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Bill 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. us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2025R1 SB 952 Oregon SB 952 (2025R1)
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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. Prohibits the Governor from appointing the Governor to fill the vacancy. 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
  2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
  3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. SRULES Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. — 3124 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out — 43 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — 1613 (pass) · upper
  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 32 (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; origin ocd-bill/4fb781c1-81ce-4c00-8ae4-d26fba8ab191. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).