77th Oregon Legislative Assembly

77th Oregon Legislative Assembly
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Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signs House Bill 2800 in the 2013 regular session, as House Speaker Tina Kotek and others look on. The bill authorizes funding for the Columbia River Crossing.
Overview
Legislative body	Oregon Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Oregon, United States
Meeting place	Oregon State Capitol
Term	2013–2014
Website	www.leg.state.or.us
Oregon State Senate
Members	30 Senators
Senate President	Peter Courtney (D)
Majority Leader	Diane Rosenbaum (D)
Minority Leader	Ted Ferrioli (R)
Party control	Democratic
Oregon House of Representatives
Members	60 Representatives
Speaker of the House	Tina Kotek (D)
Majority Leader	Val Hoyle (D)
Minority Leader	Mike McLane (R)
Party control	Democratic

The 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on January 14, 2013, for the first of its two regular sessions, and on February 3, 2014 for its second session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2012; the general election for those seats took place on November 6, 2012.

The Democratic Party of Oregon retained its 16–14 majority in the Senate, and took a 34–26 majority in the House, which in the previous session had been split evenly with the Oregon Republican Party.^[1]