Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
Legislative Scorecard
Based on the U.S. Constitution
OR Scorecard 2021-2022
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2021-2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
Senate
1. Fees on Farmers
HB5201 Fees on Farmers (Passed 18 to 7 on 3/4/2022). Creates new or increases fees adopted by the State Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority.
2. Private Forest Protection
SB1501 Private Forest Protection (Passed 22 to 5 on 3/2/2022). Pushes to stop deforestation and climate change, regulating private land owners from logging and provides tax credits to land owners who grow their trees longer before logging.
3. Diversity Goals
HB4031 Diversity Goals (Passed 17 to 9 on 2/28/2022). Establishes state goal that percentage of diverse employees employed by Department of Education reflects percentage of diverse students in public schools.
4. Socialist Housing Program
HB4157 Socialist Housing Program (Passed 23 to 2 on 3/2/2022). Directs the DOR to provide assistance payments to low-income households due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
5. Woke Terminology
SB1560 Woke Terminology (Passed 25 to 0 on 3/4/2022). Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen."
6. Free Speech
HB2323 Free Speech (Passed 26 to 3 on 6/3/2021). Prohibits knowingly communicating false statements regarding elections.
| Name | Party | District | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Anderson | R | SD-005 | 50% | + | + | + | - | - | - |
| Leslee Beyer | D | SD-006 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Daniel Bonham | R | SD-026 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Brian Boquist | I | SD-012 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | - |
| Ginny Burdick | D | SD-018 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | - |
| Wlnsvey Campos | D | SD-018 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Peter Courtney | D | SD-011 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Dembrow | D | SD-023 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lynn Findley | R | SD-030 | 50% | + | - | + | + | - | - |
| Lew Frederick | D | SD-022 | 0% | - | - | . | - | - | - |
| Sara Gelser Blouin | D | SD-008 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fred Girod | R | SD-009 | 67% | . | + | + | . | . | - |
| Jeffrey Golden | D | SD-003 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Gorsek | D | SD-025 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bill Hansell | R | SD-029 | 33% | + | - | + | - | - | - |
| Cedric Hayden | R | SD-006 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Dallas Heard | R | SD-001 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | + |
| Kayse Jama | D | SD-024 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elizabeth Johnson | D | SD-016 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | - |
| Bill Kennemer | R | SD-020 | 40% | + | - | + | - | - | . |
| Tim Knopp | R | SD-027 | 33% | + | - | + | - | - | - |
| Katherine Lieber | D | SD-014 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dennis Linthicum | R | SD-028 | 83% | + | + | + | + | - | + |
| James Manning | D | SD-007 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Meek | D | SD-020 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Alan Olsen | R | SD-020 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Deb Patterson | D | SD-010 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Floyd Prozanski | D | SD-004 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Art Robinson | R | SD-002 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | + |
| David Smith | R | SD-001 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Janeen Sollman | D | SD-015 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | . |
| Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | D | SD-017 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kathleen Taylor | D | SD-021 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kim Thatcher | R | SD-011 | 50% | + | + | + | - | - | - |
| Chuck Thomsen | R | SD-026 | 67% | . | + | + | . | . | - |
| Rob Wagner | D | SD-019 | 0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suzanne Weber | R | SD-016 | NA | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Average Constitutional Score by Party
| Party | Score |
|---|---|
| Republican | 52.6% |
| Democrat | 0% |