The Forty-second 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 3, 1989, to January 8, 1991, during the term of Governor Henry Bellmon. In 1989, a ballot question designated the sine die adjournment day, or last day of session, as the last Friday in May.A Century to Remember , Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed June 16, 2013) Combined with the 90-day requirement, this moved the session start day to February, leaving the original start day in January as an organizational day.

Dates of sessions First regular session: January 3-May 26, 1989 Special sessions: 46 days spanning August 14, 1989 – May 2, 1990 Second regular session: February 5-May 25, 1990 Previous: 41st Legislature • Next: 43rd Legislature

Party composition

Senate AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 34 14 48Voting share70.8%29.2%

House of Representatives AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublican 69 32 101Voting share68.3%31.7%

Major legislation

Enacted Education - HB 1017 was an education reform package enacted by the state legislature after Governor Henry Bellmon called for the longest special session in state history.A Century to Remember , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)

Leadership

Senate Democratic State Senator Robert V. Cullison served as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.

Democratic State Senator Darryl F. Roberts served as Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate

House of Representatives

Democratic leadership Jim Barker served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives during the first regular session in 1989, but was ousted on May 17, 1989,Morgan, David R. Oklahoma Politics and Policies, University of Nebraska Press, 1991. (accessed via Google Books on June 20, 2013) due to political infighting.Past Oklahoma officials trouble with law, The Oklahoman, June 17, 2008 (accessed June 15, 2013). He was replaced by Steve Lewis, who served during the special and second regular sessions.

Republican leadership Joe Heaton served as Republican Minority leader.

Members

Senate DistrictNamePartyTowns RepresentedLt-GovRobert S. Kerr IIIDemPresident of Senate1William SchueleinDemMiami, Grove, Jay2Stratton TaylorDemClaremore, Pryor3Herb RozellDemTahlequah, Stilwell4Larry DickersonDemSallisaw, Poteau5Rex ChandlerDemAtoka, Hugo, Idabel6Billy MickleDemDurant7Gene StipeDemMcAlester, Wilburton8Frank ShurdenDemOkmulgee, Henryetta9Ben RobinsonDemMuskogee, Ft. Gibson10John DahlDemPawhuska, Fairfax11Maxine HornerDemTulsa12Ted FisherDemSapulpa, Bristow13Dick WilkersonDemAda, Atwood14Darryl RobertsDemArdmore15Trish WeednDemNorman, Purcell16Gary GardenhireRepNorman17Carl FranklinDemShawnee19Ed LongDemEnid20Olin BranstetterRepPonca City, Tonkawa21Bernice ShedrickDemStillwater22Ralph J. ChoateRepHennessey, Kingfisher23Ray GilesDemChickasha, Hinton24Cliff MarshallDemDuncan, Moore, Kellyville26Gilmer CappsDemElk City, Sayre, Mangum29Jerry PierceRepBartlesville31Paul TaliaferroDemLawton32Roy HooperDemLawton33Penny WilliamsDemTulsa34Bob CullisonDemTulsa35Don RubottomRepTulsa37Lewis Long Jr.DemTulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool38Robert M. KerrDemAltus, Weatherford39Jerry L. SmithRepTulsa40Leo KingstonRepOklahoma City41Mark SnyderRepEdmond42Dave HerbertDemMidwest City43Ben BrownDemOklahoma City44Kay DudleyRepOklahoma City45Tom ColeRepOklahoma City, Moore46Bernest CainDemOklahoma City47Mike FairRepEdmond, Oklahoma City48Vicki Miles-LaGrangeDemOklahoma City49Don WilliamsDem50Enoch Kelly HaneyDemSeminole51Charles FordRepTulsa52Howard HendrickRepBethany, Oklahoma City54Gerald WrightRepOklahoma City Table based on state almanac.Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 , p.770-771, Oklahoma Department of Libraries (accessed June 27, 2013)

House of Representatives

Name District Party Counties in DistrictMike Murphy 1 Dem McCurtainDon Mentzer 2 Dem SequoyahJames Hamilton 3 Dem LeFloreRobert Medearis 4 Dem CherokeeRick Littlefield 5 Dem Delaware, Mayes, OttawaGeorge Vaughn Jr. 6 Dem Craig, Mayes, RogersLarry Roberts 7 Dem OttawaLarry Rice 8 Dem Mayes, Rogers, WagonerDwayne Steidley 9 Dem RogersGary Taylor 10 Dem Osage, Washington James Holt 11 Rep Nowata, WashingtonJerry Hefner 12 Dem Muskogee, WagonerJim Barker 13 Dem MuskogeeJeff Potts 14 Dem MuskogeeWalter R. McDonald 15 Dem Haskell, McIntosh, MuskogeeM. C. Leist 16 Dem OkmulgeeRonald Glenn 17 Dem Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, PittsburgWalt Roberts 18 Dem PittsburgBart Bates 19 Dem Choctaw, McCurtain, PushmatahaTommy Thomas 20 Dem Atoka, Johnston, PittsburgGuy Gaylon Davis 21 Dem BryanGary Coffee 22 Dem Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, PontotocKevin Easley 23 Dem Tulsa, WagonerGlen D. Johnson, Jr. 24 Dem Hughes, Okfuskee, OkmulgeeKarroll Rhoades 25 Rep PontotocBob Weaver 26 Rep PottawatomieSteve C. Lewis 27 Dem Cleveland, PottawatomieDanny Williams 28 Dem Okfuskee, SeminoleBill Gurley 29 Rep CreekMike Tyler 30 Dem CreekFrank Davis 31 Rep Logan, NobleDon Kinnamon 32 Dem Lincoln, LoganJessie Pilgrim 33 Dem PayneLarry Gish 34 Dem PayneLarry Ferguson 35 Rep Noble, Osage, Pawnee, PayneJames Hager 36 Dem OsageJim Dunlap 37 Rep KayJim Reese 38 Rep Alfalfa, Grant, KaySteven Boeckman 39 Rep Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, MajorGary Maxey 40 Dem GarfieldJohn McMillen 41 Rep GarfieldBill Mitchell 42 Dem Garvin, GradyHarold Hale 43 Dem CanadianCarolyn Thompson 44 Dem ClevelandCal Hobson 45 Dem ClevelandVickie White 46 Dem Cleveland, McClainDenver Talley 47 Dem GradyDon Duke 48 Dem CarterBill Brewster 49 Dem Carter, Love, MarshallEd Apple 50 Rep StephensBill James Smith 51 Dem Cotton, Jefferson, StephensHoward Cotner 52 Dem Harmon, JacksonJohn Lassiter 53 Dem ClevelandJoan Greenwood 54 Rep MooreEmil Lee Grieser 55 Dem Caddo, Kiowa, WashitaTom Manar 56 Dem CaddoBill Widener 57 Dem Blaine, CusterElmer Maddux 58 Rep Woods, WoodwardFrank Lucas 59 Rep Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, WoodwardWendell Powell 60 Dem Beckham, Greer, HarmonJack Begley 61 Dem Beaver, Cimarron, TexasJim Maddox 62 Dem ComancheLloyd Benson 63 Dem Comanche, TillmanSid Hudson 64 Dem ComancheJim Glover 65 Dem Comanche, GradyRuss Roach 66 Dem TulsaWayne Cozort 67 Rep TulsaJay Logan 68 Dem TulsaWilliam Veitch 69 Rep TulsaJohn Bryant Jr. 70 Rep TulsaRob Johnson 71 Rep TulsaDon McCorkle Jr. 72 Dem TulsaDonald Ross 73 Dem TulsaGene Combs 74 Dem TulsaGrover Campbell 75 Rep Rogers, TulsaRichard Williamson 76 Rep TulsaGary Stottlemyre 77 Dem TulsaFrank Pitezel 78 Rep TulsaJim Henshaw 79 Rep TulsaJoseph Gordon 80 Rep TulsaRay Vaughn 81 Rep OklahomaLeonard Sullivan 82 Rep OklahomaJoe Heaton 83 Rep OklahomaWilliam D. Graves 84 Rep OklahomaMichael Hunter 85 Rep OklahomaLarry Adair 86 Dem Adair, Delaware, MayesRobert Worthen 87 Rep OklahomaLinda Larason 88 Dem OklahomaKevin Hutchcroft 89 Dem OklahomaCharles Key 90 Rep OklahomaAlice Musser 91 Dem OklahomaBill Paulk 92 Dem OklahomaWanda Jo Peltier 93 Dem OklahomaGary Bastin 94 Dem OklahomaJim Isaac 95 Dem OklahomaMark Seikel 96 Dem OklahomaKevin Cox 97 Dem OklahomaTim Pope 98 Rep Canadian, ClevelandFreddye Williams 99 Dem OklahomaErnest Istook 100 Rep OklahomaJeff Hamilton 101 Dem Oklahoma Table based on government database.Historic Members , Okhouse.gov (accessed June 17, 2013)

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