# Susan McLain

Susan McLain is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 29
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/62f98553-cc00-497f-ac14-97e0fc0e62c2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/62f98553-cc00-497f-ac14-97e0fc0e62c2 (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

64% of the 36 bills McLain sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Oregon House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.03), from 36 donors and 1,630 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,042 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 98.7% (91.6%). 8 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 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 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 66. 63.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 14 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 4085: Relating to autonomous vehicles. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4085/
- HB 4117: Relating to universal representation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4117/
- HB 4134: Relating to funding for natural resource matters; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths… (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4134/
- HB 4081: Relating to photo radar in highway work zones. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4081/
- SB 1098: Relating to access to materials in schools; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2025-06-23) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1098/
- HB 3650: Relating to the Latino Health System Task Force; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3650/
- HB 3634: Relating to the water workforce; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3634/
- HB 3652: Relating to mandatory subjects of collective bargaining for school districts; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3652/
- SCR 17: Celebrating the life and accomplishments of Colonel Richard Kidd and honoring him for his service to his country. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SCR17/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/mclain
- Campaign site: https://www.susanmclain.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanmclainspeechn
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsusanmclain
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdxjCCNoj8vtRVEv0KUUgQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-mclain-279166b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/62f98553-cc00-497f-ac14-97e0fc0e62c2