# 42nd Oklahoma Legislature

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. 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

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 34 | 14 | 48 |
| Voting share | 70.8% | 29.2% | |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| | 69 | 32 | 101 |
| Voting share | 68.3% | 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.

## 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, due to political infighting. 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

| District | Name | Party | Towns Represented |
| Lt-Gov | Robert S. Kerr III | Dem | President of Senate |
| 1 | William Schuelein | Dem | Miami, Grove, Jay |
| 2 | Stratton Taylor | Dem | Claremore, Pryor |
| 3 | Herb Rozell | Dem | Tahlequah, Stilwell |
| 4 | Larry Dickerson | Dem | Sallisaw, Poteau |
| 5 | Rex Chandler | Dem | Atoka, Hugo, Idabel |
| 6 | Billy Mickle | Dem | Durant |
| 7 | Gene Stipe | Dem | McAlester, Wilburton |
| 8 | Frank Shurden | Dem | Okmulgee, Henryetta |
| 9 | Ben Robinson | Dem | Muskogee, Ft. Gibson |
| 10 | John Dahl | Dem | Pawhuska, Fairfax |
| 11 | Maxine Cissel-Horner | Dem | Tulsa |
| 12 | Ted Fisher | Dem | Sapulpa, Bristow |
| 13 | Dick Wilkerson | Dem | Ada, Atwood |
| 14 | Darryl Roberts | Dem | Ardmore |
| 15 | Trish Weedn | Dem | Norman, Purcell |
| 16 | Gary Gardenhire | Rep | Norman |
| 17 | Carl Franklin | Dem | Shawnee |
| 19 | Ed Long | Dem | Enid |
| 20 | Olin Branstetter | Rep | Ponca City, Tonkawa |
| 21 | Bernice Shedrick | Dem | Stillwater |
| 22 | Ralph J. Choate | Rep | Hennessey, Kingfisher |
| 23 | Ray Giles | Dem | Chickasha, Hinton |
| 24 | Cliff Marshall | Dem | Duncan, Moore, Kellyville |
| 26 | Gilmer Capps | Dem | Elk City, Sayre, Mangum |
| 29 | Jerry Pierce | Rep | Bartlesville |
| 31 | Paul Taliaferro | Dem | Lawton |
| 32 | Roy Hooper | Dem | Lawton |
| 33 | Penny Williams | Dem | Tulsa |
| 34 | Robert Cullison | Dem | Tulsa |
| 35 | Don Rubottom | Rep | Tulsa |
| 37 | Lewis Long Jr. | Dem | Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby, Glenpool |
| 38 | Robert M. Kerr | Dem | Altus, Weatherford |
| 39 | Jerry Smith | Rep | Tulsa |
| 40 | Leo Kingston | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 41 | Mark Snyder | Rep | Edmond |
| 42 | Dave Herbert | Dem | Midwest City |
| 43 | Ben Brown | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 44 | Kay Dudley | Rep | Oklahoma City |
| 45 | Tom Cole | Rep | Oklahoma City, Moore |
| 46 | Bernest Cain | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 47 | Mike Fair | Rep | Edmond, Oklahoma City |
| 48 | Vicki Miles-LaGrange | Dem | Oklahoma City |
| 49 | Don Williams | Dem | |
| 50 | Enoch Kelly Haney | Dem | Seminole |
| 51 | Charles Ford | Rep | Tulsa |
| 52 | Howard Hendrick | Rep | Bethany, Oklahoma City |
| 54 | Gerald Wright | Rep | Oklahoma City |
* Table based on state almanac.

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | Party | Counties in District |
| Mike Murphy | 1 | Dem | McCurtain |
| Don Mentzer | 2 | Dem | Sequoyah |
| James Hamilton | 3 | Dem | LeFlore |
| Robert Medearis | 4 | Dem | Cherokee |
| Rick Littlefield | 5 | Dem | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa |
| George Vaughn Jr. | 6 | Dem | Craig, Mayes, Rogers |
| Larry Roberts | 7 | Dem | Ottawa |
| Larry Rice | 8 | Dem | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner |
| Dwayne Steidley | 9 | Dem | Rogers |
| Gary Taylor | 10 | Dem | Osage, Washington |
| Jim Dunlap | 11 | Rep | Nowata, Washington |
| Jerry Hefner | 12 | Dem | Muskogee, Wagoner |
| Jim Barker | 13 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Jeff Potts | 14 | Dem | Muskogee |
| Walter R. McDonald | 15 | Dem | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee |
| M. C. Leist | 16 | Dem | Okmulgee |
| Ronald Glenn | 17 | Dem | Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg |
| Walt Roberts | 18 | Dem | Pittsburg |
| Bart Bates | 19 | Dem | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha |
| Tommy Thomas | 20 | Dem | Atoka, Johnston, Pittsburg |
| Guy Gaylon Davis | 21 | Dem | Bryan |
| Gary Coffee | 22 | Dem | Carter, Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc |
| Kevin Easley | 23 | Dem | Tulsa, Wagoner |
| Glen D. Johnson, Jr. | 24 | Dem | Hughes, Okfuskee, Okmulgee |
| Karroll Rhoades | 25 | Rep | Pontotoc |
| Bob Weaver | 26 | Rep | Pottawatomie |
| Steve C. Lewis | 27 | Dem | Cleveland, Pottawatomie |
| Danny Williams | 28 | Dem | Okfuskee, Seminole |
| Bill Gurley | 29 | Rep | Creek |
| Mike Tyler | 30 | Dem | Creek |
| Frank Davis | 31 | Rep | Logan, Noble |
| Don Kinnamon | 32 | Dem | Lincoln, Logan |
| Jessie Pilgrim | 33 | Dem | Payne |
| Larry Gish | 34 | Dem | Payne |
| Larry Ferguson | 35 | Rep | Noble, Osage, Pawnee, Payne |
| James Hager | 36 | Dem | Osage |
| James Holt | 37 | Rep | Kay |
| Jim Reese | 38 | Rep | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay |
| Steven Boeckman | 39 | Rep | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major |
| Gary Maxey | 40 | Dem | Garfield |
| John McMillen | 41 | Rep | Garfield |
| Bill Mitchell | 42 | Dem | Garvin, Grady |
| Harold Hale | 43 | Dem | Canadian |
| Carolyn Thompson | 44 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Cal Hobson | 45 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Vickie White | 46 | Dem | Cleveland, McClain |
| Denver Talley | 47 | Dem | Grady |
| Don Duke | 48 | Dem | Carter |
| Bill Brewster | 49 | Dem | Carter, Love, Marshall |
| Ed Apple | 50 | Rep | Stephens |
| Bill James Smith | 51 | Dem | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens |
| Howard Cotner | 52 | Dem | Harmon, Jackson |
| John Lassiter | 53 | Dem | Cleveland |
| Joan Greenwood | 54 | Rep | Cleveland |
| Emil Lee Grieser | 55 | Dem | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita |
| Tom Manar | 56 | Dem | Caddo |
| Bill Widener | 57 | Dem | Blaine, Custer |
| Elmer Maddux | 58 | Rep | Woods, Woodward |
| Frank Lucas | 59 | Rep | Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward |
| Wendell Powell | 60 | Dem | Beckham, Greer, Harmon |
| Jack Begley | 61 | Dem | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas |
| Jim Maddox | 62 | Dem | Comanche |
| Lloyd Benson | 63 | Dem | Comanche, Tillman |
| Sid Hudson | 64 | Dem | Comanche |
| Jim Glover | 65 | Dem | Comanche, Grady |
| Russ Roach | 66 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Wayne Cozort | 67 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Jay Logan | 68 | Dem | Tulsa |
| William Veitch | 69 | Rep | Tulsa |
| John Bryant Jr. | 70 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Rob Johnson | 71 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Don McCorkle Jr. | 72 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Donald Ross | 73 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Gene Combs | 74 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Grover Campbell | 75 | Rep | Rogers, Tulsa |
| Richard Williamson | 76 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Gary Stottlemyre | 77 | Dem | Tulsa |
| Frank Pitezel | 78 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Jim Henshaw | 79 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Joseph Gordon | 80 | Rep | Tulsa |
| Ray Vaughn | 81 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Leonard Sullivan | 82 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Joe Heaton | 83 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Bill Graves | 84 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Michael Hunter | 85 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Larry Adair | 86 | Dem | Adair, Delaware, Mayes |
| Robert Worthen | 87 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Linda Larason | 88 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Hutchcroft | 89 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Charles Key | 90 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Alice Musser | 91 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Bill Paulk | 92 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Wanda Jo Peltier | 93 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Gary Bastin | 94 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Jim Isaac | 95 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Mark Seikel | 96 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Kevin Cox | 97 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Tim Pope | 98 | Rep | Canadian, Cleveland |
| Freddye Williams | 99 | Dem | Oklahoma |
| Ernest Istook | 100 | Rep | Oklahoma |
| Jeff Hamilton | 101 | Dem | Oklahoma |
* Table based on government database.