# Todd Gollihare

Todd Gollihare is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2022-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/54d37a3d-68cb-4e87-9916-c38f2f0f8ed3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/54d37a3d-68cb-4e87-9916-c38f2f0f8ed3 (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

Gollihare sits at +0.72 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.72 (standard error 0.04), from 134 donors and 580 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 98.1% (90.2%). 19 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 nay · 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 178 bills: 178 reached committee, 128 passed one chamber, 90 passed both, 60 became law. Cosponsored 0. 78.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 10 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4114: Motor vehicles; removing license suspension requirement for nonpayment of court-ordered financial obligations; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4114/
- SB 1460: Crimes and punishments; modifying offenses in certain classes of felonies; creating felony offenses for second or subsequent offenses; adding offenses for… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1460/
- SB 1646: Health insurance; requiring coverage of medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorders; prohibiting certain limitations;… (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1646/
- HB 4112: Court fines and fees; deleting the assessment of certain fees; repealer; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4112/
- SB 1589: Crimes and punishments; modifying scope of certain offense related to gambling. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1589/
- HB 4342: Civil procedure; admissibility; evidence; disclosure; term; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4342/
- SB 1588: Address Confidentiality Program; permitting certain medical care providers to apply for the Address Confidentiality Program. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1588/
- HB 4199: Workforce; creating the child care Tri-Share Workforce Pilot Program; stating eligibility criteria; requiring certain reports; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4199/
- HB 2979: Motor vehicles; creating the Talyn Bain Act; requiring the Department of Transportation establish school zones on certain state highways upon request;… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2979/
- HB 4421: Children; Leo's Law; abuse and neglect; safety analysis; drug screening; Department of Human Services; law enforcement agency; rules; court; providing… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4421/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $206.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/todd-gollihare
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Senator-Todd-Gollihare-100080470474343/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/54d37a3d-68cb-4e87-9916-c38f2f0f8ed3