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D Oregon House · District 25

Rep. Ben Bowman

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Total votes
2,506
all sessions
Attendance
99%
28 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 91% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
281
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
281 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
281
Primary
100
Co-sponsor
181
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Primary HB 4147
Passed · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to medical assistance; prescribing an effective date.

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to collaborate with the Department of Human Services and the Employment Department to submit an annual report that [ identifies ] provides information about employers that employ [ 50 ] 500 or more employees in this state and [ that ] have employees [ or dependents of the employees ] who are medical assistance recipients. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Passed Mar 7, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1581
In committee · Oregon Senate · Lead sponsor
Relating to school meals; prescribing an effective date.

Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast accessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. [ Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources. ] Takes effect on July 1, 2026.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 4081
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to photo radar in highway work zones.

Maddy summaryHB 4081 regulates photo radar use in Oregon highway work zones on state highways. It requires photo radar units to operate only within 100 yards of highway workers or temporary roadway changes (like lane shifts), with clear signage placed 100-400 yards before the zone. The Oregon Department of Transportation and Oregon State Police must ensure radar units meet strict accuracy standards, produce clear images, undergo regular inspections, and provide annual calibration. The law also mandates biennial safety evaluations and annual reports to the Legislative Assembly about photo radar usage and public acceptance. This directly affects drivers in work zones, the DOT, and law enforcement agencies operating the radar systems.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4103
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to artificial intelligence.

] Establishes the Senator Aaron Woods Commission on Artificial Intelligence within the office of Enterprise Information Services. [ Establishes the commission's purpose to serve as a central resource to monitor the use of artificial intelligence technologies and systems in this state and report on long-term policy implications. ] Directs the commission to identify and report on long-term policy implications in the use of artificial intelligence technologies by the state. Directs the commission to [ provide ] submit an annual report to the Legislative Assembly. Allows the commission to make recommendations for legislation, regulations or policy to the Legislative Assembly. Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to hire [ a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer to assist the commission in carrying out the commission's duties. ] an individual responsible for developing the state's strategic vision related to privacy, data protection and artificial intelligence. Allows the department to charge a state [ or local agency or public body ] agency, officer, board or commission for [ the commission's ] services provided by the department or the Senator Aaron Woods Commission on Artificial Intelligence .

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 HB 4095
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to semi-independent state agencies.

Maddy summaryHB 4095 requires Oregon's semi-independent state boards (such as licensing commissions for professions like optometry or massage therapy) to follow standard state budget and financial reporting rules they previously were exempt from. The bill mandates these boards to submit detailed annual reports to the legislature, including budget documents, audit copies, and descriptions of fee changes requiring public hearings. It also requires boards to comply with state procurement rules and hold public hearings before adjusting fees. These changes apply broadly to all semi-independent boards currently operating outside standard state fiscal oversight.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 4143
Passed · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to payments to the federal government; prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes the Governor to direct state agencies to withhold moneys owed to the federal government if federal funds are being withheld from the state in contravention of a valid court order. Requires the state to indemnify officers, employees or agents for civil claims arising from compliance with the Act. Sunsets on January 2, 2037. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Passed Mar 6, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2688
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to the application of a prevailing rate of wage to off-site custom work for use in public works; and prescribing an effective date.

Applies the prevailing rate of wage to certain off-site bespoke work fabricated, preconstructed, assembled or constructed in accordance with specifications for a particular public works. Specifies examples of such bespoke work. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Signed into law Aug 13, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2005
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency.

Describes when a person is in need of treatment because the person is a danger to self, a danger to others, unable to provide for basic personal needs or has a chronic mental disorder. Describes the evidence that the court may consider when determining whether a person is in need of treatment because the person is a danger to self, a danger to others, unable to provide for basic personal needs or has a chronic mental disorder. Modifies the diversion from commitment process. Creates a new procedure for determining when a person is incapacitated for purposes of a declaration for mental health treatment. Modifies the declaration for mental health treatment form. Describes when a declaration for mental health treatment obviates the need for involuntary treatment. Modifies provisions regarding the sharing of information regarding certain persons receiving mental health treatment. Includes certain attempted criminal conduct in the types of criminal conduct for which a person may be committed as an extremely dangerous person with mental illness. Directs the Judicial Department to collect and analyze data regarding tribal and state interactions relating to certain involuntary treatment of tribal members. Establishes the Task Force on the Intersection of Tribal and State Forensic Behavioral Health. Establishes maximum periods of commitment and community restoration services for criminal defendants determined to lack fitness to proceed. Establishes procedures for requesting extensions to the maximum periods up to a specified total time period. Sunsets the maximum periods on January 1, 2028. Modifies the process for court determinations on fitness to proceed. Specifies what the court may consider when making the determination and procedures for the hearing on the determination. Directs the court to determine, upon finding a defendant to lack fitness to proceed, whether the defendant may only be discharged to certain secure facilities. Modifies the process by which a committed defendant, determined to no longer require a hospital level of care, is discharged to other placements. Establishes procedures for objecting to proposed placements and court procedures when no placements are identified. Requires local governments to allow, within an urban growth boundary, siting of residential treatment facilities, residential treatment homes or crisis stabilization centers within additional land use zones. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the Behavioral Health Division for payments made to community mental health programs for civil commitments. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Public Defense Commission for providing public defense to financially eligible persons in civil commitment proceedings. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Signed into law Aug 13, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 3145
Signed into law · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows the Housing and Community Services Department to use Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program Fund moneys for factory-built housing. Requires the department to hire a contractor to support the factory-built housing industry. Requires the department to report on outcomes to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2027. Sunsets January 2, 2028. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Signed into law Aug 7, 2025 0 co-sponsors
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