Senate · Senate Committee On · code SENR
Environment and Natural Resources
On the record
2007–2020
21 session and interim terms
Members now
5
2020 Regular Session
Meetings this term
13
17 distinct measures on agendas
Staff
3
Beth Patrino
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
2020 Regular Session
Feb 3, 2020 to Mar 8, 2020 · 1 organizational meeting, 9 public hearing, 10 public hearing and work session, 10 tag line (standard), 14 unspecified, 7 work session
Earlier terms
2019-2020 Interim 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Golden
2019 Regular Session 5 members · 41 meetings · chairs: Dembrow
2018 Regular Session 7 members · 12 meetings · chairs: Dembrow
2017-2018 Interim 7 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Dembrow
2017 Regular Session 5 members · 61 meetings · chairs: Dembrow
2016 Regular Session 5 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Edwards
2015-2016 Interim 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Edwards
2015 Regular Session 5 members · 38 meetings · chairs: Edwards
2014 Regular Session 5 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Dembrow
2013 - 2014 Interim 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Dembrow
2013 Regular Session 5 members · 34 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2012 Regular Session 5 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2011 - 2012 Interim 5 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2011 Regular Session 5 members · 37 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2010 Special Session 5 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2009 - 2010 Interim 5 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2009 Regular Session 5 members · 42 meetings · chairs: Dingfelder
2008 Special Session 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Avakian
2007 - 2008 Interim 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Bates
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.