Oregon Legal Research BlogI could use this case to teach an entire course on Oregon legal research to lawyers, law students, legislators, and self-represented litigants:
City of Damascus v. Henry R. Brown, Jr. (A156920)
“ARMSTRONG, P. J.
Articles Tagged with Oregon legislature
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Superseded ORS on the Oregon Legislature’s Website: 1953-1981
The Oregon Legislature now has 1953-1981 ORS on their website. Stay tuned for more superseded ORS to be added to the online collection.
Indirect link: Visit the ORS Archives 1999-2011 webpage and click on the text (in tiny print): “Older editions of the ORS are available here and more are being added as time and resources allow.”
More about the Gutbuster scanning project we have been working on with Legislative Counsel, including a picture of a Gutbuster.
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Wonk Alert: Jobs (Oregon) State Legislature
The Oregon Legislature is starting to hire for the upcoming 2015 Legislative Session.
For more information: Employment Opportunities at the Capitol
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Oregon Legislative Sessions: General and Special, Past and Present
If you ever wondered (and I’m sure you have – ahem), if there was a legislative session in any given year, here are some handy-dandy lists, courtesy of the Secretary of State’s Oregon Blue Book:
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One Reason Oregon Lawyer Bills are Higher Than They Should Be: Superseded ORSs and Wonky Websites
I have about 150 draft blog posts and no time to prep them for viewing, but some info just has to rise to the top:
A(nother) frustrated librarian has created this quick and dirty website to superseded ORS, Historical ORS, which can supplement the info on our Where are Superseded (Archived) Oregon Revised Statutes?
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Oregon 2014 Legislative Session Preview
From Oregon Legislative Administration Committee Services:
“To encourage transparency, public participation, and efficiency in government, the Oregon Legislative Assembly is making available the 2014 Senate and House Legislative Measures prior to the official start of the legislative session.
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Where are Superseded (Archived) Oregon Revised Statutes?
Superseded ORSs, formerly on the Oregon Legislature’s old website, along with audio recordings, minutes, and exhibits, are missing in action only temporarily while the Legislature’s website upgrade is in progress.
We have been reassured by Legislative Counsel that the superseded ORSs will be on the new website shortly. (New websites take time, lots of time to pull themselves together, even after launch.)
In the meantime:
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Facelift for Oregon Legislature’s Website and Stay Tuned for More Superseded ORS
The new Oregon Legislature’s website goes live Oct 1, 2013. This is great news for legislative and legal researchers (and government wonks, too).
1) Superseded ORS, 1953 – present: Legislative Counsel been posting their superseded digital ORS files and soon all the superseded ORS images scanned by the Washington County Law Library, 1953-1993, will be added to the Legislature’s database. (Now you can find those superseded statutes from the Bills/Laws pages of the Legislature’s website, but we’re not sure where they’ll reside in the update. Maybe the same place or not. Either way, research is a grand adventure!)
2) Click on the Legislature’s New Website Going Live October 1st link for a list of many more updates.
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Biennial Report of the Oregon Law Commission, 2011-2013
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What is a “Floor Letter” and a “Note from Mother” (in the Oregon Legislature)?
The Oregon Legislative Library’s Reference Librarian* answers our ‘floor letter’ question. (The “Note from Mother” question is answered at the end of this blog post. Who said watching the Oregon Legislature wasn’t fun?!)
“A ‘floor letter’ is information put on each member’s desk during a session the day of a measure’s 3rd reading and subsequent floor vote. The floor letter has to be identified as originating ‘from the desk of’ a member.
Essentially, it’s like a last ditch effort to make a point.