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U.S. Representative — Oklahoma's 1st District

Kevin Hern

Republican · Oklahoma

Republican U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9468 — STAR Act (Reported, Jun 25, 2026)
  • H.R.9060 — Precious Metals Parity Act (Introduced, May 29, 2026)
  • H.R.5463 — Choice Arrangement (Introduced, Sep 18, 2025)
  • H.R.5267 — American Franchise Act (Reported, Sep 10, 2025)
  • H.R.5142 — Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 4, 2025)
  • H.R.3512 — Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act (Introduced, May 20, 2025)
  • H.R.3288 — Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 8, 2025)
    Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2025 This bill provides for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of prescription digital therapeutics (i.e., software applications that are used to prevent, manage, or treat medical conditions). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish…
  • H.R.2436 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat distributions from health savings accounts for funeral expenses of the account beneficiary as qualified distributions. (Introduced, Mar 27, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.4299 — Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.5343 — Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act (Reported, Jun 30, 2026)
  • H.R.7343 — Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act (Introduced, Apr 28, 2026)
  • H.R.7905 — Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
  • H.R.5470 — Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8034 — Protecting America’s Small Oil and Gas Producers and Rural Jobs Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.4382 — America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
  • H.R.1628 — 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)

Voting analysis

One of Kevin Hern's bills is an American franchise act. Franchising is a legal form most people encounter only as a customer, and the arguments inside it — over who counts as the employer, who bears the liability, and how much control a brand may exert without becoming responsible for the outlet — have moved back and forth between agencies and courts for years without settling. A statute is what settling would look like.

71
Bills sponsored
727
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 47 currently sit at Introduced.

One bill counted here was filed before its short title was settled, so Congress carries it without a name — its number and policy area identify it.

Health and taxation lead his classified subjects almost equally. The remaining filings cover precious metals parity, home health stabilisation, a choice arrangement, and one carrying an acronym.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Kevin Hern's cluster into: Health (13), Taxation (12), Government Operations and Politics (5), Immigration (4), Congress (2), Education (2).

Below his own delegation

Oklahoma's five House Republicans hold a group average well above his own, so nine departures still leaves him on the disciplined side of the comparison.

Among the 5 Republicans in the Oklahoma delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.3%. Kevin Hern is below that average at 4.2%.

Where he broke ranks

Six amendment votes, two of which carried. Then three completed bills his conference passed over his objection: fuel retailing, a water stewardship act, and a small business innovation measure.

4.2%
Votes against the Republican majority
214
Roll calls where a party majority formed
86 of 218
Rank among House Republicans, most defections first
All 9 roll calls where Kevin Hern voted against the House Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 264		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 263		Jul 21, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8800
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 258		Jul 21, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 241		Jul 15, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 151		Apr 30, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 148		Apr 30, 2026Agreed toAye (party: Nay)
H.R.6422
American Water Stewardship Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 97		Mar 24, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
S.3971
Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 89		Mar 17, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Tenure and attendance

Five terms, the first won partway through a Congress. He holds no committee leadership post, and misses few votes.

First elected in 2018, now serving across 5 terms. Kevin Hern falls in the mid cohort.

2.7%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
6
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Kevin Hern has 71 bills sponsored, 727 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Ways and Means
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Health
  • House Committee on Ways and Means: Tax

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