# Neil Hays

Neil Hays is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 13
- Serving since: 2022-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3eb936f1-5bc8-40bb-832e-c617d461115c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3eb936f1-5bc8-40bb-832e-c617d461115c (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

Hays sits at +0.63 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 71 donors and 499 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 89% (88%). 264 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · Fourth Reading · SB 2 Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction;… · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2/
- 2026-05-14 · voted not voting · Veto Override Without Emer. · SB 1589 Crimes and punishments; modifying scope of certain offense related to gambling. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1589/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · HB 1370 Motor Fuel Tax Code; repealer; reduction in federal excise tax on gasoline or diesel fuel; emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB1370/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 893 Property and critical infrastructure; creating the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2025. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB893/
- 2026-05-07 · voted nay · Reconsider Measure · SB 1209 Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1209/
- 2026-05-07 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 1884 School employees; modifying the access statewide professional educators' associations have to school employees; allowing termination of certain… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1884/
- 2026-05-07 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 514 Schools; student eligibility; virtual charter school students; Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) activities; policies. Effective… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB514/
- 2026-05-07 · voted nay · Third Reading · SB 2143 Ad valorem tax; authorizing use of digital visual technology for inspection of real property. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2143/
- 2026-05-07 · voted yea · Third Reading · SJR 53 Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR53/
- 2026-05-07 · voted nay · Third Reading · SB 1209 Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1209/

## Legislation (OK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 82 bills: 82 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 34.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 72 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2969: Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; immigration status attestation; application; illegal aliens; federal authority; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2969/
- HB 3426: Revenue and taxation; income tax credit; blood donation; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3426/
- HB 3543: Elections; primary elections; presidential election years; candidate filing periods; statewide elected positions; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3543/
- HB 4260: Workers' compensation; creating claims for certain medical episodes for certain first responders; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4260/
- HB 3335: Housing; Oklahoma Housing Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3335/
- HB 3340: State employee compensation; salary increase; exclusions; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3340/
- HB 3385: Revenue and taxation; Rural Jobs Tax Credit; applications; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3385/
- SB 1212: Ad Valorem Tax Code; equalization ratio study; prescribing compliance requirements for counties. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1212/
- SB 1601: Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion. Effective date. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1601/
- HB 3334: Alcoholic beverages; Limited Retail-to-On-Premises Alcohol Supply Act; definitions; purchase; recordkeeping; reporting; promulgating rules; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3334/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/neil-hays
- Campaign site: https://voteneilhays.com/
- X: https://x.com/wnhays
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neilhaysokstatehouse13/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-hays-a63726b5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3eb936f1-5bc8-40bb-832e-c617d461115c