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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to vacancies in the United States Senate."
+description: "Requires the Governor to appoint a United States Senator when a vacancy in the office occurs. Requires that the appointed Senator be of the same political party as the elected Senator who vacated the office.<b> Prohibits the Governor from appointing the Governor to fill the vacancy.</b> Requires the Governor to call a special election within a specified period after the vacancy occurs. Requires the appointment to end when a replacement is elected."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2025R1"
+identifier: "SB 952"
+citation: "Oregon SB 952 (2025R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Jeff Golden", "Kayse Jama", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-28T19:02:06+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-20T20:17:59+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fb781c1-81ce-4c00-8ae4-d26fba8ab191"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB952"
+source_hash: "34f66cceec46758a3dcc457e3f55dd2357d40def74fca995afe640cc2c2f2c72"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon SB 952 (2025R1) — Relating to vacancies in the United States Senate.
+
+Requires the Governor to appoint a United States Senator when a vacancy in the office occurs. Requires that the appointed Senator be of the same political party as the elected Senator who vacated the office.<b> Prohibits the Governor from appointing the Governor to fill the vacancy.</b> Requires the Governor to call a special election within a specified period after the vacancy occurs. Requires the appointment to end when a replacement is elected.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB952/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB952/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB952/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SRULES Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28686)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB952/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. — **31–24** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **16–13** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
+- Jeff Golden — primary (person)
+- Kayse Jama — primary (person)
+- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
+- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
+- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-28T19:02:06+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28T19:37:34+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-04-18T17:20:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-22T19:24:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-23 by unanimous consent.
+- **2025-04-23T19:22:47+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
+- **2025-04-24T17:42:10+00:00** Carried over to 04-28 by unanimous consent.
+- **2025-04-28T18:47:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-29T17:09:13+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29T21:57:52+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-05-21T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-05-27T17:37:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-27T19:09:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28T20:23:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 29, 2025 Calendar.
+- **2025-05-29T22:05:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2025 Calendar.
+- **2025-06-02T20:50:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.
+- **2025-06-03T19:43:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-04T19:32:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-06-04T22:59:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-06-11T21:26:16+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20T18:52:40+00:00** Chapter 318, 2025 Laws.
+- **2025-06-20T20:17:59+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fb781c1-81ce-4c00-8ae4-d26fba8ab191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+