# Rick Lewis

Rick Lewis is a Republican member of the Oregon House for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon House, district 18
- Serving since: 2017-02-22
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dc371425-a173-439f-903c-6e2e3fd145cd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc371425-a173-439f-903c-6e2e3fd145cd (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

Lewis reported $1,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 22 donors and 1,330 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,009 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 90.7% (91.6%). 44 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 85. 45.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 38 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4099: Relating to a task force on veterans in crisis; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4099/
- HB 4101: Relating to the offense of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4101/
- HB 3950: Relating to stored water; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3950/
- HB 3948: Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3948/
- SCR 28: In memoriam: Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-23) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SCR28/
- HB 3929: Relating to the wellness of public safety workers. (became law, 2025-06-24) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3929/
- HB 3922: Relating to controlled substance crimes; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3922/
- HCR 29: In memoriam: David Todd Meyer. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-12) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HCR29/
- HCR 23: Recognizing and honoring Oregon civilians who served the United States on Wake Island during World War II. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HCR23/
- HB 3744: Relating to school district investigations of misconduct. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3744/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,000 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lewis
- Campaign site: https://www.repricklewis.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representativericklewis/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-lewis-14695956/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dc371425-a173-439f-903c-6e2e3fd145cd