# John Lively

John Lively is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 7.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 7
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/13afc78a-1028-462e-8f98-6df3f7f028d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13afc78a-1028-462e-8f98-6df3f7f028d5 (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

Lively reported $6,500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.03), from 12 donors and 1,156 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,010 roll calls. Attendance 96.1% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 96.3% (91.6%). 15 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 76. 68.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 11 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1593: Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1593/
- HB 4077: Relating to the securitization of a public utility's insurance program; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4077/
- HB 4076: Relating to energy; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4076/
- HB 4102: Relating to Department of Environmental Quality regulatory processes; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4102/
- HB 3981: Relating to delayed implementation of responsible end market requirements; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3981/
- SCR 33: Recognizing and honoring former Wallowa County Commissioner Susan Roberts for her service to this state. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SCR33/
- HB 3966: Relating to solar energy systems. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3966/
- HB 3947: Relating to use of surplus revenues for wildfire funding; declaring an emergency; providing for revenue estimate modification that requires approval by a… (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3947/
- HB 3934: Relating to a deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for Oregon estate tax; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3934/
- HB 3940: Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. (became law, 2025-08-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3940/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,500 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lively
- Campaign site: https://www.electjohnlively.com/
- X: https://x.com/ElectJohnLively
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLively

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13afc78a-1028-462e-8f98-6df3f7f028d5