Statehood · Regular
Sources being assembled1931 REGULAR SESSION
January 12 to March 6, 1931 · 36th 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. Creation of the Oregon State PoliceConsolidated statewide law-enforcement duties into a durable executive institution with reach across counties and regulatory fields.
- 2. Consolidation of 13 bodies into the Department of AgricultureThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
- 3. Administrative-reorganization commission proposalsThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
- 4. Depression-era fiscal retrenchmentThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
- Assembly
- 36th 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.
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.
Earlier and later sessions
Came before
- 1913-02-25 · Growth of statewide administrative capacityIndustrial Accident Commission and workers' compensation
- 1909-02-24 · Growth of statewide administrative capacityState water-code administration
Followed
- 1969-07-01 · Growth of statewide administrative capacityDepartment of Environmental Quality establishedSpecialized agencies and commissions increased Oregon's ability to implement statewide policy while redistributing practical lawmaking, adjudication, staffing, and information authority outside session enactment.
- 1973-05-29 · Growth of statewide administrative capacitySenate Bill 100 creates statewide land-use systemSpecialized agencies and commissions increased Oregon's ability to implement statewide policy while redistributing practical lawmaking, adjudication, staffing, and information authority outside session enactment.
- 1974-11-05 · Growth of statewide administrative capacityVoters create state ethics commissionSpecialized agencies and commissions increased Oregon's ability to implement statewide policy while redistributing practical lawmaking, adjudication, staffing, and information authority outside session enactment.
These edges locate a decision in a researched governance chain. They do not by themselves prove that the source caused the target.
Sources and evidence
Claim-level citations in the research ledger
- Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF p. 270; printed p. 266original
- Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, regular session volume/indexoriginal
- Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, chapter 145original
- Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, regular session volume/indexoriginal
- Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, chapter 145original
- Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, regular session volume/indexoriginal
- Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, chapter 145original
- Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, regular session volume/indexoriginal
- Oregon History: 1902 to 1950Official secondary · Oregon Laws 1931, chapter 145original
Featured documents linked to this session (10)
- 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
- 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
- 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, “1931 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1931-state-regular-01.
BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1931-state-regular-01,
title = {1931 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-1931-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.