# Diane Linthicum

Diane Linthicum is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5ab0368e-6434-46c6-a7f4-7ee34b596fd1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5ab0368e-6434-46c6-a7f4-7ee34b596fd1 (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

0% of the 15 bills Linthicum sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 30 in the Oregon Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.04), from 26 donors and 264 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

974 roll calls. Attendance 90.0% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 99.6% (93.3%). 154 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/
- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. 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 Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 21. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 30 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 202: Urging Oregonians to avoid psychoactive drug use except for legitimate medical purposes. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR202/
- SB 1554: Relating to infants born alive. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1554/
- SB 1558: Relating to hospital staffing. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1558/
- SB 991: Relating to temporary total disability benefits. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB991/
- HJR 14: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to disqualification of members of the Legislative Assembly. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HJR14/
- SB 654: Relating to the development of student vocational skills. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB654/
- SJM 7: Requesting discussion regarding the Oregon and Idaho border. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SJM7/
- SB 649: Relating to estate tax; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB649/
- SB 646: Relating to school access. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB646/
- SB 667: Relating to the militia of the state. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB667/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/linthicumd
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diane.prattlinthicum
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianelinthicum/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5ab0368e-6434-46c6-a7f4-7ee34b596fd1