HB 4002 — Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-19
Digest: The Act limits the number of measure requests that may be made of LC during long regular sessions to stated numbers. The Act sets forth exceptions to those limits. The Act takes effect when signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that a committee of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 200 the combined total number of legislative measures that the Governor and state agencies under the authority of the Governor may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that other statewide elected officials and the Judicial Department may each ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Authorizes the Senate Rules Committee or the House Rules Committee to ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare additional measures on behalf of requesters. Authorizes the measure's requester to ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare an additional measure when the first legislative chamber passes or adopts a measure. Applies to requests for legislative measures made for the 2027 regular session and subsequent odd-numbered year regular sessions. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Fahey, Julie (D, OR-14) — sponsor
- Wagner, Rob (D, OR-19) — sponsor
- Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — sponsor
- Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — sponsor
- Sanchez, Tawna (D, OR-43) — sponsor
- Sollman, Janeen (D, OR-15) — sponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- Lively, John (D, OR-7) — cosponsor
- Ruiz, Ricki (D, OR-50) — cosponsor
- Sosa, Nathan (D, OR-30) — cosponsor
- Wallan, Kim (R, OR-6) — cosponsor
- Broadman, Anthony (D, OR-27) — cosponsor
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — cosponsor
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — cosponsor
- Lieber, Kate (D, OR-14) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Reynolds, Lisa (D, OR-17) — cosponsor
- Javadi, Cyrus (D, OR-32) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Rules.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — In committee upon adjournment.
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fahey, Julie (D, state_lower OR-14) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Gomberg, David (D, state_lower OR-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Owens, Mark (R, state_lower OR-60) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Sanchez, Tawna (D, state_lower OR-43) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 6 | Wagner, Rob (D, state_upper OR-19) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 7 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Broadman, Anthony (D, state_upper OR-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Javadi, Cyrus (D, state_lower OR-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Lieber, Kate (D, state_upper OR-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Lively, John (D, state_lower OR-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Reynolds, Lisa (D, state_upper OR-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Ruiz, Ricki (D, state_lower OR-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Wallan, Kim (R, state_lower OR-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no