Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 2005
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: John Helm
Birth date: 01/12/1951
Birthplace: Bend, OR
Home City: Scappoose OR
Religion: Episcopalian

Profession

Manager, Aeronautics Division, Oregon Department of Transportation, 1993-1998 Business Owner, Transwestern Helicopters Incorporated, 1978-1993 Commercial Pilot Former Director, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Education

JD, Lewis and Clark College, 1977 BA, History, Carleton College, 1973

Committees

Emergency Board
General Government Subcommittee
Legislative Administration
Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee
Ways and Means

HB 4164 Implementing the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1594 Prohibits weapons on school grounds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 4045 Prohibits Disclosure of the Names of Licensed Concealed Handgun Carriers
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1594 Prohibits weapons on school grounds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1564 Amends Requirements for Foreclosures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 4164 Implementing the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1594 Prohibits weapons on school grounds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 4045 Prohibits Disclosure of the Names of Licensed Concealed Handgun Carriers
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 1594 Prohibits weapons on school grounds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1564 Amends Requirements for Foreclosures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1552 Amends Mortgage Foreclosure Process
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1564 Amends Requirements for Foreclosures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1552 Amends Mortgage Foreclosure Process
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1580 Amends State Health Plan
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1510 Establishes Marine Reserves
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2726 Certification for Smoke Shops
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2301 Online Charter School Enrollment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 250 Authorizing School Districts To Withdraw From Education Service Districts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 909 Appropriation of Funds to Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2541 Amending Inheritance Taxes
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 989 State Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 99 Establishment of Oregon Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 695 Standards for Infant Formula Containers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 552 Establishes the Governor as the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 742 Resident Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 3369 Water Development
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3508 Implementing Measure 57
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 767 Virtual Charter Schools
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2472 Renewable Energy Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 528 Prohibition on Field Burning in Certain Areas
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2186 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 3300 Promoting Green Jobs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2377 Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 3300 Promoting Green Jobs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2377 Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 76 Klamath River Dams
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 676 Legalizing the Production of Industrial Hemp
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5520 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 676 Legalizing the Production of Industrial Hemp
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5520 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2672 Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2005 Petition Regulation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2672 Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3298 Creating a Water Management Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2116 Changing Health Care Assessment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2649 Income Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3405 Corporate Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2116 Changing Health Care Assessment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2009 Establishing the Oregon Health Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2834 Funding School for Blind
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 519 Mandatory Workplace Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2067 Expiration Dates for Tax Credits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2794 Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2067 Expiration Dates for Tax Credits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2794 Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2726 Nutrition Labeling on Menus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2001 Transit and Gas Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2599 Expanding School Bullying Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 284 Extension of Statute of Ultimate Repose
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2509 Sexual Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 786 Workplace Religious Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 311 Changes in Liability Limits
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5552 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 581 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5552 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 581 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5552 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 581 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2436 Real Estate Fees to Fund Housing Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 311 Changes in Liability Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2157 Severing the Federal and State Income Tax Connection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 338 Authorizing Bonds for Public-Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5562 Authorizing Bonds for Public-Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 338 Authorizing Bonds for Public-Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1080 Driver's License Residency Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 10 Legislative Ethics Reform
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 329 Oregon Health Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 571 Smoking Ban Expansion
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 863 Regulating Automated Phone Calls
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 571 Smoking Ban Expansion
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 863 Regulating Automated Phone Calls
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2637 Cyberbullying Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2871 Consumer Finance Regulation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2203 Expanding Payday and Title Loan Regulation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2760 Annexation of Unincorporated Land
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2203 Expanding Payday and Title Loan Regulation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2620 Solar Energy in Public Buildings
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2650 School Food Nutritional Standards
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 790 Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 838 Renewable Electricity
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2707 Oregon Rainy Day Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 426 School Districts Insurance Pool
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3510 Lottery Revenue to Department of Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5644 Social Services and Education Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1106 Property Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1105 Payday Loan Provisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3510 Lottery Revenue to Department of Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5644 Social Services and Education Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1106 Property Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5644 Social Services and Education Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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