# Christi Gillespie

Christi Gillespie is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 33
- Serving since: 2024-11-20
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b8b4337f-5741-4fad-bcf3-38c526cf6c5a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8b4337f-5741-4fad-bcf3-38c526cf6c5a (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

89% of the 55 bills Gillespie sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 47 in the Oklahoma Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.65 (standard error 0.05), from 114 donors and 290 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 96.8% (90.2%). 37 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 55 bills: 55 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 0. 89.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 1 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1288: Emergency management; providing for cost sharing of federal matching requirements. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1288/
- HB 3678: Crimes and punishments; electronic communication devices; threaten; intimidate; harass; public officials; municipal officials; public school board members;… (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3678/
- HB 4302: Children; Office of Juvenile System Oversight; authorizing the release of certain information for certain purposes; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4302/
- SB 1286: Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1286/
- HB 3370: Food truck fire suppression; mobile food establishments, fire and life safety code compliance, permit, inspection, rules; expiration date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3370/
- HB 4337: Revenue and taxation; Quality Events Act; definition; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4337/
- HB 4178: Revenue and taxation; exemptions; public trusts; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4178/
- SB 1262: Education; providing certain tuition waivers for individuals who are victims of certain offenses. Effective date. Emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1262/
- SB 1547: Medicaid; specifying certain condition of eligibility. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1547/
- HB 3062: Firearms; extending authority to carry firearms to retired municipal judges; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3062/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/christi-gillespie
- Campaign site: https://christiforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GillespieforOK/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happy.in.ba/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChristiForOklahoma
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christig/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8b4337f-5741-4fad-bcf3-38c526cf6c5a