Mark Lawson
Born
1980
Contact
Email · mark.lawson@okhouse.gov
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120
Bills sponsored
this session · 356 all-time
0
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 0 all-time
—
Enacted into law
counting…
8420
Recorded votes
85%
Vote participation
voted in 85% of 8420 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2600 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
98.4%
based on 1556 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
1.6%
based on 1556 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
83.7%
based on 1556 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
356 billsCurrent session 120 bills
- HB 3643 State government; State Government Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3642 State government; State Government Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3641 State government; State Government Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3640 Marriage; Marriage Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3639 Open Meeting Act; Open Meeting Reform Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3636 Mental health; Oklahoma Mental Health Reform Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3635 Mental health; Oklahoma Mental Health Reform Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3634 Mental health; Oklahoma Mental Health Reform Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3633 Mental health; Oklahoma Mental Health Reform Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3632 Competency hearings; creating the Oklahoma Competency Hearings Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3631 Criminal procedure; creating the Oklahoma Criminal Procedure Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3630 Criminal procedure; creating the Oklahoma Criminal Procedure Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3629 Criminal procedure; deleting certain notice and affidavit requirement; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3628 Poor persons; community-based services; list; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3626 Medicaid; adverse determinations and procedures; review; appeal; requirements; psychologist; minimum rates of reimbursement, value-based payment arrangements, and payment methodologies; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; appeal; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3623 State Capitol security; creating the Oklahoma State Capitol Security Act of 2026; effective date. Introduced
- HB 3618 Revenue and taxation; tourism revenue; tourism promotion definition; effective date; emergency. Introduced
- HB 1587 Housing; Oklahoma Housing Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1586 Public health and safety; Oklahoma Public Health and Safety Reform Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1584 Children; Children and Juvenile Code Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1583 Poor persons; Programs of All-Inclusive Care Act of 2025; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1582 Revenue and taxation; sales tax; sales for resales; procedures; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1580 Revenue and taxation; income tax credit; eligible energy efficient residential properties; effective date. Introduced
- HB 1573 Department of Human Services; term; task; effective date. Introduced
- HCR 1011 Concurrent resolution; Route 66 Day; recognizing the historic and cultural importance of U.S. Route 66; distribution. Passed
Historical 236 bills
- SB 1462 Public health; creating Ava's Law; requiring certain persons to provide certain information to pregnant individuals; requiring State Department of Health to compile and publish certain educational resources. Effective date. Signed
- HB 3467 Children; appointment of counsel; reimbursement; effective date. Signed
- SB 1300 Motor vehicles; special license plates; providing exception to combined registration period for certain special license plate; requiring the Oklahoma Tax Commission to send renewal notification by electronic mail. Effective date. Signed
- SB 1344 Court-appointed special advocates; clarifying standards for education and background checks; removing fee requirement. Effective date. Signed
- SB 1844 State government; requiring OMES to contract with a third-party for certain background checks. Effective date. Died
- HB 3875 State government; creating the State Government Act of 2022; effective date. Died
- HB 3871 Children; Children Act of 2022; effective date. Died
- HB 2316 Coordination of services; designating the Oklahoma 2-1-1 Collaborative as state lead entity of 2-1-1 call centers; modifying duties and operational procedures; effective date; emergency. Signed
- HR 1006 Children; Child Abuse Prevention Month. Died
- SB 198 Guardianship; modifying procedures for determination of guardianship for incapacitated person. Effective date. Signed
- SB 433 Community-based services; requiring certain investigative procedures; adding definitions. Effective date. Signed
- HB 2328 State government; acquisitions; competitive bidding; exception; effective date. Died
- HB 2352 Care and custody of children; agreements with Indian tribes for care and custody of Indian children and contents of petition; ratifying certain agreements; retroactive application of certain provisions; emergency. Signed
- HB 2317 Children; grievance process; Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth; Office of Juvenile System Oversight; procedures; rules; effective date. Signed
- HB 2318 Children; termination of parental rights; abuse or neglect; effective date. Signed
- HB 2314 Community-based services; definitions; community services worker registry; investigation; notification; procedure; effective date. Died
- SB 199 Oklahoma Children's Code; adding exception to certain disclosure requirements. Effective date. Signed
- HB 2358 Poor persons; definitions; effective date. Died
- HB 2357 Children; Office of Juvenile System Oversight; annual inspection; site visits; effective date. Died
- HB 2354 Poor persons; Poor Persons Amendments Act of 2021; effective date. Died
- HB 2311 Oklahoma Juvenile Code; adult facilities; youthful offenders; effective date. Signed
- HB 2355 Public health and safety; Public Health and Safety Reform Act of 2021; effective date. Died
- HB 2312 Children; competency; youthful offender; Office of Juvenile Affairs; records; services; effective date. Signed
- SB 1385 Home- and community-based services; modifying and establishing requirements and procedures for criminal history records searches of certain providers. Effective date. Signed
- HB 3235 Poor persons; Department of Human Services; application; programs; protocols; systems; codification; effective date. Died
Voting record
Current session 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | May 15, 2025 |
|
HB 2104
Classification of felony offenses; designating classification for certain offenses; effective date.
Floor vote |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | March 17, 2025 |
|
HB 1575
Public assistance programs; directing certain feasibility study and request for information; requiring certain report.
Floor vote |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Yea | pass | April 29, 2026 |
|
SB 1209
Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date.
Floor vote |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Not Voting | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 942
Education; prohibiting certain discrimination on certain basis against students or employees.
Floor vote |
Yea | pass | April 30, 2025 |
|
SB 898
Construction by political subdivisions; removing requirement for certain bidders to provide written statement under oath.
Floor vote |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | 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 |
Yea | 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 |
Not Voting | pass | May 06, 2025 |
|
SB 595
Jail standards; creating the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act. Emergency.
EMERGENCY |
Yea | pass | April 23, 2025 |