# Fred Girod

Fred Girod is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2008-01-01
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aba97bd3-cdf6-4860-9b2c-cbd62e825e79

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aba97bd3-cdf6-4860-9b2c-cbd62e825e79 (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

20% of the 60 bills Girod sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Oregon Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.01), from 12 donors and 1,586 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,243 roll calls. Attendance 95.6% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 83% (93.3%). 126 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 60 bills: 60 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 23. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 28 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4078: Relating to an income tax subtraction allowed for plaintiffs in wildfire litigation; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4078/
- SB 1552: Relating to the transfer of real property; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1552/
- SB 1553: Relating to wildfires resulting from the fault of an electric company; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1553/
- 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/
- HB 4137: Relating to the transfer of interest in motor vehicles. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4137/
- HB 3980: Relating to levee projects; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3980/
- SB 1204: Relating to the creation of credits for the restoration of salmon habitat; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1204/
- HB 3950: Relating to stored water; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3950/
- SB 1189: Relating to treatment works within the North Santiam Basin; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1189/
- HB 3934: Relating to a deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for Oregon estate tax; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3934/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/girod
- Campaign site: https://fredgirod.com/
- X: https://x.com/FredGirod
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorGirod
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sengirod

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aba97bd3-cdf6-4860-9b2c-cbd62e825e79