Oregon Vote Reports
2025 OR Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
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Senate Votes
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Rent Control
HB3054 Rent Control (Passed 17 to 10 on 6/12/2025). Caps rent increases for spaces in larger manufactured-home parks and marinas at a rate tied to inflation—generally no more than six-percent annual increases for many communities—and limits how much rent can jump when a home is sold.
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Government Interference in Medicine
HB2309 Government Interference in Medicine (Passed 18 to 12 on 6/9/2025). Protects certain pharmacies participating in the federal 340B drug-pricing program.
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Languages of Voter-education Pamphlets
SB1014 Languages of Voter-education Pamphlets (Passed 27 to 2 on 4/28/2025). Requires the Oregon secretary of state to allow translated versions of statements by political parties to be included in the state voters’ pamphlet on the secretary of state’s and county websites.
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Education Funding
SB5516 Education Funding (Passed 26 to 3 on 6/5/2025). Appropriates $11.36 billion for K-12 public education through the Oregon Department of Education for the 2025-27 biennium.
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School-bus Cameras
HB2530 School-bus Cameras (Passed 22 to 7 on 5/19/2025). Updates the state’s school-bus stop-arm camera law to refine how cameras on school-bus stop arms are used to enforce traffic safety.
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Plastic Regulations
SB551 Plastic Regulations (Passed 22 to 8 on 5/27/2025). Aimed to reduce plastic waste by banning certain single-use and reusable plastic items at checkout and in lodging and food businesses.
House Votes
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Socialized Energy Assistance
HB3792 Socialized Energy Assistance (Passed 38 to 13 on 6/24/2025). Doubles the minimum amount collected from electric customers for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance.
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Rent Control
HB3054 Rent Control (Passed 33 to 26 on 4/16/2025). Caps rent increases for spaces in larger manufactured-home parks and marinas at a rate tied to inflation—generally no more than six-percent annual increases for many communities—and limits how much rent can jump when a home is sold.
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Education Funding
SB5516 Education Funding (Passed 44 to 6 on 6/16/2025). Appropriates $11.36 billion for K-12 public education through the Oregon Department of Education for the 2025-27 biennium.
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School-bus Cameras
HB2530 School-bus Cameras (Passed 44 to 7 on 4/17/2025). Updates the state’s school-bus stop-arm camera law to refine how cameras on school-bus stop arms are used to enforce traffic safety.
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Special Treatment for Asylum Seekers
HB2586 Special Treatment for Asylum Seekers (Passed 36 to 18 on 3/10/2025). Allows asylum seekers who are students at Oregon’s public universities or Oregon Health & Science University to pay in-state tuition rates instead of higher nonresident tuition.
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Green-energy Rebates
SB827 Green-energy Rebates (Passed 36 to 16 on 5/20/2025). Expands the Oregon Solar and Storage Rebate Program.
2024 OR Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
Senate Votes
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Offshore Wind Energy
HB4080 Offshore Wind Energy (Passed 17 to 11 on 3/7/2024). Establishes a comprehensive framework to guide the development of offshore wind energy in the state.
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SNAP Expansion
SB1585 SNAP Expansion (Passed 22 to 8 on 3/4/2024). Creates a task force to explore expanding SNAP benefits.
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Green State Investments
HB4083 Green State Investments (Passed 16 to 13 on 3/5/2024). Mandates that the State Treasurer and the Oregon Investment Council divest the state's Public Employees Retirement Fund from thermal coal companies.
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Summer Learning Grant Program
HB4082 Summer Learning Grant Program (Passed 26 to 4 on 3/5/2024). Funds a Summer Learning Grant program for K-12 students, providing $30 million from the Corporate Activity Tax for summer 2024 programs focused on academic enrichment, mental health, and equitable access.
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Election Languages
SB1533 Election Languages (Passed 21 to 9 on 3/4/2024). Expands election language support by increasing translated voter pamphlets from five to ten languages.
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Prevailing Wage
SB1568 Prevailing Wage (Passed 26 to 3 on 2/19/2024). Redefines how the prevailing-wage rate for electrical workers is determined.
House Votes
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Illegal Immigrant Public Education
SB1532 Illegal Immigrant Public Education (Passed 46 to 11 on 3/6/2024). Directs the Oregon Department of Education to create and implement a statewide education plan for students who are asylum seekers, refugees, or immigrants, regardless of their status.
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Green State Investments
HB4083 Green State Investments (Passed 34 to 21 on 3/6/2024). Mandates that the State Treasurer and the Oregon Investment Council divest the state's Public Employees Retirement Fund from thermal coal companies.
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Childcare Program
HB4098 Childcare Program (Passed 46 to 9 on 3/6/2024). Establishes the CHIPS Child Care Fund, a government fund, to support childcare funding.
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Election Languages
SB1533 Election Languages (Passed 45 to 9 on 3/6/2024). Expands election language support by increasing translated voter pamphlets from five to ten languages.
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Private Business Interference
HB4127 Private Business Interference (Passed 42 to 15 on 3/6/2024). Regulates warehouse productivity quotas, including prohibiting quotas that violate meal breaks, restroom use, or safety standards, with enforcement by bureaucrats.
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Program Funding
SB1530 Program Funding (Passed 51 to 6 on 3/4/2024). Allocates nearly $300 million to various state agencies on top of what was originally budgeted.
2023 OR Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
Senate Votes
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Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure
HB2004 Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure (passed 17 to 8 on 6/25/2023). Refers to the people for approval a November 2024 ballot measure that would adopt ranked-choice voting for all state and federal elections.
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Withdrawal of Article V Applications
HB3625 Withdrawal of Article V Applications (passed 25 to 0 on 6/24/2023). Withdraws all applications for an Article V Convention that were previously made by the Legislative Assembly and declares them “null and void.
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"Rights" to Abortion and Sex Mutilation
HB2002 "Rights" to Abortion and Sex Mutilation (passed 17 to 3 on 6/15/2023). Proclaims that “every individual has a fundamental right” to “pregnancy termination services,” “sterilization services,” and “contraception,” while mandating health benefit plans to cover “gender-affirming treatment.”
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Redefining "Child Abuse" for Social-Emotional Learning
SB93 Redefining "Child Abuse" for Social-Emotional Learning (passed 21 to 1 on 6/15/2023). Alters the definition of “child abuse” to mean “any mental injury to a child," including “statements made,” that results in "severe harm" to the child’s “psychological, cognitive, emotional or social well-being and functioning.”
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Police Bodycam Surveillance
SB614 Police Bodycam Surveillance (passed 18 to 10 on 4/18/2023). Would permit a law enforcement agency to collect and maintain information about any person’s “political, religious or social views, associations or activities” for “lawful purpose,” according to policy on officer-worn video cameras.
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"Homelessness and Racial Disparities" Services
SB893 "Homelessness and Racial Disparities" Services (passed 25 to 4 on 4/11/2023). Implements a "culturally responsive" policy framework "designed to provide support to specific populations" experiencing "homelessness or housing instability."
House Votes
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Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure
HB2004 Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure (passed 34 to 17 on 6/25/2023). Refers to the people for approval a November 2024 ballot measure that would adopt ranked-choice voting for all state and federal elections.
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"Rights" to Abortion and Sex Mutilation
HB2002 "Rights" to Abortion and Sex Mutilation (passed 35 to 12 on 6/21/2023). Proclaims that “every individual has a fundamental right” to “pregnancy termination services,” “sterilization services,” and “contraception,” while mandating health benefit plans to cover “gender-affirming treatment.”
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Informing Congress of Withdrawn Article V Applications
HJM3 Informing Congress of Withdrawn Article V Applications (passed 36 to 22 on 6/13/2023). Informs Congress that all applications for an Article V Convention that were previously made by the Legislative Assembly are withdrawn and “null and void.”
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Redefining "Child Abuse" for Social-Emotional Learning
SB93 Redefining "Child Abuse" for Social-Emotional Learning (passed 39 to 17 on 5/31/2023). Alters the definition of “child abuse” to mean “any mental injury to a child," including “statements made,” that results in "severe harm" to the child’s “psychological, cognitive, emotional or social well-being and functioning.”
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"Homelessness and Racial Disparities" Services
SB893 "Homelessness and Racial Disparities" Services (passed 45 to 13 on 5/9/2023). Implements a "culturally responsive" policy framework "designed to provide support to specific populations" experiencing "homelessness or housing instability."
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Tax-Funded "Prenatal to Kindergarten" Program
HB3435 Tax-Funded "Prenatal to Kindergarten" Program (passed 47 to 9 on 4/11/2023). Renames the “Oregon Prekindergarten Program” to the “Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program,” and provides that children are eligible to enroll in the program until they enter kindergarten, regardless of age.
2022 OR Legislative Scorecard 2021-
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2021-2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
Senate Votes
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Fees on Farmers
HB5201 Fees on Farmers (Passed 18 to 7 on 3/4/2022). Creates new or increases fees adopted by the State Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority.
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Private Forest Protection
SB1501 Private Forest Protection (Passed 22 to 5 on 3/2/2022). Pushes to stop deforestation and climate change, regulating private land owners from logging and provides tax credits to land owners who grow their trees longer before logging.
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Diversity Goals
HB4031 Diversity Goals (Passed 17 to 9 on 2/28/2022). Establishes state goal that percentage of diverse employees employed by Department of Education reflects percentage of diverse students in public schools.
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Socialist Housing Program
HB4157 Socialist Housing Program (Passed 23 to 2 on 3/2/2022). Directs the DOR to provide assistance payments to low-income households due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Woke Terminology
SB1560 Woke Terminology (Passed 25 to 0 on 3/4/2022). Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen."
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Free Speech
HB2323 Free Speech (Passed 26 to 3 on 6/3/2021). Prohibits knowingly communicating false statements regarding elections.
House Votes
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Fees on Farmers
HB5201 Fees on Farmers (Passed 34 to 23 on 3/4/2022). Creates new or increases fees adopted by the State Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority.
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Private Forest Protection
SB1501 Private Forest Protection (Passed 43 to 15 on 3/3/2022). Pushes to stop deforestation and climate change, regulating private land owners from logging and provides tax credits to land owners who grow their trees longer before logging.
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Red Light Cameras
HB4105 Red Light Cameras (Passed 36 to 23 on 3/2/2022). Authorizes traffic enforcement agents to review and issue citations based on photographs taken by photo red light cameras.
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Diversity Goals
HB4031 Diversity Goals (Passed 36 to 21 on 2/16/2022). Establishes state goal that percentage of diverse employees employed by Department of Education reflects percentage of diverse students in public schools.
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Woke Terminology
SB1560 Woke Terminology (Passed 48 to 9 on 3/4/2022). Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen."
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Free Speech
HB2323 Free Speech (Passed 54 to 3 on 5/10/2021). Prohibits knowingly communicating false statements regarding elections.