# David Bullard

David Bullard is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f7e51701-fb8a-4d48-8f61-951096c0c76d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f7e51701-fb8a-4d48-8f61-951096c0c76d (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

Bullard sits at +0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.02), from 142 donors and 858 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 87% (90.2%). 247 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 216 bills: 216 reached committee, 52 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 38.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 35 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 39: Resolution; celebrating the history of U.S. Route 70 and recognizing the role the highway has played in the growth of industry, commerce, and tourism in… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SR39/
- SB 1190: Schools; requiring public school districts to designate an industry day; providing for certain collaboration. Effective date. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1190/
- HB 4149: Strong Readers Act; references; legislative findings; declaring intent of the Legislature; reading screenings; reading deficiencies; parent notifications;… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4149/
- SB 1987: Ad valorem tax; modifying homestead exemption; providing additional homestead exemption. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1987/
- HJR 1036: Joint resolution; Article V of the United States Constitution; application; distribution. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1036/
- SB 1356: State government; transferring certain duties from Office of Management and Enterprise Services to certain departments; modifying duties of Fleet Management… (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1356/
- HB 3546: Technology; personhood; artificial intelligence; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3546/
- SB 1864: Schools; removing minimum salary schedule amounts beginning in certain school year; directing certain personnel to be paid in accordance with certain salary… (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1864/
- HJR 1039: Oklahoma Constitution; Board on Legislative Compensation; modified compensation; referral of question; Attorney General; Secretary of State; ballot title;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1039/
- SJR 34: Constitutional amendment; prohibiting certain acts related to abortion; imposing certain duty on health care providers; granting certain immunities. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR34/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $75.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/david-bullard
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.bullard.395
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bullard-9a198015/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f7e51701-fb8a-4d48-8f61-951096c0c76d