Oregon Legislative Records Guide
The Oregon State Capitol Building, 1873 to 1935 (Courtesy of Legislative Library, Cecil L. Edwards records)
Legislative Committee Records Inventory
1925-27 Interim through 1951 Regular Session
1951-53 Interim through 1967 Special Session
1967-69 Interim through 1979-81 Interim
1981 Regular Session through 1983-85 Interim
1985 Regular Session through 1995 Regular Session
1995 First Special through 1997 Regular Session
1997-99 Interim through 1999 Regular Session
1999-01 Interim through 2001 Regular Session
2001-03 Interim through 2003 Regular Session
2003-05 Interim through 2005 Regular Session
2005-07 Interim through 2007 Regular Session
2007-09 Interim through 2009 Regular Session
2009-11 Interim through 2011 Regular Session
Early legislative records in the
Oregon State Archives begin with the 1843 Legislative
Committee which drafted the Organic Laws and created
Oregon's Provisional government. Check Legislative
Research in the Oregon State Archives and on this Web
Site for resources (Oregon
statutes, laws, and journals) available for research prior
to the keeping of legislative committee records (e.g.
minutes, exhibits) which are the primary source for finding
legislative history.
In the late 1920s the Oregon Legislative Assembly began keeping committee minutes and exhibits. The Archives has minutes and exhibits of the interim Workmen's Compensation Committee for 1926-27. These records do not become continuous until 1961 when the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed law (ORS 171.420) requiring the deposit of legislative records with the State Archivist.
Following is the inventory of regular, special, and interim legislative records in the Oregon State Archives. Statutory committee records are listed with the interim records except for the Emergency Board records (see Oregon Legislative Assembly Series Descriptions).