# Pam Marsh

Pam Marsh is a Democratic member of the Oregon House for district 5.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oregon House, district 5
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ec643441-bffe-4f43-80a4-ab834ae0f1bd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ec643441-bffe-4f43-80a4-ab834ae0f1bd (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

85% of the 48 bills Marsh sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Oregon House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.03), from 98 donors and 1,170 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,010 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 98.6% (91.6%). 12 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 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 70. 85.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 2 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4139: Relating to cannabis; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4139/
- HB 4123: Relating to landlord disclosure of confidential information; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4123/
- HB 4149: Relating to homeless students. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4149/
- 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/
- HB 4052: Relating to a tax credit for de novo banks; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4052/
- HB 3984: Relating to wildfires; declaring an emergency. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-27) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3984/
- SCR 29: In memoriam: William D. (Bill) Thorndike, Jr., 1953-2025. (passed both chambers, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SCR29/
- HB 3932: Relating to protecting beavers. (became law, 2025-07-25) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3932/
- HB 3917: Relating to a catastrophic wildfire fund; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3917/
- SB 1143: Relating to thermal energy networks; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1143/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 37% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/marsh
- Campaign site: https://representativepammarsh.com/
- X: https://x.com/pammarshorhd5
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representativepammarsh
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@representativepammarshoreg8824/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pam-marsh-21a8b52a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ec643441-bffe-4f43-80a4-ab834ae0f1bd