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1939 REGULAR SESSION

January 9 to March 15, 1939 · 40th 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. Creation of the State Public Welfare CommissionReorganized relief into a statewide welfare administration and helped institutionalize state responsibility for public assistance.
  2. 2. Unemployment-insurance experience rating (Oregon Laws 1939 c.515)The source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
  3. 3. Failed public-accommodations/civil-rights proposalThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
  4. 4. Tax and fiscal administrationThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
Assembly
40th 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.

Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • Oregon Statewide Black Historic Resources Multiple Property DocumentationPrimary · Oregon Laws 1939, chapter 241original
  • Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1939, regular session volume/indexoriginal
  • Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1939, regular session volume/indexoriginal
  • Oregon Statewide Black Historic Resources Multiple Property DocumentationPrimary · Oregon Laws 1939, chapter 241original
  • Oregon Statewide Black Historic Resources Multiple Property DocumentationPrimary · Oregon Laws 1939, chapter 241original
  • Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1939, regular session volume/indexoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF p. 301; printed p. 297original
  • Oregon session laws serial catalogOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1939, regular session volume/indexoriginal
  • Oregon Statewide Black Historic Resources Multiple Property DocumentationPrimary · Oregon Laws 1939, chapter 241original
Featured documents linked to this session (11)
  • Oregon Statewide Black Historic Resources Multiple Property DocumentationSession research source · Oregon Parks and Recreation Department / National Park Service · 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
  • 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
  • Legislative Committee Records InventorySession research source · Oregon State Archives · Preservedoriginal
  • 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, “1939 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1939-state-regular-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1939-state-regular-01,
  title = {1939 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-1939-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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