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