Oregon Government Affairs

See Oregon Bills Coming
Before They Have a Number

BallotBase tracks Oregon's whole political record in one place: every bill and vote, who lobbied and who funded the people voting, the testimony and positions on the record, and the Legislative Concept drafts that surface on committee agendas weeks before a bill is ever filed.

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The problem

Oregon's record is split across three systems that never talk

  • ✕ Campaign money lives in ORESTAR, lobbying in OGEC, bills and votes in OLIS, three separate systems
  • ✕ Nothing connects the money to the members who moved a bill
  • ✕ The earliest signal, a draft on an interim agenda, sits where no bill tracker looks
  • ✕ By the time a bill has a number, the window to weigh in is already closing
  • ✕ Testimony and positions are buried in individual PDF filings
The BallotBase solution

One view, from the first draft to the final vote

  • ✓ Bills, lobbying, and money joined together, on the issues you actually track
  • ✓ The pre-bill layer surfaced, Legislative Concept drafts before they become bills
  • ✓ Every hearing and posted agenda, sorted by when it appeared, not just when it meets
  • ✓ Support, oppose, and neutral, shown as the submitter's own OLIS label, never guessed
  • ✓ Refreshed on Oregon's own filing and legislative calendar
Live: an Oregon issue portfolio, bills and lobbying and pre-bill drafts in one view
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BallotBase Oregon issue portfolio tracking water bills, session lobbying spend, and a Legislative Concept draft that became a bill
Real Oregon data from OLIS, OGEC, and ORESTAR. A draft that became a bill, the session's lobbying spend, and every bill's status, together.
What's covered

The whole Oregon record, not a slice of it.

Oregon is our deepest state. Money, lobbying, and the full legislative record, joined together and sourced straight from the state's own systems.

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Bills, Votes & Analyses
Every measure, sponsor, committee, roll-call vote, and printed version from OLIS. Track a bill's whole path and see exactly where it stands.
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The Pre-Bill Layer
Legislative Concept drafts appear on interim committee agendas weeks before they are filed as numbered bills. We surface them, and link each one to the bill it becomes. No bill tracker watches this.
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Campaign Finance
ORESTAR contributions and expenditures for every candidate, committee, and PAC in the state, with donor geography and spend breakdowns.
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Lobbying Disclosure
OGEC registrations and quarterly spend, so you can see who is working an issue, how many are, and which sectors they come from, over time.
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Testimony & Positions
Who testified, on whose behalf, and where they stood, shown as the position each submitter selected in OLIS. The label is theirs, not ours.
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Money Meets Votes
The connection the three systems never draw on their own: the campaign money and lobbying around the members and bills you are watching, laid side by side.
Live: every water bill, ranked by the money and testimony behind it
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BallotBase Oregon water bills view ranking measures by money engaged, testimony volume, and whether the city was present in the record
Rank an issue's bills by the money and testimony engaged, and see at a glance whether your own city was even in the record.

What's in the box

Sourced directly from Oregon's own systems, no third-party aggregator.

Bills & measures Roll-call votes Committee & floor analyses Public testimony Support / oppose positions Legislative Concept drafts Committee meetings & agendas Interim hearings ORESTAR campaign finance OGEC lobbying PACs & committees Ballot measures
Who it's for

Built for everyone tracking Oregon policy and money.

Government Affairs Staff
Cities, counties, and agencies. Know which bills touch your jurisdiction, see the draft before it is a bill, and never miss a hearing on an issue you own.
Lobbying & Advocacy Firms
See the whole field on your issue: who is registered, who testified, where they stood, and how the money lines up, in one place instead of five.
Campaigns & Consultants
Pull ORESTAR fundraising, donor geography, and spend for any Oregon race in minutes, and watch the legislative record that shapes it.
Journalists & Researchers
Trace a bill from its draft to its vote and to the money around it, with every figure traceable back to the state's own public record.

Ready to watch an Oregon issue?

Pick an issue, and get the bills, the lobbying, the money, and the drafts that have not become bills yet, in one view.

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