Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon voters will decide this November whether state lawmakers should hold annual legislative sessions. Lawmakers in Salem Thursday approved a plan to ask voters to change the state's constitution to allow annual legislative gatherings.

It was one of the final votes of this month's special session, which adjourned Thursday afternoon.

Democratic Senator Diane Rosenbaum said it's time that Oregon catches up with the rest of the country.

Diane Rosenbaum: “I am supporting this today because I think Oregonians want us to join the 45 other states that meet every year.” If voters approve the change, lawmakers would meet about 5 months in odd-numbered years and just over a month in even-numbered years.

That schedule was the subject of a last-minute showdown between the House and Senate, which delayed adjournment by about a day.