l9n/ Oregon

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 687

Requires that candidate for United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries, judge, state Senator or state Representative receive majority of votes cast in general election to be elected.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on July 6, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires that candidate for United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries, judge, state Senator or state Representative receive majority of votes cast in general election to be elected. Requires runoff election if no candidate receives majority of votes cast. Specifies procedures for runoff election. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 24 to July 6, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 24 to Jul 6 · stopped132 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 24 to Feb 262 days

RulesFeb 26 to Jul 6 · stopped130 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 24 – Jul 6

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Rules
  3. Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published