81st Oregon Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyOregon Legislative Assembly
JurisdictionOregon, United States
Meeting placeOregon State Capitol
Term2021–2023
Websitewww.oregonlegislature.gov
Oregon State Senate
Members30 Senators
Senate PresidentPeter Courtney (D)
Majority LeaderRob Wagner (D)
Minority LeaderTim Knopp (R)
Party controlDemocratic
Oregon House of Representatives
Members60 Representatives
Speaker of the HouseDan Rayfield (D)
Majority LeaderJulie Fahey (D)
Minority LeaderVikki Breese-Iverson (R)
Party controlDemocratic

The 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 11, 2021 and adjourned June 26th. Its even-year short session of 35 days convened on February 1, 2022 and adjourned sine die on March 4, 2022.

The Democratic Party of Oregon retained supermajority status in both chambers: as a result of the 2020 Oregon State Senate election, the Democrats kept its 18–12 majority, and in the 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election, the party's majority slipped by a single seat to maintain a 37–23 majority.[1]

Legislation

During the 35 day short session that began February 1, 2022, lawmakers considered more than 250 bills and allocating between $1.5 and $2 billion in funding.[2][3]

Successful

SCR 203 "Adjourns sine die 2022 regular session of Eighty-first Legislative Assembly."

SCR 204 "Establishes deadlines for presession-filed legislative measures for 2023 regular session of Eighty-second Legislative Assembly."

5703A SB 5703A "Modifies amounts allocated from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to state agencies."

SB 5702A "Establishes and modifies limits on payment of expenses from specified funds by certain state agencies for capital construction."

SB 5701 "Modifies projects and amounts authorized for issuance of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation and other financing agreements for biennium."

HB 1584 "Creates procedure for filing petition for compensation for wrongful conviction."

HB 1567B(50-7) "Requires owners or operators of bulk oils and liquid fuels terminals located in Columbia, Multnomah or Lane County to conduct and submit to Department of Environmental Quality seismic vulnerability assessments."

HB 1560 "Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace 'alien' with 'noncitizen.' Directs state agencies to use 'noncitizen' in rules and regulations to reference individual who is not citizen or national of United States and to update rules and regulations that use 'alien' to use 'noncitizen.' Authorizes agencies to amend rule without prior notice or hearing for purpose of changing term or phrase in order to conform with change made by law."

HB 1556B "Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services."

HB 1547 "Requires operators, employees and certain volunteers of preschool recorded programs and school-age recorded programs to be enrolled in Central Background Registry."

HB 4156 "Provides that Broadband Fund may include moneys appropriated or transferred to fund."

SB 1536 "Limits restrictions on portable cooling devices in residences by landlords, homeowners associations, condominium associations and local governments."

SB 1520 "Requires certain distributors that do not participate in distributor cooperative to provide services for processing and paying refund value for beverage containers."

SB 1504 "Provides that Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive Wagering Totalizator Hub licensee may establish account for wagering on greyhound racing for individual unless wagering on live greyhound racing is unlawful in jurisdiction of individual's principal residence."

SB 1501 "Directs State Board of Forestry to adopt single rule package on or before November 30, 2022, to implement Private Forest Accord Report."

SB 1510 (34-24, 3/3/2022) "Requires police officer to inform stopped person of right to refuse consent to search."

SB 1545 "Establishes grant programs in Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide funding for workforce development activities that aim to increase access for priority populations to training opportunities in technology, health care and manufacturing and to workforce development services and benefits."

SB 1538 "Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon."

SB 1522 "Authorizes high school teachers who are employed by education service districts to serve as members of Transfer Council."

SB 1519 "Grants property tax exemption for proportion of community solar project that is owned by residential customers or leased by residential subscribers."

SB 1579 (40-19, 3/3/2022) "Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement Economic Equity Investment Program to award grants to organizations that provide culturally responsive services to support economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses and communities in Oregon."

— Bill descriptions are taken from OregonLegislature.gov — Current Session Bills

Sent to referendum

Unsuccessful

Senate

Map of the current composition of the Oregon Senate by district

The Oregon State Senate is composed of 18 Democrats, 11 Republicans, and one Independent.[1]

Senate President: Peter Courtney (D–11 Salem)
President Pro Tempore: James Manning Jr. (D–7 Eugene)
Majority Leader: Rob Wagner (D-19 Lake Oswego)
Minority Leader: Fred Girod (R-9 Stayton) until October 22, 2021; Tim Knopp (R-27 Bend)[4]

DistrictSenatorPartyResidenceAssumed office
1Dallas HeardRepublicanRoseburg2018
2Art RobinsonRepublicanCave Junction2021
3Jeff GoldenDemocraticAshland2019
4Floyd ProzanskiDemocraticEugene2003
5Dick AndersonRepublicanLincoln City2021
6Lee BeyerDemocraticSpringfield2011
7James Manning Jr.DemocraticEugene2017
8Sara GelserDemocraticCorvallis2015
9Fred GirodRepublicanStayton2008
10Deb PattersonDemocraticSalem2021
11Peter CourtneyDemocratic1999
12Brian BoquistIndependent[lower-alpha 1]Dallas2009
13Kim ThatcherRepublicanKeizer2015
14Kate LieberDemocraticBeaverton2021
15Chuck Riley[6]DemocraticHillsboro2015
Janeen Sollman[7]Democratic2022
16Betsy Johnson[8]DemocraticScappoose2007
Rachel Armitage[9]DemocraticWarren2022
17Elizabeth Steiner HaywardDemocraticPortland2012
18Ginny Burdick[10]Democratic1997
Akasha Lawrence-Spence[11]Democratic2021
19Rob WagnerDemocraticLake Oswego2018
20Alan Olsen[12]RepublicanCanby2011
Bill Kennemer[13]Republican2021
21Kathleen TaylorDemocraticPortland2017
22Lew FrederickDemocratic2017
23Michael DembrowDemocratic2013
24Kayse JamaDemocratic2021
25Chris GorsekDemocraticTroutdale2021
26Chuck ThomsenRepublicanHood River2010
27Tim KnoppRepublicanBend2013
28Dennis LinthicumRepublicanKlamath Falls2017
29Bill HansellRepublicanAthena2013
30Lynn FindleyRepublicanVale2020

Events

In January 2021, Senator Alan Olsen abruptly announced his resignation from office. He told his colleagues it was a “very difficult decision to make,” but his “family always comes first".[12] The Clackamas and Marion County commissioners appointed former Clackamas County Commissioner and Oregon State Representative Bill Kennemer to succeed Sen. Olsen.[13]

In October 2021, Senator Fred Girod (R) announced that we was immediately resigning his position as the Senate minority leader due to unspecified health concerns. Senator Tim Knopp (R) replaced him in this role as of October 22, 2021.[4]

In November 2021, Senator Ginny Burdick (D) was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council.[10] The Washington County commissioners appointed former Representative Akasha Lawrence-Spence to serve the remaining term of Sen. Burdick.[11]

In December 2021, Senator Betsy Johnson resigned from her seat to focus all her attention on her independent run for governor and ensure her constituents had someone fully dedicated to representing them. In her resignation, Senator Johnson requested that the county commissioners appoint a someone who would not run again for the seat.[8] The commissioners from Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill counties appointed Rachel Armitage.[9]

House

Map of the current composition of the Oregon House of Representatives by district

Based on the results of the 2020 elections, the Oregon House of Representatives is composed of 37 Democrats and 23 Republicans. Republicans gained one seat from the previous session.[1]

Speaker: Tina Kotek (D–44 Portland) until January 21, 2022;[14] Dan Rayfield (D-16 Corvallis)[15]

Representative Paul Holvey served as acting Speaker of the House from January 21, 2022 to February 1, 2022.[16]

Speaker Pro Tempore: Paul Holvey (D-8 Eugene)
Majority Leader: Barbara Smith Warner (D-45 Portland) until January 16, 2022; Julie Fahey (D-14 Eugene)[17]
Minority Leader: Christine Drazan (R-39 Canby) until November 30, 2021;[18] Vikki Breese-Iverson (R-55 Prineville)[19]

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidenceAssumed office
1David Brock SmithRepublicanPort Orford2017
2Gary Leif[20]RepublicanRoseburg2018
Christine Goodwin[21]Republican2021
3Lily MorganRepublicanGrants Pass2021
4Duane StarkRepublican2015
5Pam MarshDemocraticAshland2017
6Kim WallanRepublicanMedford2019
7Cedric Ross HaydenRepublicanFall Creek2015
8Paul HolveyDemocraticEugene2004
9Boomer WrightRepublicanCoos Bay2021
10David GombergDemocraticOtis2013
11Marty WildeDemocraticEugene2019
12John LivelyDemocraticSpringfield2013
13Nancy NathansonDemocraticEugene2007
14Julie FaheyDemocratic2017
15Shelly Boshart DavisRepublicanAlbany2019
16Dan RayfieldDemocraticCorvallis2015
17Jami CateRepublicanLebanon2021
18Rick LewisRepublicanSilverton2017
19Raquel Moore-GreenRepublicanSalem2019
20Paul EvansDemocraticMonmouth2015
21Brian L. Clem[22]DemocraticSalem2007
Chris Hoy[23]Democratic2021
22Teresa Alonso LeonDemocraticWoodburn2017
23Mike Nearman[24]RepublicanIndependence2015
Anna Scharf[25]RepublicanAmity2021
24Ron NobleRepublicanMcMinnville2017
25Bill Post[26]RepublicanKeizer2015
Jessica George[26]Republican2021
26Courtney NeronDemocraticWilsonville2019
27Sheri SchoutenDemocraticBeaverton2017
28Wlnsvey CamposDemocraticAloha2021
29Susan McLainDemocraticForest Grove2015
30Janeen Sollman[3]DemocraticHillsboro2017
Nathan SosaDemocratic2022
31Brad WittDemocraticClatskanie2005
32Suzanne WeberRepublicanTillamook2021
33Maxine DexterDemocraticPortland2020
34Ken HelmDemocraticBeaverton2015
35Dacia GrayberDemocraticTigard2021
36Lisa ReynoldsDemocraticPortland2021
37Rachel PrusakDemocraticWest Linn2019
38Andrea SalinasDemocraticLake Oswego2017
39Christine DrazanRepublicanCanby2019
James HiebRepublican2022
40Mark MeekDemocraticGladstone2017
41Karin PowerDemocraticMilwaukie2017
42Rob NosseDemocraticPortland2014
43Tawna SanchezDemocratic2017
44Tina Kotek[14]Democratic2007
Travis Nelson[27]Democratic2022
45Barbara Smith WarnerDemocratic2015
46Khanh PhamDemocratic2021
47Diego HernandezDemocratic2017
Andrea ValderramaDemocratic2021
48Jeff ReardonDemocraticHappy Valley2013
49Zach HudsonDemocraticTroutdale2021
50Ricki RuizDemocraticGresham2021
51Janelle BynumDemocraticHappy Valley2017
52Anna WilliamsDemocraticHood River2019
53Jack ZikaRepublicanRedmond2019
54Jason KropfDemocraticBend2021
55Vikki Breese-IversonRepublicanPrineville2019
56E. Werner ReschkeRepublicanKlamath Falls2017
57Greg SmithRepublicanHeppner2001
58Bobby LevyRepublicanEcho2021
59Daniel BonhamRepublicanThe Dalles2017
60Mark OwensRepublicanCrane2020

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Boquist left the Republican caucus and the Republican Party on January 15, 2021. He subsequently registered with the Independent Party of Oregon.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "November 3, 2020, General Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ Connor Radnovich (1 February 2022). "Oregon's short legislative session begins with a focus on jobs, climate, education". Salem Statesman-Journal.
  3. 1 2 "Oregon lawmakers say goodbye to Senate President Peter Courtney and slog toward a finish". Oregon Public Broadcasting. 3 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 Warner, Gary A. (October 22, 2021). "Bend senator named leader of Oregon Senate GOP". Oregon Capital Bureau. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Senator Brian Boquist has left GOP, is now a member of the Independent Party of Oregon". Oregon Catalyst. January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ Wong, Peter; Mullan, Dillon (2021-09-20). "Sen. Chuck Riley says he'll step down early". Forest Grove News Times. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  7. ↑ Borrud, Hillary (2022-01-14). "Washington County commissioners appoint Democrat Janeen Sollman to vacant state Senate seat". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  8. 1 2 Shumway, Julia (2021-12-14). "Sen. Betsy Johnson will resign to focus on run for governor". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  9. 1 2 Borrud, Hillary (January 15, 2022). "County commissioners appoint Democrat Rachel Armitage to northwest Oregon Senate seat". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  10. 1 2 Mesh, Aaron (April 18, 2021). "Sen. Ginny Burdick Will Step Down After Session". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  11. 1 2 Stites, Sam (November 29, 2021). "Former State Rep. Akasha Lawrence-Spence appointed to Oregon Senate". OPB. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  12. 1 2 Francke, Tyler (January 5, 2021). "Senator Olsen Resigns Position after 10 Years in Office". Canby First. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  13. 1 2 "Bill Kennemer appointed to Oregon Senate District 20 vacant seat". Clackamas County. February 1, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  14. 1 2 VanderHart, Dirk (January 6, 2022). "Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek resigning to focus on governor's race". OPB. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  15. ↑ VanderHart, Dirk (January 17, 2022). "Rep. Dan Rayfield is likely to be Oregon's next House speaker". OPB. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  16. ↑ "Oregon Democrats elect new Majority Leader and Speaker of the House". KGW. January 16, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  17. ↑ KGW Staff (January 16, 2022). "Oregon Democrats elect new Majority Leader and Speaker of the House". KGW 8. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  18. ↑ Shumway, Julia; January 21, 2022 (2022-01-21). "Rep. Christine Drazan will resign from Oregon House to run for governor". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-06-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ↑ VanderHart, Dirk (November 30, 2021). "Oregon House Republicans have a new leader". OPB. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  20. ↑ Stites, Sam (July 22, 2021). "Oregon state Rep. Gary Leif of Roseburg has died". OPB. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  21. ↑ Cegavske, Carisa (August 12, 2021). "Christine Goodwin appointed to fill Gary Leif's seat in the state House". The News-Review. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  22. ↑ Radnovich, Connor. "Salem Representative Brian Clem resigns from Oregon Legislature". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  23. ↑ Harrell, Saphara; Tabrizian, Ardeshir (December 8, 2021). "Salem councilor Chris Hoy appointed to vacant Oregon House seat". Salem Reporter. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  24. ↑ Peiser, Jaclyn (June 11, 2021). "Oregon House expels GOP lawmaker who let far-right rioters into state Capitol: 'He has shown no remorse'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  25. ↑ Lehman, Chris (July 12, 2021). "Anna Scharf Takes Oath Of Office As Mike Nearman's Replacement". KLCC. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  26. 1 2 Radnovich, Connor. "Former Republican legislative aide appointed to represent House District 25". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  27. ↑ "Board appoints Travis Nelson to fill vacant House District 44 seat". Multnomah County. January 28, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
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