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46th Oklahoma Legislature

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President of the Senate:
  
Mary Fallin (R)

Speaker of the House:
  
Lloyd Benson (D)

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

46th Oklahoma Legislature

Term:
  
January 7, 1997–January 5, 1999

Composition:
  
Senate 29      19      House 59      42

The Forty-sixth 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 7, 1997, to January 5, 1999, during the second two years of the first term of Governor Frank Keating.

Contents

Dates of sessions

  • Organizational day: January 7, 1997
  • First session: February–May 1997
  • Second session: February–May 1998

    • Previous: 45th Legislature • Next: 47th Legislature

    1998

  • Tax cut - The state legislature passed the first cut in the state’s income tax in 50 years. It was combined with reductions in the sales tax, estate tax, and unemployment tax.

    • Senate

  • President Pro Tem of the Senate: Stratton Taylor

    • Democratic

  • Speaker: Lloyd Benson
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Larry Adair

    • Republican

  • Minority leader: Larry Ferguson

    • Senate

  • Table based on list of state senators. Districts 25, 27, 28, 36, and 53 did not exist in 1997.

    • House of Representatives

  • Table based on government database.

    • References

    46th Oklahoma Legislature Wikipedia
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