endorsement of any kind or as an official source. Interested persons should formulate their own opinions relative to the data, information and estimations herein or to any information related thereto. OKLAHOMA STATE SENATE

2022 RIED

2022 RIED

2022 OKC

2022 OKC

SENATOR

SENATOR

PARTY DIST.

PARTY DIST.

Allen, Mark

R R D

4

72% 63% 72% 73%

Leewright, James Matthews, Kevin McCortney, Greg

R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

12

86% 83% 50% 53% 84% 90% 48% 53% 97% 93% 85% 76% 86% 83% 87% 95%

Bergstrom, Micheal

1

11

Boren, Mary

16 45% 63%

13

Brooks, Michael Bullard, David Burns, George Coleman, Bill Dahm, Nathan Daniels, Julie

D 44

61% 73% 78% 73% 74% 73% 85% 90% 60% 29%

Merrick, Jake

22 32 27 25 23

R R R R R R

6 5

Montgomery, John Murdock, Casey Newhouse, Joe Paxton, Lonnie Pederson, Roland Pemberton, Dewayne

10 33

29 94% 100% 18 97% 86%

19 79% 80%

David, Kim Dossett, JJ

9

85% 90% 81% 76% NS 52%

D 34

77% 66% 58% 63% 85% 90%

Pugh, Adam Quinn, Marty Rader, Dave Rogers, Cody Rosino, Paul

41

Dossett, Jo Anna Dugger, Tom Floyd, Kay Garvin, Jessica

D R

35

2

21

39 88% 90%

D 46 50% 70%

37 45

79% 83% 76% 80% 84% 83% 58% 70% 85% 90% 85% 90%

R R R R

43

84% 90%

Hall, Chuck

20 75% 83%

Simpson, Frank Standridge, Rob Stanley, Brenda Stephens, Blake

14 15

Hamilton, Warren

7

64% 40%

Haste, John Hicks, Carri

36 84% 90%

42

D 40 52% 53%

3

Howard, Brent

R R R R

38 88% 90% 26 85% 90%

Taylor, Zack

28 85% 83% 8 84% 83%

Jech, Darcy Jett, Shane Kidd, Chris

Thompson, Roger

17 31

52% 50% 82% 90%

Treat, Greg

47 24

86% 95% 79% 80%

Weaver, Darrell Young, George

Kirt, Julia

D 30 52% 63%

D 48 61% 70%

* For RIED Scores, NS denotes “Not Scoring” for missing half the votes.

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