# John Kane

John Kane is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 11
- Serving since: 2022-11-23
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f7ab3ee8-1ec5-4218-ac6b-dba652f2a6d6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f7ab3ee8-1ec5-4218-ac6b-dba652f2a6d6 (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

Kane reported $172.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 396 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 95.3% (88%). 75 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · 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 not voting · 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 28 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3947: Education; Oklahoma Education Reform Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3947/
- SB 1983: Foster care; requiring the Department of Human Services to provide certain data to resource family partners. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1983/
- HB 3942: Public finance; Incentive Evaluation Commission; communications; presentation of findings; comparison of certain results; effective date; emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3942/
- HB 3944: Public finance; State Finance Act; reporting; budget request procedures; fund allotment procedures; fund transfer procedures; administration; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3944/
- HB 3945: Public health and safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Health and Safety Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3945/
- SB 2019: Insurance guaranty fund; creating the Political Subdivision Liability Insurance Guaranty Program; creating board. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2019/
- HB 3943: Public lands; Commissioners of the Land Office; hunting lease contracts; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3943/
- HB 3941: Courts; secretary-bailiffs; salary; effective date; emergency. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3941/
- HB 3946: Education; Oklahoma Education Reform Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3946/
- HB 4491: Schools; allowing school districts to adopt a policy for certain students to participate in extracurricular activities; eligibility requirements; definitions;… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4491/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $172.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/john-kane
- Campaign site: https://johnkaneforok.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnKaneforOK/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnkaneforok/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-b-kane-4273011/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f7ab3ee8-1ec5-4218-ac6b-dba652f2a6d6