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Tom Bunn served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly at the same time as his older brothers Stan and Jim?
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Oregon Legislative Assembly

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Leadership
President of the Senate	Peter Courtney, (D) since January 14, 2003
Speaker of the House	Dave Hunt, (D) since January 12, 2009
Structure
Members	90
Political groups	Democratic Party Republican Party Independent
Election
Last election	November 4, 2008
Meeting place

Oregon State Capitol, Salem
Website
http://www.leg.state.or.us/

For the current session, see Seventy-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly.

The Oregon Legislative Assembly 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.)

The legislature is termed as a "citizens' assembly" (meaning that most legislators have other jobs.) Its regular sessions occur in odd-numbered years, beginning on the second Monday in January. Oregon is one of only 6 states that do not hold annual sessions.

1 Bills
2 Sessions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Bills

Bills may be introduced in either house, and must flow through a committee before being voted upon. Bills calling for increased revenue must be introduced in the House of Representatives.^[1]

Sessions

Until 1882, the legislature met on the first Monday in December.^[2] The Oregon Constitution does not limit the length of regular sessions; the first 35 regular sessions (i.e. until 1929) lasted 50 days or less. Since 1949 no session has been shorter than 100 days. The longest session was the 72nd regular session, at 227 days, ending August 27, 2003. Most recent sessions have ended in June or July.

The Governor of Oregon was the only person who could call the assembly into special sessions until 1976, when voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to call itself into session.^[3] In either case, special sessions are permitted only "in the event of an emergency." Voters narrowly defeated a constitutional amendment in 1990 that would have established annual sessions.^[4]

In 1982 a special session lasted 37 days, and the governor called the assembly into special session five times in 2002, for a total of 52 days. The 2006 special session was the shortest in Oregon's history: five pieces of legislation were passed in only six hours. The legislative body may also call itself into special session "in the event of an emergency," although it has never done so.

When the legislature is not in session, legislators serve on interim committees and task forces that study issues likely to be faced during the next regular session.

References

^ How an Idea Becomes a Law
^ Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 228.
^ editorial (February 3, 2008). "Who calls special session?". The Register-Guard.
^ Sinks, James (February 24, 2008). "Successes for region in special session, but some legislators are unimpressed". The Bulletin.

External links

Official website — A note: At the website the body is referred to as the "Oregon State Legislature", however it is constitutionally named the "Legislative Assembly".
Legislative Assembly home page from the Oregon Blue Book website
List of Legislative Statutory Committees and Interim Offices from Blue Book site
Glossary of Oregon legislative terms from the Statesman Journal.
History of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, from statesmanjournal.com

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Territorial legislatures	American Samoa (H, S) · District of Columbia · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) · Puerto Rico (H, S) · U.S. Virgin Islands

Topics in Oregon legislation

Crime and sentencing	Capital punishment · Measure 11 (1994) (mandatory minimum sentencing) · Measure 40 (1996) etc. (victims' rights)	Abigail Scott Duniway was instrumental in establishing women's right to vote in Oregon.

Elections and voting	Direct Legislation League · Vote-by-mail · Term limits · List of Oregon ballot measures

Gay rights	Same-sex marriage · Oregon Citizens Alliance · Measure 9 (1992) (homosexuality and education)

Environment	Bottle bill · Nuclear power · Wind power · Coal power

Land use	Beach Bill (1967) · Senate Bill 100 (1973) · Measure 37 (2004) & 49 (2008)

Health care	Death with Dignity Act · Oregon Health Plan

Minimum wage	Measures 36 (1996), 25 (2002)

Taxation	Tax revolt · Measure 5 (1990) (landmark tax law) · Measures 47 (1996) and 50 (1997) (adjusted Measure 5) · Kicker (tax rebate)

Miscellaneous	Adoption rights · Alcoholic beverages in Oregon · Cannabis in Oregon

Influential people	Loren Parks · Bill Sizemore

Background, further reading	Oregon legislature · Direct democracy in Oregon · Oregon government · Oregon history · Oregon ballot measures

Oregon Legislative Assemblies

1 (1860)
2 (1862)
3 (1864)
4 (1866)
5 (1868)
6 (1870)
7 (1872)
8 (1874)
9 (1876)
10 (1878)

11 (1880)
12 (1882)
13 (1885)
14 (1887)
15 (1889)
16 (1891)
17 (1893)
18 (1895)
19 (1897)
20 (1899)

21 (1901)
22 (1903)
23 (1905)
24 (1907)
25 (1909)
26 (1911)
27 (1913)
28 (1915)
29 (1917)
30 (1919)

31 (1921)
32 (1923)
33 (1925)
34 (1927)
35 (1929)
36 (1931)
37 (1933)
38 (1935)
39 (1937)
40 (1939)

41 (1941)
42 (1943)
43 (1945)
44 (1947)
45 (1949)
46 (1951)
47 (1953)
48 (1955)
49 (1957)
50 (1959)

51 (1961)
52 (1963)
53 (1965)
54 (1967)
55 (1969)
56 (1971)
57 (1973)
58 (1975)
59 (1977)
60 (1979)

61 (1981)
62 (1983)
63 (1985)
64 (1987)
65 (1989)
66 (1991)
67 (1993)
68 (1995)
69 (1997)
70 (1999)

71 (2001)
72 (2003)
73 (2005)
74 (2007)
75 (2009)
76 (2011)

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