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Conduct

On the record

2013–2026

14 session and interim terms

Members now

10

2026 Regular Session

Meetings this term

1

recorded by OLIS

Staff

3

Leslie Porter

What the chair and the committee can do

Chair

calls meetings with 48 hours' notice, sets the agenda

Majority of members

can compel a hearing or work session

Final action

majority of the membership

Minority report

two dissenters may file one; the President votes ex officio

About these figures

The chair calls meetings with 48 hours' notice in a long session and sets time-certain items; a majority of members can compel a hearing or work session; text must be public for one hour before action; final action needs a majority of the membership; two dissenters may file a minority report; the President sits ex officio with a vote. Senate Rules 8.05, 8.10, 8.15, 8.20, 8.60 (as amended February 2, 2026). Jurisdiction is set by referral practice and chamber rules; OLIS records the committee's name and type, not a written jurisdiction statement.

Chairs by session

  1. 2013 interim

    Prozanski

  2. 2017R

    Devlin

  3. 2019R

    Prozanski

  4. 2019-2020 Interim

    Thomsen

    Prozanski

  5. 2020R

    Prozanski

    Thomsen

  6. 2021R

    Prozanski

    Thomsen

  7. 2021-2022 Interim

    Prozanski

    Hansell

  8. 2022R

    Prozanski

    Thomsen

  9. 2023R

    Prozanski

    Anderson

  10. 2023-2024 Interim

    Prozanski

    Anderson

  11. 2024R

    Prozanski

    Anderson

  12. 2025R

    Prozanski

    Anderson

  13. 2025-2026 Interim

    Prozanski

    Anderson

  14. 2026R

    Prozanski

    Anderson

2026 Regular Session

Feb 2, 2026 to open · 1 organizational meeting, 3 unspecified

Members (10)

AndersonCo-Chair≡BroadmanAlternate≡GoldenAlternate≡JamaAlternate≡McLaneAlternate≡ProzanskiCo-Chair≡RobinsonAlternate≡Smith DBAlternate≡Patterson≡Weber≡

Staff (3)

Leslie Porter · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Sr. Committee AssistantMelissa Leoni · LPRO Analyst

Earlier terms

2025-2026 Interim 9 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Anderson
AndersonCo-ChairBroadmanAlternateGoldenAlternateJamaAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairRobinsonAlternateSmith DBAlternatePattersonWeber
Leslie Porter · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Sr. Committee Assistant
2025 Regular Session 10 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Anderson
AndersonCo-ChairBonhamAlternateBroadmanAlternateGoldenAlternateJamaAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairRobinsonAlternateSmith DBAlternatePattersonWeber
Melissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystLeslie Porter · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Sr. Committee Assistant
2024 Regular Session 10 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Anderson
AndersonCo-ChairDembrowAlternateFindleyAlternateGoldenAlternateHansellAlternateKnoppAlternatePattersonAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairWeberWoods
Leslie Porter · LPRO AnalystMelissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Sr. Committee Assistant
2023-2024 Interim 10 members · 1 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Anderson
AndersonCo-ChairDembrowAlternateFindleyAlternateGoldenAlternateHansellAlternateKnoppAlternatePattersonAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairWeberWoods
Leslie Porter · LPRO AnalystMelissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Sr. Committee Assistant
2023 Regular Session 10 members · 1 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Anderson
AndersonCo-ChairDembrowAlternateFindleyAlternateGoldenAlternateHansellAlternateKnoppAlternatePattersonAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairWeberWoods
Melissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Committee AssistantLeslie Porter · LPRO Analyst
2022 Regular Session 9 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Thomsen
AndersonAlternateFindleyAlternateFrederickAlternateGirodAlternateLieberAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairThomsenCo-ChairHansellTaylor
Melissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystPatsy Wood · Committee Assistant
2021-2022 Interim 10 members · 2 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Hansell
FindleyAlternateFrederickAlternateGirodAlternateHansellCo-ChairJamaAlternateKnoppAlternateLieberAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairAndersonTaylor
Melissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Committee AssistantMichael Lantz · LPRO Analyst
2021 Regular Session 10 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Thomsen
AndersonAlternateBurdickAlternateFindleyAlternateFrederickAlternateGirodAlternateLieberAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairThomsenCo-ChairHansellTaylor
Melissa Leoni · LPRO AnalystPatsy Wood · Committee Assistant
2020 Regular Session 6 members · 2 meetings · chairs: Prozanski, Thomsen
FrederickAlternateGirodAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairThomsenCo-ChairBolesTaylor
Jan Nordlund · LPRO AnalystPatsy Wood · Committee Assistantscond exhibit email · To Submit Testimony
2019-2020 Interim 6 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Thomsen, Prozanski
FrederickAlternateGirodAlternateProzanskiCo-ChairThomsenCo-ChairBolesTaylor
scond exhibit email · To Submit TestimonyJan Nordlund · LPRO AnalystPatsy Wood · Committee Assistant
2019 Regular Session 4 members · 1 meetings · chairs: Prozanski
Patsy Wood · Committee Assistantscond exhibit email · To Submit TestimonyBrett Hanes · LPRO Director
2017 Regular Session 4 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Devlin
2013 - 2014 Interim 4 members · 0 meetings · chairs: Prozanski
Evidence for this page

Committee terms, members, staff, meetings, and agenda items come from the Oregon Legislative Information System’s official record, observed 2026-09-01. OLIS committee codes are stable identifiers across sessions; a renamed committee keeps its code and the name history is listed. A code reused for a different body would appear here as one committee and requires review.

Meeting counts are scheduled meetings recorded by the system, including cancelled ones where marked. Referral counts require the measure history and are shown on decision pages. Edition dated August 31, 2026.