76th Oregon Legislative Assembly

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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}{{Infobox Legislative Session

| name = 76th 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 = 2011–2012

| before = 75th Legislative Assembly

| after = 77th Legislative Assembly

| website = [http://www.leg.state.or.us/ www.leg.state.or.us]

| chamber1 = Oregon State Senate

|chamber1_image=77th Assembly Oregon State Senate.svg

| membership1 = 30 Senators

| control1 = Democratic

| chamber1_leader1_type = Senate President

| chamber1_leader1 = Peter Courtney

| chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber1_leader2 = Diane Rosenbaum

| chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber1_leader3 = Ted Ferrioli

| chamber2 = Oregon House of Representatives

|chamber2_image=76th Assembly Oregon House of Representatives.svg

| membership2 = 60 Representatives

| control2 = split

| chamber2_leader1_type = Co-Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = Bruce Hanna

| chamber2_leader2_type = Co-Speaker

| chamber2_leader2 = Arnie Roblan

| chamber2_leader3_type = Party leaders

| chamber2_leader3 = K. Cameron (R) / T. Kotek (D)

}}

The 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on {{#formatdate:January 11, 2011}}, for the first of its two regular sessions. All 60 seats of the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 state senate seats were up for election in 2010. The general election for those seats took place on November 2. The Democrats retained the majority in the senate, but lost six seats in the house, leading to an even split (30-30) between Democrats and Republicans. The governor of Oregon during the session was John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, who was elected to a third term in 2010 following an eight-year absence from public office.

The even split in the House of Representatives was addressed with the selection of two co-speakers, Democrat Arnie Roblan and Republican Bruce Hanna. The two were selected by Governing Magazine among its eight "Public Officials of the Year," and praised for "setting in motion a tenure that has been marked by rare bipartisan cooperation and two of the most productive legislative sessions in Oregon's history."{{cite press release

|title=GOVERNING Announces 2012 Public Officials of the Year

|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/governing-announces-2012-public-officials-of-the-year-1715592.htm

|date=October 19, 2012

|magazine=Governing Magazine

}}{{cite news

|first=Jeff

|last=Mapes

|title=Governing Magazine adds praise for Hanna-Roblan partnership in Oregon House

|date=October 23, 2012

|newspaper=The Oregonian

|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2012/10/governing_magazine_adds_praise.html

}}

The 76th was the first session in which the legislature met twice in regular session, following the 2010 passage of Ballot Measure 71, which instituted a second regular session for each two-year legislative term.