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Lamar Wise

Democratic · OR · OR State Representative

Lamar Wise serves in the Oregon House and was political director for AFSCME Oregon Council 75, representing more than 40,000 public and behavioral health workers. He previously led the Oregon Student Association as its executive director.

Where Lamar Wise stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Labor Rights (3 records),

Opposes

Personal Income Tax Reduction (1 record)

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (5 support · 1 oppose), Corporate Accountability (3 support · 1 oppose)

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4075, which makes the State Treasurer guarantee a loan to keep a rural hospital afloat by April 2027. The Oregon House passed it 42-15, and it became law.

    March 5, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1598, which makes health plans cover more preventive care at no charge, using the June 2025 federal list. The Oregon House passed it 39-18, and it became law.

    March 3, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 5 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 4153, which allows farm stores and paid visitor attractions on land zoned for farming. The Oregon House passed it 40-14, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4076, which makes it easier to add power generation at a site already hooked up to the grid. The Oregon House agreed to the Senate's changes 41-13, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1598, which makes health plans cover more preventive care at no charge, using the June 2025 federal list. The Oregon House passed it 39-18, and it became law.

    March 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1590, which bars Oregon governments from helping sell off federal public land. The Oregon House passed it 35-12, and it became law.

    March 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4134, which raises the state lodging tax from 1.5 to 2.75 percent and sends the extra money to wildlife. The Oregon House passed it 36-22, and it became law.

    February 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4031, which lets some renewable power projects with local approval skip the state siting certificate. The Oregon House passed it 43-13, and it became law.

    February 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1507, which makes Oregon tax income that new federal breaks had freed and pays some back to low-paid workers. The Oregon House passed it 34-21, and it became law.

    February 25, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 3 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4089, which sharpens the theft of services crime against employers who take work and do not pay for it. The Oregon House passed it 33-9, and it became law.

    February 27, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4069, which makes mental health and addiction treatment employers write a safety plan for lone workers. The Oregon House passed it 36-13, and it became law.

    February 17, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4013, which stops state limits on child working hours being looser than the federal ones as of 2026. The Oregon House passed it 36-22, and it became law.

    February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 1 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4159, which changes who sits on Oregon's ethics board and keeps legal privilege for messages to it. The Oregon House agreed to the Senate's changes 37-15, and it became law.

    March 6, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Immigration

Immigration · 6 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1594, which makes the state write its immigration request rules with immigrant families in mind. The Oregon House passed it 33-14, and it became law.

    March 2, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1570, which makes hospitals write a plan for responding when police arrive. The Oregon House passed it 34-14, and it became law.

    March 2, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1587, which stops government bodies handing personal data to data brokers for immigration enforcement. The Oregon House passed it 33-14, and it became law.

    March 2, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1538, which bars Oregon schools from treating students worse over their immigration or citizenship status. The Oregon House passed it 36-21, and it became law.

    February 26, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4111, which keeps a person's immigration status out of most civil lawsuits in Oregon. The Oregon House passed it 34-19, and it became law.

    February 19, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4079, which makes schools tell families when federal immigration officers have come onto school grounds. The Oregon House passed it 35-22, and it became law.

    February 17, 2026Supports Immigration

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1515, which makes it easier for a wrongly convicted person to be paid for the years taken from them. The Oregon House passed it 40-16, and it became law.

    March 5, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4069, which makes mental health and addiction treatment employers write a safety plan for lone workers. The Oregon House passed it 36-13, and it became law.

    February 17, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4128, which makes the biggest housing investors wait 90 days before buying a listed single-family home. The Oregon House agreed to the Senate's changes 38-18, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4036, which sets up a bond-funded state fund to hold on to low-cost housing at risk of being lost. The Oregon House passed it 44-12, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1512, which reshapes the Prosperity 10,000 job program as grants to local workforce boards. The Oregon House passed it 36-16, and it became law.

    February 25, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4013, which stops state limits on child working hours being looser than the federal ones as of 2026. The Oregon House passed it 36-22, and it became law.

    February 10, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 2 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4127, which keeps state money going to reproductive health clinics that federal law cut off from Medicaid. The Oregon House passed it 34-20, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4088, which shields reproductive and gender-affirming health care that is legal in Oregon. The Oregon House passed it 34-22, and it became law.

    February 16, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction

Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1507, which makes Oregon tax income that new federal breaks had freed and pays some back to low-paid workers. The Oregon House passed it 34-21, and it became law.

    February 25, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1587, which stops government bodies handing personal data to data brokers for immigration enforcement. The Oregon House passed it 33-14, and it became law.

    March 2, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 3 support
  • Voted for House Bill 4138, which requires officers on enforcement duty to wear a uniform showing their name or number and agency. The Oregon House agreed to the Senate's changes 34-18, and it became law.

    March 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1576, which lets the state set stricter accessibility standards than federal law for housing. The Oregon House passed it 34-10, and it became law.

    March 2, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4088, which shields reproductive and gender-affirming health care that is legal in Oregon. The Oregon House passed it 34-22, and it became law.

    February 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 3 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for House Bill 4179, which extends the state's legal shield to doctors at nonprofits set up by Oregon Health and Science University. The Oregon House agreed to the Senate's changes 36-16, and it became law.

    March 6, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4016, which makes big state contractors certify they have paid their taxes before signing a contract. The Oregon House passed it 35-21, and it became law.

    March 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4089, which sharpens the theft of services crime against employers who take work and do not pay for it. The Oregon House passed it 33-9, and it became law.

    February 27, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

  • Voted for House Bill 4116, which pulls Oregon out of a federal rule that let lenders charge rates Oregon does not allow. The Oregon House passed it 31-24, and it became law.

    February 17, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • Voted against House Bill 4018, which puts off Oregon's new campaign money disclosure rules by three years, to 2031. The Oregon House passed it 39-19, and it became law.

    March 5, 2026

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 6, 2026

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Profile last researched August 7, 2026.