# Paul Evans

Paul Evans is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 20.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 20
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8334f7e1-d712-44b4-8570-d0d0a6d131d3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8334f7e1-d712-44b4-8570-d0d0a6d131d3 (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

11% of the 328 bills Evans sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Oregon House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.01), from 172 donors and 1,431 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,295 roll calls. Attendance 76% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 88% (91.6%). 81 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 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 328 bills: 328 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 93. 11.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 58 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4132: Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- SJR 203: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the identifiability of law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SJR203/
- SB 1586: Relating to economic development; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1586/
- HB 4091: Relating to the Oregon National Guard; declaring an emergency. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4091/
- HB 4121: Relating to emergency management. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- HB 4124: Relating to the state post-secondary education system; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4124/
- HJM 201: Urging Congress to pass legislation to permanently extend federal tax cuts for wildfire victims. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HJM201/
- HJR 201: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to primary elections. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HJR201/
- HB 4122: Relating to student government at public universities. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4122/
- HB 3967: Relating to judges. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3967/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $124.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 74% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/evans
- Campaign site: https://paulevans.org/
- X: https://x.com/PaulEvansOregon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulevanshousedistrict20/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulevanshd20
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulevansfororegonhousedis4233/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-evans-1260968

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8334f7e1-d712-44b4-8570-d0d0a6d131d3