Cyndi Munson is the Democratic nominee for governor. She has represented Oklahoma House District 85 since 2015, served as House Minority Leader from 2022, and was the first Asian American woman elected to the Oklahoma Legislature. She is running on more funding for public schools, repealing the parental choice tax credit, a state question to overturn the abortion ban and a moratorium on new data centers.[1][2]
Munson was born in Monterey, California, and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma.[1]She was the first in her family to earn a college degree, receiving a B.A. in political science from the University of Central Oklahoma through the Oklahoma's Promise tuition program and later a master's degree in leadership education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[1]
Before entering politics she worked in the nonprofit sector, including at the OK Messages Project and Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma.[1]She lost her first House race, in 2014, to the incumbent, then won a 2015 special election for House District 85 with more than 54% of the vote.[1]In 2019 she was selected for the oversight committee of the Legislative Office for Fiscal Transparency.[1]
Munson succeeded Emily Virgin as House Minority Leader in 2022 and left the House as Minority Leader after the 2026 legislative session, not seeking re-election to her seat.[1][2][3]She announced her campaign for governor in April 2025 as the first Democrat in the race and won the June 16, 2026 Democratic primary with about 74.9% of the vote.[1]
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
On the version voted May 4, 2026: Bars battery energy storage systems from the five-year property tax exemption for manufacturing facilities, and solar power generators from qualifying starting January 5, 2028, with no new applications from January 5, 2029. Defines battery energy storage system.
Raises from one to two the noncontiguous locations where a distiller may sell its spirits, allows them anywhere in the state rather than the same county, and allows sampling at public events. Areas used for on-premises consumption count as distillery premises.
On the version voted May 6, 2026: Requires public pension boards to vote shareholder proxies and engage companies solely on financial (pecuniary) factors, not environmental, social or political goals, and to publish an annual report of their proxy votes by March 1.
As amended, lets scholarship granting organizations and educational improvement grant organizations give capital improvement grants to schools, requires them to report such grants to the Tax Commission, and clarifies that public schools can spend grant money on improving reading and math scores.
Lets public colleges charge students and student groups a security fee, set by published neutral criteria, for expressive activities needing a permit; limits disciplining expression as harassment; requires first-year students to complete free-speech training.
Lets school districts adopt policies allowing charter, virtual charter and otherwise-educated students to join their extracurricular activities, and bars public schools from joining an athletic association that excludes such students.
On the version voted May 6, 2026: Adds a prior-registration question to voter registration applications, treats an application as a request to cancel any prior registration, and requires notice to the other state's election official. Requires an annual report on those notices and cancellations.
Lets courts use a pretrial risk-assessment public safety report to help set release conditions, and requires one when the charge is a violent crime. The report cannot be the sole basis to grant or deny release and goes to defense and state counsel on request.
On the version voted May 14, 2026: Adds online casino games, and geolocation providers, gaming suppliers, platform providers, promoters and media affiliates who support them, to the felony offense of conducting or supporting gambling games. Takes effect November 1, 2026.
Refers to voters a constitutional amendment ending the state's duty to cover low-income adults under Medicaid if the federal match falls below 90 percent, and repealing Article XXV-A Sections 1-4, replacing them with statutes, if the federal match is modified.
Abolishes the Oklahoma Hospital Advisory Council, removing its advisory role in hospital rules and stroke-care planning, and gives the State Commissioner of Health, rather than the State Board of Health, authority to adopt hospital and stroke-care rules.
Approves fourteen listed proposed permanent rules in Title 442 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code submitted by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority on or before February 1, 2026, and directs copies to the Governor and the Oklahoma Register.
On the version voted May 4, 2026: Bars battery energy storage systems from the five-year property tax exemption for manufacturing facilities, and solar power generators from qualifying starting January 5, 2028, with no new applications from January 5, 2029. Defines battery energy storage system.
As proposed by conference committee, bars commercial wind turbines within 2.5 times tip height of a dwelling or 1.5 times tip height of a nonparticipating property line unless the owner waives in writing; exempts small systems and projects with majority site control.
Allows two or more DUI violations within one year to be aggregated and prosecuted as a single Class C2 felony, exempts certain cases from blood and breath test timing requirements, and repeals duplicate versions of the statute.
Requires operators of highway remediation and cleanup services to carry at least $3 million in liability insurance, with proof submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality when applying for or renewing a license.
Authorizes the Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics' unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility clearinghouse to invest in publicly owned infrastructure and partner with other states and industry to create regional or technical centers.
Requires Guard and State Guard personnel to be on active duty for state compensation, funds pay for full-time state employees in military roles at federal active-duty levels from a supplemental pay fund, and updates retirement and education benefit rules.
Makes the county commission chair or designee a member of the county planning commission, sets two-year terms, and requires county boards of adjustment to have three, five, or seven appointed resident property owners.
Creates a Cyber Crime and Fraud Unit in the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate cyber-enabled crime, financial fraud and digital evidence cases, on request of a district attorney, law enforcement agency or authorized state officer, or at the Governor's direction. Creates a revolving fund.
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
SB 1589 · OK HOUSE
Crimes and punishments; modifying scope of certain offense related to gambling. Effective date.
YesVOTED
Motion: Veto Override Without Emer.
A yes vote overrode the governor’s veto of SB 1589, which defines online casino games and adds them, and those who provide or support them, to the existing felony gambling offense; this vote was without an emergency clause. (AI-written)
Adds online casino games, and geolocation providers, gaming suppliers, platform providers, promoters and media affiliates who support them, to the felony offense of conducting or supporting gambling games. Takes effect November 1, 2026.
Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction; exemptions; database.
NoVOTED
Motion: Fourth Reading
As proposed by conference committee, bars commercial wind turbines within 2.5 times tip height of a dwelling or 1.5 times tip height of a nonparticipating property line unless the owner waives in writing; exempts small systems and projects with majority site control.
Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority; approving certain proposed permanent rules; directing distribution.
YesVOTED
Motion: Third Reading
Approves fourteen listed proposed permanent rules in Title 442 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code submitted by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority on or before February 1, 2026, and directs copies to the Governor and the Oklahoma Register.
Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
YesVOTED
Motion: Third Reading
Approves 20 proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority that meet the definition of major rules and directs the Secretary of State to distribute copies of the resolution.
Refers to voters a constitutional amendment ending the state's duty to cover low-income adults under Medicaid if the federal match falls below 90 percent, and repealing Article XXV-A Sections 1-4, replacing them with statutes, if the federal match is modified.
Teachers; modifying requirements of induction program; providing funding sources for program. Effective date. Emergency.
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: Third Reading
Makes the state teacher induction program state-supported, requiring districts to take part beginning in 2026-27, and allows it to be funded by appropriations, grants and philanthropic or nonprofit contributions.
Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial literacy; alternate diploma; course availability; waiver; coursework; repealers; effective date; emergency.
YesVOTED
Motion: Fourth Reading
Revises graduation requirements: lets an AP English seminar fulfill English, indigenous languages fulfill world language, and an AP course fulfill financial literacy; closes the college-prep pathway to students not already on it; requires a catalog of employer endorsements.
Schools; student eligibility; virtual charter school students; Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) activities; policies. Effective date.
NoVOTED
Motion: Third Reading
Lets school districts adopt policies allowing charter, virtual charter and otherwise-educated students to join their extracurricular activities, and bars public schools from joining an athletic association that excludes such students.
Entrepreneurial experience; enacting the Oklahoma Youth Entrepreneurs Promotion and Development Act of 2026. Effective date.
YesVOTED
Motion: Third Reading
Exempts the first $1,000 of annual business income, and sales by businesses with under $1,000 in revenue, from state taxes for sole proprietorships run by people under 18, and exempts them from business licensing for up to 90 days a year.
Medicaid home- and community-based services; modifying certain definition. Effective date.
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: Third Reading
Replaces the IQ-based definition of "individual with intellectual disability" in Oklahoma's Medicaid home- and community-based services law with the Social Security Administration's listing criteria for intellectual disorder, effective November 1, 2026.