# Clay Staires

Clay Staires is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 66.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 66
- Serving since: 2022-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/82e04ad9-64c8-4439-9853-cbc3e273d637

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/82e04ad9-64c8-4439-9853-cbc3e273d637 (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

Staires sits at +0.53 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 78% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.02), from 156 donors and 513 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 92.1% (88%). 130 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 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 yea · 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 60 bills: 60 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 35.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 69 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4223: Economic development; Business and Economic Development Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4223/
- HB 4172: Appropriation; School Security Revolving Fund; amount; purpose; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4172/
- HB 4216: Economic development; Oklahoma Film, Television and Music Incentives Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4216/
- HB 4219: Data centers; Data Centers Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4219/
- HB 4174: Schools; limiting statewide student assessments to federal minimum requirements; eliminating certain assessment requirements; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4174/
- HB 4178: Revenue and taxation; exemptions; public trusts; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4178/
- HB 4215: Revenue and taxation; Filmed in Oklahoma Act of 2021; expenditure requirements for incentive eligibility; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4215/
- HB 4171: Eminent domain; commission; hearing; public use; report; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4171/
- SB 1515: Financial services; prohibiting financial institutions from refusing certain services; authorizing customers to request certain information; Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1515/
- HB 4218: Aircraft and airports; creating the Aircraft and Airports Efficiency Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4218/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/clay-staires
- Campaign site: https://okforclay.com/
- X: https://x.com/KforClay
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090874702143
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClayStairesForStateRep
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claystaires
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-staires-33511241/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/82e04ad9-64c8-4439-9853-cbc3e273d637