Legislative Measures
2008 Special Session

Measure text

• Full text of 2008 Special Session measures in HTML and PDF
• Search the bills and laws - Full text search of measures and statutes.
• Search for Specific Measure Number - Provides search form in which you enter a measure number. Your results include links to all versions of the measure and its history.

Measure history     return to top
Measure history shows what happened to each measure on its way through the legislative process. These files are created for the printed Status Report for Legislative Measures.

• Senate Measure History (html)
• House Measure History (html)

Other measure information        return to top

• 2008 Senate tables
  List of measures sponsored by each senator and each Senate committee; list of presession-filed Senate measures; lists of measures in and reported out by each Senate committee; lists of measures passed and failed on the Senate floor; lists of Senate measures passed and vetoed by the governor.
• 2008 House tables
  List of measures sponsored by each representative and each House committee; list of presession-filed House measures; lists of measures in and reported out by each House committee; lists of measures passed and failed on the House floor; lists of House measures passed and vetoed by the governor.
• Index of 2008 legislative measures, by topic
  Final - as of February 22, 2008
• Statutes affected by 2008 measures
  Final - as of February 22, 2008  
  "Amend and repeal tables" organized by Oregon Revised Statute section, showing ORS sections that would be amended, repealed, or added to upon passage of measures, approved initiative petitions, and overturned vetoes.
• Tables of Senate and House Bills Enacted - A table arranged numerically showing each enacted bill, its effective date, and the Oregon Laws chapter number.
• Staff Measure Summaries
  A staff measure summary (SMS) provides an informative, impartial summary of a legislative measure. Initially created to serve as a helpful tool for committee members, Senate and House rules require an SMS to be filed as part of the committee report on each measure. An SMS outlines the effects of a measure, the issues discussed at committee meetings and hearings, the effect of any amendments adopted by a committee and any relevant background information that may help provide a context for legislative deliberations.

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