Oregon Legislative Assembly

The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is split into a Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms, and the House of Representatives, which has 60 members elected for two-year terms.

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Legislature - U.S. state - Oregon

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The legislatures is a citizen's assembly that convenes every two years in regular session on the second Monday in January during odd-numbered years. 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, with a record length of 227 days for the 72nd regular session which ended on August 27, 2003. Most recent sessions end in June or July.

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The governor can call the assembly into special sessions as required. 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.

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During the interim, legislators serve on interim committees and task forces that study issues likely to be faced during the next regular session.

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