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45th Oklahoma Legislature

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President of the Senate:
  
Mary Fallin (R)

President Pro Tem of the Senate:
  
Stratton Taylor (D)

45th Oklahoma Legislature

Speaker of the House:
  
Glen D. Johnson, Jr. (D)

Term:
  
January 3, 1995–January 7, 1997

Composition:
  
Senate 31      17      House 60      41

The Forty-fifth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 3, 1995, to January 7, 1997, during the first two years of the first term of Governor Frank Keating. During the first session in 1995, the state legislature passed the first welfare reform law in the nation.

Contents

Dates of sessions

  • Organizational day: January 3, 1995
  • First session: February 4-May 26, 1995
  • Second session: February 5-June 31, 1996

    • Previous: 44th Legislature • Next: 46th Legislature

    1995

    During the first session in 1995, the state legislature passed the first welfare reform law in the nation.

    Senate

  • President Pro Tempore: Stratton Taylor
  • Republican Minority leader: Howard Hendrick

    • House of Representatives

  • Speaker: Glen D. Johnson, Jr.
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Jim Glover
  • Majority Floor Leader: Lloyd Benson
  • Republican Minority leader: Larry Ferguson

    • Senate

  • Table based on list of all state senators and years served. Senate districts 25, 27, 28, 36, and 53 did not exist in 1995.

    • House of Representatives

  • Table based on database of historic members.

    • References

    45th Oklahoma Legislature Wikipedia
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