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R Oregon Senate · District 11

Sen. Kim Thatcher

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Total votes
5,147
all sessions
Attendance
84%
491 missed
Lower than 80% of chamber peers
With party
91%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
8%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
Sponsored
449
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
449 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
449
Primary
191
Co-sponsor
258
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Primary HB 2039
In committee · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to exempt amount under corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date.

Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1038
Passed · Oregon Senate · Lead sponsor
Relating to standards of time.

Maintains current time standards in Oregon unless certain conditions are met. For the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if California and Washington make the same change within the next 10 years. Restores current time standards if California and Washington do not make the standard time change within 10 years. Alternatively, for the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on daylight saving time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if Congress enacts a law authorizing states to elect year-round daylight saving time and if California and Washington establish daylight saving time as the standard of time year-round. Restores current time standards if Congress fails to authorize daylight saving time or if California and Washington do not make daylight saving time their year-round standard of time within 10 years. Provides that standards of time in the Mountain Time Zone portion of Oregon remain unchanged.

Passed Jun 28, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 3483
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to established camping sites; declaring an emergency.

Provides that a camping site is not "established" until it has been continuously occupied for 72 hours for purposes of the rule requiring 72-hour notice before homeless individuals may be removed from the camping site. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary HB 2036
In committee · Oregon House · Lead sponsor
Relating to estate tax; prescribing an effective date.

Provides that the Oregon estate tax is imposed only on the estates of decedents dying on or before January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor HB 3098
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to reporting by recipients of public moneys; prescribing an effective date.

Requires certain recipients of grant or loan moneys distributed by state agencies to submit annual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly. Directs state agencies to notify recipients of requirements of the Act. Requires persons required to file reports under the Act to disclose amounts and recipients of political contributions made within a specified time frame. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2432
Failed · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to the regulation of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness; declaring an emergency.

Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of violations of such laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Failed Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2427
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to the constitutionality of state laws.

Directs the Department of Justice to review state statutes and administrative rules and determine whether each statute or rule is likely to be found unconstitutional under the reasoning and interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution set forth in the Students for Fair Admissions case decided by the United States Supreme Court. Directs the department to report on its findings to a committee or interim committee related to the judiciary.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 3542
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to motorcycles.

Allows a motorcycle operator to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions. Increases the penalty for committing the offense of motorcycle or moped unlawful passing in a lane with a vehicle. Punishes a violation by a maximum $2,000 fine.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 913
Passed · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to justice of the peace districts.

Removes provisions prohibiting a county court or board of county commissioners from establishing a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat or city in which a circuit court regularly holds court.

Passed Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor HB 2734
In committee · Oregon House · Co-sponsor
Relating to the Oregon Public Defense Commission; prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes the Oregon Public Defense Commission to contract with specified individuals and entities for the provision of public defense services. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
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