Legislative voting records for Oregon House and Senate


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Abortion     ACLU: Apply health equity: barriers affect low-income minorities.     Cliff Bentz: Opposed requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Jeff Merkley: Public funding for stem cell research.     Kate Brown: Enacted requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Knute Buehler: Opposed requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Tina Kotek: Supported requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Tina Kotek: Public funding for stem cell research.     Betsy Johnson: Supported requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Tobias Read: Public funding for stem cell research.

Civil Rights     Andrea Salinas: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Cliff Bentz: Disallow transgender change name/sex to be private.     Jeff Merkley: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Kate Brown: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Kate Brown: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Knute Buehler: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Tina Kotek: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Tina Kotek: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Christine Drazan: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Betsy Johnson: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Betsy Johnson: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Tina Kotek: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Ted Kulongoski: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Tobias Read: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.

Crime     Val Hoyle: Reduce sentences for non-violent offenses.     Andrea Salinas: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.     Jeff Merkley: Mandatory minimum sentence for some 1st-degree sex offenders.     Kate Brown: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     Tina Kotek: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     Christine Drazan: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     Betsy Johnson: Voted NO on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.     John Kitzhaber: Reduce sentences for non-violent offenses.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.

Drugs     Val Hoyle: Voted YES on retail medical marijuana establishments.     Andrea Salinas: Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Cliff Bentz: Oppose marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on retail medical marijuana establishments.     Kate Brown: Liberalize recreational marijuana use but regulate it.     Kate Brown: Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on retail medical marijuana establishments.     Tina Kotek: Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on retail medical marijuana establishments.     Christine Drazan: Oppose marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Betsy Johnson: Oppose marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Betsy Johnson: Voted NO on retail medical marijuana establishments.

Energy & Oil     Val Hoyle: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Val Hoyle: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on electronic energy efficiency standards.     John Kitzhaber: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Kate Brown: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Kate Brown: Clean fuel bill critical; we are seeing a warming planet.     Kate Brown: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Ted Kulongoski: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Tina Kotek: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Tina Kotek: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.     Tobias Read: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Tobias Read: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Tobias Read: Voted YES to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.     Betsy Johnson: Voted NO on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Betsy Johnson: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.

Environment     Val Hoyle: Prohibit motorized mining in riverbeds.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.     John Kitzhaber: Prohibit motorized mining in riverbeds.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.     Betsy Johnson: Voted NO on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.

Gun Control     Val Hoyle: Require background checks for most gun transactions.     Cliff Bentz: No background checks for private gun transactions.     Kate Brown: Require more background checks on gun sales.     Kate Brown: Supports IP43 assault weapon ban and IP44 safe storage rules.     Knute Buehler: Opposes gun control proposals as intruding on basic freedoms.     Knute Buehler: No background checks for private gun transactions.     Tobias Read: Require background checks for most gun transactions.     Betsy Johnson: No background checks for private gun transactions.     Tina Kotek: Require criminal background checks for gun purchases.

Immigration     Val Hoyle: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Val Hoyle: Expand state college aid to undocumented students .     Jason Conger: Voted NO on drivers licenses for non-resident aliens.     Jeff Merkley: Rated 90% by Oregonians for Immigration Reform.     John Kitzhaber: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Kate Brown: Expand state college aid to undocumented students.     Tina Kotek: Expand state college aid to undocumented students.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Tobias Read: Expand state college aid to undocumented students.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Betsy Johnson: Don't expand state college aid to undocumented students.

Click for quotations from other sources by: ACLU Andrea Salinas Democrat U.S. Rep Oregon-6 Betsy Johnson Christine Drazan Oregon Republican candidate for Governor Cliff Bentz Republican U.S. Rep Oregon-2 Jason Conger Republican Challenger Oregon Jeff Merkley Democratic Jr Senator Oregon John Kitzhaber Oregon Democratic Governor (resigned 2015) Kate Brown Oregon Democratic Governor Knute Buehler Oregon Republican candidate for governor Ted Kulongoski Oregon Former Democratic Governor (2002-2010) Tina Kotek Oregon Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Tobias Read Oregon Democratic Challenger Val Hoyle Democrat U.S. Rep Oregon-4