# Mike Lay

Mike Lay is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 68.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 68
- Serving since: 2024-11-20
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/65f17e9b-aa29-4241-80c8-a800aea8ddae

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/65f17e9b-aa29-4241-80c8-a800aea8ddae (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

Lay has served since 2024.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 47 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 93.1% (88%). 97 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 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 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 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 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 46.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 47 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1735: Career and technology education; directing technology center schools to be subject to certain provisions of the State Board of Career and Technology… (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1735/
- HB 3625: Schools; investment; funds; effective date; emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3625/
- HB 3374: Crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3374/
- HB 3427: Motor vehicles; creating Bridges' Law; defining term; creating misdemeanor for deliberate, unsafe driving; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3427/
- HB 2147: Cities and towns; Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of 2025; lien; violations; housing; building code; foreclosure; real property; effective date. (became law, 2025-05-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2147/
- HB 2209: Open Meeting Act; allowing members of a public body to participate in a meeting from a private residence under certain circumstances; definition; compliance;… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2209/
- HB 2206: Retirement; Law Enforcement Retirement System; defining term; participation; emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2206/
- HB 2207: Children; definitions; term; facilities; petition; protective order; evidence; court; codification; effective date; emergency. (passed both chambers, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2025/HB2207/
- HB 2208: Homeland security; creating the Homeland Security Reform Act of 2025; effective date. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2025/HB2208/
- HB 2212: Labor; Oklahoma Registered Apprenticeship Program; Oklahoma Workforce Commission; definitions; oversight; eligibility; funding; tax credit; effective date. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2025/HB2212/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/mike-lay
- Campaign site: https://votemikelay.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votemikelay/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lay-41b57a4a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/65f17e9b-aa29-4241-80c8-a800aea8ddae