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R Oregon House · District 2

Rep. Virgle Osborne

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Total votes
2,278
all sessions
Attendance
81%
365 missed
Lower than 92% of chamber peers
With party
93%
of cast votes
Lower than 87% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
4%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 86% of chamber peers
Sponsored
299
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
299 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
299
Primary
79
Co-sponsor
220
This page
299
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Co-sponsor SB 1584
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to the creation of credits for the restoration of salmon habitat; prescribing an effective date.

Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins. Establishes the Salmon Credit Trust Fund. Directs the Department of State Lands and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to consult with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to seek federal approval for a bank instrument and authorization of activities that occur in navigable waters of the United States. Becomes operative on the date that the federal authorization and bank instrument are approved. Provides that the Department of State Lands may not approve a salmon credit project on or after January 1 of the sixth year following federal approval. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1586
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to economic development; prescribing an effective date.

Digest: The Act would change the tax credit for semiconductor research. The Act would set up and change some tax breaks for advanced manufacturing, enterprise zones and regionally significant industrial sites. The Act would direct certain state agencies to set up deadlines to process applications for permits and to make the deadlines public. The Act would make those agencies, no later than 60 days after the date on which the Act becomes law, publish a list of the permits that they issue. Modifies the tax credit allowed for semiconductor research. Creates and amends certain programs offering tax breaks related to advanced manufacturing, enterprise zones and regionally significant industrial sites. Directs certain state agencies to establish deadlines within which the agency intends to process applications for permits and make the deadlines available to the public. Directs certain state agencies to publish a catalog of permits issued by the agency within 60 days after the effective date of the Act. Adds rural reserves in Washington County to Metro to be used for high-technology and advanced manufacturing purposes. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4155
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to infertility.

] Requires certain health insurers[ , the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employees' Benefit Board ] to cover fertility services and treatments. Exempts certain insurers from specific coverage requirements. [ Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. ] [ Declares an emergency, effective on passage. ] Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to administer a program to provide reimbursement for the costs for treatments when not covered by exempted insurers. Establishes the Family Building Fund in the State Treasury.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4101
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to the offense of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; prescribing an effective date.

Increases sentencing guidelines for felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4087
Failed · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to infants born alive.

Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.

Failed Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4078
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to an income tax subtraction allowed for plaintiffs in wildfire litigation; prescribing an effective date.

Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows a taxpayer to amend a return to claim a refund for the earliest tax year in which a subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2027, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1545
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to corner crossing; declaring an emergency.

Establishes immunity from action for trespass for persons that corner cross on public land. Establishes immunity for landowner for damages due to negligence or gross negligence arising out of corner crossing. Excludes lawful corner crossing from the definition of "enter or remain unlawfully" for purposes of criminal trespass laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1583
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to substance use.

Establishes the Behavioral Health and Deflection Committee within the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Directs the committee to administer grant programs for Behavioral Health Resource Networks and deflection programs. Transfers the duties of the Oversight and Accountability Council to the committee.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 4046
In committee · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to nuclear energy; declaring an emergency.

Directs the State Department of Energy, subject to the availability of funding, to conduct a study on nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors. Directs the department to engage with tribal governments, consult with certain [ state agencies and ] organizations and utilize moneys from federal, private and other public sources to carry out the study. Requires the department to report and make public information on the sources of moneys or assistance and amounts of moneys that the department receives to carry out this Act, anticipated uses of those moneys or assistance and any potential conflicts of interest. Directs the department to submit the report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than one year after the date the department receives the moneys or assistance necessary to complete the study. Directs the department to provide an update on the department's progress in carrying out this Act to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than February 15, 2027. Establishes the Nuclear Energy Study Fund. Sunsets January 2, [ 2028 ] 2030 . Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HCR 201
Passed · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Celebrating the Oregon Fire District Directors Association.

Maddy summaryHCR 201 is a ceremonial resolution celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Oregon Fire District Directors Association (OFDDA). It recognizes the association's history of promoting fire safety and public protection since its founding in 1950, highlighting its role in advancing fire district coordination and education. The resolution honors the OFDDA's contributions to Oregon's fire service agencies and encourages continued collaboration across the state's fire safety organizations. This is purely a commemorative measure with no policy or funding changes.

Passed Feb 27, 2026 1 co-sponsor
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