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1959 REGULAR SESSION

January 12 to May 6, 1959 · 50th 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. Oregon Department of Agriculture Reorganization ActStrengthened director authority and installed a nonpartisan Board of Agriculture, altering accountability inside a major consolidated executive department.
  2. 2. Ratification of the Fifteenth AmendmentThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
  3. 3. Beginning of state thermal-energy-facility siting oversightThe source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
  4. 4. Property Foreclosure Revolving Fund (Oregon Laws 1959 c.499)The source inventory identifies this as a plausible competing session outcome requiring targeted act, journal, implementation, and downstream review.
Assembly
50th Legislative Assembly

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

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Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • Oregon Department of Agriculture HistoryOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Revised Statutes ArchivesPrimary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Revised Statutes ArchivesPrimary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture HistoryOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF p. 357; printed p. 353original
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture HistoryOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Revised Statutes ArchivesPrimary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture HistoryOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Revised Statutes ArchivesPrimary · Oregon Laws 1959 Agriculture Department reorganization; chapter/bill crosswalk pendingoriginal
Featured documents linked to this session (12)
  • Oregon Revised Statutes ArchivesSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon Revised Statutes ArchivesSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · 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 Department of Agriculture HistorySession research source · Oregon Department of Agriculture · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentGovernance 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

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, “1959 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1959-state-regular-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1959-state-regular-01,
  title = {1959 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-1959-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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