# John Haste

John Haste is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 36
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/08dca8d5-4264-4509-aebd-bbf7736b9e90

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/08dca8d5-4264-4509-aebd-bbf7736b9e90 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Haste sits at +0.82 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.82 (standard error 0.03), from 266 donors and 858 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 97.1% (90.2%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 1360 Mathematics instruction; Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act; teacher training; creating the Office of Mathematics Improvement; Director;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1360/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SJR 52 Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR52/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Veto Override With Emergency · HB 3004 Professions and occupations; Board of Examiners in Optometry; sunset; effective date; emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3004/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1092 Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; approving certain proposed permanent rule changes; directing distribution. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1092/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · House Amendments · SB 2071 Agriculture; Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; clarifying jurisdictional authority of dairy inspection and grading programs. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2071/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Suspend Rule · HJR 1077 Constitutional amendment; Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund; creating the For Oklahoma’s Future Trust Fund; purpose; providing fund principal;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1077/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · HB 3021 Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3021/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 2 Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 1618 Criminal procedure; creating the Public Protection Act; conditions of release; public safety reports. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1618/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1099 Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; approving certain proposed permanent major rules; directing distribution. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1099/

## Legislation (OK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 64 bills: 64 reached committee, 46 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 5 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2179: Criminal procedure; persons in a state of mental illness or defect; modifying conditions and procedures for discharge or conditional release. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2179/
- SB 1612: Crimes and punishments; requiring certain report of certain injury and evidence. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1612/
- SB 1239: Service Oklahoma; modifying termination date of certain apportionment. Emergency. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1239/
- SB 1653: Professions and occupations; enacting the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1653/
- HB 3047: State government; reports; Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency; procedures; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3047/
- SB 1535: Personal Privacy Protection Act; adding certain exceptions to authorize disclosure of personal affiliation information. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1535/
- HB 3944: Public finance; State Finance Act; reporting; budget request procedures; fund allotment procedures; fund transfer procedures; administration; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3944/
- SB 2060: Improvement districts; master development districts; requirements and procedures; bonds. Effective date. (became law, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2060/
- HB 4272: Motor vehicles; creating the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act; defining terms; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4272/
- HB 3831: Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund;… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3831/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $288.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/john-haste
- Campaign site: https://hasteforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnHasteStateSenate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senatorjohnhaste/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/08dca8d5-4264-4509-aebd-bbf7736b9e90