# Steve Bashore

Steve Bashore is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 7
- Serving since: 2020-11-16
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bf810dce-34f8-4db5-b242-efc008311228

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bf810dce-34f8-4db5-b242-efc008311228 (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

70% of the 37 bills Bashore sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Oklahoma House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 195 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 93.7% (88%). 61 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 nay · 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 9 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3245: Corporation Commission; creating the Corporation Commission Modernization Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3245/
- HB 3246: Crimes and punishments; creating the Oklahoma Crimes and Punishments Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3246/
- HB 3087: Civil procedure; garnishment; extending garnishee response time; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3087/
- SB 1496: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; modifying provisions related to certain evidentiary property, disclosures, and other duties. Effective date. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1496/
- SB 1191: Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act; repealing Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1191/
- HB 3244: Crimes and punishments; modifying elements of certain unlawful acts; aggravated identity theft; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3244/
- HB 2941: Fentanyl overdose and overdose reporting; first responders; report; immunity; prohibited acts; rebuttable prima facie evidence that fentanyl was the proximate… (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2941/
- HB 2959: Schools; student abuse or neglect reporting; superintendents and administrators; school employees; law enforcement; interviews; investigations; duty to… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2959/
- SB 1684: Motor vehicles; requiring certain operators to have certain insurance coverage. Effective date. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1684/
- HB 1023: Revenue and Taxation; vehicle excise tax; value; bill of sale; report; effective date. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB1023/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $98.4K (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/steve-bashore
- Campaign site: https://stevebashore.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephen.bashore.9/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/srbashore/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbashore/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bf810dce-34f8-4db5-b242-efc008311228