Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
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| Oklahoma State Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 12-year cumulative total, in either or both chambers |
| History | |
New session started | 2023 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 101 |
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Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 2 years |
| Authority | Article V, Oklahoma Constitution |
| Salary | $38,400/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 (101 seats) |
Next election | November 5, 2024 (101 seats) |
| Redistricting | Legislative control |
| Meeting place | |
| House of Representatives Chamber Oklahoma State Capitol Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Website | |
| Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's budget. The upper house of the Oklahoma Legislature is the Oklahoma Senate.
The Oklahoma Constitution established the powers of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1907. Voters further amended those powers through constitutional referendums. One referendum required legislators to balance the annual state budget. Others specified the length and dates of the legislative session. Today, there are 101 House members, each representing a legislative district. District boundaries are redrawn every decade to ensure districts of equal population. Members must be 21 years of age at the time of election and a qualified elector and a resident of the legislative district to serve in the House. The state holds district elections every two years coincident with federal elections and special elections to fill vacant seats. The House meets from early February until the last Friday in May. Members elect a Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the presiding officer and a Speaker Pro Tempore, who serves as the presiding officer in the absence of the speaker. Members organize in political party-based caucuses to develop partisan policy agendas.
After the 2022 election, Republicans hold a supermajority of the House seats in the 59th Oklahoma Legislature.