# Michelle McCane

Michelle McCane is a Democratic member of the Oklahoma House for district 72.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 72
- Serving since: 2024-11-20
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5822cf27-1b1f-40bd-ace3-a06a7f304820

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5822cf27-1b1f-40bd-ace3-a06a7f304820 (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

11% of the 45 bills McCane sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Oklahoma House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.05), from 125 donors and 270 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 91.3% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 91.6% (88%). 118 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 45 bills: 43 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 92 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1054: Resolution; designating April 2026 as Library Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HR1054/
- HB 3487: labor; public schools; nonsalaried employees; minimum wage; codification; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3487/
- HB 3488: Schools; Student Secular Bill of Rights; stating public school student rights related to religious and secular practice on school grounds; definitions;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3488/
- HB 3489: Mental health crisis; Oklahoma Health Crisis Communication and Patient Rights Act; terms; intake procedures; temporary decision support; capacity and consent;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3489/
- HB 3490: Revenue and taxation; sales tax; exemptions; Oklahoma Tax Commission; exemption card; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3490/
- HB 3485: School employees; Larry Dickerson Education Flexible Benefits Allowance Act; expanding coverage to dependents; linking flexible benefit allowance amounts to… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3485/
- HB 3492: Children; Children's Law Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3492/
- HB 3486: Schools; prohibiting district superintendent compensation from exceeding certain amount in relation to teacher salaries; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3486/
- HB 3491: Housing; Oklahoma Housing Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3491/
- HR 1026: Resolution; Teacher Appreciation Week; celebrating teachers in Oklahoma. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2025/HR1026/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/michelle-mccane
- Campaign site: https://mccane4ok.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McCane4OK/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/undependent
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/undependent
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@McCane4OK

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5822cf27-1b1f-40bd-ace3-a06a7f304820