# Brent Howard

Brent Howard is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 38.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 38
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bc85e399-f4bc-4690-b34b-685e15242904

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc85e399-f4bc-4690-b34b-685e15242904 (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

62% of Howard’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oklahoma, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 135 donors and 862 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 94.0% (90.2%). 58 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 yea · 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 121 bills: 121 reached committee, 84 passed one chamber, 59 passed both, 42 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 7 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2184: Multiple versions of statutes; amending, merging, consolidating and repealing multiple versions of statutes. Emergency. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2184/
- HB 4318: Revenue and taxation; sales tax; use tax; deduction for vendor; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4318/
- SB 1716: Security Breach Notification Act; prohibiting class action liability for private entity for cybersecurity event; providing exceptions. Effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1716/
- HB 4322: Professions and occupations; funeral director in charge; definitions; license requirements; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4322/
- SB 1827: Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definitions. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1827/
- HB 3322: Statutes and reports; multiple versions; intent; effective date. (became law, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3322/
- SB 1602: Law libraries; modifying transfers; modifying assessed amount for certain counties. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1602/
- HB 3278: Open Meeting Act; violations; allowing the Attorney General to enter into a consent order or issue a finding of violation to a public body, agency, or… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3278/
- SB 1621: Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1621/
- SB 2182: Civil remedies; creating the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2182/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/brent-howard
- Campaign site: http://www.swokestateplanner.com/about-us/brent/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=9633705
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-howard-35a04121/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc85e399-f4bc-4690-b34b-685e15242904