# Meloyde Blancett

Meloyde Blancett is a Democratic member of the Oklahoma House for district 78.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 78
- Serving since: 2016-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e9c3844d-e861-4848-8737-539fdb553eb9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9c3844d-e861-4848-8737-539fdb553eb9 (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

Blancett missed 16% of 1,932 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Oklahoma House (average 90.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 170 donors and 631 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 88% (88%). 74 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted not voting · 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 yea · 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 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 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 yea · 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 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 30.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 76 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4410: Long-term care referral fees; referral agency referrals; disclosure requirements; restrictions; duties; compensation for referral agency; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4410/
- HB 4407: Long-term care; Options Counseling for Long-term Care Revolving Fund; purpose; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4407/
- HB 4412: Medicaid; ADvantage Waiver Home and Community-based Services for Seniors Revolving Fund; purpose; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4412/
- HB 4409: Housing; Legislative Workforce Housing Committee; Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency; rules; meetings; codification; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4409/
- HB 4419: Campaign spending; Campaign Spending Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4419/
- HB 4411: Schools; Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit; Oklahoma Tax Commission website requirements; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4411/
- HB 4415: Environment and natural resources; creating the Environment and Natural Resources Efficiency Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4415/
- HB 4416: Pretrial data; creating the Pretrial Data Collection Act; requiring certain entities to collect specific data; codification; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4416/
- HB 4417: Air quality; creating the Air Quality Reform Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4417/
- HB 4408: State question 780 data; calculation of savings and averted costs from implementation of the Oklahoma Smart Justice Reform Act; Department of Corrections;… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4408/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/meloyde-blancett
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meloyde
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meloydeblancett/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9c3844d-e861-4848-8737-539fdb553eb9