Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
›Jobs & cost of living168 with · 40 against213 votes
Digest: Declares that this state does not want a certain federal law to apply to consumer finance loans made in this state. Says who the laws that govern consumer finance loans in this state apply to and when. Says what needs to be in an application for a license to make consumer finance loans in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.0). Declares that this state does not want the amendments set forth in section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to apply to consumer finance loans made in this state.
<b>Digest: The Act approves agency fees. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8).</i>] [<i>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to _____ for biennial expenses.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______.</i>] [<i>Limits biennial expenditures from federal funds.</i>] <b>Approves certain fees adopted by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.</b> Declares an…
Jun 18, 2025 · Passed 17–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: The Act makes laws about unpaid wages for workers who work on construction projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Makes an owner and a direct contractor jointly and severally liable in a civil action for any unpaid wages owed to the unrepresented employees of the direct contractor and subcontractors at any tier. Provides the statute of limitations for actions regarding recovery for unpaid wages.
May 29, 2025 · Passed 17–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: The Act makes betting on dog races illegal. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.3). Prohibits wagering on dog races. Modifies animal racing law to remove references to greyhound racing. <b>Becomes operative July 1, 2027.</b>
Apr 29, 2025 · Passed 16–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: The Act requires the Governor to appoint a U.S. Senator when a vacancy happens in the office. The Act states when the appointment ends and when a special election must occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires the Governor to appoint a United States Senator when a vacancy in the office occurs.
Apr 28, 2025 · Passed 16–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: The Act makes changes to laws about when juvenile court records may be expunged. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Modifies the procedure for the expunction of certain juvenile records. Directs the juvenile department to initiate the statutory expunction process for juvenile records relating to acts that if committed by adults would constitute misdemeanors involving violence. Creates exceptions. Modifies venue for juvenile court expunction proceedings. Expands expunction eligibility for records relating to felonies.
Jun 19, 2025 · Passed 17–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: This Act makes rules about how Medicare supplement policies work and when they can be offered. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Prohibits the increased cost or denial of a Medicare supplement insurance policy due to a preexisting condition and establishes open enrollment standards for Medicare supplement policies.
Apr 17, 2025 · Passed 17–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: Stops people in charge of companies that do not do medical work from running both the company and another entity that does medical work. Stops companies from telling their workers that they cannot work for someone else, say that the company is bad or speak out about bad acts. Stops companies from punishing those who speak out. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
<b>Digest: The Act tells drug makers not to take actions that make it hard for a drug store to get certain drugs for health care providers, deliver the drugs to the providers, or dispense the drugs. Makes it a civil penalty to violate the Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.0).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells drug makers not to take actions that make it hard for a drug store to get certain drugs for health care providers, deliver the drugs to the providers or dispense the drugs.
May 28, 2025 · Passed 17–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: This Act makes changes to laws about areas with ground water quality problems. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Modifies provisions of law related to declarations of ground water quality concern areas and ground water quality management areas. Directs the Governor to appoint an agency to lead an interagency team in ground water quality concern areas and ground water quality management areas.
Jun 17, 2025 · Passed 18–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
<b>Digest: This Act tells the EQC to make landfills in Benton County test and fix methane gas leaks. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.0).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act tells the EQC to make landfills test and fix methane gas leaks. (Flesch Readability Score: 95.9).</i>] Requires the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill <b>located in Benton County</b> to conduct surface emissions monitoring and report data as specified in the Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Digest: Tells the PUC to provide for a class of service for facilities that use large amounts of energy. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities. Requires any tariff schedule adopted for the class to allocate the costs of serving large energy use facilities to the facilities and mitigate the risks to other classes of retail electricity consumers.
<b>Digest: Tells ODE to do an audit of the tests given to kindergarteners. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).</b> [<i>Digest: Directs ODE to study the state of education in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6).</i>] Requires the Department of Education to [<i>study the adequacy of public education in this state for kindergarten through grade 12</i>]<b> conduct an audit of assessments administered to kindergarteners in public schools</b>. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
Apr 17, 2025 · Passed 16–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: The Act creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission for biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the commission. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Jun 23, 2025 · Passed 18–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
<b>Digest: The Act makes changes to the education laws of this state. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.3).</b> [<i>Digest: Tells the HECC to study higher learning. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8).</i>] [<i>Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education.
Jun 11, 2025 · Failed 13–10 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: Tells two state agencies to set rules for making housing easier to access and use for people with disabilities. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to conform the state building code to accessibility requirements under the Fair Housing Act and to certain American National Standards Institute standards for housing accessibility.
May 12, 2025 · Passed 18–11 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: This Act limits rent increases and sales constraints by a landlord in a home park or marina. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). [<i>Reduces</i>]<b> Fixes at six percent </b>maximum rent increases for rental spaces in a <b>larger</b> facility [<i>to match changes to the consumer price index. Limits to 10 percent the maximum increase in rent paid by the purchaser of a dwelling or home in a facility.</i>]<b> beginning in 2026.
Jun 12, 2025 · Passed 17–10 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: This Act changes the funding and use of a housing account. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Modifies the role of the Oregon Housing Stability Council in designing policy for Emergency Housing Account programs.
<b>Digest: The Act tells ODOT to team up with the State of Washington and Vancouver, B.C., to make plans for rail. Adds more to passenger rail plan. Expands biennial report on rail. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.9).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells ODOT to team up with the State of Washington and Vancouver, B.C., to make plans for rail. The Act tells ODOT to report every two years to the JCT. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5).</i>] <b>Expands requirements for the passenger rail plan.
Apr 29, 2025 · Passed 16–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Digest: The Act says the vote on the transportation ballot measure will be in May. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Moves the election date for the parts of chapter 1, Oregon Laws 2025 (special session), referred to the people by Referendum Petition 2026-302, to the primary election held on May 19, 2026. Sets the procedure for the statewide special election on Referendum Petition 2026-302. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Feb 23, 2026 · Passed 17–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
<b>Digest: This Act lets ODOT lease or sell extra land from the I-5 Rose Quarter Project to a charity. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.7).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act lets ODOT give, lease or sell extra land from the I-5 Rose Quarter Project to a charity. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2).</i>] Allows the Department of Transportation to [<i>gift,</i>] lease or sell surplus real property of the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Project to Albina Vision Trust, Inc. Sunsets on January 2, [<i>2030</i>]<b> 2040</b>.
<b>Digest: The Act says that a public body may not give certain data to a data broker unless the data broker says that it will not be used to enforce immigration law. The Act provides certain exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act says that a public body may not give certain data to a data broker unless the data broker says that it will not be used to enforce immigration law. A public body can also give out data under public records law or a court order.
<b>Digest: The Act changes the laws about the use of drones by law enforcement. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells the DPSST to do a study. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3).</i>] [<i>Requires the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to study issues relating to law enforcement officers.
<b>Digest: The Act says that a private entity may swipe a driver license to confirm a person's age, regardless of how old the person looks. Increases the amount a person can get from an entity that swipes a license against the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act says that a private entity may swipe a driver's license to confirm a person's age, regardless of how old the person looks.
<b>Digest: Changes the term "militia" in the state statutes to "National Guard." (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).</b> [<i>Digest: Changes the term "militia" in the state statutes to "national guard." (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).</i>] Modifies terminology by changing statutory references to "militia" to [<i>"national guard."</i>]<b> "National Guard."</b> <b>Removes "unorganized militia."</b>
Digest: The Act lets deployed people get married even if they cannot be there in person if certain criteria are met. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Modifies provisions regarding solemnization of marriage to permit deployed service members to be married remotely. .
<b>Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon give grants to small businesses for costs that are due to tariffs. The Act would have the agency work with other state and local bodies to update the state's unified trade strategy. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon give grants to small businesses for costs due to federal tariffs. The Act would have Business Oregon work with other state and local bodies to update the state's unified trade strategy. The Act would have DAS make a procurement reform roadmap by December 15 of this year.
Voted against most of their party on 18 of 213 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (7), Rights & public safety (6), Health & care (3)
Establishes coverage levels for doula services in the state medical assistance program and for health benefit plans that provide coverage for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.
What it does: Digest: The Act requires OHA, CCOs and health benefit plans that cover birth and pregnancy costs to also cover doula costs up to stated amounts of service. The Act requires that those entities and health benefit plans…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 18–0, Republicans 5–7
What it does: Digest: The Act makes snowmobile fees higher. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Increases snowmobile registration fees. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 16–1, Republicans 4–6
Establishes coverage levels for doula services in the state medical assistance program and for health benefit plans that provide coverage for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.
What it does: Digest: The Act requires OHA, CCOs and health benefit plans that cover birth and pregnancy costs to also cover doula costs up to stated amounts of service. The Act requires that those entities and health benefit plans…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 17–0, Republicans 5–6
Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities.
What it does: Digest: The Act creates new laws for workplace violence prevention in health care settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities. <b>Exc…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 17–0, Republicans 1–11
Creates new circuit court judge positions in certain judicial districts.
What it does: Digest: The Act adds new circuit court judges. (Flesch Readability Score: 89.8). Creates new circuit court judge positions in certain judicial districts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 18–0, Republicans 2–8
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
HB 4016 · OR SENATE
Requires public contractors to demonstrate and maintain tax compliance, through a certification process, as a condition of the execution of a public contract.
NoVOTED
Motion: Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
Digest: Says that people who get public contracts must obey tax laws and must show proof of compliance with tax laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8). Requires public contractors to demonstrate and maintain tax compliance, through a certification process, as a condition of the execution of a public contract. Becomes operative January 1, 2027. Directs the Secretary of State to study methods for collecting information through business registry function to ensure tax compliance by persons doing business in this state. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes the Housing Opportunity, Longevity and Durability Fund to deposit Article XI-Q bonds to be used by the Housing and Community Services Department to preserve affordable housing at risk of loss.
NoVOTED
Motion: Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed.
Digest: This Act sets up a bond fund to preserve low-cost housing and requires OHCS to report on low-cost housing barriers. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Establishes the Housing Opportunity, Longevity and Durability Fund to deposit Article XI-Q bonds to be used by the Housing and Community Services Department to preserve affordable housing at risk of loss.
Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q general obligation bonds to finance renovation or expansion of courthouses.
YesVOTED
Motion: Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed.
<b>Digest: The Act lets the State Treasurer issue bonds to pay to expand or renovate courthouses. The Act also changes who has to notify the court, and when, if a defendant found unfit to proceed is not complying with CRS. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act lets the State Treasurer issue bonds to pay to expand or renovate courthouses. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).</i>] Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q general obligation bonds to finance renovation or expansion of courthouses.
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to set up a program for micro-enterprise tariff adjustment grants to small businesses for costs increased by federal tariffs.
YesVOTED
Motion: Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed.
<b>Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon give grants to small businesses for costs that are due to tariffs. The Act would have the agency work with other state and local bodies to update the state's unified trade strategy. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon give grants to small businesses for costs due to federal tariffs. The Act would have Business Oregon work with other state and local bodies to update the state's unified trade strategy. The Act would have DAS make a procurement reform roadmap by December 15 of this year.
Requires the State Treasurer to use up to $44 million from the Unclaimed Property and Estates Fund to guarantee a loan made to a rural hospital for financial stabilization.
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed.
<b>Digest: This Act makes the State Treasurer use unclaimed moneys to guarantee a loan to a hospital. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act lets the State Treasurer loan unclaimed moneys to rural hospitals. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] [<i>Authorizes</i>]<b> Requires</b> the State Treasurer to [<i>loan</i>]<b> use</b> up to [<i>20 percent of</i>] <b>$44 million from </b>the Unclaimed Property and Estates Fund to <b>guarantee a loan made to a</b> rural [<i>hospitals</i>]<b> hospital</b> for financial stabilization. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
<b>Digest: The Act would set up a Joint Permitting Council to run a fast track permit program. The Act would direct certain state agencies to publish a list of certain permits that can be issued by the agencies. The Act would adjust certain requirements of the enterprise zone program and restrict the use of the program for data centers. The Act would adjust the tax credit for a taxpayer that creates new jobs.
Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a roadmap for the purpose of promoting industrial symbiosis activities in Oregon.
NoVOTED
Motion: Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.
<b>Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon make a plan to boost industrial symbiosis, which means the use of the resources of one firm by a second firm. The Act would set up four pilots that would get tech help from the agency for symbiosis projects. The Act would let certain county service districts fund their facilities with the charges they collect. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon make a plan to boost industrial symbiosis, which means the use of the resources of one firm by a second firm.
Requires owners or operators of bulk oils or liquid fuels terminals to obtain a certificate of financial responsibility from the Department of Environmental Quality.
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
Digest: This Act makes owners of bulk oils and liquid fuels terminals show they can cover the costs of oil or fuel spills. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.6). Requires owners or operators of bulk oils or liquid fuels terminals to obtain a certificate of financial responsibility from the Department of Environmental Quality. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to establish rules pertaining to certificates of financial responsibility. Requires the department to report to the Legislative Assembly on the implementation of the Act each even-numbered year.
Creates authority to coordinate emergency management.
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed.
Digest: The Act creates new systems and structures and changes law to improve emergency response in the state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Creates [<i>statewide emergency preparedness offices and authorities</i>] <b>authority</b> to coordinate emergency management. [<i>Authorizes bonding for public safety projects.</i>] Requires state agencies to designate liaisons for emergency management. Imposes duties on the Oregon Department of Emergency Management related to management of emergency preparedness assets.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt a payment mechanism to pay certain nonprofit reproductive health care providers that are not eligible to receive federal Medicaid funds for services provided to medical assistance recipients.
NoVOTED
Motion: Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed.
Digest: The Act allows OHA to pay health care providers that may not receive federal Medicaid funds. The Act requires OHA to pay providers using only state funds. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt a payment mechanism to pay certain nonprofit reproductive health care providers that are not eligible to receive federal Medicaid funds for services provided to medical assistance recipients.
