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R Oregon Senate · District 1

Sen. David Smith

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Total votes
5,984
all sessions
Attendance
96%
180 missed
Lower than 90% of chamber peers
With party
94%
of cast votes
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,403
bills & resolutions
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
Committees
7
assignments
1,403 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,403
Primary
707
Co-sponsor
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Co-sponsor HB 2668
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to search and rescue.

Requires certain private persons, before engaging in search and rescue efforts, to make specified disclosures to the family of the missing person and to notify county sheriffs.

Signed into law Jun 11, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2299
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to the unlawful dissemination of intimate images.

] [ Increases the penalty for unlawful dissemination of an intimate image and renames the crime. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, or 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, if the person has a prior conviction. Modifies the crime to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images. ] [ Creates the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image in the second degree. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if the person has a prior conviction. ] Modifies the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image to include the disclosure of digitally created, manipulated or altered images.

Signed into law Jun 11, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 3920
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to waiver of tuition for certain qualified students; and prescribing an effective date.

Increases the age limit for tuition waivers for qualified students. Permits a qualified student to receive a tuition waiver for a master's degree notwithstanding whether the qualified student received a waiver for a baccalaureate degree. Removes the requirement that a qualified student apply for a master's degree within 12 months of receiving a baccalaureate degree to receive a tuition waiver for a master's degree. Permits a qualified student to receive a tuition waiver for a master's degree if the student presents proof of eligibility for specified federal assistance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Signed into law Jun 11, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1099
Signed into law · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to use of real property for education; and declaring an emergency.

Maddy summarySB 1099 requires Oregon cities and counties to permit preschool programs on properties used for religious worship (like churches or mosques), while explicitly excluding private or parochial schools for grades K-12. The bill amends zoning laws to ensure religious properties can host preschools as a permitted use, alongside existing activities like worship services and meal programs. It declares an emergency, making the law effective immediately upon the governor’s signature on June 3, 2025. This directly affects religious organizations seeking to expand early childhood education services on their land.

Signed into law Jun 11, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 2380
Signed into law · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to cosmetology provisional certificates; and declaring an emergency.

Directs the Board of Cosmetology to adopt rules to allow the holder of a provisional certificate to perform in a cosmetology field of practice under the supervision of a practitioner in the same field of practice under certain circumstances . Establishes requirements for a practitioner to act as a supervisor. Directs the board to adopt rules for the Health Licensing Office to issue a provisional certificate. Provides that, upon application for certification, a provisional certificate holder may submit evidence of supervised practice in order to meet the educational requirements. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Signed into law Jun 11, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor SB 699
Signed into law · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to medical devices.

] Expands the health insurance coverage of prosthetic and orthotic devices and exempts the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board from the expansion of covered services unless the boards provide notice to the Department of Consumer and Business Services . [ Declares an emergency, effective on passage. ].

Signed into law Jun 11, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SCR 31
Passed · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Commending the Legislative Commission on Indian Services on its 50th anniversary.

Maddy summarySCR 31 is a ceremonial resolution commending Oregon's Legislative Commission on Indian Services (LCIS) for its 50th anniversary. It recognizes LCIS as the nation's first permanent state commission dedicated to tribal-state consultation, established in 1975 to advise Oregon's government on American Indian needs and foster communication between the state and Oregon's nine federally recognized tribes. The resolution has no policy impact - it solely honors LCIS's historical role as a forum for tribal-state collaboration without creating new programs or altering laws.

Passed Jun 9, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2332
Signed into law · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to air curtain incinerators; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from requiring a Title V operating permit for certain air curtain incinerators. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Signed into law Jun 6, 2025 1 co-sponsor
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