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D Oregon House · District 50

Rep. Ricki Ruiz

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Total votes
2,593
all sessions
Attendance
89%
239 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
97%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
340
bills & resolutions
Lower than 78% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
340 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
340
Primary
136
Co-sponsor
204
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Primary HB 4114
Signed into law · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to law enforcement operations; and declaring an emergency.

] Creates a civil cause of action against [ federal law enforcement agents and law enforcement agents of another state in specified circumstances. ] certain individuals who under color of law enter certain property without a warrant or an exception to the warrant requirement. Allows for an award of attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff and, under certain circumstances, to a prevailing defendant. [ Requires federal law enforcement agents and law enforcement agents of another state to provide notice to the Department of Justice prior to conducting planned operations within this state. ] [ Specifies identification requirements for federal law enforcement agents and law enforcement agents of another state conducting law enforcement operations within this state. ] [ Prohibits a state or local law enforcement agency from coordinating with a federal law enforcement agency or a law enforcement agency of another state that does not provide notice as required, violates the identification requirements or targets a sensitive location without authorization. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Signed into law Apr 6, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 4123
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to landlord disclosure of confidential information; and prescribing an effective date.

Limits the circumstances under which a landlord may disclose confidential information. Authorizes statutory damages for individuals affected by knowing violations. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Signed into law Apr 6, 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
Primary HB 4096
In committee · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to felon in possession of a firearm.

Creates the crime of aggravated felon in possession of a firearm when a person who has been convicted of a felony possesses three or more firearms or has certain prior convictions. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor SB 1569
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to public employee retirement.

Maddy summarySB 1569 amends Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System to classify certain correctional employees as "police officers" for retirement purposes. Specifically, it adds Department of Corrections staff assigned custody duties at correctional facilities to the definition of "police officer" under ORS 238.005(20)(a). This change directly affects correctional employees in state institutions who perform custody-related duties, allowing them to qualify for police officer retirement benefits and lower retirement ages. The bill modifies eligibility criteria for retirement benefits but does not alter contribution rates or fund structure.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 4090
In committee · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to county vehicle registration fees; prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to, by ordinance, identify zones within the county where the Department of Transportation has estimated that median household income is less than $____ and to reduce or eliminate county registration fees within those zones. Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to establish a regional allocation plan and allocate county registration fee revenues derived from sub-areas identified in the plan to specific transportation projects within those sub-areas. Requires counties that adopt fee reduction or elimination ordinances or regional allocation plans to annually report to affected cities and to the Legislative Assembly on specified effects of these decisions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 4002
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to legislative measures; declaring an emergency.

Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that a committee of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 200 the combined total number of legislative measures that the Governor and state agencies under the authority of the Governor may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that other statewide elected officials and the Judicial Department may each ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Authorizes the Senate Rules Committee or the House Rules Committee to ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare additional measures on behalf of requesters. Authorizes the measure's requester to ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare an additional measure when the first legislative chamber passes or adopts a measure. Applies to requests for legislative measures made for the 2027 regular session and subsequent odd-numbered year regular sessions. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

In committee Mar 7, 2026 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1574
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to voting at primary elections.

Permits a person who will be 17 years of age on the date of a primary election and 18 years of age on the date of the general election to vote at the primary election for candidates of a major political party with which the person is affiliated. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Secretary of State for the purpose of printing and counting additional ballots.

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 HJM 201
Passed · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Urging Congress to pass legislation to permanently extend federal tax cuts for wildfire victims.

Maddy summaryOregon's legislature is requesting Congress permanently extend federal tax relief for wildfire victims, which expired at the end of 2025. This follows Oregon's 2024 state law (SB 1520) that provided tax relief for wildfire recovery, but required federal companion relief to prevent liability settlements from being taxed. The memorial specifically urges Congress to make permanent the temporary federal tax cuts established by H.R. 5863 (Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023). This applies to wildfire victims in Oregon who faced federal taxation on recovery funds after recent catastrophic fires.

Passed Feb 27, 2026 1 co-sponsor
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