# Jerry Alvord

Jerry Alvord is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2022-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/edf90069-7569-4cd7-9a8e-e3890e395ac7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/edf90069-7569-4cd7-9a8e-e3890e395ac7 (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

Alvord sits at +0.60 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 83% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 189 donors and 581 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 98.7% (90.2%). 51 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted not voting · 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 95 bills: 95 reached committee, 69 passed one chamber, 51 passed both, 36 became law. Cosponsored 0. 77.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 11 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1276: Oklahoma Weigh Station Act of 2012; broadening scope of the Corporation Commission's enforcement responsibility. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1276/
- SB 1287: Oklahoma Abstractors Act; allowing denial of certain applicant. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1287/
- SB 2074: Pharmacy benefit managers; prohibiting PBM from refusing to accept documentation; requiring information to be included in appeal. Effective date. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2074/
- SB 2067: Financial institutions; Financial Privacy Act; permitting disclosure or release of information for investigations of financial exploitation of protected… (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2067/
- HB 3240: Schools; requiring school districts and charter schools to adopt a policy providing a period of prayer or religious text reading for students and employees on… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3240/
- SB 1277: Employment benefits; modifying conditions for disqualification; specifying work search actions. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1277/
- HB 4159: Education; dyslexia screenings; increasing when screenings are given for certain students; requiring the Department of Education to notify parents of the… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4159/
- HB 3547: Schools; Parent Data Sovereignty Act of 2026; legislative findings; definitions; prohibiting student data use or transfer for commercial purposes; parental… (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3547/
- SB 1495: Schools; creating the Age-Appropriate Materials Act; prohibiting public school districts and public charter schools from making certain materials available to… (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1495/
- SB 1416: Schools; creating the Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue, and Excellence (THRIVE) Act; requiring development of certain education program. Effective… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1416/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/jerry-alvord
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJerryAlvord

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/edf90069-7569-4cd7-9a8e-e3890e395ac7