Enough Republican members showed up to the Oregon Senate on Thursday to end a six-week strike that halted the legislature’s work and blocked hundreds of bills, including some on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety.

The boycott, which prevented the Senate from reaching the two-thirds quorum needed to pass bills, was prompted by a sweeping measure on abortion and gender-affirming care that Republicans said was too extreme. The measure would allow doctors to perform abortions regardless of a patient’s age, with medical providers not required to notify a minor’s parents in certain cases.

As part of the deal to end the strike, Democrats agreed that in cases where minors seek abortions but are unwilling to tell their parents, such as incest cases, one provider must get approval from a second provider.

Democrats said the measure will still guarantee access to abortion and protect health care providers from anti-abortion or gender-affirming health care measures passed by other states. It also requires health insurance to cover medically necessary gender affirming care.

The strike, which began May 3, also blocked the passage of the two-year state budget and a gun safety measure opposed by the GOP that would raise the purchase age for semiautomatic rifles to 21. Democrats agreed to remove the age restriction from the broader measure banning the production or transfer of untraceable ghost weapons.

GOP Minority Leader Senator Tim Knopp had said the boycott would not end until the last day of June 25 to pass bipartisan legislation and budget bills. But an upbeat mood took over the Capitol this week as GOP and Democratic leaders met to negotiate compromises, and on the Senate floor Thursday, Knopp said he looked forward to wrapping up the session in an extraordinarily bipartisan manner.

We asked for lawful, we asked for constitutional, we asked for compromise, and I see that on your part, Knopp said as he addressed Democratic Senate President Rob Wagner after Thursday’s roll call. We appreciate everyone involved.

There are 17 Democrats in the 30-member Senate, meaning at least three Republican or independent members must appear to meet a quorum. Five GOP members attended Thursday, and Democratic leaders said Republicans have pledged to provide enough senators to meet a quorum for the rest of the session.

The longest strike in the legislature’s 163-year history came despite voters passing a ballot measure in 2022 that disqualifies lawmakers with 10 or more unfounded absences from re-election. Republican senators are likely to sue the measure if they are not allowed to register as candidates for the 2024 election starting in September. Republicans also walked out in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

On June 1, Senate Democrats voted to fine $325 each time their absence denied a quorum.

On Wednesday, more than 40 members of the Oregon Democratic House and Senate supported a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution to require a majority of each chamber in the legislature to conduct business. If passed by the legislature, it would go for Oregon voters in a ballot measure in the 2024 election.

Democratic Governor Tina Kotek could bring lawmakers back for a special session if the House and Senate fail to approve budgets by the end of the regular session.

The Republicans had initially said they were boycotting because bill summaries failed to comply with a long-forgotten state law that required them to be written at a level an eighth-grader could understand.