A look at the career of state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore.

1980S, 1990S: Various political jobs for state Republicans, including Govs. Henry Bellmon and Frank Keating.

FEBRUARY 1996: Hired as temporary Labor Department employee by former Republican Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau; worked part time for Labor Department, part time for Reneau's campaign as campaign manager.

April 1998: Leaves Labor Department.

June 1998: Reported to attorney general by Reneau for improperly billing the state for time spent working on Reneau's campaign; claims he was following Reneau's orders. Charges are never filed.

May 2004: Announces he will run for the House District 53 seat.

November 2004: Elected to House District 53 with 69 percent of the vote.

May 2005: Wins "Mouth of the House” award given annually by legislators to colleagues who talk the most or come up with memorable phrases; receives nickname "Where's the camera?”

October 2005: Files with wife for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy protection, listing $78,179 in debt and $43,250 in assets.

February 2006: Files House Bill 3116, which would require government workers to report potential illegal immigrants seeking government services to law enforcement.

March 2006: HB 3116 dies in Senate, where it is called "exceedingly harsh” by opponents.

March 2006: Personal bankruptcy closed.

November 2006: Makes campaign calls on behalf of Democratic labor commissioner candidate Lloyd Fields, an opponent of Reneau, his former boss. Fields wins election.

November 2006: Re-elected to House District 53 with 64 percent of the vote.

February 2007: Files HB 1804, known as the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizens Act, a sweeping immigration law reform that would end state benefits for illegal immigrants and penalize those caught employing them.

May 2007: Gov. Brad Henry signs HB 1804. Terrill calls it "the most meaningful immigration reform bill in the nation” while the Hispanic community decries it as discriminatory.

June 2008: Federal judge blocks enforcement of key parts of HB 1804 laws, saying they contradict federal laws; Terrill claims judicial activism.

August 2008: Another federal judge orders Terrill bankruptcy reopened amid questions regarding loans Terrill gave his 2004 campaign.

October 2008: Ordered to pay an additional $11,301 to bankruptcy trustee.

November 2008: Re-elected to House District 53 with 60 percent of the vote.

December 2008: Relinquishes duties as chairman of an appropriations subcommittee on revenue and taxation following bankruptcy reopening, named chairman of an appropriations subcommittee on public safety.

February 2009: Files HB 2250, which imposes a fee on all wire transfers in Oklahoma to generate money for a special fund for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.

FEBRUARY 2009 : Files HB 2245, the Oklahoma Criminal Illegal Alien Rapid Repatriation Act, which allows the state to pursue deportation of illegal immigrants who are imprisoned on nonviolent crimes.

May 2009: Henry signs HB 2250, the wire transfer fee bill.

June 2009: Henry signs HB 2245, the illegal immigrant prisoner bill; the bill contains a clause Terrill added in the closing hours of the legislative session that gives Oklahoma Public Employees Association, a state worker group, access to the home addresses of all state employees for recruitment mailings. State employee home addresses are closed to the public under the Open Records Act.

JULY 2009: Becomes member of OPEA, calling it the "finest, most professional organization working with us at the Capitol.”

August 2009: Named OPEA's Legislator of the Year for 2009; the group praises him for writing the bill giving it access to the home addresses of state workers.

Fall 2009: Begins negotiating with Oklahoma Heart Hospital South — where his wife works — to open a gift shop there with Rep. Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City. The men invest about $12,000 in the venture.

February: Co-authors SB 1753 with Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City, which would make the birth dates of public employees confidential under the Open Records Act; OPEA emerges as chief supporter of bill.

February: Requests emergency audit of troubled state medical examiner's office.

March: Returns improper $5,000 campaign donation from OPEA after it is reported that the donation was in excess of the legal limit, calls it a "perfunctory paperwork problem.”

March: Calls for a criminal investigation of a former state medical examiner.

April: Appears with Leftwich in district court to support OPEA, which sued the state to block the release of state worker birth dates requested under the Open Records Act; he and Leftwich file affidavits supporting OPEA in the case, which is ongoing.

April: Announces plans with Christian to pass immigration laws tougher than Arizona's; legislative leaders say they won't allow it this session.

April: Sells inventory in gift shop venture with Christian to hospital for about $12,000.

April: Buys new $223,000 home in Moore despite remaining in bankruptcy.

April: Files amended campaign finance reports after it is reported that he failed to list more than $13,000 in donations he received in 2009.

April: SB 1753, the birth date bill, is not heard in House; Terrill tries to insert the language in other bills, but fails.

May: Urges legislators to pass two bills he helped author: one that creates a new $80,000-a-year job, transition coordinator, at the medical examiner's office and another that diverts $90,000 to the medical examiner's office from the narcotics bureau wire transfer fee fund he helped create; the bills pass.

June: A political corruption investigation is announced into whether Terrill, Christian, Leftwich and possibly others conspired to help Leftwich get the transition coordinator job so Christian could run for her Senate seat.

June: Henry vetoes most bills Terrill had involvement with concerning the medical examiner's office and money from the narcotics bureau wire transfer fee fund.

June: A medical examiner's office employee confirms Terrill pushed to hire Leftwich as transition coordinator.

COMPILED BY STAFF WRITERS JOHN ESTUS

AND MICHAEL MCNUTT