# Brad Boles

Brad Boles is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 51.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 51
- Serving since: 2018-03-16
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/be4edaae-b522-4ce0-bc1d-98b813424f57

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be4edaae-b522-4ce0-bc1d-98b813424f57 (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

Boles has served since 2018.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 130 donors and 723 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 93.7% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 92.1% (88%). 86 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 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;… · 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 100 bills: 100 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 0. 47.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 46 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3476: Oil and gas; creating the Oil and Gas Reform Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3476/
- HB 3475: Waters and water rights; creating the Waters and Water Rights Modernization Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3475/
- HB 3465: Revenue and taxation; Oklahoma Emission Reduction Technology Incentive Act; termination date; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3465/
- HR 1032: Resolution; proclaiming February 17, 2026, Oklahoma Aggregates Day at the Capitol. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HR1032/
- HB 3474: Cities and towns; Cities and Towns Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3474/
- HB 2992: Corporation Commission; creating the Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026; effective date; emergency. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2992/
- HB 3477: Oil and gas; creating the Oil and Gas Modernization Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3477/
- HB 3469: Oil and gas; authorizing operators to make certain election; requiring operators to post surety by certain date; emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3469/
- HB 3480: Counties and county officers; Counties and County Officers Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3480/
- HB 3467: Education employees; maternity leave; adoption; purpose; effective date; emergency. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3467/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/brad-boles
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.boles.1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-boles-19357246/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be4edaae-b522-4ce0-bc1d-98b813424f57