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Statutes and Legislation

Oregon Revised Statutes (2007 ORS)
View full text by chapter number, search by keyword, or use the general index. Now available: Annotations (1971 - 2006) by chapter number
- Update using the Statutes Affected by 2008 Measures table (pdf)

- Note: 2009 ORS will be published in early 2010

OregonLaws.Org - Oregon Revised Statutes
OregonLaws.org
Free version of the ORS with better search, display and navigation. Incorporates notes of decisions

State Legislature Home Page
Find state legislative information available online via the Bills and Laws section or the Site Index

Oregon Constitution
View full text, use the index, or search by keyword

Oregon Council on Court Procedures
Docs, legislative history and info on the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP)

Oregon Laws (Session Laws)

2007 Oregon Laws
- Measure texts & histories by bill number
- Full-text search
- All 2007 Measures Info

2005 Oregon Laws
- Measure texts & histories by bill number
- Full-text search
See Legislative History Resources, below, for more search tools

2003 Oregon Laws
- Measure texts & histories

2002 Oregon Laws (through 5th special session)
- Measure texts & histories

2001 Oregon Laws
With tables & index

1999 Oregon Laws
With tables & index

Statewide Ballot Measures

Nov. 5, 2002 | Sept. 17, 2002
Voters Guides and Elections History, 1995-2002
Initiative and Referendum Results, 1902-2000
Search 1998-present Initiatives, Referendums and Referrals

Legislative Issue Briefs
Committee Services Office

Oregon's Legislative Process

How an Idea Becomes a Law: Narrative | Graphic
Glossary of Legislative Terms
Citizens Guide to the Oregon Legislative Process

Members of the Legislature

Find Your Legislator
Directory of State House Members
Directory of State Senators
State House Legislative District Map (PDF)
State Senate Legislative District Map (PDF)

Legislative History Resources

How To Compile an Oregon Legislative History (pdf)
Boley Law Library

How to Research Legislative History
Oregon State Archives

Legislative Tracings (1989-2005)
Once you have the bill number, the place to start when preparing a legislative history.
What are legislative tracings?

Committee Minutes (1991-2005)
Search by date or by keyword.

Listen to Senate & House Floor Debate and Committee Hearings
1999 - present

2005 Oregon Legislation
Measure texts & histories by bill number
Full-text search
Amend and Repeal Tables (pdf)
Table of statutes affected (pdf)
more

2003 Oregon Legislation
Measures & Histories by bill number
Table of Statutes affected by 2003 measures
more

2001 Legislative Measures

1999 Legislative Measures

1997 Legislative Measures

1996 Special Session Legislative Measures

1995 Special Session Legislative Measures

1995 Regular Session Legislative Measures

Guide to Legislative Records at the Oregon State Archives

   

Administrative Rules and Regulations

Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR)
Current as of latest Oregon Bulletin.
Browse by chapter number, agency name or search by keyword.
Check Revision Index for recent changes to the OAR.

Oregon Bulletin
Monthly updates of the OAR, Executive Appointments and Orders.

Executive Orders, 1/2003 - Present
Office of the Governor
Executive Orders, 1/1995 - 1/2003 (State Archives)

Agency Rules Coordinators
Agency contacts for questions about the OAR.

Office of Administrative Hearings
Site set up to assist the public with agency interactions and includes decisions, forms, rules, guides and more.
:: Decisions & Casenotes

Attorney General Opinions
Oregon Department of Justice Formal and Informal Opinions (1997-2001).

Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct
And other rules and regulations from the Oregon State Bar.

Cases

Oregon Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court Decisions
Full text slip opinions from 1998. Browse by court & date or search by keyword.

Oregon Rules of Court
Court Rules Amendments

Willamette Law Online
Invaluable case summaries & law updates

U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions
Search by date, number, or keyword. See also Findlaw's Ninth Circuit Opinions.

Ninth Circuit Homepage
Includes 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules

Ninth Circuit Blog
Case summaries and commentary from federal defenders of the 9th Circuit

U.S. District Court of Oregon Homepage
Local Rules, trial court guidelines, courthouse news, practice tips, and Pacer.

Workers' Compensation Board and OR-OSHA Orders

State and Local Government

State Agency Web Pages
via Oregon.Gov

Oregon.Gov
The State of Oregon Homepage

Oregon Legal Web Site Directory
LexisOne

Oregon State Agency Databases
GODORT Wiki
Annotated list of databases listed by producing agency.

Oregon Blue Book
The official state directory and manual concerning state, county, city, federal and tribal governments.

Portland City Charter and Code

Links to other Oregon municipal codes:
- Oregon City Charters, Codes, & Websites
- Municipal Codes Web Library
- Municipal Codes Online

Local Planning & Development Documents
University of Oregon Scholars' Bank
- Cities
- Counties

Search Oregon County and City Websites
UO Libraries
Nifty custom Google search tool for finding info on OR government sites.

Oregon State and Local Government on the Net
From statelocalgov.net

Oregon Government & Politics Page
Project Vote Smart

CascadeLink
Government, community and non-profit information for Multnomah, Clackamas, Clark and Washington Counties.

Other Resources

Oregon Law Institute (OLI)
The CLE Department of Lewis & Clark Law School

Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA)
Information about archival collections at 31 archives in OR, WA, ID, MT and AK

J.W. Long Law Library
Willamette College of Law

John E. Jaqua Law Library
University of Oregon School of Law

State of Oregon Law Library

Oregon Live -- The Oregonian on the Web

Oregon Newspapers

The Oregon Newspaper Index

The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

Oregon State Bar

Oregon Legislative Employment Opportunities

State of Oregon Jobs Page

Oregon Statistics

Oregon Regional List of Serials
ORULS, a union list of periodical and other serial holdings of 160 Oregon and Washinton Libraries