Oregon State Senate

Oregon State Senate
Oregon State Senate
Oregon Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 9, 2023
Leadership
President	Rob Wagner (D) ; since January 9, 2023
President pro tempore	James Manning Jr. (D) ; since January 11, 2021
Majority Leader	Kate Lieber (D) ; since January 9, 2023
Minority Leader	Daniel Bonham (R) ; since April 15, 2024
Structure
Seats	30
Political groups	Majority; Democratic (17); Minority; Republican (11); Others; Ind. Republican (1); IPO (1);
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article IV, Oregon Constitution
Salary	$21,612/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022; (16 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024; (15 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
	State Senate Chamber; Oregon State Capitol; Salem, Oregon
Website
	Oregon State Senate

The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 141,242.^[2] The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

Oregon, along with Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, is one of the five U.S. states to not have the office of the lieutenant governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and for the United States Congress (with the vice president) is the head of the legislative body and holder of the casting vote in the event of a tie. Instead, a separate position of Senate president is in place, removed from the state executive branch. If the chamber is tied, legislators must devise their own methods of resolving the impasse. In the 72nd Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2003, for example, Oregon's state senators entered into a power sharing contract whereby Democratic senators nominated the Senate President while Republican senators chaired key committees.^[3]

Like certain other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the United States Senate, the state Senate can confirm or reject the governor's appointments to state departments, commissions, boards, and other state governmental agencies.

The current Senate president is Rob Wagner of Lake Oswego.^[4]

^ "Oregon Senate GOP tensions are front and center with new bill".
^ "Senate Home". www.oregonlegislature.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ National Conference of State Legislatures. "In Case of a Tie..." Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ Oregon Blue Book: Senate Presidents of Oregon

[1] "Oregon Senate GOP tensions are front and center with new bill".

[2] "Senate Home". www.oregonlegislature.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

[tiebreak-3] National Conference of State Legislatures. "In Case of a Tie..." Retrieved November 3, 2010.

[4] Oregon Blue Book: Senate Presidents of Oregon

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