Oregon Legislative Watch
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A non-inclusive and opinionated take on the Oregon Legislature's 2025 long session.
If you look at the direct link to the bill's page, you see that there are a lot of tabs. The overview, the text, analysis, amendments, register to testify, and testimony. YOU, yes YOU, can testify on any bill!!!! (Subject to time restrictions.) Link: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...
SB916 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you look at the direct link to the bill's page, you see that there are a lot of tabs. The overview, the text, analysis, amendments, register to testify, and testimony. YOU, yes YOU, can testify on any bill!!!! (Subject to time restrictions.) Link: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...
The bills are nested. Remember that SB stands for Senate Bill and HB stands for House Bill. There's also LC, which stands for Legislative Concept, but those are usually only available at the very very beginning of the session. So SB 0-99 is the first 99 Senate Bills-- SB 1, SB 2, and so on.
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The bills are nested. Remember that SB stands for Senate Bill and HB stands for House Bill. There's also LC, which stands for Legislative Concept, but those are usually only available at the very very beginning of the session. So SB 0-99 is the first 99 Senate Bills-- SB 1, SB 2, and so on.
Now on OLIS, you can find this in two places: under the committee listing (below), or by the bill number if you know it. To find a bill, click on Bills and a menu pops up. Use the blue arrows to look at the drop-down:
March 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Now on OLIS, you can find this in two places: under the committee listing (below), or by the bill number if you know it. To find a bill, click on Bills and a menu pops up. Use the blue arrows to look at the drop-down:
Let's look at SB 916, which got passed today. Here's OPB's take: www.opb.org/article/2025...
Oregon bill to give striking workers unemployment pay passes Senate
A bill that would make Oregon a pioneer in the practice squeaked through the Senate on Thursday.
www.opb.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Let's look at SB 916, which got passed today. Here's OPB's take: www.opb.org/article/2025...
The I-5 Committee has nothing going on so it's a bad example. But if we look at the Senate Labor and Business Committee, and click on Assigned Measures at the top towards the right, there's a long list. Hover over the blue SB123 number and a blurb pops up telling you what it does.
March 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The I-5 Committee has nothing going on so it's a bad example. But if we look at the Senate Labor and Business Committee, and click on Assigned Measures at the top towards the right, there's a long list. Hover over the blue SB123 number and a blurb pops up telling you what it does.
Step 1 continued: The House committees and the Joint Committees have their own lists. Look through the lists and see what titles relate to your interests. For example: if I lived in North Portland I might follow the Joint I-5 Bridge committee.
March 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Step 1 continued: The House committees and the Joint Committees have their own lists. Look through the lists and see what titles relate to your interests. For example: if I lived in North Portland I might follow the Joint I-5 Bridge committee.
Step 1: what issues are you concerned about? Environment? Schools? Healthcare? Land use? Homelessness? Human rights? Immigration? There's a committee for that. Go to the OLIS link and click on the "committees" button in the upper right corner. Click on Senate and you'll see a list of committees.
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Step 1: what issues are you concerned about? Environment? Schools? Healthcare? Land use? Homelessness? Human rights? Immigration? There's a committee for that. Go to the OLIS link and click on the "committees" button in the upper right corner. Click on Senate and you'll see a list of committees.
OLIS is the system for tracking bills and committees: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1
Oregon Legislative Information System
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
March 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
OLIS is the system for tracking bills and committees: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1
Links for Oregonians:
This is the link for the legislature as a whole: www.oregonlegislature.gov
This is the link for the legislature as a whole: www.oregonlegislature.gov
Oregon State Legislature
Welcome to the Oregon Legislative Website. Our primary role is to disseminate information and allow citizens the opportunity to engage in Oregon’s legislative process.
www.oregonlegislature.gov
March 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Links for Oregonians:
This is the link for the legislature as a whole: www.oregonlegislature.gov
This is the link for the legislature as a whole: www.oregonlegislature.gov
Introduction: I watch and read a lot of the Oregon legislature's bills, committees, and discussions. I'm a private citizen. I want everyone in the state who is interested to weigh in and engage with their state reps and I want to guide people in how to do that no matter their beliefs.
March 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Introduction: I watch and read a lot of the Oregon legislature's bills, committees, and discussions. I'm a private citizen. I want everyone in the state who is interested to weigh in and engage with their state reps and I want to guide people in how to do that no matter their beliefs.