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1961 REGULAR SESSION

January 9 to May 10, 1961 · 51th 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. Legislative apportionment plan and judicial backstopThe failed plan made judicial and constitutional fallback authority operational in reapportionment.
  2. 2. Mandatory deposit of legislative records with the State ArchivesBegan the continuous committee-record era used by this project.
  3. 3. Modernization of constitutional militia provisionsUpdated constitutional command and organization of the militia.
  4. 4. Six Percent Limitation AmendmentWould have constitutionally constrained public finance.
Assembly
51th Legislative Assembly

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Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
  • 1961 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1961original
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Primary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionPrimary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1961 c.482; act/opinion review pendingoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionPrimary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1961 c.482; act/opinion review pendingoriginal
  • 1961 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1961original
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Primary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionPrimary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1961 c.482; act/opinion review pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Primary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • 1961 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1961original
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF pages [362, 364]original
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1961 c.482; act/opinion review pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Primary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · Oregon Laws 1961 c.482; act/opinion review pendingoriginal
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
  • 1961 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1961original
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionPrimary · source notes and current textoriginal
Featured documents linked to this session (13)
  • 1961 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tableSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · Preservedoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionConstitutional text · Constitution of Oregon · Preservedoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionConstitutional text · Constitution of Oregon · Preservedoriginal
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Governance source link · Oregon Legislative Assembly · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Governance source link · Oregon Legislative Assembly · 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
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentGovernance source link · Oregon Secretary of State · Linkedoriginal
  • Legislative Committee Records InventorySession research source · Oregon State Archives · Preservedoriginal
  • Oregon Laws publication and ordering pageSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · 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, “1961 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1961-state-regular-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1961-state-regular-01,
  title = {1961 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-1961-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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