# April Dobson

April Dobson is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 39
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/571be1bf-e0ba-45a3-97be-d5df3bc98738

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/571be1bf-e0ba-45a3-97be-d5df3bc98738 (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

42% of Dobson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.04), from 63 donors and 282 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,009 roll calls. Attendance 91.6% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 91.5% (91.6%). 31 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 67. 61.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 18 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4112: Relating to outdoor school; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4112/
- HB 4154: Relating to student attendance data; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4154/
- SB 1581: Relating to school meals; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1581/
- HB 4088: Relating to health; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4088/
- SB 1586: Relating to economic development; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1586/
- 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 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 4098: Relating to violations of the Insurance Code as unlawful trade practices. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4098/
- SB 1212: Relating to student use of personal electronic devices. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1212/
- HB 3931: Relating to efficient operations for interactions between residents of this state and government agencies; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3931/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 42% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/dobson
- Campaign site: https://www.aprildobson.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090466952255
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lemondobson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.dobson/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/april4oregon/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-dobson-48641a341/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/571be1bf-e0ba-45a3-97be-d5df3bc98738