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Jim Shaw

RState Representative · District 32

On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: Oklahoma House District 32

Biography

Jim Shaw is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives who has represented District 32 since November 2024 and is seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1] An entrepreneur who worked in oil and gas software, he advanced from the Republican primary on June 16, 2026.[1]

Jim Shaw was born in Oklahoma City, graduated from Putnam City High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University in 2006.[1] His career experience includes working as a general manager and as president, chief operating officer and co-owner of a software and services company in oil and gas.[1] In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey, he said he began at Chesapeake Energy as an undergraduate intern, later became co-owner of Land Information Services, which he and his partner sold in 2022, and stepped away from the company in 2024.[2]

Shaw assumed office on November 20, 2024, succeeding Kevin Wallace, and for 2025-2026 was assigned to the Government Oversight Committee.[1] In the survey, he described the core of his campaign as "Land, Livelihoods and Legacies," including opposition to what he called the "green energy" agenda, and said he wants to protect the right of families to homeschool without government interference.[2]

1.Jim Shaw - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
2.Jim Shaw, Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2026) · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.

Oklahoma House District 32

Jim Shaw is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Oklahoma House District 32 as R. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.

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Votes by issue

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 Republicans voted. How topics are assigned

Jobs & cost of living11 with · 18 against29 votes
Most contested
- No
  Alcoholic beverages; decreasing alcohol license fee; allowing sale of certain sample spirits at certain events; removing certain production limits for distilleries. Effective date.
  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.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 52–34 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Public finance; terms; Board of Trustees; votes; proxy proposal; pecuniary factors; exception; report; publish; effective date.
  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.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 72–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- No
  Insurance Department; creating certain division within the Insurance Department; establishing powers for certain conservator; allowing contacts. Effective date.
  Creates a division within the Insurance Department to handle supervisions, conservatorships and receiverships of troubled insurers, with existing cases moved by January 1, 2028. Sets powers for supervisors and conservators, and limits disclosure of certain related records.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 52–33 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All jobs & cost of living votes
Health & care15 with · 7 against22 votes
Most contested
- Yes
  Constitutional amendment; Medicaid funding.
  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.
  May 7, 2026 · Passed 69–18 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Gender transition procedures; prohibiting certain use of public funds and state facilities; providing criminal penalty. Emergency.
  Bars use of state funds, including Medicaid, and state facilities for gender transition procedures (surgeries, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones) for minors and adults. State officers or employees who intentionally violate it commit a misdemeanor.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 77–14 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- No
  Health insurance; fair coverage; epilepsy; termination of coverage; devices; surgeries; effective date.
  Requires health plans to cover people with epilepsy the same as others, bars dropping or refusing to renew coverage based on an epilepsy diagnosis, and requires coverage of medically necessary neurostimulation devices prescribed by a treating physician.
  May 5, 2026 · Passed 55–30 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All health & care votes
Rights & public safety14 with · 8 against22 votes
Most contested
- Yes
  Fees; criminal and juvenile proceedings; increasing sheriff's service fee; effective date.
  Raises the maximum sheriff's fee for serving writs, warrants, orders and notices to $100, from $50 in criminal cases (inside or outside the county) and from $20 in juvenile cases.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 73–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Voter registration; requiring certain information to be included on voter registration applications. Emergency.
  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.
  Apr 15, 2026 · Passed 14–3 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Riots; penalties for participating; making certain acts unlawful; Governmental Tort Claims Act; exception; effective date.
  Makes blocking public roads during a riot a Class D3 felony instead of a misdemeanor, sets felony penalties for assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery, and property damage in a riot, and removes immunity for riot losses where the government chose to allow it.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 74–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All rights & public safety votes
Education & families11 with · 10 against21 votes
Most contested
- No
  Education; modifying eligibility under the Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act.
  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.
  Apr 30, 2026 · Passed 55–27 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Special education; Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; requiring certain meeting in certain time period; evaluations; exceptions; eligibility; calculation of scholarship; effective date.
  Requires school districts to schedule a meeting within 15 school days of a parent's special education evaluation request and decide eligibility within 45 school days of signed consent. If the 45-day deadline is missed, the student is deemed eligible for a Lindsey Nicole Henry scholarship.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 71–19 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Higher education; allowing certain institutions of higher education to charge a security fee for certain activities; directing the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee to develop certain training. Effective date. Emergency.
  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.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 78–15 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All education & families votes
Transportation4 with · 2 against6 votes
Most contested
- Yes
  Motor vehicles; prohibiting certain entities from providing certain recommendations; providing certain exception. Effective date. Emergency.
  Bars state agencies and their contractors from recommending for or against a specific commercial driver training school or withholding student grants based on the school chosen, and lets affected schools or students sue.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 76–6 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Motor vehicles; expanding criteria by which a person must remain at scene or make notification of certain accident. Effective date.
  Extends the duty to stop and remain at the scene to accidents damaging property, not only driven or attended vehicles, and extends owner notification to damage to property along public or private roads or streets, not only highways.
  May 6, 2026 · Passed 80–6 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- Yes
  Driving under the influence; authorizing aggregation of certain offenses; creating felony offense. Effective date.
  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.
  May 4, 2026 · Passed 85–3 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All transportation votes
Climate & energy4 with · 1 against5 votes
Most contested
- Yes
  Ad valorem tax; exemption for manufacturing facilities; defining battery energy storage system; exemption; applications. Effective date.
  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.
  May 4, 2026 · Passed 74–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- No
  Game and fish; prohibiting taking of game for compensation without certain licenses. Effective date.
  Requires hunting guides and outfitters paid to help hunt waterfowl or cranes to hold state licenses costing up to $1,000 for resident outfitters and $2,000 for nonresidents, with violations punishable by fines of $1,500 to $2,000, jail, and license revocation.
  May 5, 2026 · Passed 68–20 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
- No
  Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction; exemptions; database.
  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.
  May 14, 2026 · Failed 20–67 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All climate & energy votes
Foreign affairs & defense0 with · 1 against1 vote
Most contested
- No
  Oklahoma National Guard; requiring certain compensation to be provided by the Oklahoma National Guard Supplemental Retention Pay Revolving Fund; effective date.
  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.
  May 5, 2026 · Passed 68–3 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All foreign affairs & defense votes
Housing & rent0 with · 1 against1 vote
Most contested
- No
  County planning commission; personnel; chair of the board; composition of board. Effective date. Emergency.
  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.
  May 4, 2026 · Passed 80–9 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All housing & rent votes
Technology & privacy0 with · 1 against1 vote
Most contested
- No
  Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; creating the Cyber Crime Fraud Unit; revolving fund. Effective date. Emergency.
  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.
  May 4, 2026 · Passed 84–4 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
All technology & privacy votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 8 of 22 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (4), Education & families (3), Rights & public safety (1)

Schools; student eligibility; virtual charter school students; Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) activities; policies. Effective date.
What it does: 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 exclud…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 3–10, Republicans 64–10
May 7, 2026Official record ↗
Insurance Department; creating certain division within the Insurance Department; establishing powers for certain conservator; allowing contacts. Effective date.
A yes vote agreed to reconsider the House’s failed vote on SB 1916, which creates a division within the Insurance Department to run supervisions, conservatorships and receiverships, so the bill could be voted on again. (AI-written)
What it does: Creates a division within the Insurance Department to handle supervisions, conservatorships and receiverships of troubled insurers, with existing cases moved by January 1, 2028. Sets powers for supervisors and conserv…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 3–9, Republicans 52–14
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act; cap on capital investment tax credits; authorizing and limiting additional participation in program under certain conditions.
What it does: Adds a second $15 million annual cap on Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act investment tax credits, for applications approved on or after the bill's effective date, and lets rural funds certified earlier receive certification on…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 7–8, Republicans 51–24
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
Insurance Department; creating certain division within the Insurance Department; establishing powers for certain conservator; allowing contacts. Effective date.
What it does: Creates a division within the Insurance Department to handle supervisions, conservatorships and receiverships of troubled insurers, with existing cases moved by January 1, 2028. Sets powers for supervisors and conserv…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 2–11, Republicans 49–21
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
Alcoholic beverages; decreasing alcohol license fee; allowing sale of certain sample spirits at certain events; removing certain production limits for distilleries. Effective date.
What it does: 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-premise…
Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–9, Republicans 50–24
May 6, 2026Official record ↗

How this is counted

Their votes on the most contested roll calls

The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank

No
Education; modifying eligibility under the Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act.
Against most of their party · Passed 55–27 · Yes 53–No 27 · Democrats 0–16, Republicans 53–11
Apr 30, 2026Official record ↗
Yes
Constitutional amendment; Medicaid funding.
With most of their party · Passed 69–18 · Yes 67–No 18 · Democrats 0–16, Republicans 67–2
May 7, 2026Official record ↗
Yes
Special education; Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; requiring certain meeting in certain time period; evaluations; exceptions; eligibility; calculation of scholarship; effective date.
With most of their party · Passed 71–19 · Yes 69–No 19 · Democrats 0–14, Republicans 69–5
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
No
Alcoholic beverages; decreasing alcohol license fee; allowing sale of certain sample spirits at certain events; removing certain production limits for distilleries. Effective date.
Against most of their party · Passed 52–34 · Yes 51–No 33 · Democrats 1–9, Republicans 50–24
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
Yes
Public finance; terms; Board of Trustees; votes; proxy proposal; pecuniary factors; exception; report; publish; effective date.
With most of their party · Passed 72–16 · Yes 71–No 16 · Democrats 0–15, Republicans 71–1
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
Yes
Fees; criminal and juvenile proceedings; increasing sheriff's service fee; effective date.
With most of their party · Passed 73–16 · Yes 71–No 16 · Democrats 0–15, Republicans 71–1
May 6, 2026Official record ↗
Yes
Voter registration; requiring certain information to be included on voter registration applications. Emergency.
With most of their party · Passed 14–3 · Yes 14–No 3 · Democrats 0–3, Republicans 14–0
Apr 15, 2026Official record ↗
Yes
Riots; penalties for participating; making certain acts unlawful; Governmental Tort Claims Act; exception; effective date.
With most of their party · Passed 74–16 · Yes 72–No 16 · Democrats 0–15, Republicans 72–1
May 6, 2026Official record ↗

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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.

NoVOTED

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.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗

Passed 68–19·Substantive·May 14, 2026Roll call ↗

SB 2 · OK HOUSE

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.

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Failed 20–67·Substantive·May 14, 2026Roll call ↗

HJR 1101 · OK HOUSE

Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority; approving certain proposed permanent rules; directing distribution.

NoVOTED

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.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗

Passed 88–5·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

SJR 52 · OK HOUSE

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.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗

Passed 90–3·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

SJR 50 · OK HOUSE

Constitutional amendment; Medicaid funding.

YesVOTED

Motion: Third Reading

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.

AI summary — read the bill text ↗

Passed 69–18·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

SB 1614 · OK HOUSE

Teachers; modifying requirements of induction program; providing funding sources for program. Effective date. Emergency.

NoVOTED

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.

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Passed 80–6·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

HB 3021 · OK HOUSE

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.

NoVOTED

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.

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Passed 90–3·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

SB 514 · OK HOUSE

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.

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Passed 69–20·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

SB 2063 · OK HOUSE

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.

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Passed 88–2·Substantive·May 7, 2026Roll call ↗

SB 1555 · OK HOUSE

Medicaid home- and community-based services; modifying certain definition. Effective date.

YesVOTED

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.

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Passed 84–3·Substantive·May 6, 2026Roll call ↗

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