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1963 SPECIAL SESSION

November 11 to December 2, 1963 · 52th 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. Budget retrenchment after rejection of the 1963 tax programThe session translated a direct-democracy revenue defeat into immediate expenditure reductions.
  2. 2. Legislative oversight of administrative rulemakingEstablished a continuing legislative rule-review mechanism.
  3. 3. Replacement revenue packageA durable alternative to service reductions was the central unresolved choice.
Assembly
52th 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

  • 1963 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1963ssoriginal
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • 1963 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1963ssoriginal
  • Crocker and Crocker — checksum snapshotPrimary · 157 Or App 663; PDF p. 15original
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF pages [372, 374]original
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1963 special-session Oregon Laws; governor call, budget bills, and journals pendingoriginal
  • 1963 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1963ssoriginal
Featured documents linked to this session (9)
  • 1963 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tableSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · 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
  • 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, “1963 SPECIAL SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1963-state-special-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1963-state-special-01,
  title = {1963 SPECIAL SESSION},
  howpublished = {Oregon Governance Atlas, edition September 2026},
  note = {Historical cutoff 2026-08-31},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1963-state-special-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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