# Willy Chotzen

Willy Chotzen is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 46.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 46
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/21e83410-a7f5-43f1-a4ef-7cdc1d41c6b6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/21e83410-a7f5-43f1-a4ef-7cdc1d41c6b6 (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

33% of Chotzen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.05), from 151 donors and 294 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,010 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 99.3% (91.6%). 19 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 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 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 119. 74.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 6 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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/
- SB 1587: Relating to data brokers; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1587/
- HB 4138: Relating to limitations on the actions of public employees; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4138/
- HB 4114: Relating to law enforcement operations; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4114/
- HB 4088: Relating to health; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4088/
- HB 4079: Relating to policies for when federal immigration authorities enter public education property; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4079/
- 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 4111: Relating to immigration-related practices; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4111/
- 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/
- HB 4117: Relating to universal representation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4117/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/chotzen/Pages/default.aspx
- Campaign site: https://www.chotzenfororegon.com/
- X: https://x.com/chotzen4oregon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572620953594
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chotzen4Oregon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willychotzen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repwillychotzen/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Chotzen4Oregon
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chotzen/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/21e83410-a7f5-43f1-a4ef-7cdc1d41c6b6