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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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June 18, 2007 | OR | SB 571 | Smoking Ban Expansion | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (18 - 12) |
June 18, 2007 | OR | SB 863 | Regulating Automated Phone Calls | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (22 - 8) |
June 15, 2007 | OR | SB 571 | Smoking Ban Expansion | Bill Passed - House (38 - 21) |
June 23, 2009 | OR | HB 2377 | Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 13) |
June 27, 2009 | OR | HB 3508 | Implementing Measure 57 | Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 8) |
June 26, 2009 | OR | HB 3508 | Implementing Measure 57 | Bill Passed - House (40 - 19) |
May 5, 2009 | OR | SB 786 | Workplace Religious Discrimination | Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 11) |
May 29, 2009 | OR | SB 786 | Workplace Religious Discrimination | Bill Passed - House (38 - 21) |
June 8, 2009 | OR | SB 519 | Mandatory Workplace Meetings | Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 14) |
April 28, 2009 | OR | HB 2377 | Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving | Bill Passed - House (38 - 22) |
Feb. 11, 2008 | OR | SB 1080 | Driver's License Residency Requirements | Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 7) |
April 20, 2006 | OR | HB 3511 | Minimum Sentence for Some First-Degree Sex Offenders | Bill Passed - House (54 - 6) |
June 19, 2009 | OR | SB 519 | Mandatory Workplace Meetings | Bill Passed - House (34 - 24) |
March 6, 2024 | OR | HB 4010 | Prohibits Drug Manufactures from Limiting where Safety Net Clinics can send Patients for Prescriptions | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (41 - 14) |
March 3, 2018 | OR | HB 4111 | Authorizes DMV to Renew and Replace Limited-Term Driver's Licenses for DACA Recipients | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (36 - 22) |
March 6, 2024 | OR | SB 1553 | Amends Crime Definition of Interfering with Public Transportation | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 6) |
March 6, 2024 | OR | SB 1553 | Amends Crime Definition of Interfering with Public Transportation | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 6) |
June 15, 2023 | OR | SB 1043 | Requires Hospitals to Provide Narcan | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 1) |
June 24, 2023 | OR | HB 2395 | Authorizes Specified Persons to Distribute and Administer Short-Acting Opioid Reversal Drugs and Kits | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (46 - 3) |
March 4, 2022 | OR | HB 4008 | Repeals Restrictions on Police Use of Tear Gas | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 4) |
March 2, 2012 | OR | HB 4045 | Prohibits Disclosure of the Names of Licensed Concealed Handgun Carriers | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 6) |
June 19, 2019 | OR | SB 1013 | Redefines the Crime of Aggravated Murder | Bill Passed - House (33 - 26) |
May 25, 2023 | OR | SB 1043 | Requires Hospitals to Provide Narcan | Bill Passed - House (44 - 10) |
June 22, 2023 | OR | HB 3242 | Authorizes Policyholders to Recover Actual Damages from Unfair Claim Settlement Practices | Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 7) |
April 29, 2021 | OR | SB 554 | Authorizes Local Governments and School Districts to Prohibit Guns on Capital and State Property | Bill Passed - House (34 - 24) |