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An agency directive, standard, regulation or statement of general applicability that implements, interprets or prescribes law or policy, or describes the procedure or practice requirements of any agency.
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Bill File:
All of the records associated with a specific bill. A file may contain various versions of the bill, committee minutes, testimony, hearing logs, fiscal analysis, reports, etc.
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Bill Status:
Tracks the legislative process of the bill. A bill may be in committee, introduced on the floor of the Senate or House, voted on, etc. Also referred to as Measure Status. Use OLIS to find status of current bills. Use Senate/House Journal to track status of past session bills.
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Also referred to as Session Law and officially called the "Oregon Laws". The session laws are a compilation of laws enacted and selected memorials and resolutions adopted during a single session. They are published in bound volumes with tables and an index.
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The minutes, exhibits, recording logs, and audio recordings of legislative committee meetings. Recent records are available on the OLIS site. Historical records are available at the State Archives.
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Exhibits:
Letters, written testimony, proposed amendments, etc. regarding a bill. Exhibits are submitted by legislators, committee staff, and citizens in support or opposition to a proposed bill. Records from 2007+ available through OLIS, past information available through the State Archives.
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Compilation of House member activities, published at the end of each legislative session. Use the table-of-contents to find, measure status, committee membership, etc.
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Group of legislators assigned to study bills and make recommendations on their passage to the full Senate or House.
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A bill, resolution, or memorial.
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Measure Status Report:
Published daily during a legislative session, lists the action taken on each measure, hearing and work session dates, etc. After adjournment, a compilation of every measure introduced during the session is published in the Final Legislative Measures--Status Report. Also published in the Senate/House Journals.
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Oregon Legislative Information System, an online portal providing access to bills, committee information and exhibits from 2007 onward.
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A compilation of the activities of Senate members, published at the end of each legislative session. Use the table-of-contents to find, measure status, committee membership, etc.
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Officially called Oregon Laws, the session laws are a compilation of laws, memorials and resolutions adopted during a single legislative session. They are sometimes referred to as Chapter Laws.
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The codified laws of the State of Oregon. Officially called the Oregon Revised Statutes, the ORS is published every two years. Long Law Library has copies of past ORS.