73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly

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{{Infobox Legislative Session

| name = 73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly

| image = Oregon State Capitol 1.jpg

| caption = The legislature took place in the Oregon State Capitol, seen here in 2007

| body = Oregon Legislative Assembly

| country = United States

| state = Oregon

| meeting_place = Oregon State Capitol

| term = {{Start date|2005}}–{{End date|2006}}

| before = 72nd Legislative Assembly

| after = 74th Legislative Assembly

| website =

| chamber1 = Oregon State Senate

| membership1 = 30 Senators

| control1 = Democratic Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = Senate President

| chamber1_leader1 = Peter Courtney

| chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber1_leader2 = Kate Brown

| chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber1_leader3 = Ted Ferrioli

| chamber2 = Oregon House of Representatives

| membership2 = 60 Representatives

| control2 = Republican Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House

| chamber2_leader1 = Karen Minnis

| chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber2_leader2 = Wayne Scott

| chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber2_leader3 = Jeff Merkley

}}

The Seventy-Third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2005 to 2006. (The Legislative Assembly is the legislative body of the U.S. state of Oregon, composed of the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives.) The regular session was from January 10, 2005 to August 5, and a one-day special session on April 20, 2006.

The Senate was controlled by the Democratic Party of Oregon during the 73rd legislature, and the House was controlled by the Oregon Republican Party.

The 2005 regular session was the second longest in Oregon history, lasting 208 days, from January until August.{{cite news

|title=Tough legislative session sees a few successes

|date=August 21, 2005

|first=Bill

|last=Morrisette

|author-link=Bill Morrisette

|work=The Register-Guard

|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ERGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10C34A5557A74C40&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73

}}{{cite news

|title= How long a session?

|date=August 18, 2005

|work=The Register-Guard

|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ERGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10C2A1D75795EEF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73

}}

Two members of the House (Dan Doyle, R-Salem and Kelley Wirth, D-Corvallis) resigned due to unrelated scandals in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K4IVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726,610495&dq=dan-doyle+oregon&hl=en | first=Brad | last=Cain | title=Lawmaker denies meth charge | work=Eugene Register-Guard | date=November 4, 2005 }}