82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly

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82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body Oregon Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction Oregon, United States
Meeting place Oregon State Capitol
Term2023–2025
Website www.oregonlegislature.gov
Oregon State Senate
Oregon Senate 2023-2025 as of January 2024.svg
Members30 Senators
Senate President Rob Wagner (D)
Majority Leader Kate Lieber (D)
Minority Leader Tim Knopp (R)
Party control Democratic
Oregon House of Representatives
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Members60 Representatives
Speaker of the House Julie Fahey (D)
Majority Leader Ben Bowman (D)
Minority Leader Jeff Helfrich (R)
Party control Democratic

The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began January 9, 2023.

Contents

The Democratic Party of Oregon holds a majority in both chambers, but no longer holds a supermajority. Democrats lost one senate seat in the 2022 Oregon State Senate election, resulting in a 17–13 majority, and lost two seats in the 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election, resulting in a 35–25 majority. [1]


Senate

The Oregon State Senate is composed of 17 Democrats and 13 Republicans.

Senate President: Rob Wagner (D-19 Lake Oswego)
President Pro Tempore: James Manning Jr. (D–7 Eugene)
Majority Leader: Kate Lieber (D-14 Beaverton)
Minority Leader: Tim Knopp (R-27 Bend)

DistrictSenatorPartyCommittee AssignmentsResidenceAssumed office
1 Dallas Heard [lower-alpha 1] Republican Roseburg 2018 [lower-alpha 2]
David Brock Smith [2] Republican Port Orford 2023 [lower-alpha 2]
2 Art Robinson Republican Cave Junction 2021
3 Jeff Golden Democratic Ashland 2019
4 Floyd Prozanski Democratic Eugene 2003
5 Dick Anderson Republican Lincoln City 2021
6 Cedric Hayden Republican Fall Creek 2023
7 James Manning Jr. DemocraticEugene2017 [lower-alpha 2]
8 Sara Gelser Democratic Corvallis 2015
9 Fred Girod Republican Stayton 2008 [lower-alpha 2]
10 Deb Patterson Democratic Salem 2021
11 Kim Thatcher Republican Keizer 2015
12 Brian Boquist Independent Dallas 2009
Republican [3]
13 Aaron Woods Democratic Wilsonville 2023
14 Kate Lieber Democratic Beaverton 2021
15 Janeen Sollman Democratic Hillsboro 2022
16 Suzanne Weber Republican Tillamook 2023
17 Elizabeth Steiner Democratic Portland 2012 [lower-alpha 2]
18 Wlnsvey Campos Democratic Aloha 2023
19 Rob Wagner Democratic Lake Oswego 2018 [lower-alpha 2]
20 Mark Meek Democratic Gladstone 2023
21 Kathleen Taylor DemocraticPortland2017
22 Lew Frederick Democratic2017
23 Michael Dembrow Democratic2013 [lower-alpha 2]
24 Kayse Jama Democratic2021 [lower-alpha 2]
25 Chris Gorsek Democratic Troutdale 2021
26 Daniel Bonham Republican The Dalles 2023
27 Tim Knopp Republican Bend 2013
28 Dennis Linthicum Republican Klamath Falls 2017
29 Bill Hansell Republican Athena 2013
30 Lynn Findley Republican Vale 2020 [lower-alpha 2]

Events

To prevent passage of bills related to abortion and gun control by the Democratic majority, ten Republican senators took advantage of the quorum requirement in the Oregon Constitution that requires two-thirds of senators be present and did not attend sessions for six weeks, preventing any Senate business from occurring. [4] This action triggered Oregon Ballot Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, which disqualifies members with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term. [5] The Democratic leadership eventually made concessions to the bills to allow the session to resume. [6]

House

The Oregon House of Representatives is composed of 35 Democrats and 25 Republicans. Republicans gained one seat from the previous session. [1] [7]

Speaker: Dan Rayfield (D-16 Corvallis) until March 7, 2024; Julie Fahey (D-14 Eugene) after [8]
Speaker Pro Tempore: Paul Holvey (D-8 Eugene)
Majority Leader: Julie Fahey (D-14 Eugene) until March 21, 2024; Ben Bowman (D-25 Tigard) after [9]
Minority Leader: Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-59 Prineville) until September 26, 2023; Jeff Helfrich (R-52 Hood River) after [10]

DistrictRepresentativePartyCommittee AssignmentsResidenceAssumed office
1 David Brock Smith [lower-alpha 3] Republican Port Orford 2017
Court Boice [11] Republican Gold Beach 2023 [lower-alpha 4]
2 Virgle Osborne Republican Roseburg 2023
3 Lily Morgan [lower-alpha 5] Republican Grants Pass 2021
Dwayne Yunker [13] Republican Grants Pass 2023 [lower-alpha 4]
4 Christine Goodwin RepublicanRoseburg2021 [lower-alpha 4]
5 Pam Marsh Democratic Ashland 2017
6 Kim Wallan Republican Medford 2019
7 John Lively Democratic Springfield 2013
8 Paul Holvey Democratic Eugene 2004 [lower-alpha 4]
9 Boomer Wright Republican Coos Bay 2021
10 David Gomberg Democratic Neotsu 2013
11 Jami Cate Republican Lebanon 2021
12 Charlie Conrad Republican Dexter 2023
13 Nancy Nathanson DemocraticEugene2007
14 Julie Fahey Democratic2017
15 Shelly Boshart Davis Republican Albany 2019
16 Dan Rayfield Democratic Corvallis 2015
17 Ed Diehl Republican Stayton 2023
18 Rick Lewis Republican Silverton 2017
19 Tom Andersen Democratic Salem 2023
20 Paul Evans Democratic Monmouth 2015
21 Kevin Mannix RepublicanSalem2023 [lower-alpha 6]
22 Tracy Cramer Republican Gervais 2023
23 Anna Scharf Republican Amity 2021 [lower-alpha 4]
24 Lucetta Elmer Republican McMinnville 2023
25 Ben Bowman Democratic Tigard 2023
26 Courtney Neron Democratic Wilsonville 2019
27 Ken Helm Democratic Beaverton 2015
28 Dacia Grayber DemocraticTigard2021
29 Susan McLain Democratic Forest Grove 2015
30 Nathan Sosa Democratic Hillsboro 2022
31 Brian Stout Republican Columbia City 2023
32 Cyrus Javadi Republican Tillamook 2021
33 Maxine Dexter Democratic Portland 2020 [lower-alpha 4]
34 Lisa Reynolds Democratic2021
35 Farrah Chaichi Democratic Beaverton 2023
36 Hai Pham DemocraticHillsboro2023
37 Jules Walters Democratic West Linn 2023
38 Daniel Nguyen Democratic Lake Oswego 2023
39 Janelle Bynum Democratic Happy Valley 2017
40 Annessa Hartman Democratic Gladstone 2023
41 Mark Gamba Democratic Milwaukie 2023
42 Rob Nosse DemocraticPortland2014 [lower-alpha 4]
43 Tawna Sanchez Democratic2017
44 Travis Nelson Democratic2022 [lower-alpha 4]
45 Thuy Tran Democratic2023
46 Khanh Pham Democratic2021
47 Andrea Valderrama Democratic2021 [lower-alpha 4]
48 Hoa Nguyen Democratic2023
49 Zach Hudson Democratic Troutdale 2021
50 Ricki Ruiz Democratic Gresham 2021
51 James Hieb Republican Canby 2022
52 Jeff Helfrich Republican Hood River 2023 [lower-alpha 7]
53 Emerson Levy Democratic Redmond 2023
54 Jason Kropf Democratic Bend 2021
55 E. Werner Reschke Republican Klamath Falls 2017
56 Emily McIntire Republican Eagle Point 2023
57 Greg Smith Republican Heppner 2001
58 Bobby Levy Republican Echo 2021
59 Vikki Breese-Iverson Republican Prineville 2019 [lower-alpha 4]
60 Mark Owens Republican Crane 2020 [lower-alpha 4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned January 1, 2023. [2]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Senator was originally appointed.
  3. ↑ Resigned January 13, 2023 after being appointed to the Senate. [2]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Representative was originally appointed.
  5. ↑ Resigned December 3, 2023 after being hired as city manager of Gold Hill. [12]
  6. ↑ Previously served in House from 1989 to 2001.
  7. ↑ Previously served in House from 2017 to 2019.

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