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Senate · Senate Committee On · code SHSMHR

Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery

On the record

2021–2022

3 session and interim terms

Members now

5

2022 Regular Session

Meetings this term

10

11 distinct measures on agendas

Staff

2

C. Ross

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. 2021R

    Gelser

  2. 2021-2022 Interim

    Gelser Blouin

  3. 2022R

    Gelser Blouin

2022 Regular Session

Feb 1, 2022 to open · 20 informational meeting, 1 organizational meeting, 7 public hearing, 5 public hearing and work session, 35 unspecified, 8 work session

Staff (2)

C. Ross · LPRO AnalystTerry Fletcher · Committee Assistant

Earlier terms

2021-2022 Interim 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Gelser Blouin
Leslie Porter · LPRO AnalystSam Koopman · Committee Assistant
2021 Regular Session 5 members · 40 meetings · chairs: Gelser
C. Ross · Counsel
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.