# Sue Rieke Smith

Sue Rieke Smith is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-06-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0f296591-6b7e-40b0-8a92-9198dd72bd7e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f296591-6b7e-40b0-8a92-9198dd72bd7e (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

89% of the 19 bills Smith sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 59 in the Oregon House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.05), from 45 donors and 163 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

457 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 91.9% (91.6%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wright, Nosse. Passed. · HB 4075 Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4075/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5701 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5701/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. · SB 1502 Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5204 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5204/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5702 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5702/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/
- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5203 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5203/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 5703 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5703/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. · SB 1525 Relating to organizations relevant to Oregon's coastal resources; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1525/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. · SB 1501 Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 59. 89.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 1 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4154: Relating to student attendance data; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4154/
- HB 4094: Relating to compensation for certain unused paid time off upon termination of employment; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4094/
- HB 4103: Relating to artificial intelligence. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4103/
- HB 4027: Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4027/
- HB 4140: Relating to metal property. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4140/
- HB 4144: Relating to batteries. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4144/
- HB 4088: Relating to health; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4088/
- HB 4127: Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- HB 4126: Relating to road usage charges; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4126/
- HB 4143: Relating to payments to the federal government; prescribing an effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4143/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $237.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 58% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f296591-6b7e-40b0-8a92-9198dd72bd7e