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George Burns

State Senator · Senate District 5 · Party: Republican

2704 final-passage votes on record.

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A member of Oklahoma's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on SB 375 (Beneficiary public trusts; allowing Commission of Public Safety to enter into interlocal agreements with state beneficiary trusts for certain purpose; granting officer of Department of Public Safety certain authority on certain roads. Effective date.). It passed. May 6, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 391 (Opioid overdose fatalities; dissolving Overdose Fatality Review Board; providing for Attorney General oversight. Effective date. Emergency.). It passed. May 6, 2025
  • Did not vote on SB 36 (Long-Range Capital Planning Commission; exempting certain entity from Commission provisions. Effective date. Emergency.). It passed. May 6, 2025

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2704
Final-passage votes
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OfficeRepublican
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 5
Party
Republican
Term
Since 2020-11-16
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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  • SB 375

    Beneficiary public trusts; allowing Commission of Public Safety to enter into interlocal agreements with state beneficiary trusts for certain purpose; granting officer of Department of Public Safety certain authority on certain roads. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 391

    Opioid overdose fatalities; dissolving Overdose Fatality Review Board; providing for Attorney General oversight. Effective date. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 36

    Long-Range Capital Planning Commission; exempting certain entity from Commission provisions. Effective date. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 898

    Construction by political subdivisions; removing requirement for certain bidders to provide written statement under oath.

    Emergency

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 263

    Invasive species; expanding provisions of the Terry Peach Water Restoration Act. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 396

    Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 723

    Veterans; removing obsolete language; providing certain exemption; updating statutory reference. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2374

    Revenue and taxation; Filmed in Oklahoma Act of 2021; procedures for withholding tax; income tax treatment; set aside amount for economic impact reviews; effective date; emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2104

    Classification of felony offenses; designating classification for certain offenses; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1075

    Oklahoma Real Estate License Code; prohibiting certain practices without disclosure. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1000

    ROA-25 Revolving Fund; requiring transfer from certain fund to the ROA-25 Revolving Fund; authorizing certain transfer to the ROA-25 Revolving Fund; establishing amounts; providing certain budgeting and expenditure requirements.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2459

    Fire suppression; mobile food establishments; fire extinguisher; inspections; Fire Marshal; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1549

    Public finance; private activity bond allocation; definitions; pools; application; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2263

    Motor vehicles; making certain use of cellular telephones and electronic devices unlawful on certain stretches of road; penalty; municipal ordinances; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1287

    Schools; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma to create a math tutoring pilot program for certain students; effective date; emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 562

    Crimes and Punishment; Bus Passenger Safety Act; expanding scope of unlawful acts. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 701

    Higher education; authorizing the approval of functional exceptions; expanding classes and programs offered to the people of Muskogee. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 395

    State Board of Examiners of Psychologists; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 6, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1566

    Mental health; Neil's Law; Oklahoma Elder Exploitation and Abuse Act; purpose; intent; terms; civil actions; venue; relief; claim; records; vulnerable adult; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1414

    Counties and county officers; qualifications for county sheriff; military police service; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 190

    Income tax; reauthorizing donation of tax refund for the benefit of a regional food bank. Effective date. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 250

    Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act; allowing for alternative computation for wage under certain circumstances. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1378

    Revenue and taxation; sales tax exemptions; agriculture; definition to include timber; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 947

    Long-term care; updating statutory language related to ombudsmen and senior citizens. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 96

    Public health and safety; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, hold or offer for sale, or distribution of cultivated meat; violation. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2286

    Professions and occupations; Oklahoma Funeral Board appointment; creating assistant funeral director license; establishing requirements; creating procedures; establishing certain fees; effective date; emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1547

    Agricultural fairs and expositions; expenditure of funds; county fair association; officers; directors; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 774

    Medical marijuana licenses; modifying certain identification number; requiring certain barcode. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 68

    Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act; adding certain entities to definition of certain term. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 1847

    Building codes; Department of Human Services; State Fire Marshal; guidelines; child care homes; license; codification; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2744

    Appropriations and budget; reappropriation; Department of Commerce; emergency.

    Emergency

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1462

    Criminal procedure; directing courts to prioritize orders of payments of restitution; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1562

    Business courts; creating of business courts; jurisdiction; emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 1777

    Civil procedure; Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act; excluding certain legal action; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1076

    Administrative Workers' Compensation Act; modifying definitions. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 891

    Kratom products; modifying certain definitions; removing certain packing and labeling requirements. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 1833

    Labor; creating the Rethinking Paying Subminimal Wage to Persons with Disabilities Task Force; purpose; membership; reporting; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 132

    Corporation Commission; clarifying jurisdiction of Corporation Commission; directing operators of idle gas wells to plug or produce from certain wells by certain time. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • 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

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Failed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 2837

    Medical marijuana; requiring medical marijuana business employees to submit proof of completion of education training; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1031

    Alcoholic beverage licenses; grounds to deny license; excluding certain license from certain provision.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 1816

    Medicaid; out-of-state medical providers; term; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • HB 2758

    Transportation; financing; Preserving and Advancing County Transportation Fund; apportionment; effective date; emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 690

    Prisons and reformatories; authorizing certain attainment of earned credits. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 2082

    Transportation; repealer; effective date; emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 987

    Oklahoma Department of Commerce; creating the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Board; providing for qualifications for Board members. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 773

    Pharmacy benefit managers; modifying definitions; prohibiting certain circumstances; requiring nonpayment under providing venue for certain court proceeding; allowing Attorney General to obtain certain information. Effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • HB 2729

    Administrative Procedures Act; judicial review; providing for timing of certain claim; requiring interpretation of statute, rule, or regulation be provided; establishing guidelines; effective date.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1066

    Medical marijuana; requiring creation and maintenance of certain registry; providing certain requirements for listing on registry. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 949

    Office of Client Advocacy; modifying and clarifying provisions related to investigations; transferring certain duties; authorizing inspection of certain records. Emergency.

    Third Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
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