Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Oklahoma
Republican
· Representative
Neil Hays
Represents District 13 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
91%
on 366 party-line votes · House Republicans median 91%
Cast a vote
90%
Yea or Nay on 1,979 of 2,199 roll calls · House median 95%
Their bills that became law
4 of 58
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 9
Roll calls on record
2,199
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Neil Hays votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Neil Hays sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Neil Hays is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
34 of 366 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB2894 · Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act; cap on capital investment tax credits; authorizing and limiting additional participation in program under certain conditions.
House: FOURTH READING · 2026-05-06 · Passed 59–33 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB1122 · Ad valorem tax; requiring the State Board of Equalization to assess certain broadband property.at certain radio Effective date.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-04-21 · Passed 56–38 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4036 · Bringing Sitcoms Home from Hollywood Pilot Program Revolving Fund; making an appropriation; source; purpose; noncodification.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-04-14 · Passed 53–42 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB2060 · Improvement districts; master development districts; requirements and procedures; bonds. Effective date.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-04-14 · Passed 54–40 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4129 · Public finance; enacting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Efficiency Act of 2026.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-03-26 · Passed 51–44 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3314 · Marijuana; public service impact tax; county option; initiative and referendum procedures; administration procedures; effective date.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-03-26 · Failed 45–50 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3240 · Schools; requiring school districts and charter schools to adopt a policy providing a period of prayer or religious text reading for students and employees on each school day; effective date.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-03-25 · Passed 61–30 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3983 · Cigarettes; cigarette excise taxes; stamps; effective date.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-03-25 · Passed 51–40 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4490 · Maternal care; Oklahoma Families Thriving Everywhere Now (OFTEN) Revolving Fund; appropriations; effective date.
House: RECONSIDER MEASURE · 2026-03-25 · Passed 52–37 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB4153 · Driver licenses; eighth grade reading level for minors to obtain a driver license; reading proficiency tests; documentation requirements; requirement for school enrollment, completion, or lawful excuse for minors to obtain a driver license; violations; alternate route to obtain driver license for certain employed persons under eighteen; employer fines for falsification; attendance officers; Service Oklahoma; license cancellation; definitions; exceptions; forms; effective date; emergency.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-03-24 · Passed 68–25 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB1365 · Central Purchasing Act; exempting certain purchases made by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-04-28 · Passed 43–42
SB1884 · School employees; modifying the access statewide professional educators' associations have to school employees; allowing termination of certain membership at any time. Effective date. Emergency.
House: Government Oversight Committee: DO PASS · 2026-04-14 · Passed 8–7
HB3127 · Medical marijuana; policy for applicants and employees; exceptions; effective date.
House: THIRD READING · 2026-03-12 · Passed 47–46
HB1784 · Teachers' Retirement System; defining terms; directing Board of Trustees to adopt and maintain assumed rate of investment return; prohibiting reduction; compliance; effective date.
House: Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS · 2026-02-17 · Passed 4–3
HB3758 · Eminent domain; just compensation; definition; enhanced compensation; comparable-replacement standard; partial taking compensation; prohibitions; non-waiver protection; effective date.
House: Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS · 2026-02-16 · Passed 5–4
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Suzanne SchreiberDemocrat · District 70 · 622 shared contested votes
41%
Ajay PittmanDemocrat · District 99 · 259 shared contested votes
36%
Ellyn HefnerDemocrat · District 87 · 565 shared contested votes
35%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (220 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Neil Hays was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced58
Out of committee18
Passed one chamber10
Passed both chambers4
Became law4
Never left committee39
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 9 bills that became law this session.
Motor vehicles; prohibiting certain entities from providing certain recommendations. Effective date. Emergency.
Passed one chamberCoauthored by Senator Guthrie · 2026-05-14
School personnel; requiring certain affidavit from previously employed full-time teacher to include certain attestation. Effective date. Emergency.
Became lawApproved by Governor 05/12/2026 · 2026-05-13
Professions and occupations; plumbing licenses; definitions; examinations; qualifications; effective date.
Became lawApproved by Governor 05/12/2026 · 2026-05-12
Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.
Passed one chamberPlaced on General Order · 2026-04-21
Workers' compensation; creating claims for certain medical episodes for certain first responders; effective date.
Passed one chamberSecond Reading referred to Rules · 2026-04-01
Retirement; Public Employees Deferred Option Plan; participation; service credit; contributions; distributions; procedures; effective dates.
Passed one chamberSecond Reading referred to Rules · 2026-04-01
Ad Valorem Tax Code; equalization ratio study; prescribing compliance requirements for counties. Effective date.
Out of committeeCoauthored by Representative Hays (principal House author) · 2026-03-23
Schools; clarifying prohibitions on school district and technology center school district boards of education entering into certain contracts. Emergency.
Out of committeeCoauthored by Representative Hays (principal House author) · 2026-03-23
Oklahoma Cost Accounting System; requiring school districts to report all state-appropriated spending using a specific data code; effective date.
Out of committeeMotion expired · 2026-03-16
Motor vehicles; creating the Uninsured Commercial Vehicle Recovery Reimbursement Fund; allowing the Corporation Commission to promulgate certain rules; directing deposit of certain monies in certain fund. Effective date. Emergency.
Out of committeePlaced on General Order · 2026-03-09
Motor vehicles; creating the Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; Corporation Commission; Wrecker and Towing Services Board; Wrecker and Tower Services Board; effective date.
Out of committeeTitle stricken · 2026-03-05
Crimes and punishments; creating and disseminating a digitization or synthetic media; making certain acts unlawful; emergency.
Out of committeeAuthored by Senator Coleman (principal Senate author) · 2026-02-26
Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion. Effective date. Emergency.
Not out of committeeCoauthored by Senator Sacchieri · 2026-02-23
Teachers; creating the Teachers' Bill of Rights; affording certain rights to teachers, administrators, and support staff. Effective date. Emergency.
Out of committeePlaced on General Order · 2026-02-19
Teachers' Retirement System; defining terms; directing Board of Trustees to adopt and maintain assumed rate of investment return; prohibiting reduction; compliance; effective date.
Not out of committeePolicy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Banking, Financial Services and Pensions · 2026-02-19
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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SB2 · 2026-05-14
Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction; exemptions; database. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB1370 · 2026-05-14
Motor Fuel Tax Code; repealer; reduction in federal excise tax on gasoline or diesel fuel; emergency. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1589 · 2026-05-14
Crimes and punishments; modifying scope of certain offense related to gambling. Effective date. (House: VETO OVERRIDE WITHOUT EMERGENCY)
SB893 · 2026-05-14
Property and critical infrastructure; creating the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2025. Effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
SJR52 · 2026-05-07
Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. (House: THIRD READING)
SB740 · 2026-05-07
Child sexual abuse; creating the Cindy Clemishire Act; creating Trey's Law. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SJR49 · 2026-05-07
Joint resolution; repealing certain permanent rules of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. (House: THIRD READING)
SB650 · 2026-05-07
Public finance; cabinet secretary approval for salary increases in excess of specified percentage; limitation; rules; employee categories. Effective date. Emergency. (House: THIRD READING)
HB3021 · 2026-05-07
Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial literacy; alternate diploma; course availability; waiver; coursework; repealers; effective date; emergency. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB2063 · 2026-05-07
Entrepreneurial experience; enacting the Oklahoma Youth Entrepreneurs Promotion and Development Act of 2026. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB1614 · 2026-05-07
Teachers; induction program; funding sources; rules. Effective date. Emergency. (House: THIRD READING)
SB2143 · 2026-05-07
Ad valorem tax; authorizing use of digital visual technology for inspection of real property. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB1209 · 2026-05-07
Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date. (House: RECONSIDER MEASURE)
SB633 · 2026-05-07
Children; Children's Code; enacting Leo's Law; fentanyl testing; child endangerment; appropriating funds. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB514 · 2026-05-07
Schools; student eligibility; virtual charter school students; Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) activities; policies. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB833 · 2026-05-07
Crimes and punishments; taking of crude oil or gasoline; making certain acts unlawful; effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SJR53 · 2026-05-07
Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. (House: THIRD READING)
HJR1101 · 2026-05-07
Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority; approving certain proposed permanent rules; directing distribution. (House: THIRD READING)
HB3320 · 2026-05-07
Sunsets; removing sunsets from certain agencies, boards, and commissions; repealing the Oklahoma Sunset Act; repealers; emergency. (House: VETO OVERRIDE WITH EMERGENCY)
SB382 · 2026-05-07
Commercial driver licenses; prohibiting issuance to certain individuals; persons not to be licensed; Service Oklahoma to make certain verification. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SJR50 · 2026-05-07
Constitutional amendment; Medicaid funding. (House: THIRD READING)
SB1884 · 2026-05-07
School employees; modifying the access statewide professional educators' associations have to school employees; allowing termination of certain membership at any time. Effective date. Emergency. (House: THIRD READING)
SB1090 · 2026-05-07
Contracts; creating the Oklahoma Homeowner Repair Contract Protection Act. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB122 · 2026-05-07
Motor vehicles; certification of existence of security; valid insurance. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB4432 · 2026-05-06
Revenue and taxation; adjustments; eliminating limitation on itemization of wagering losses for certain tax years; effective date. (House: VETO OVERRIDE WITHOUT EMERGENCY)
HB2894 · 2026-05-06
Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act; cap on capital investment tax credits; authorizing and limiting additional participation in program under certain conditions. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB4431 · 2026-05-06
Professions and occupations; Pharmacy Act; references; prescribing authority for certain persons; repealers; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB1687 · 2026-05-06
Advance health care directives; creating the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act of 2026; establishing requirements for certain health care directives; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB2979 · 2026-05-06
Motor vehicles; creating the Talyn Bain Act; requiring the Department of Transportation establish school zones on certain state highways upon request; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3781 · 2026-05-06
Insurance; rate may not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory; expiration; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3298 · 2026-05-06
Civil procedure; Uniform Judicial Interview of Children Act; terms; scope; judicial officer; judicial interview; considerations; training; procedure; record; codification; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3996 · 2026-05-06
Crimes and punishments; capital cases; Indigent Defense System to make certain payments and provide certain experts; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB4428 · 2026-05-06
Public finance; terms; Board of Trustees; votes; proxy proposal; pecuniary factors; exception; report; publish; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3262 · 2026-05-06
Fees; criminal and juvenile proceedings; increasing sheriff's service fee; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1226 · 2026-05-06
Motor vehicles; expanding criteria by which a person must remain at scene or make notification of certain accident. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB2137 · 2026-05-06
Criminal procedures; resumption of competency; administration of medication; notification; authorization; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3581 · 2026-05-06
Riots; penalties for participating; making certain acts unlawful; Governmental Tort Claims Act; exception; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1876 · 2026-05-06
Service of process; modifying persons that may be appointed as agent. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB4427 · 2026-05-06
Adjunct teachers; annual report; qualifications; requirements; prohibiting adjunct teachers from teaching core curriculum subjects to certain grades; waiver; certificate; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3834 · 2026-05-06
Ibogaine clinical trials; Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act; terms; requirements for drug developers; contractual terms; intellectual property rights; reports; intellectual property account; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3972 · 2026-05-06
Public finance; Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund; school district revenue loss; state purchases; emergency. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1916 · 2026-05-06
Insurance Department; creating certain division within the Insurance Department; establishing powers for certain conservator; allowing contacts. Effective date. (House: RECONSIDER MEASURE)
SB1916 · 2026-05-06
Insurance Department; creating certain division within the Insurance Department; establishing powers for certain conservator; allowing contacts. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB3467 · 2026-05-06
Education employees; maternity leave; adoption; purpose; effective date; emergency. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3431 · 2026-05-06
Foreign government adversaries; alien and foreign government adversary ownership; foreign government adversary; mineral ownership; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3979 · 2026-05-06
Public finance; Oklahoma Economic Development Pooled Finance Act; Infrastructure Pool; Economic Development Pool; caps; effective date; emergency. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3650 · 2026-05-06
Medicaid; extending certain termination dates; establishing certain reimbursement rates for multistate contracts; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3673 · 2026-05-06
Professions and occupations; term of license and registration certificates; renewal; prohibitions; reinstated licenses; application; continuing education requirements; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HJR1023 · 2026-05-06
Workers' compensation; approving certain fee schedule; effective date; emergency. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB4095 · 2026-05-06
2-1-1 Collaborative; modifying powers and duties; modifying membership; specifying procedures for appointment, reappointment and removal of members; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
HB3462 · 2026-05-06
Professions and occupations; plumbing licenses; definitions; examinations; qualifications; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1687 · 2026-05-06
Driver licenses; adding certain age requirement to qualification for certain license; permitting certain persons to proctor certain examination. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB3660 · 2026-05-06
Natural organic reduction; Class D1 criminal offenses; licenses; requiring certain records be maintained for certain time period; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1238 · 2026-05-06
Assault and battery; modifying provisions of offense related to domestic abuse in presence of a child. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB3500 · 2026-05-06
Probate procedure; transfer-on-death deed; acceptance; timing; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
SB1326 · 2026-05-06
Self-Service Storage Facility Lien Act; permitting electronic delivery and acceptance of rental agreements. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB904 · 2026-05-06
Gender transition procedures; prohibiting certain use of public funds and state facilities; providing criminal penalty. Emergency. (House: THIRD READING)
SB2104 · 2026-05-06
Trusts; modifying requirements related to management and enforceability of trusts. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
SB372 · 2026-05-06
Firearms; modifying scope of lawful carry. Effective date. (House: THIRD READING)
HB3980 · 2026-05-06
District Attorneys Council; Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program; Rural District Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program Revolving Fund; codification; effective date. (House: FOURTH READING)
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