The Forty-fifth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the
legislative branch
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of the
government of Oklahoma, composed of the
Senate and the
House of Representatives
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. It met in
Oklahoma City
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from January 3, 1995, to January 7, 1997, during the first two years of the first term of Governor
Frank Keating
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, Keating is one of only five governors in Okl ...
. During the first session in 1995, the state legislature passed the first welfare reform law in the nation.
Dates of sessions
*Organizational day: January 3, 1995
*First session: February 4-May 26, 1995
*Second session: February 5-May 31, 1996
Previous:
44th Legislature • Next:
46th Legislature
Party composition
Senate
House of Representatives
Major legislation
Enacted
1995
During the first session in 1995, the state legislature passed the first welfare reform law in the nation.
Leadership
Senate
*
President Pro Tempore:
Stratton Taylor
Stratton Taylor (born 1956) is an American attorney and was the longest-serving President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected as President pro tempore on a unanimous, bipartisan vote in 1995, he served eight ...
*Republican
Minority leader:
Howard Hendrick
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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** I ...
:
Glen D. Johnson, Jr.
* Speaker Pro Tempore: Jim Glover
* Majority Floor Leader: Lloyd Benson
* Republican
Minority leader: Larry Ferguson
Members
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.
Historic members
, Okhouse.gov(accessed June 27, 2013)
See also
* Oklahoma state elections, 1994
References
{{Oklahoma Legislatures
Oklahoma legislative sessions
1995 in Oklahoma
1996 in Oklahoma
1995 U.S. legislative sessions
1996 U.S. legislative sessions