2025-2026 Regular Session

Committees

Committees decide which bills get a hearing. 72% of referrals this session never got one, and Rules 2 Review reported out just 1% of the bills sent to it.

Committee referrals

6,056

across 41 committees

Heard

1,699

28% of referrals

Reported out

1,699

100% of those heard

Busiest committee

Rules 2 Review

1,087 referrals

Committee workload and gatekeeping

Bills referred to each standing committee and how many it heard and reported out. The lightest band is legislation that died without a hearing.

ReferredHeardReported outHouseSenateReport rateMedian days

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Committee workload
Committee	Chamber	Referred	Heard	Reported	Report rate	Median days to report
Rules 2 Review	House	1087	15	15	1%	333
Ways and Means	Senate	631	240	240	38%	12
Appropriations	House	582	178	178	31%	10
Finance	House	262	66	66	25%	17
Law and Justice	Senate	199	59	59	30%	13
Health Care and Wellness	House	191	54	54	28%	18
Labor and Commerce	Senate	176	79	79	45%	16
Health and Long-Term Care	Senate	174	67	67	39%	13
Community Safety	House	162	42	42	26%	20.5
State Government and Tribal Relations	House	157	64	64	41%	14
State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections	Senate	144	54	54	38%	16
Transportation	House	142	45	45	32%	19
Civil Rights and Judiciary	House	140	52	52	37%	17.5
Transportation	Senate	140	54	54	39%	16
Early Learning and K-12 Education	Senate	139	43	43	31%	15
Environment, Energy and Technology	Senate	134	46	46	34%	16
Human Services	Senate	134	45	45	34%	15
Labor and Workplace Standards	House	133	56	56	42%	16.5
Consumer Protection and Business	House	129	34	34	26%	20
Environment and Energy	House	125	31	31	25%	15
Local Government	House	114	35	35	31%	16
Early Learning and Human Services	House	111	32	32	29%	16.5
Education	House	108	29	29	27%	18
Housing	Senate	93	33	33	35%	14
Local Government	Senate	86	37	37	43%	14
Agriculture and Natural Resources	Senate	79	30	30	38%	13
Postsecondary Education and Workforce	House	79	22	22	28%	16
Agriculture and Natural Resources	House	78	34	34	44%	22
Housing	House	70	26	26	37%	14.5
Business, Trade and Economic Development	Senate	67	31	31	46%	13
Technology, Economic Development and Veterans	House	58	22	22	38%	13.5
Higher Education and Workforce Development	Senate	55	23	23	42%	10
Capital Budget	House	50	18	18	36%	13
Rules Committee for second reading	Senate	14	0	0	0%	—
Rules 2 Consideration	House	5	2	2	40%	286.5
Rules	Senate	3	0	0	0%	—
Community Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report)	House	1	0	0	0%	—
Environment & Energy (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report)	House	1	0	0	0%	—
Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report)	House	1	1	1	100%	35
Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report)	House	1	0	0	0%	—
Rules 3 Consideration	House	1	0	0	0%	—

Not shown, with no referrals this session: Administrative Rules Review, Economic Development and International Relations Legislative, Employment Relations, Energy Supply, Energy Conservation and Energy Resilience Select, Health Care and Behavioral Health Oversight Select, Higher Education, Legislative Audit and Review, Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought, Legislative Ethics Board, Legislative Oral History, Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability, Oregon-Washington Legislative Action, Pension Funding Council, Pension Policy Select, Rules, State Actuary Appointment, Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs.