New Scoring Gives Better Look at Pro-Growth Legislators
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 9, 2025) – As a whole, Oklahoma lawmakers actions were decidedly “pro-growth” when it comes to their actions on legislation this spring according to the Prosperity Tracker Legislative Scorecard. As a whole, the Oklahoma Legislature received a 73% pro-growth score. Seven Oklahoma lawmakers acted 100% pro-growth. Forty lawmakers were over 90% pro-growth and received an “A” rating.
The Prosperity Tracker (formerly the RIED Report) is an app that gives Oklahomans a new tool for tracking pro-growth voting of state legislators and vital economic statistics for Oklahoma’s growth. Through the Legislative Scorecard, within the app, each state legislator’s individual voting record on bills that impact business, industry, job creation and economic growth are evaluated, and graded at the end of each legislative session.
“This year’s Prosperity Tracker gives companies the opportunity to see how legislators voted on key issues that affect the business community,” said Jake Yunker, Executive Director, State Chamber Research Foundation. “This is a great tool to show how legislators are voting as well as an opportunity for companies to engage with those lawmakers to better explain the positions taken by the business community.”
The Legislative Scorecard creates a profile of each legislator’s individual voting record for bills dealing with business, industry, job creation, and economic growth issues deemed important by the private sector. Each legislator is graded with respect to his or her vote on each bill.
“This year’s scores consider not only the legislator’s votes but also considers whether the legislators advocated and worked on pro-growth bills,” said Amanda Hall, Policy & Research Director. “The pro-growth advocate grade reflects what bills the legislator filed, co-authored, carried in committee, debated for or against, and what types of questions they asked.”
The Scorecard also modified how missed votes are considered. If a legislator missed more than 25% of votes scored votes, they do not receive a score, due to insufficient evidence on their positions.
The Legislative Scorecard is not intended to be and does not constitute an endorsement of any kind or to represent an official source. Interested persons should formulate their own opinions relative to the data.
