# Jim Grego

Jim Grego is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 17
- Serving since: 2018-11-16
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/612db560-defe-471a-a45f-cf259a4ffeaa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/612db560-defe-471a-a45f-cf259a4ffeaa (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

100% of Grego’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oklahoma, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 80 donors and 680 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 87% (88%). 170 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 nay · 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 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 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 54 bills: 54 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 48.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 44 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3117: Education; Education Reform Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3117/
- HB 3404: Agriculture; Oklahoma Controlled Burn Indemnity Fund; Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Indemnity Fund; damages; requirements; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3404/
- HB 2947: Behavioral health; terms; Medicaid; scope of practice; interns; administrative requirements; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2947/
- HB 3116: Counties and county officers; Counties and County Officers Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3116/
- HB 3118: Tourism; Oklahoma Tourism Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3118/
- HB 3073: Motor vehicles; creating the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3073/
- HB 3072: Agriculture; Oklahoma Agriculture Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3072/
- SB 2157: Scenic rivers; creating the Southeast Scenic Rivers Act; authorizing the Legislature to designate certain rivers as scenic rivers. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2157/
- HB 2952: Revenue and taxation; motor vehicle excise tax; value of vehicle; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2952/
- SB 2061: Food policy; creating the Oklahoma Food Policy Council Act. Effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2061/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,651 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/jim-grego
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repjimgrego/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.g.grego
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-grego-880206b6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/612db560-defe-471a-a45f-cf259a4ffeaa