Oregon Legislative Assembly

Oregon Legislative Assembly
Oregon Legislative Assembly
82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate ; House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Rob Wagner (D) ; since January 9, 2023
Senate Majority Leader	Kate Lieber (D) ; since January 9, 2023
Speaker of the House	Dan Rayfield (D) ; since February 1, 2022
House Majority Leader	Julie Fahey (D) ; since October 1, 2021
Structure
Seats	90 (60 in the House; 30 in the Senate)
Senate political groups	Democratic (17); Republican (11); Ind. Republican (1); IPO (1);
House of Representatives political groups	Democratic (35); Republican (25);
Salary	$33,852 per year (Speaker of House and President of Senate receive $67,704 per year), as of 2022
Elections
Last Senate election	November 8, 2022
Last House of Representatives election	November 8, 2022
Meeting place
	Oregon State Capitol; Salem
Website
	http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/

The Oregon Legislative Assembly^[a] is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is bicameral, consisting of an upper and lower house: the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives, with 60 members elected to two-year terms. There are no term limits for either house in the Legislative Assembly.

Each Senate district is composed of exactly two House districts: Senate District 1 contains House Districts 1 and 2, SD 2 contains HD 3 and HD 4, and so on. (Maps of Senate districts can be found in the Oregon State Senate article.) Senate districts contain about 127,700 people, and are redrawn every ten years.^[3]

The legislature is termed as a "citizens' assembly" (meaning that most legislators have other jobs). Since 1885, its regular sessions of up to 160 days occurred in odd-numbered years, beginning on the second Monday in January.^[4] Effective 2012, the legislature moved into an annual session, with the even-numbered years having a "short session" of 35 days or less, beginning in February.

^ "Salaries of State Agencies, Multi-Year Report". State of Oregon. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ Oregon Constitution, Art. IV §1(1)
^ "Legislative Body". OregonLegislature.gov.
^ "Oregon Legislative Assembly History" Oregon State Archives.

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[1] "Salaries of State Agencies, Multi-Year Report". State of Oregon. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[2] Oregon Constitution, Art. IV §1(1)

[4] "Legislative Body". OregonLegislature.gov.

[5] "Oregon Legislative Assembly History" Oregon State Archives.

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