HB 4059 Extends sunset on canola land in Willamette Valley

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill is amended to extend the 500-acre authorization to June 30, 2023, and in 2023, Senate Bill 789 extended the 500-acre authorization to July 1, 2024. The amended bill modifies the definition of canola related to canola laws for the Willamette Valley Protected District (WVPD), changes the licensing requirement to grow canola in the WVPD to a permitting requirement,…

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SB 1538 Removes public certification test on voting machines

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Donna | 3 Comments

No where in the bill summary does it say that a certified test in Section 3 is removed. The public relies on the summary as an explanation of what a bill does, and to be silent doesn’t just go against transparency, but it is deceitful. Section 3, 2nd paragraph lines 26-29 elimination does away with the language of the public…

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SB 1559 changes greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Donna | 1 Comments

Global warming is not panning out for the liberals so rather than see the deceptiveness in the concept, they pursue, full-steam ahead, under Climate Change. The Act changes the term “global warming” to “climate change” in some laws. The Act declares an emergency and takes effect when it passes. Modifies state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. The first change comes…

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SB 1582 Funding for cultural organizations

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill dedicates out of the General Fund, the amount of $27,414,113.59 to bailout Oregon arts organizations and declares it an emergency. To be eligible for a grant, an Oregon cultural organization must demonstrate to the department’s satisfaction that, at any time during fiscal year 2020 through fiscal year 2023, the organization experienced a significant loss in earned revenue because of…

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HB 4086 Study of a child’s problematic sexual behavior

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill -1 Amendments directs the Department of Human Services to study the scope of child abuse investigations via a contracted facilitator to study Oregon’s response to children exhibiting problematic sexual behavior with advise from two different committees to: “(a) Identify the current scope of mandatory child abuse investigations that must be conducted by the Department of Human Services. “(b)…

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