# Bruce Starr

Bruce Starr is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2011-01-01
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e420fffb-7b56-42db-8cc4-531526ad6802

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e420fffb-7b56-42db-8cc4-531526ad6802 (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

21% of Starr’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oregon, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.03), from 59 donors and 279 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,047 roll calls. Attendance 83% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 92.2% (93.3%). 28 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 51. 42.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 22 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1502: Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- HB 4048: Relating to rural health care tax credits; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4048/
- HB 4071: Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4071/
- SB 1586: Relating to economic development; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1586/
- SB 1565: Relating to snowmobiles; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1565/
- SB 1560: Relating to allowable uses of place of worship. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1560/
- SCR 33: Recognizing and honoring former Wallowa County Commissioner Susan Roberts for her service to this state. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SCR33/
- HCR 38: Recognizing and honoring Deputy Paul Emerson Baker for his service to this state. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HCR38/
- HB 2006: Relating to legislative measures. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB2006/
- SB 1201: Relating to constructing bridges across the Columbia River that are west of the Interstate 5 bridges; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1201/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $521.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 21% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/starr
- Campaign site: https://www.brucestarr.com/
- X: https://x.com/starr38263
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555026971834
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.starr.31
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bruce.starr/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BruceStarrOR
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucewstarr/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e420fffb-7b56-42db-8cc4-531526ad6802