State · Oklahoma Senate
George Burns
State Senator · Senate District 5 · Party: Republican
2704 final-passage votes on record.
A member of Oklahoma's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on SB 227 (Gross production tax; property exempt from ad valorem tax as used in the production of material subject to gross production tax; expanding exempt property. Effective date.). It passed. Mar 17, 2026
- Voted Yes on SB 1266 (Notaries public; modifying allowable punishment for provision of certain legal advice. Effective date.). It passed. Mar 17, 2026
- Voted Yes on SB 1193 (School funding; removing limitations on school district general fund carryover and penalties for exceeding limitations. Effective date. Emergency.). It passed. Mar 17, 2026
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 5
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2020-11-16
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SB 227
Gross production tax; property exempt from ad valorem tax as used in the production of material subject to gross production tax; expanding exempt property. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1266
Notaries public; modifying allowable punishment for provision of certain legal advice. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1193
School funding; removing limitations on school district general fund carryover and penalties for exceeding limitations. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1877
State government; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; directing the Office of the Secretary of State to create and maintain certain centralized filing system. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 169
State government; increasing certain state employee longevity payment amounts. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1812
Schools; requiring public school districts to report certain assessment results to the State Department of Education. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1627
Crimes and punishments; amending, merging, consolidating, and repealing multiple versions of statutes. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1810
Human trafficking; authorizing Attorney General to enter into agreements for services for victims of human trafficking; requiring certification of certain shelters and programs. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1948
Fireworks; creating the Rocket's Red Glare Act; removing requirement to sell fireworks within certain time frame; prohibiting counties from restricting certain firework display under certain circumstances. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1409
Open meetings; Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; email distribution systems; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 2178
Alcoholic beverage licenses; requiring applicant to hold liability insurance; requiring employee to ensure certain event licensure. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 2044
Practice of chiropractic; creating certain exception for imposing penalties. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1921
Criminal history records; modifying provisions related to national criminal history record checks. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1450
Criminal court costs and fees; requiring waiver of certain costs and fees upon completion of certain requirements. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 366
School district boards of education; directing a board of education to provide certain notice if a lessee does not timely elect to purchase certain property. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1481
Schools; requiring certain schools to provide students in certain grades with certain amount of recess per day. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 44
Sales tax; extending sales tax exemption to contractors in connection to performance of a contract with a tax exempt entity. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1256
Bail; requiring ignition interlock device for certain defendants. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 2117
State Board of Agriculture; modifying certain authority of the Board. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1209
Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date.
Reconsider
No Source ↗ -
SB 2067
Financial institutions; Financial Privacy Act; permitting disclosure or release of information for investigations of financial exploitation of protected adults. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1919
Oklahoma Tourism Development Act; increasing cumulative inducement per year. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 546
Data privacy; establishing consumer rights; appeal process; privacy notice; data protection assessments; penalties; liability. Effective date.
Fourth Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1826
Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act; omitting sunset date. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1443
Health benefit plans; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining payments for services. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 2072
Conveyances; prohibiting charging fee for certain filing; requiring certain notice to certain law enforcement agencies. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1716
Security Breach Notification Act; prohibiting class action liability for private entity for cybersecurity event; providing exceptions. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 710
Teacher preparation; establishment of TeachForwardOK; allowing Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability to select more than one applicant under certain circumstances. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1477
Students; prohibiting students of certain age or older from participating in concurrent enrollment. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1405
Tax refund donation; reauthorizing checkoff for Wildlife Diversity Fund. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1209
Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1930
Oklahoma Brine Development Act; clarifying application of act; adding and modifying definitions; clarifying Corporation Commission jurisdiction; modifying provisions related to brine, produced water, and constituent element rights. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 2028
Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; authorizing certain sale of raw milk products. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1213
Prisons and reformatories; modifying provisions related to inmate earned credits. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1287
Oklahoma Abstractors Act; allowing denial of certain applicant. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1653
Professions and occupations; enacting the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1976
Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1644
Public health; requiring addition of alpha-gal disease to list of reportable conditions. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1670
Higher education; directing certain model policy established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to include certain tiered system of ownership. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1696
State government; creating certain revolving fund; creating the Oklahoma Talent Recruitment Program; specifying certain eligibility requirements. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1696
State government; creating certain revolving fund; creating the Oklahoma Talent Recruitment Program; specifying certain eligibility requirements. Effective date. Emergency.
Reconsider
No Source ↗ -
SB 1687
Driver licenses; adding certain age requirement to qualification for certain license; permitting certain persons to proctor certain examination. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1975
Schools; requiring public school districts to make certain examinations available to students who live in the district. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1651
State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; modifying various provisions related to physicians and allied health professionals. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1327
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission; transferring certain duties to the Commission; authorizing the Commission to appoint Executive Director. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1805
Staffing contracts; prohibiting certain staffing contracts with temporary agencies for certain facilities. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1458
Grand juries; repealing requirements requiring endorsement of witness names on indictment. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1250
Schools; requiring school districts and charter schools to submit certain list of library materials; providing process for reporting violations; providing penalties. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1460
Crimes and punishments; modifying offenses in certain classes of felonies; creating felony offenses for second or subsequent offenses; adding offenses for which registration pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act applies. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1503
Choosing Childbirth Act; allowing out-of-state organizations to receive grants. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗
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