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Dick Lowe

Republican · OK · State Representative, Oklahoma House District 56

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Dick Lowe is a cattle rancher and former agricultural educator from Amber. His legislative biography emphasizes career and technical education and rural communities.

Where Dick Lowe stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Environment and Public Health (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (7 records),

Opposes

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record)

Mixed record

Labor Rights (1 support · 2 oppose), Corporate Accountability (1 support · 1 oppose)

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1344, which pays a drug maker to produce a cheaper fast-acting insulin. The Oklahoma House passed it 68-22. The Governor signed it.

    April 29, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 109, which makes health plans pay for cancer gene tests and scans for people at higher risk. The Oklahoma House passed it 68-20. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 3 support
  • Voted for House Bill 3834, which lets the state help pay for trials of ibogaine as an addiction treatment. The Oklahoma House passed it 69-21. The Governor signed it.

    May 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 3644, the Blake Burgess Act, which sets rules for hospitals to spot and treat dangerous blood clots. The Oklahoma House passed it 68-21. The Governor signed it.

    May 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted to override the Governor's veto of Senate Bill 713, which makes wind farms fit warning lights that stay off until a plane is near. The Oklahoma House voted 68-17 to override the veto. The Senate had already done the same, so the bill became law.

    May 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 250, which lets tips cover more of a tipped worker's minimum wage. The Oklahoma House passed it 74-19. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 5, 2025Opposes Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 1 support · 2 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 2084, which caps what a state college may pay a professor to settle a state-law wrongful firing claim. The Oklahoma House passed it 70-21. The Governor signed it.

    May 6, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 250, which lets tips cover more of a tipped worker's minimum wage. The Oklahoma House passed it 74-19. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 5, 2025Opposes Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 1601, which lets school staff add their own sick days to paid maternity leave. The Oklahoma House passed it 58-27. The Governor signed it.

    March 17, 2025Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1618, which makes a court use a risk report before setting release terms in a violent case. The Oklahoma House passed it 62-23. The Governor signed it.

    May 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 137, which bars one more group of inmates from serving time at home on an electronic monitor. The Oklahoma House passed it 72-18. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    April 28, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted to override the Governor's veto of Senate Bill 631, which adds shooting into a building to the crimes requiring 85 percent of the sentence. The Oklahoma House voted 68-17 to override the veto. The Senate had already done the same, so the bill became law.

    May 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted to override the Governor's veto of House Bill 2263, which bans holding a phone while driving through a school zone or work zone. The Oklahoma House voted 68-21 to override the veto. The Senate did the same, so the bill became law.

    May 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 1003, which raises the age below which sex is always a crime to under 18 with a close-in-age rule. The Oklahoma House passed it 60-21. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 15, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 743, which raises the penalty for disturbing a religious service and adds a buffer zone outside. The Oklahoma House passed it 73-21. The Governor signed it.

    May 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Served as the principal House author of Senate Bill 100, which was signed into Oklahoma law to require school-site safety and vulnerability assessments; the official Oklahoma Senate release identifies Rep. Dick Lowe in that role.

    June 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: oksenate.gov · researched September 9, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4071, which sets up a one-time $250 state deposit into a child's federal Trump Account. The Oklahoma House passed it 61-30. The Governor signed it.

    April 14, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 1601, which lets school staff add their own sick days to paid maternity leave. The Oklahoma House passed it 58-27. The Governor signed it.

    March 17, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 6 support
  • Voted for House Bill 1727, which opens the Oklahoma's Promise scholarship to more teachers' children. The Oklahoma House passed it 60-27. The Governor signed it.

    May 28, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 212, which sets up a two-year trial of new routes into teaching called TeachForwardOK. The Oklahoma House passed it 51-29. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 22, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 758, which stops online lesson days counting as class time from the 2026-2027 school year. The Oklahoma House passed it 53-32. The Governor signed it.

    April 29, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 1393, which requires signed parental consent before a special education child is moved to alternate tests. The Oklahoma House passed it 71-23. The Governor signed it.

    March 26, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Advanced House Bill 1305 through the House Postsecondary Committee by a 7-1 vote; the official Oklahoma House report identifies Rep. Dick Lowe as the bill's legislator and records the completed committee action.

    February 11, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: okhouse.gov · researched September 9, 2026

  • Authored House Bill 2158, which was signed into Oklahoma law and added a personal financial literacy course requirement to high-school graduation; the official Oklahoma House report identifies Rep. Dick Lowe as the House author.

    May 16, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: okhouse.gov · researched September 9, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 176, which lets people pick up several months of birth control at a time. The Oklahoma House passed it 65-25. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 22, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 2 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 991, which adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism. The Oklahoma House passed it 62-24. The Governor signed it.

    April 30, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 942, which bans discrimination in schools and colleges and treats anti-Semitism as a form of it. The Oklahoma House passed it 56-29. The Governor signed it.

    April 30, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1443, which tells health plans to weigh how sick a patient is when paying for anesthesia. The Oklahoma House passed it 68-17. The Governor signed it.

    May 5, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 998, which lets electric companies charge customers for new plants sooner and with less review. The Oklahoma House passed it 51-39. It became law without the Governor's signature.

    May 6, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Track record — General

General · 6 records
  • Served as Oklahoma House District 56 representative and held legislative leadership roles including Common Education Committee chair and Assistant Majority Whip; the official member page records his November 2020 election and current leadership assignments.

    August 1, 2026

    Source: okhouse.gov · researched September 9, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 3151, which raises the minimum number of school days for districts that count instruction in hours. The Oklahoma House passed it 62-28. The Governor signed it.

    March 11, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against House Bill 2764, which cuts the top income tax rate from 4.75 to 4.5 percent from 2026, with a path for more cuts. The Oklahoma House passed it 74-19. The Governor signed it.

    May 20, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against Senate Bill 889, which makes hospitals publish their prices and bars those that do not from chasing patients for payment. The Oklahoma House passed it 51-38. The Governor signed it.

    May 7, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against Senate Bill 658, which stops the child welfare agency ruling out foster parents over their beliefs about sexual orientation. The Oklahoma House passed it 68-19. The Governor signed it.

    May 6, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

  • Voted against Senate Bill 139, which made every school district ban student phones for the 2025-2026 school year. The Oklahoma House passed it 51-39. The Governor signed it.

    April 29, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

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Profile last researched September 9, 2026.