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Kathleen Taylor's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

900 Court Street Northeast, S-209
Salem, OR 97301

Full Name:

Kathleen Taylor

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Chris; 2 Children

Home City:

Portland, OR

BA, Political Science/Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

MS, Public Policy, Rutgers University

Senator, Oregon State Senate, District 21, 2017-present

Majority Leader, Oregon State Senate, 2024-2025

Candidate, Oregon State Senate, District 21, 2024

Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 41, 2015-2017

Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 41, 2014

Chair, Committee On Labor and Business, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Finance and Revenue Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Human Services and Housing Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee On Carbon Reduction, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Conduct, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Student Success, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Tax Expenditures, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On Natural Resources, Oregon State Senate

Former Chair, Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On Natural Resources, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee On Ways and Means, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Emergency Board, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Accountability and Transparency, Oregon State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Natural Resources Subcommittee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Education Appropriation Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Redistricting Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Redistricting Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Senate Committee On Conduct, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Senate Committee On Energy and Environment, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Senate Committee On Human Services, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Tax Credits Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Preservation and Modernization Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Chair, Workforce Committee, Oregon State Senate

Former Account Executive, Boly/Welch

Former Employee, City of Portland

Former Employee, Metro Regional Government Council

Former Employee, Oregon Secretary of State’s Office

Former Auditor, State of Oregon

Co-Chair, Joint Task Force on Access to Quality Affordable Child Care, 2019-present

Member, Oregon Hunger Task Force, 2019-present

Co-Chair, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Work Group, 2015-present

Member, Democratic Precinct Committee, present

Member, Willamette Women Democrats, present

Former Volunteer, AmeriCorps VISTA

Member, Attorney General's Labor Trafficking Task Force

Former Volunteer, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), Multnomah County

Participant, Emerge Oregon

Former Volunteer, Office of Representative Carolyn Tomei

Co-Chair, Oregon Women's Health and Wellness Alliance

Former President, Parent Teacher Association, Duniway Elementary School

Former Member, Portland Public Schools' Citizen Budget Review Committee

Member, Workgroup on Child Sex Trafficking

Member, Prevailing Wage Rate Work Group, 2018-2019

Member, Fire Program Review Committee, 2015-2016

Member, SB 222 Task Force on Legal Representation in Child Dependency Cases, 2015-2016

Member, Work Group on Schedules that Work, 2016

Co-Chair, Work Group on Taxation of Electronic Cigarettes, 2016

Co-Chair, Work Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), 2015

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