# Rick West

Rick West is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 3
- Serving since: 2016-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bae91554-72c9-4dbd-b042-b4bd800e4732

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bae91554-72c9-4dbd-b042-b4bd800e4732 (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

West sits at +1.20 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 100% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.20 (standard error 0.03), from 56 donors and 591 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 100% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 70% (88%). 792 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 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 43.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 56 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1046: Resolution; Murrah Building bombing; commemoration of date; distribution. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HR1046/
- SB 2108: Feral swine; authorizing and prohibiting certain acts related to nuisance control. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2108/
- HB 2964: Medical records; access to medical records, copies, waiver of privilege, and exception for inmates when threat to safety or security of self or institution;… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2964/
- SB 2078: Motor vehicles; creating the Oklahoma Diesel Engine Freedom Act. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2078/
- HJR 1039: Oklahoma Constitution; Board on Legislative Compensation; modified compensation; referral of question; Attorney General; Secretary of State; ballot title;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1039/
- HB 2966: Revenue and taxation; sales tax exemptions; governmental and nonprofit entities; certified recovery homes; certified recovery community organizations;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2966/
- HB 2967: Revenue and taxation; motor vehicle excise tax; transfer of vehicle ownership; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2967/
- SB 1520: State government; requiring that the Governor's salary be the highest salary set by certain Commission. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1520/
- HB 2962: Revenue and taxation; claims for refund; time limitation; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2962/
- HB 2965: Insurance; minimum amount of insurance to be held for property damage; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2965/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,450 (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/rick-west
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representativerickwest
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100031908107587

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bae91554-72c9-4dbd-b042-b4bd800e4732