OK SR74

Expresses gratitude to Senator Don Barrington for completing twelve years of service representing Senate District 31 in the Oklahoma State Senate.

Documents Barrington's background including his birth on September 7, 1947, in Pryor, Oklahoma, his military service from 1966-1969 with an eighteen-month tour in Vietnam, and his 32-year career with the Lawton Fire Department where he served as Fire Chief from 1996-2002.

Notes that Barrington was a member of the first post-term-limits class of 2004 and serves as Chair of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, having served through periods of Senate minority, evenly-divided, and majority control.

Acknowledges that State Question No. 632 (effective January 1, 1991) limits legislative service to twelve years total, making Barrington ineligible for reelection in 2016.

Directs distribution of the resolution to Senator Don Barrington.