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Sara Gelser Blouin

Sara Gelser Blouin

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State Senator

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Roll-call votes
1
Sponsored bills
0
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0
Finance records

Profile Snapshot

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Office
State Senator
State
Oregon
Jurisdiction
8
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2015 - Present

​Sara Gelser Blouin was sworn into the Oregon House in 2005 where she served until she was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 2014 . She is Chair of the Senate Human Services Committee. She also serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Education Committee and is a member of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, and the Human Services Subcommittee of Ways and Means. Sara entered public services through the disability rights community. She is a consistent champion for those often not heard or seen in the halls of the legislature, including children in care, people with disabilities, those with mental illness, people living in poverty and the aging. She is a national leader in the effort to reform abusive residential programs for youth that comprise what is known as the Troubled/Exploited Teen Industry. Sara's legislative accomplishments include spearheading legislation to end Oregon's backlog of untested rape kits, dismantling discrimination in health care delivery, improving staffing and services in memory care facilities, establishing a Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights, eliminating discriminatory use of abbreviated school days in Oregon schools, establishing statewide standards…

Biography source: official page

Issue Activity

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Uncategorized votes
5 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
Energy
1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay
National Security
1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Evidence & Sources

8/9 verified

Every item below is a stored record. 8 have a named source with a working link, 1 have partial sourcing.

  • Sara Gelser Blouin holds the office of State Senator
    profile identity· OpenStates
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  • Voted yes on HB 4177: Relating to public meetings; and prescribing an effective date.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-03-06source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1515: Relating to wrongful convictions; and declaring an emergency.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-03-06source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 5702: Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-03-05source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1575: Relating to hospice licensure; and declaring an emergency.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-02-25source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1515: Relating to wrongful convictions; and declaring an emergency.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-02-24source
    Verified
  • Voted no on SB 1585: Relating to matching grants for cities; and prescribing an effective date.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-02-19source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1515: Relating to wrongful convictions; and declaring an emergency.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-02-16source
    Verified
  • Sponsored: Relating to hospice licensure; and declaring an emergency.
    sponsored/co-sponsored bill· Congress.gov· 2026-02-02source
    Verified
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