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R Oregon Senate · District 12

Sen. Bruce Starr

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Total votes
1,117
all sessions
Attendance
82%
180 missed
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
With party
96%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
3%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
72
bills & resolutions
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
10
assignments
72 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
72
Primary
21
Co-sponsor
51
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Co-sponsor SB 381
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-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 1 co-sponsor
Primary SB 1201
In committee · Oregon Senate · Lead sponsor
Relating to constructing bridges across the Columbia River that are west of the Interstate 5 bridges; prescribing an effective date.

Requires the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility and utility of constructing bridges across the Columbia River west of the Interstate 5 bridges. Directs the department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor SB 380
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to exemptions from estate tax; prescribing an effective date.

Provides for an additional exemption against Oregon estate tax. Phases out the availability of the exemption based on the size of the estate. Applies to the estates of all decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1012
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to infants born alive.

Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Primary SB 3
In committee · Oregon Senate · Lead sponsor
Relating to transportation; prescribing an effective date.

Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to decrease either the weight-mile tax or vehicle fuel taxes if the highway cost allocation study indicates that a vehicle class is paying more than its fair share for the use of the highways in the state and the Legislative Assembly does not enact a measure within 120 days of the Joint Committee on Transportation receiving a report on the study to correct the imbalance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor SJR 30
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to initiative petition signatures.

Digest: Demands at least 8% of those who voted in the last election for a Governor to sign an IM petition. Demands at least 10% of those who voted in the last election for a Governor to sign a petition to amend the Constitution. Demands that the signatures must come from among all congressional districts. Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require petition signatures for initiative laws to contain at least eight percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected divided equally among the congressional districts of this state. Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require petition signatures for initiative amendments to the Oregon Constitution to contain at least ten percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected divided equally among the congressional districts of this state. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 440
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to a homebuilding contract exemption under corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date.

Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax as applicable to homebuilding contracts. 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 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 467
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to tax credits for child care workers; prescribing an effective date.

Creates a refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers. Provides for a child care worker to elect to deposit the refund attributable to the credit in the Oregon Retirement Savings Plan. Provides for the credit to be claimed on the personal income tax return for the 2026 tax year. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1013
In committee · Oregon Senate · Co-sponsor
Relating to children's advocacy center services.

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice out of the General Fund for distribution to the Liberty House to provide children's advocacy center services.

In committee Jun 28, 2025 1 co-sponsor
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