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 No on HB 2565 (Partnerships; limited liability partnerships; prohibiting certain state actors from certain actions; classification; effective date.). It passed. May 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on HB 1096 (Schools; modifying goals of certain programs; modifying eligibility for certain higher education programs; adding references to Classic Learning Test; effective date; emergency.). It passed. May 8, 2025
- Voted No on 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.). It passed. May 8, 2025
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- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 5
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2020-11-16
- Website
- Official site ↗
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HB 2565
Partnerships; limited liability partnerships; prohibiting certain state actors from certain actions; classification; effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
HB 1096
Schools; modifying goals of certain programs; modifying eligibility for certain higher education programs; adding references to Classic Learning Test; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
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.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
HB 1427
Revenue and taxation; clean burning motor vehicle fuels; insurance premium tax credits.
Reconsider
No Source ↗ -
HB 1422
Grand River Dam Authority; authorization of bonds; increasing maximum bond capacity; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1087
Education; length of school year; extending amount of classroom instruction time; minimum salary schedule; adding years of experience to minimum salary amounts; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2011
Tax credits; Fighting Chance for Firefighters Act; income tax credit for certain unreimbursed medical costs incurred by firefighters; limitation; effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 711
Schools; modifying calculation of the certain adjusted cohort graduation rates; modifying calculation of Oklahoma School Testing Program annual reports. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 480
Utilities; modifying certain exception to definition; allowing certain entities to receive electricity. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1607
State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1727
Higher education; Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program; eligibility for children of certain teachers; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 676
Boards and commissions; extending certain sunset date; repealers. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 688
Ad valorem tax; providing exception to certain payroll requirements for manufacturing exemption. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 453
Civil actions; creating the Oklahoma Expedited Actions Act; providing for application of expedited actions process. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 697
Medical marijuana licenses; establishing certain requirements for license issuance; allowing certain actions by certain licensees; requiring certain information to be documented in certain inventory manifest prior to certain action. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2147
Cities and towns; Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of 2025; lien; violations; housing; building code; foreclosure; real property; effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 1067
Health insurance; ambulance service provider; providing for establishment of certain database; modifying reimbursement rates and criteria for certain ambulance services. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1075
Teachers; making certain provisions applicable to administrators; requiring certain recommendation to be forwarded to the State Board of Education; providing for expungement; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1996
Criminal procedure; disposing of unclaimed property; updating written notice requirements; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2048
Prescriptions; 340B Nondiscrimination Act; definitions; discriminatory actions; reimbursement; manufacturer; distributor; enforcement; Attorney General; Insurance Commissioner; violations; federal preemption; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1576
Medicaid; terms; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid; criteria; medical necessity; discretion; Chief Operating Officer; Health Information Portability and Accountability Act; scientific research; consent; research; opting-out; minors; promulgation of rules and regulations; waiver application; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
HB 2052
Health insurance; exemption of certain domestic health maintenance organizations from certain provisions of the Health Maintenance Organizations Act; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1808
Health insurance; creating the Ensuring Transparency in Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization Act; determination; consultation; prior authorization; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1497
Insurance; registration of insurers; report; Liquidity Stress Test; confidential documents; information; trade secrets; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
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.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2257
Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Act; providing for review of certain fees; authorizing establishment of certain cap; modifying retention eligibility; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2645
Revenue and taxation; practice of medicine; tax credit; time period; effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
No Source ↗
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SB 642
Worker's compensation; expanding rights and remedies granted to certain persons; authorizing agreement between contractors to provide certain insurance coverage. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 632
Business courts; creating business court divisions in certain judicial districts; providing for appointment of business court judges; specifying authority and jurisdiction of business court. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 331
Schools; creating the Emerson Kate Cole Act; requiring a school employee to call 911 if Epinephrine is administered to a student; requiring certain training. Effective date. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 688
Ad valorem tax; providing exception to certain payroll requirements for manufacturing exemption. Emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 368
Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act; modifying certain definition. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2673
State government; Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture Supplemental Revolving Fund; modifying determined funds provided for expenditures; effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
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.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 2160
Motor vehicles; regulation; New Motor Vehicle Commission; approval of form; licensure; application; fees; certificates of registration; franchise; new vehicle dealers; effective date.
Third Reading
Not voting Source ↗ -
HB 2619
Discovery; creating the Foreign Litigation Funding Prevention Act; commercial litigation funding agreements; prohibiting admissibility of certain information as evidence; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1865
Elections; directing for ballots to be printed in advance of election; hours for voting; clarifying applicability to county election board; directing voter appear at assigned polling place; prohibiting voting centers; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1683
Vision insurance; noncovered services or materials; prohibitions; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
HB 1277
State Board of Education; providing reasons for which a license or certificate may be revoked or suspended; providing for notice; effective date; emergency.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
HB 1807
Waters and water rights; requiring all permit holders to utilize certain system for use of water; allocation; conservation; prohibiting excessive use; effective date.
Table
No Source ↗ -
SB 1032
Alcoholic beverages; licensed establishments; employees; affirmative defense; violations; authorizing ABLE Commission to present evidence. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1273
Domestic violence; providing for alternative batterers' intervention programs; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 889
Hospitals; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; authorizing compliance monitoring and enforcement; prohibiting certain collection actions. Effective date.
Reconsider Measure
Yes Source ↗ -
HB 1993
Crimes and punishments; clarifying scope of certain unlawful act; effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 299
Income tax; modifying certain apportionment factor for calculation of Oklahoma taxable income. Effective date.
Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
No Source ↗
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No Source ↗
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SB 2
Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction; exemptions; database.
Third Reading
No Source ↗ -
SB 889
Hospitals; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; authorizing compliance monitoring and enforcement; prohibiting certain collection actions. Effective date.
Third Reading
No Source ↗
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