Ross Ford
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76
Bills sponsored
this session · 336 all-time
0
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 0 all-time
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Enacted into law
counting…
9516
Recorded votes
90%
Vote participation
voted in 90% of 9516 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2600 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
95.4%
based on 1913 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
4.6%
based on 1913 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
92.5%
based on 1913 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
336 billsCurrent session 76 bills
- HR 1017 Resolution; National Crime Victims' Rights Week; distribution. Introduced
- HB 4213 Schools; Education Reform Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 4212 Retirement; Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act; terms; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; line of duty death; spouse benefits; lifetime; effective dates. Introduced
- HB 4110 State government; Transparency and Accountability Platform Act (TAP); TAP platform; the Oklahoma DHS of Human Services; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); The Oklahoma DHS of Corrections; Corrections Transparency Overlay; appropriation; effective date. Introduced
- HB 4109 Crimes and punishments; directing certain persons to report injuries to law enforcement; confidentiality of reports; codification; effective date. Introduced
- HB 4103 Revenue and taxation; ad valorem; homestead exemption; additional homestead exemption; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2727 Records; Oklahoma Open Records Reform Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2726 Elections; Elections Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2725 Insurance; glass and injurious substances; highways and related locations; payments; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2723 Law enforcement officers; citizen review board; procedures; exemptions; legislative findings; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2722 Wrecker services; creating the Wrecker Services Modernization Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2721 9-1-1 emergency calls; creating the 911 Emergency Call Updating Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2719 Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for certain prostitution offense; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2715 Crimes and punishments; Laser Safety Act; increasing penalties; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2707 Marriage; authorizing courts to order additional periods of possession or access to a child under certain circumstances; effective date. Introduced
- HB 2699 Appropriations; Office of the Attorney General; amount; purpose; effective date; emergency. Introduced
- HB 1661 Elections; Elections Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1138 Law enforcement; modifying duties of the Human Capital Management Division and the Civil Service Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; effective date. Signed
- HB 2699 Appropriations; Office of the Attorney General; amount; purpose; effective date; emergency. In Committee
- HB 2710 Statewide radio systems; creating the Oklahoma Emergency Communications Act; defining terms; effective date. In Committee
- HB 2705 Sexual assault victims; directing law enforcement agencies to inform sexual assault victims of the status of certain evidence; codification; effective date. To Executive
- HB 1676 Officers; Kay Floyd SANE Act; District Attorneys Council; Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Statewide Coordinator; salary; effective date. Passed
- HB 2723 Law enforcement officers; citizen review board; procedures; exemptions; legislative findings; effective date. In Committee
- SB 766 Office of Homeland Security; creating the Targeted Violence Prevention Act. Emergency. In Committee
- HB 2727 Records; Oklahoma Open Records Reform Act of 2025; effective date. In Committee
Historical 260 bills
- HB 2758 Public retirement systems; Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act; Public Employees Retirement System; membership for certain military police officers and emergency medical personnel; death benefits; effective date. Died
- HB 4374 Criminal procedure; Protection from Domestic Abuse Act; expanding scope of certain definition; emergency. Signed
- SB 318 Police retirement; modifying age range for eligibility of certain members. Effective date. Died
- HB 4382 Criminal procedure; creating the Oklahoma Criminal Procedure Act of 2022; effective date. Died
- HB 4384 Cities and towns; creating the Unfair Labor Practices Act; effective date. Died
- HB 4381 Criminal law; creating the Criminal Law Act of 2022; effective date. Died
- HB 4373 Crimes and punishments; modifying elements of certain prohibited act; effective date. Signed
- HB 4370 Schools; meetings of school boards of education; requiring certain meetings to be accessible through a live video and audio stream; effective date. Died
- HB 4385 Motor vehicles; transferring certain duties from the Corporation Commission to the Department of Public Safety; effective date; emergency. Died
- HB 4383 Criminal procedure; creating the Criminal Procedure Act of 2022; effective date. Died
- HB 4375 Crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; effective date. Died
- HB 4386 State employee compensation; Highway Patrol; increase; effective date; emergency. Died
- SB 1590 Classification of felony offenses; creating the Oklahoma Crime Reclassification Act of 2022. Effective date. Died
- HB 2764 Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training; directing the Council to mail notice of complaints to certain persons; effective date. Died
- SB 111 Crime and punishment; modifying certain penalties for domestic abuse. Effective date. Died
- SB 811 Law enforcement training; requiring certain crisis intervention training. Effective date. Died
- HR 1032 National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day; recognizing National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day in Oklahoma. Died
- SB 110 Domestic abuse by strangulation; modifying certain sentences and fine. Effective date. Died
- HB 2744 Revenue and taxation; Tax Exemption Fraud Prevention Act of 2021; Sale for Resale permits; authorizing Tax Commission to administer permits; online system; codification; effective date. Died
- SB 711 Firearms; modifying locations for lawful carry. Effective date. Died
- HB 2765 Criminal justice; creating the Oklahoma Criminal Justice Reform Act; effective date. Died
- HB 2758 Public retirement systems; Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; effective dates. Died
- HB 2759 Officers; Open Records Act; law enforcement records; confidentiality; effective date. Died
- HB 2761 Crimes and punishments; creating the Oklahoma Riot and Unlawful Assembly Act of 2021; effective date. Died
- HB 2746 Jurors; jury duty; exemptions; effective date. Signed
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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HB 3240
Schools; requiring school districts and charter schools to adopt a policy providing a period of prayer or religious text reading for students and employees on each school day; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2026 |
|
HB 3031
Economic development and workforce investment; creating the North Pointe Workforce Development Initiative Revolving Fund; source.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2026 |
|
HB 3005
State government; Oklahoma Climatological Survey; sunset; effective date; emergency.
EMERGENCY |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2026 |
|
HB 2997
Motor vehicles; modifying maximum amount of certain administrative fine; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 16, 2026 |
|
HB 2978
Schools; library media program; community standards; sexually explicit conduct; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 09, 2026 |
|
HB 2976
Department of Environmental Quality; requiring the promulgation of rules establishing water quality criteria for aluminum; effective date.
Floor vote |
Nay | fail | March 11, 2026 |
|
HB 2800
Property; owners association; sale of real estate; notifications; disclosures; fees; restrictions; documentations; emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | fail | March 27, 2025 |
|
HB 2791
Department of Human Services; making appropriations; source; amounts; creating certain special accounts; deposits or transfers; procedures; reports; requiring appearance before certain joint committee.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 20, 2025 |
|
HB 2751
Wind energy; legislative findings; setback requirement for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters of a county; requiring Corporation Commission to maintain database; emergency.
Floor vote |
Nay | fail | March 26, 2025 |
|
HB 2749
Medicaid; directing establishment of certain nursing facility add-on rate under specified conditions; effective date; emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2025 |
|
HB 2584
Physicians assistants; Pharmacy Act; prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances; Physician Assistant Act; Committee; members; requirements; Public Health Code; authority for physician assistants to carry out certain functions; prescribing and administering controlled substances; supervision.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2025 |
|
HB 2298
Practice of nursing; providing for independent prescriptive authority of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who meet certain requirements; modifying various provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act, the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act, and the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2025 |
|
HB 2235
Wrongful convictions; increasing liability amount for claims of wrongful incarceration; codification.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
HB 2104
Classification of felony offenses; designating classification for certain offenses; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 22, 2025 |
|
HB 1979
Children; Early Childhood Task Force; membership; election; reports; compensation or reimbursement; expenses; Open Records Act; Open Meeting Act; advice; vision statement; mission; principles; codification; effective date.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | March 23, 2026 |
|
HB 1910
Environment and natural resources; Urban Agriculture Cost Share Program; Conservation Commission; defining terms; program guidelines; revolving fund; administration of program; liability; effective date.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | March 17, 2025 |
|
HB 1575
Public assistance programs; directing certain feasibility study and request for information; requiring certain report.
Floor vote |
Not Voting | pass | May 14, 2025 |
|
HB 1493
Schools; the Growing Minds, Active Kids Act; requiring school districts to incorporate thirty minutes of daily recess for certain grades.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | March 12, 2025 |
|
HB 1486
Memorial roads and bridges; designating various memorial roads and bridges; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 25, 2025 |
|
HB 1422
Grand River Dam Authority; authorization of bonds; increasing maximum bond capacity; emergency.
EMERGENCY |
Yea | pass | March 11, 2025 |
|
HB 1396
Schools; Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act; prohibiting private schools from requiring parent to participate.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | March 27, 2025 |
|
HB 1278
State Department of Health; Barbara Weber Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Grant Program; agency; purpose; reports; Barbara Weber Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Grant Program Revolving Fund; fund nature; budgeting and expenditure of funds; effective date; emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
|
HB 1205
Revenue and taxation; repeal; small wind turbine tax credit; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 12, 2025 |
|
HB 1170
Public finance; Public Finance Protection Act; terms; standard of care; nonpecuniary factors; vote; authority; proxy votes; Attorney General; immunity; indemnification; severability; codification.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | March 25, 2026 |
|
HB 1096
Schools; modifying goals of certain programs; modifying eligibility for certain higher education programs; adding references to Classic Learning Test; effective date; emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
HB 1095
Firearms; creating the Municipal Carry Act; modifying scope of lawful carry for certain individuals; authorizing certain carry by judges, elected official and designated employees under certain circumstances; effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | March 18, 2025 |
|
HB 1003
Crimes and punishments; modifying age limitations for certain prohibited acts.
EMERGENCY |
Not Voting | fail | March 26, 2025 |
|
SB 1916
Insurance Department; creating certain division within the Insurance Department; establishing powers for certain conservator; allowing contacts. Effective date.
Floor vote |
Nay | fail | May 06, 2026 |
|
SB 1546
Education; modifying eligibility under the Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | April 30, 2026 |
|
SB 1525
Tourism; allowing the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter into certain contracts and agreements; establishing certain conditions for contracts and agreements. Emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | April 28, 2026 |
|
SB 1379
Attorney General; establishing certain pilot program; stating eligibility requirements; Victims of Human Trafficking and Prevention Revolving Fund. Effective date. Emergency.
Committee vote — Appropriations and Budget Committee |
Yea | pass | April 14, 2026 |
|
SB 1378
State government; creating the Olympics in Oklahoma Revolving Fund; requiring certain disbursal of monies on certain approval of the Department of Commerce. Effective date. Emergency.
Committee vote — Appropriations and Budget Committee |
Yea | pass | April 14, 2026 |
|
SB 1365
Central Purchasing Act; exempting certain purchases made by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | April 29, 2026 |
|
SB 1209
Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date.
Floor vote |
Not Voting | pass | May 07, 2026 |
|
SB 1171
Incentives; repealing the Perform Act.
EMERGENCY |
Not Voting | pass | May 22, 2025 |
|
SB 1129
Office of Educational Quality and Accountability; requiring certain funds be utilized for certain purpose; providing for distribution of grants. Effective date. Emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 22, 2025 |
|
SB 1054
Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program; modifying eligibility; removing certain eligibility criteria.
Floor vote |
Yea | fail | May 08, 2025 |
|
SB 1027
Initiative and referendum; establishing requirements for gist of proposition; establishing requirements for collection of signatures; requiring certain disclosures. Emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 07, 2025 |
|
SB 998
Public utilities; cost of transmission upgrades; modifying application process for construction of certain facilities; establishing cost recovery provisions.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 942
Education; prohibiting certain discrimination on certain basis against students or employees.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | April 30, 2025 |
|
SB 898
Construction by political subdivisions; removing requirement for certain bidders to provide written statement under oath.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | May 01, 2025 |
|
SB 898
Construction by political subdivisions; removing requirement for certain bidders to provide written statement under oath.
EMERGENCY |
Not Voting | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 889
Hospitals; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; authorizing compliance monitoring and enforcement; prohibiting certain collection actions. Effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 07, 2025 |
|
SB 799
Students; electronic communication between students and school personnel; providing for designation of certain alternate adult; providing exception for certain communications.
Floor vote |
Nay | pass | May 01, 2025 |
|
SB 796
Higher education; prohibiting certain activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Effective date. Emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 758
Schools; providing conditions under which virtual instruction may count toward certain required instructional hours or days.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | April 29, 2025 |
|
SB 688
Ad valorem tax; providing exception to certain payroll requirements for manufacturing exemption. Emergency.
Floor vote |
Not Voting | pass | May 08, 2025 |
|
SB 674
Charter schools; Charter Schools Incentive Fund; renaming; state funding; calculation; payments.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 663
Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund; transferring power of fund to the Oklahoma Workforce Commission. Emergency.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 595
Jail standards; creating the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act. Emergency.
EMERGENCY |
Yea | pass | April 23, 2025 |