# Kelly Hines

Kelly Hines is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2024-11-20
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/595024d3-b5fd-45e4-a980-4774f531d051

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/595024d3-b5fd-45e4-a980-4774f531d051 (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

Hines sits at +0.79 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.79 (standard error 0.04), from 205 donors and 274 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 91.2% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 97.3% (90.2%). 25 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 93 bills: 93 reached committee, 61 passed one chamber, 33 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 0. 80.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 4 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 1020: Concurrent resolution; commending TEAM USA Olympic hockey teams for winning gold medals; distribution. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HCR1020/
- SB 2026: Counties; authorizing grandchildren of veterans to view certain military discharge papers. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2026/
- SB 1258: Firearms; authorizing certain transport of firearm on water vessel. Effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1258/
- HB 4279: Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; funds; audits and reports; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4279/
- SB 1272: Higher education; increasing income eligibility for an Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant. Effective date. Emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1272/
- SB 1687: Driver licenses; adding certain age requirement to qualification for certain license; permitting certain persons to proctor certain examination. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1687/
- SB 1245: Felony offenses; modifying application of certain deferred judgement procedure. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1245/
- HB 3083: Burn bans; extreme fire danger; red flag warning; issuance; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3083/
- HB 3644: Venous thromboembolism; creating the Blake Burgess Act; requiring certain hospital policies and training; establishing certain registry and reporting… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3644/
- HB 3720: Agriculture; Homemade Food Freedom Act; renaming to Local Food Freedom Act; modifying definitions; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3720/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $44.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/kelly-hines
- Campaign site: https://www.votekellyhines.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votekellyhines
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyhines2024/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-hines-619b3086/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/595024d3-b5fd-45e4-a980-4774f531d051