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1903 REGULAR SESSION

January 12 to February 20, 1903 · 22th Legislative Assembly · about 1 minutes to read

Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Principal decisions

  1. 1. Initiative-and-referendum implementation and the first voters' pamphletCreated the practical publication and election machinery through which Oregon's new direct-legislation power operated.
  2. 2. Direct-primary legislation and later voter actionThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
  3. 3. Revenue and assessment legislationThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
  4. 4. State public-health administrationThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
Assembly
22th Legislative Assembly

The record is available; this account is still being prepared.

Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Obtain and cite the enrolled act/resolution, exact chapter or journal locator, and operative text for the selected outcome. Review the complete session-law and subject indexes, not only the selected chapter or a codification table. Reconstruct every contender and the failed/vetoed/referral universe from both chamber journals and original bill files. Research implementation, appropriations, enforcement, litigation, repeal/supersession, and affected communities for the selected outcome and strongest rival to equal depth. Acquire the controlling ballot, federal, judicial, executive, or local records needed to apportion causation rather than attributing downstream change to the session alone.

Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1903, chapter/bill crosswalk pending; first pamphlet in 1903original
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF p. 180; printed p. 176original
Featured documents linked to this session (11)
  • General Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials, Oregon 1901-1903Session research source · State of Oregon; digitized by Google Books · Linkedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial ballot inventory · Initiative, Referendum and Recall Itemized Listings · Preservedoriginal
  • Legislative ResearchSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Inaccessibleoriginal
  • Legislative ResearchSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Inaccessibleoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Governance source link · Oregon Secretary of State · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Governance source link · Oregon Secretary of State · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon Governors' Records GuidesSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Inaccessibleoriginal
  • Oregon session laws serial catalogSession research source · UC Berkeley Law Library · Linkedoriginal

About this account

Sources being assembled. Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Edition dated August 31, 2026. Cite as: Oregon Governance Atlas, “1903 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1903-state-regular-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1903-state-regular-01,
  title = {1903 REGULAR SESSION},
  howpublished = {Oregon Governance Atlas, edition September 2026},
  note = {Historical cutoff 2026-08-31},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1903-state-regular-01}
}
Research tasks for this session

Record classes not yet acquired: A complete review of the session's major decisions; Agency implementation, rules, and audits; Budget, revenue, and staffing records; Committee and floor votes; Committee records, testimony, and exhibits; Court decisions and constitutional interpretation; Enrolled laws, vetoes, and effective dates; House and Senate journals; Implementation and later consequences; Introduced measures and amendments; Membership, officers, and political control; The session call and governor's messages.

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