{"id":2017,"date":"2024-02-18T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2024-02-20T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:11:10","slug":"february-19-23-2024-action-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/02\/18\/february-19-23-2024-action-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"February 19 &#8211; 23, 2024 Action Alert!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2017\" class=\"elementor elementor-2017\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-934da73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"934da73\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52b41df\" data-id=\"52b41df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35df10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b35df10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div style=\"flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); order: var(--order); align-self: var(--align-self); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-content: var(--align-content); gap: var(--gap); --swiper-theme-color: #000; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --widgets-spacing: 20px;\" data-id=\"6cd7fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div style=\"transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);\"><div style=\"flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); order: var(--order); align-self: var(--align-self); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-content: var(--align-content); gap: var(--gap); --swiper-theme-color: #000; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --widgets-spacing: 20px;\" data-id=\"6cd7fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div style=\"transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);\"><h2 style=\"font-family: var(--font__headings);\"><strong>Last Updated:\u00a0 2\/20\/24 2:09 AM PST<\/strong><\/h2><p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Important Notice: If a bill comes in later than 5PM on Fridays, check here for updates &amp; changes! We will not be sending additional emails!<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><p>Clicking the bill number will allow you access to more information on the bill via OLIS.<\/p><p><strong>IMPORTANT:\u00a0 You have up to 48 hours on most bills after the Public Hearing to submit your testimony.\u00a0 Beware, the time could be 24 hours on some, so testify now!<\/strong><\/p><p>Clicking <b>Submit Testimony Button<\/b> below each bill in the list will allow you to fill out the testimony form online or upload pre-written testimony to OLIS.<\/p><p>Links are provided for more information, testimonies on various sites, including OLIS as featured testimonies.<\/p><p>The bill text, any submitted amendments and testimony that may have already been submitted is available in the tabs at the top of the OLIS webpage.<\/p><p>By Clicking the \u201c<b>Register to Testify<\/b>\u201d tab on <b>OLIS<\/b>, you can fill out the form to sign up to testify remotely through Microsoft Teams for the bill either via Teams Video or on the phone.<\/p><p>The bills below, of course, do not incapsulate all the bills for the coming week.\u00a0 Bills could also be added to committee agendas at any time and after the work to put this list together.<\/p><p>Are we missing bill?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/submit-a-bill\/\"><b>SUBMIT A BILL<\/b><\/a>\u00a0every Friday by 5PM for distribution in the weekly alert!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c605c6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7c605c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Court Boice, Rep. Virgle Osborne, Rep. Ed Diehl, Oregon Citizens Lobby, Oregon Cattlemen&#8217;s Assoc, Oregon People&#8217;s Votes, and the Oregon Citizens Lobby have provided the content this week.\u00a0Listed below are Bills of Concern and Bills to Support that are coming up for Public Hearings this week and\/or need your voice.\u00a0<\/p><p>Your testimonies are greatly needed in the fight for Oregon!\u00a0Our goal is to make it easy for you to testify and share!\u00a0Anyone can subscribe or unsubscribe to these alerts! Encourage folks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/m1clvD3\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"landing_page\"><b>subscribe<\/b><\/a>!<\/p><p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>FightforOregon.com Weekly Alerts<\/b><\/a>\u00a0for a more updated version of this week\u2019s bills! We are committed to NOT inundate your email box because these are a moving target and change daily, so the latest news will be on the website!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8d4a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc8d4a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please Review the Schedule, bills can be added at any time for Public Hearing<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\">https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b64d7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d1b64d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8186f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c8186f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"govd_header\" align=\"left\">Key Deadlines<\/h1><p align=\"left\">Because we are in a 35-day sprint, the legislative deadlines happen much sooner when compared to the long session. We have already passed the first key deadline:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b839ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b839ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2055\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original-1000x750.png 1000w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original-747x560.png 747w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-legislative-session-deadline_original-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af43a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af43a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"govd_header\" align=\"left\">Status of House Bills<\/h1><p align=\"left\">Since the February 12 deadline, 26 House bills are &#8220;dead&#8221;. Of the 26, 16 were Republican bills, 8 were Democrat bills, and 2 were bipartisan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dbe189 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1dbe189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f5fa88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f5fa88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e902c51\" data-id=\"e902c51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2733b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a2733b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Monday\">Monday<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26da368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26da368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>To Support:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"#SB1547\"><strong>SB 1547<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Public Hearing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21609a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21609a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Tuesday\">Tuesday<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc50e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abc50e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Of Concern:<br \/><a href=\"#SB1593\">SB 1593<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Public Hearing<\/p><p><strong>To Support:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"#HB4106\"><strong>HB 4106<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Public Hearing<br \/><a href=\"#HB4165\"><strong>HB 4165<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Public Hearing<br \/><strong><a href=\"#SB1519\">SB 1519<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Public Hearing<br \/><strong><a href=\"#SB1543\">SB 1543<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Public Hearing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e65ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e65ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Wednesday\">Wednesday<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482d44d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"482d44d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Nothing notable at this time.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eccc17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9eccc17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Thursday<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4393cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4393cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Nothing notable at this time.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbdee1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbdee1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Friday\">Friday<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6dec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6dec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Nothing notable at this time.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-926925e\" data-id=\"926925e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258d4bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"258d4bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#ActionAlert\">ACTION ALERTS!<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf86feb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf86feb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><a href=\"#HJR201\"><strong>HJR 201<\/strong><\/a><\/b>&#8211; Property Tax Increase<b><br \/><\/b><b><a href=\"#SB1583\">SB 1583<\/a><\/b>&#8211; Permits Teachers to use Gender Ideology Curriculum<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc67cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fc67cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"#LastWeekStatus\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Friday\">Last Week BAD Bill Status<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b313e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99b313e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>MOVING FORWARD **BAD**:<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"#HB4080\"><strong>HB 4080<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Offshore Wind<br \/><strong><a href=\"#SB1577\">SB 1577<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Extends Motor Voter Registration<\/p><p><strong>IN WAYS &amp; MEANS:<br \/><a href=\"#HB4129\">HB 4129<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; In Home Care Unions<\/p><p><strong>DIED DUE TO POST DEADLINE<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"#SB1559\"><strong>SB 1559<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/p><p><strong>NEED TO WATCH:<br \/><\/strong><strong><a href=\"#HB4002\">HB 4002<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; M110 Fix<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d126a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97d126a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Good Bill Status<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d431faf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d431faf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"#SB1543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 1543<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Fixing Weight-Mile Tax<br \/><strong><a href=\"#SB1542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 1542<\/a><\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0CAT Tax Relief for Pharmacies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3453a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3453a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#DeadBills\">More Bills that have Died<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed91d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed91d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"#HB4126\">HB 4126<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Allowance for Local Rent Control<br \/><strong><a href=\"#HB4161\">HB 4161<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; School Choice and Student Savings Accounts<br \/><strong><a href=\"#HB4096\">HB 4096<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Firearm Hold Agreements<br \/><strong><a href=\"#SB1559\">SB 1559<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Increasing State&#8217;s Emission Goals<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4cdd86 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b4cdd86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27216ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27216ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please Review the Schedule, bills can be added at any time for Public Hearing<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\">https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa07e7e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fa07e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f8319b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f8319b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"Monday\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monday - February 19, 2024<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86f00d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e86f00d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Bills to Support<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62557a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62557a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>Senate Committee on Human Services 3:00 pm<br \/><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1547\">SB 1547<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; The Act permits a treatment facility to admit a minor for inpatient substance use disorder treatment for up to 14 days when the parent consents to treatment but the minor does not. The Act directs the OHA to adopt rules setting out the criteria and procedure for admission when the minor objects or the length of proposed treatment is more than 14 days. The Act requires health benefit plans to cover inpatient treatment for a minor&#8217;s cannabis use under certain conditions. The Act requires OHA to set up a short-term program to test a way to help people with drug addiction. The Act requires the program to allow people to call the mental health hotline and get treatment right away for drug addiction. The Act directs the OHA to convene a group to give advice to the OHA. The Act requires the group to suggest to OHA how to set up a program to allow EMTs who are licensed in another state to get a license in this state. The Act requires the OHA to set up the program and begin issuing licenses by a certain date. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Permits the director of a treatment facility to admit a minor for inpatient substance use disorder diagnosis, evaluation and treatment for up to 14 days with parental consent when the minor objects to the admission. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules setting forth criteria and procedure for admission when the minor objects to the admission or the director of the treatment facility recommends a longer period of treatment. Permits the treatment facility to disclose information regarding the minor&#8217;s treatment to the minor&#8217;s parent or guardian. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a virtual opioid dependency pilot program to provide immediate intervention and a referral to treatment to callers to the 9-8-8 hotline by a qualified health care provider. Gives health care providers civil immunity for actions taken in good faith. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Requires health benefit plans to cover inpatient treatment for cannabis use by a minor under certain conditions. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to convene an advisory committee to provide recommendations on the establishment of an emergency medical services reciprocal licensing program. Requires the advisory committee to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2024. Requires the authority to establish and begin issuing licenses under the reciprocal license program not later than January 1, 2025. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/SB1547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>Read Testimonies<\/b><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Downloads\/PublicTestimonyDocument\/111997\">Parents need keys to help their children &#8211; we should not have to go out of state<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2162a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b2162a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span class=\"col-md-12\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;\">Please note:<\/span><\/span><\/h4><h4><span class=\"col-md-12\">To view a live stream of the meeting: <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/SHS\/Overview\">https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/SHC\/Overview<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8106257 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8106257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/SHS\/SB\/1547\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14fb79c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"14fb79c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9236ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9236ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"Tuesday\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tuesday - February 20, 2024<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471d812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"471d812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Bills of Concern<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b17b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b17b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1593\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>****MAJOR THREAT TO FOREST LANDOWNERS\/WOOD PRODUCTS****<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Senate Committee on Finance &amp; Revenue 3:00 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>SB 1593<\/b><\/a> &#8211; Relating to timber taxation; providing that this Act shall be referred to the people for their approval or rejection.<br \/>Digest: The Act would impose a new tax on the gross proceeds from the sale of unprocessed timber cut on private land larger than 500 acres held in common ownership. The Act would provide funding to counties and to protect homes, neighborhoods and water supplies from wildfire damage. The Act would repeal the current forest products harvest tax. The Act will be referred to the people at the 2024 general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Imposes a new tax on the gross proceeds from the sale of unprocessed timber harvested on private land in excess of 500 acres held in common ownership in this state. Repeals the current forest products harvest tax regime. Refers the Act to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/SB1593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>Read Testimonies<\/b><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Downloads\/PublicTestimonyDocument\/112909\">This tax will Lead to significant economic ramnifications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1178ac6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1178ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/SFR\/SB\/1593\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae5a4e4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ae5a4e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaa9d8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaa9d8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>House Committee on Rules 1:00 pm<\/strong><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4026\"><strong>HB 4026<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Tells the Secretary of State to study voting. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Requires the Secretary of State to study how to improve voter access in this state. Directs the secretary to submit the findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than September 15, 2025.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/HB4026\"><strong>Read Testimonies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-080716e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"080716e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/HRULES\/HB\/4026\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7511065 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7511065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c10027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c10027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bills to Support<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546ad02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"546ad02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Senate Committee On Natural Resources and Wildfire 8:30 am<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Informational Meeting<\/li><li class=\"indent-1\">Invited Speakers Only<\/li><li class=\"indent-1\">Coquille River Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Leonard Krug, President, Oregon Anglers Alliance John Ogan, Executive Director, Natural Resources Office, Coquille Indian Tribe Heath Hampel, Owner, Chuck\u2019s Seafood Josh Bettesworth, Englund Marine &amp; Industrial Supply<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/SNR\/2024-02-20-08-30\/Agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\">https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/SNR\/2024-02-20-08-30\/Agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Members of the Coquille River STEP Association will be presenting their fantastic work. Thank you to Josh, Heath, John and Leonard for all you do for fish and our communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653aafa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"653aafa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c82d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55c82d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources &amp; Water 3:00 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Informational Meeting<\/li><li>Invited Speakers Only<\/li><li>John Williams and Todd Nash from OCA will be speaking.<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"col-md-2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4107\">HB 4107<\/a><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"col-md-7\">Provides that compensation for loss or injury to livestock or working dogs under the wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program must be based on certain multipliers of fair market value.<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&amp;eventID=2024021188\">Oregon Legislative Video (oregonlegislature.gov)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d803acb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d803acb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98d6662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98d6662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4106\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources &amp; Water 3:00 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4106\">HB 4106<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Relating to reliable forest management outcomes; prescribing an effective date.<br \/>Digest: The Act directs the State Forester to create harvest levels for cutting timber on state forestland. The Act directs the State Forester to develop a timber inventory model. The Act directs the State Forester to sell timber at the harvest level. The Act gives moneys to the State Forester. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Directs the State Forester to establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and develop a timber inventory model to inform sustainable harvest levels. Directs the State Forester to offer timber for sale at the sustainable harvest level, annually report on sales of timber relative to the sustainable harvest level and address any shortfall in timber sales. Confers standing on certain persons to challenge a failure to address a shortfall. Directs the State Forester to adopt sustainable harvest levels, forest management plans and related significant policy documents by rule. Establishes certain requirements for judicial review of the rules. Makes certain changes concerning forest management reports by the State Forester. Appropriates moneys to the State Forester out of the General Fund for developing a timber inventory model and a sustainable harvest level. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/HB4106\"><strong>Read Testimonies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Downloads\/PublicTestimonyDocument\/112857\">Jen &#8211; ONRI\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6a6a32 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b6a6a32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/oregoncitizenslobby.org\/ag-env-natresources\/hb-4106-establish-sustainable-timber-harvest-levels\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Oregon Citizens Lobby in Support<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d30c21 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7d30c21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/HALNRW\/HB\/4106\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93a9e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93a9e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>This bill directs the State Forester to establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and develop a timber inventory model to inform sustainable harvest levels. Directs the State Forester to offer timber for sale at the sustainable harvest level, annually report on sales of timber relative to the sustainable harvest level and address any shortfall in timber sales. Confers standing on certain persons to challenge a failure to address a shortfall. Directs the State Forester to adopt sustainable harvest levels, forest management plans and related significant policy documents by rule. Establishes certain requirements for judicial review of the rules. Makes certain changes concerning forest management reports by the State Forester. Appropriates moneys to the State Forester out of the General Fund for developing a timber inventory model and a sustainable harvest level. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.<br \/>This bill is a refinement of the 1937 O&amp;C Act regarding sustainable forestry. It should go a step further and make certain that the inventory included trees not available for harvest, such as HCPs and other acronym reserves. Those types of exclusions are what caused the Elliott to become so devalued over time. The report should emphasize four numbers: 1) total standing volume in MMBF; 2) total annual growth rate (mmbf); 3) total volume sold per calendar year (mmbf); 4) actual harvest per calendar year.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/HALNRW\/HB\/4106\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">SUBMIT TESTIMONY UPTO 48 HOURS FROM START OF HEARING<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>&#8212; Oregon Citizens Lobby<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d814b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"62d814b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee0f1d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee0f1d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4165\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>House Committee on Transportation 5:00 pm<br \/><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4165\"><strong>HB 4165 <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Requires ODOT to prepare and submit a report on the changes in the law that are needed to balance costs between light and heavy cars and trucks. (Flesch Readability Score: 100). Requires the Department of Transportation to prepare and submit a report on the statutory changes necessary to balance transportation cost responsibility between light and heavy vehicles. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/HB4165\"><strong>Read Testimonies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Downloads\/PublicTestimonyDocument\/112232\">AAA Oregon-Idaho<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f35ea17 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f35ea17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/JCT\/HB\/4165\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239e7be elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"239e7be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3242be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3242be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1519\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1519\"><strong>SB 1519<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The Act lowers weight-mile taxes. The Act directs ODOT to adopt rules so that ODOT may issue refunds to taxpayers who overpaid weight-mile taxes in recent years. The Act limits ODOT spending on certain things. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Decreases weight-mile taxes. Directs the Department of Transportation to adopt rules specifying the manner of calculating, applying and issuing refunds to taxpayers who overpaid weight-mile taxes. Limits certain expenditures by the department. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/SB1519\"><strong>Read Testimonies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Downloads\/PublicTestimonyDocument\/111877\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Timber Unity in Support<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514d4f6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"514d4f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/JCT\/SB\/1519\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fd96c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f1fd96c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0449d47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0449d47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1543\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1543\"><strong>SB 1543<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The Act lowers weight-mile taxes. The Act limits ODOT spending on certain things. Becomes law 91 days from sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.3). Decreases weight-mile taxes. Limits certain expenditures by the Department of Transportation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Testimony\/SB1543\"><strong>Read Testimonies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong>Featured Testimony:<\/strong><b>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Downloads\/PublicTestimonyDocument\/112770\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Boquist Figures<\/a><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ef684 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"62ef684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Testimony\/JCT\/SB\/1543\/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit Testimony!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8c34a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4c8c34a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0cda14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0cda14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"Wednesday\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wednesday - February 21, 2024<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f970d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73f970d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Bills of Concern<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05be849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05be849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nothing notable is Scheduled for Public Hearing at this writing.<\/strong><\/p><p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>Review the Schedule<\/b><\/a>, bills can be added at any time for Public Hearing<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\"><b>https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00a2224 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"00a2224\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3afa586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3afa586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"Thursday\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thursday - February 22, 2024<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f21a7be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f21a7be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Bills of Concern<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dea308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dea308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nothing\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">notable\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">is Scheduled for Public Hearing at this writing.<\/strong><\/p><p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>Review the Schedule<\/b><\/a>, bills can be added at any time for Public Hearing<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\"><b>https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffcec86 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ffcec86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fffc909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fffc909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"Friday\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friday - February 23, 2024<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8731691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8731691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#Thursday\">Bills of Concern<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e838ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e838ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nothing\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">notable\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">is Scheduled for Public Hearing at this writing.<\/strong><\/p><p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><b>Review the Schedule<\/b><\/a>, bills can be added at any time for Public Hearing<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\"><b>https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/Committees\/Meeting\/List<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3108856 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3108856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d8a5cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d8a5cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"LastWeekStatus\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Status on some of Last Week's Bills<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe45160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe45160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills-300x72.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2044\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills-300x72.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills-1024x245.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills-768x184.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills-1000x240.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills-600x144.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-bills.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7a7dd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7a7dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4080\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4080\">HB 4080<\/a><\/strong><b> &#8211; Offshore Wind<\/b><br \/>This bill passed on a party line vote out of the House Committee on Business and Labor. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4080\">HB 4080<\/a><\/strong> defines a state policy on offshore wind and energy and directs the state agency on energy to make a roadmap on offshore wind standards. Unfortunately, this bill will make offshore wind projects virtually unbuildable off the coast and close small open-shop local subcontractors completely out of the projects. Additionally, we do not believe offshore wind is an effective use of our money spent as it produces little amounts of energy and prototypes are estimated to only have a 15 year lifespan at most.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58347d8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"58347d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c702be7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c702be7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4129\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4129\">HB 4129<\/a><\/strong><b> &#8211; In Home Care Unions<\/b><br \/>This is a complicated piece of legislation that is basically a roundabout way to force homecare workers to pay union dues. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4129\">HB 4129<\/a><\/strong> passed on a party line vote out of the House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services.\u00a0 Rep. Anna Scharf submitted an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/scharf\/Documents\/HB%204129%20Opinion.pdf\">Op-Ed with the Freedom Foundation<\/a><\/strong> that you can read here. It&#8217;s very informative and gets into the weeds as to why this bill is the wrong direction for Oregon. She attempted to have an amended version of this bill adopted, but the base bill was voted out of committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means on a party line vote and is now in the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/JWM\/Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Committee on Ways and Means<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8086aa7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8086aa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6c7789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6c7789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1577\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1577\">SB 1577<\/a><\/strong> <strong>&#8211; Extends Motor Voter Registration<\/strong><br \/>This bill would automatically register applicants for admission to public institutions of higher education to vote. There have already been some major concerns with motor voter and last session&#8217;s extension Oregon Health Plan (OHP) participants. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1577\">SB 1577<\/a><\/strong> only opens the door for nonresidents and noncitizens to vote in Oregon. This bill passed out of committee on a party line vote.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de3a24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5de3a24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a8ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74a8ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1559\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1559\"><strong>SB 1559<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<strong> Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/strong><br \/>This bill sets more aggressive state GHG reduction goals. The new goals mirror those adopted by the Oregon Climate Action Commission of reducing emissions to 95% below 1990 levels by 2050 (with interim goals in 2030 and 2040) and an additional aspiration of achieving net zero emissions as soon as possible and net negative emissions thereafter. Of course, I support reasonable, workable climate policy. However, additional GHG regulation should be part of a more comprehensive conversation for the 2025 legislative session, not part of a rushed short session. Thankfully, due to posting deadlines, this bill died in committee.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d848dc0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d848dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c263da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c263da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4002\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4002\">HB 4002<\/a><\/strong> <strong>&#8211; M110 Fix<\/strong><br \/>Most of us agree M110 isn&#8217;t working and something needs to change, but there are different ideas as to what that change looks like. The majority party wants <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4002\">HB 4002<\/a><\/strong>, which still allows public use of controlled substances, is soft on crime, and focuses mainly on deflection programs. Interestingly enough, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court wrote a letter to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response, and informed the committee she was worried about the consequences of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4002\">HB 4002<\/a><\/strong>. The letter was not shared with other committee members, but apparently amendments to the bill are being worked. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oregoncapitalchronicle.com\/2024\/02\/14\/oregon-judges-including-chief-justice-concerned-about-legislative-addiction-proposal-letter-says\/\">Read more about this here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a2b06 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"89a2b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dddf1c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dddf1c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"GoodBillStatus\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Good Bill Status<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae088fe elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ae088fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8b3383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8b3383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1543\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 1543<\/a><\/strong>: Fixing Weight-Mile Tax<\/p><p align=\"left\">This bill decreases the disproportionate Weight-Mile Tax that has been over-charging heavy-weight trucks. It had a Public Hearing on Thursday in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/JCT\/Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joint Committee on Transportation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9487854 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9487854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4364a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4364a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1542\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 1542<\/a><\/strong>: CAT Tax Relief for Pharmacies<\/p><p align=\"left\">This bill increases Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) threshold from $1M to $5M, and exempts most health-care activity, including pharmacies. It had a Public Hearing Monday in the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Committees\/SFR\/Overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab317f8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ab317f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f0aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18f0aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"ActionAlert\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/action-alerts-1_crop.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/action-alerts-1_crop.png 540w, http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/action-alerts-1_crop-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac262d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bac262d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HJR201\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HJR201\"><strong>HJR 201<\/strong><\/a> <strong>&#8211; Property Tax Increase<\/strong><br \/>The House Committee on Rules held a public hearing on this resolution, which is a referral to the voters to increase property taxes. Of course, we are absolutely opposed to this. The bill has not been scheduled for a work session, but the House Committee on Rules has different posting guidelines, so at any point this bill could move forward.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bcdd91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bcdd91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0Call or email the 7 members of the House Rules Committee below<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 HJR 201 is in this Committee and we must stop it in the Committee to keep this bill from going to a full House floor vote.\u00a0 Please share with Committee members why a a statewide property tax increase is a bad idea and how higher property taxes impact you, your family, your local business community and people you know.\u00a0\u00a0 When you call be courteous.<\/p><p>*** Always be polite, respectful and kind when you call\u00a0 ***<\/p><p>VOTE NO ON HJR 201 \u2013 NO STATEWIDE PROPERTY TAX<\/p><p>CHAIR:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/fahey\"><strong>Representative Julie Fahey<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Dem -#14)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1414<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p><p>VICE-CHAIR:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/helfrich\"><strong>Representative Jeff Helfrich<\/strong><\/a>\u200b (Rep. #52)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1452<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.JeffHelfrich@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p><p>VICE-CHAIR<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/kropf\"><strong>Representative Jason Kropf<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(Dem. #54)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1454<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.JasonKropf@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/nosse\"><strong>Representative Rob Nosse<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Dem. #42)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1442<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.RobNosse@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/scharf\"><strong>Representative Anna Scharf<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Rep. #23)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1423<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.AnnaScharf@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/valderrama\"><strong>Representative Andrea Valderrama<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Dem. #47)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1447<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.AndreaValderrama\u200b@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/wallan\"><strong>Representative Kim Wallan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Rep. #6)<br \/>Capitol Phone:\u00a0<strong>503-986-1406<\/strong><br \/>Email:\u00a0<strong>Rep.KimWallan@oregonlegislature.gov<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8ad27e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8ad27e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">This proposed property tax hike will burden homeowners and landlords alike, stifling economic growth and pushing already strained budgets to the breaking point. <\/span><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">It is nothing short of a betrayal of the very principles Governor Kotek claimed to uphold &#8211; relief for hardworking Oregonians!<\/strong><\/p><p>We cannot let this hypocrisy stand unchallenged. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/gov\/pages\/contact-us.aspx\">We must hold Governor Kotek and her allies, like Representative Evans, accountable<\/a><\/strong> for their reckless disregard for the financial well-being of Oregonians.<\/p><p>I urge you to take action now. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/gov\/pages\/contact-us.aspx\">Contact Governor Kotek<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/evans\">Representative Evans<\/a><\/strong> immediately and demand that they stop this egregious property tax proposal. <strong>Let them know that you will not tolerate such hypocrisy and that you expect them to honor their promises to the people of Oregon.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad9244 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3ad9244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/gov\/pages\/contact-us.aspxW-_TzD65Y\/edit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CONTACT GOV. KOTEK - NO MORE TAX HIKES!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c005e8b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c005e8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/evans\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CONTACT REP. EVANS - SAY NO TO HJR 201<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2d4630 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b2d4630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b06d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13b06d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The good news is<\/strong> &#8212; our Oregonians showed up. After <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oregoncatalyst.com\/75408-statewide-property-tax-rushed-hearing-feb-13.html\">calls to action<\/a><\/strong>, over 1,270 spoke in opposition to the measure. This hearing showed that our residents are paying attention and was a powerful reminder to our officials of who they work for \u2013 the people of Oregon. We are not out of the woods yet, since the bill had a hearing it can be brought up for a vote at any point.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7135d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1b7135d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-504c8aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"504c8aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MEANWHILE, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlegislature.gov\/bonham\">Senator Daniel Bonham<\/a><\/strong> introduced <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SJR202\">SJR 202<\/a><\/strong>, to provide property tax RELIEF for seniors. It is measures like this, not HJR 201, that help make lives better and easier. Shouldn&#8217;t that be our goal?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ca67e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"55ca67e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12df507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12df507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1583\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Advocacy Needed: Oppose SB 1583!<\/strong><br \/>One of the biggest threats to preserving local control of our schools this Legislative Session is SB 1583. This bill dramatically curtails the rights of local school boards to control the curriculum in schools, effectively eroding parental rights by limiting those we elect to govern our schools. It limits local control of textbooks and other instructional materials, and is disguised as protecting against discrimination. But the intent is clear &#8211; to prevent local school boards from removing ideologically driven content that the district may feel inappropriate for its students.<\/p><p>This bill passed out of it&#8217;s Senate Committee on a straight party line vote, and now is headed to the Senate Floor for passage in its first chamber. Ahead of next week&#8217;s likely floor vote, please reach out to Senators here in Oregon to demand that they stand up for the rights of our local school boards, and oppose this legislation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa88a41 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fa88a41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/oregoncitizenslobby.org\/education\/sb-1583-permits-teachers-to-use-gender-ideology-materials-in-curriculum\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Oregon Citizens Lobby in Opposition<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec72ae0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ec72ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1qmjEJSr3X2Xa4k-dIFyV7xsJ8MeWFL2sTWW-_TzD65Y\/edit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact Legislators Now!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50ec47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50ec47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><strong>Message from Senator David Brock Smith:<\/strong><\/p><p>In today\u2019s Oregonlive\/The Oregonian there is an article regarding a study on post pandemic student success done by Harvard and Stanford. Having been a longtime school board member, I have serious concerns with the direction SB 1583 would take our schools across the state. The comments in today\u2019s article below from the Director of the Oregon Department of Education Charlene Williams are clear to me that she wants the bill to move forward. The article however is also clear, that she and her colleagues failed to design guidelines above those that were federal to direct those dollars to increase student success. I am very concerned by this pivot from their failure and encourage your engagement as this legislation moves forward.<\/p><p>Please read the article below or in the link <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/education\/2024\/02\/students-nationwide-have-rebounded-after-pandemic-but-not-in-oregon-consequences-could-be-severe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>Although the Oregon Department of Education and the State Board of Education has not supplied written testimony to date, bringing your respectful voice of opposition to their attention could be meaningful. You can get to the State Board of Education website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/ode\/about-us\/stateboard\/pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-type=\"web\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p>Thank you for all of your continued incredible advocacy on this and other critical issues.<\/p><h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Students nationwide have rebounded after pandemic. But not in Oregon.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Consequences could be severe.<\/span><\/h1><ul><li>Updated:\u00a0Feb. 18, 2024, 2:30 p.m.|<\/li><li>Published:\u00a0Feb. 18, 2024, 4:00 a.m.<\/li><\/ul><p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.EyBGNQqltSrp5HQndXmkTpl3dl5mnURFzVjfZ9WSM-4\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julia Silverman | The Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/a><\/p><p>Students around the country have shown promising signs of rebounding from the COVID era\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.FeWUPemkZPZdXGCs5PM7pYIGtxQbDI3fWgZNWfC65X4\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive disruptions<\/a>\u00a0to learning, according to a first-of-its-kind\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.LrMmFuD7Mc1r4Xhxb6AMRww0RGKsYD02Lh8NtewNQmk\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multi-state analysis<\/a>\u00a0by researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities.<\/p><p>But not in Oregon.<\/p><p>Unlike\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.4EDuzeOtSV4jOhaZnxm0oUtHHeizYpxPnrv16JQALco\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the 29 other states studied<\/a>, Oregon students as a whole have failed to regain either reading or math skills, researchers found.<\/p><p>The state\u2019s elementary and middle school students remain an average of about two-thirds of a year behind in reading compared to pre-pandemic levels and three-fourths of a year behind in math, the study found. That\u2019s roughly two to three times the deficit faced by students nationwide, the study found.<\/p><p>Those dispiriting results come despite a $1.6 billion infusion of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.nyycsir6XVUUFe44HLZRGTk52x6fg4huOOPxW92a4H0\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal pandemic aid<\/a>\u00a0to the state\u2019s 197 school districts. That money will run out in eight months, and most Oregon school districts have already spent most of it with little to show for it.<\/p><p>The learning deficits are worst in the poorest pockets of the state, but many comparatively wealthy Portland-area suburban districts have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.lmgakmNupwgU8O4FmT74HSS_RdsksFTqnCgvSuoz3N4\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yet to show<\/a>\u00a0much bounce-back. |<\/p><p>Districts had almost complete leeway to decide how to spend their federal funds. Without parameters from the state or federal government, Oregon districts often chose to pay for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.XAPugxFgt62Z02rayIjypjB_M1GERM5STM7R2S6ohQ8\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online academies<\/a>, to preserve staff despite<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.tfHjjYvLJ7Nl9iLgVLsx4qDltuTJon6pEAB0SfxLg4Q\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0enrollment drops<\/a>\u00a0and other initiatives that have yet to translate into measurable learning rebounds.<\/p><p>That matters, not just for students and their success in school, but more broadly for Oregon\u2019s economy, crime levels and broader measures of well-being, researchers say.<\/p><p>\u201cThe initial [academic] losses in Oregon were among the largest in our study,\u201d said Thomas Kane, faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and a co-author of the study, which used state test scores from 2019, 2022 and 2023 and triangulated them against scores on a national exam given in all states in 2019 and 2022. In Oregon, Kane said, \u201cWe saw very little evidence of improvement between 2022 and 2023, whereas most states did.\u201d<\/p><p>What went wrong?<\/p><p>Oregon\u2019s poor performance cannot be fully explained by the fact that the state had some of the nation\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.NOj-8DwCaGjd2h5acwbNRr5eRQJS7chuPhiEdfYxlJk\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longest school closures.<\/a> Students in California and Washington, where schools were closed for around the same length of time, have shown academic rebounds in math and slimmer continued losses in reading than Oregon.<\/p><p>State education officials could not pinpoint why Oregon students haven\u2019t shown gains, even as students in Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi are back to performing at 2019 levels in reading and students in Alabama have hit pre-pandemic levels in math. But state schools chief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZ2NjMDIuc2FmZWxpbmtzLnByb3RlY3Rpb24ub3V0bG9vay5jb20vP3VybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5vcmVnb25saXZlLmNvbSUyRmVkdWNhdGlvbiUyRjIwMjMlMkYwOCUyRm9yZWdvbnMtbmV3LXN0YXRlLXNjaG9vbHMtY2hpZWYtY2FsbHMtZm9yLW1vcmUtYWNjb3VudGFiaWxpdHkuaHRtbCZkYXRhPTA1JTdDMDIlN0NTZW4uRGF2aWRCcm9ja1NtaXRoJTQwb3JlZ29ubGVnaXNsYXR1cmUuZ292JTdDYWIyNTQ3MTJjZGRjNGZlNmQyYzkwOGRjMzBkYWQxZDclN0M0ODlhOWM4NDU3NGE0OGM3YjcyYTI0NTA1MTEzMzRjYyU3QzElN0MwJTdDNjM4NDM4OTYzNjAzMTUyMjY1JTdDVW5rbm93biU3Q1RXRnBiR1pzYjNkOGV5SldJam9pTUM0d0xqQXdNREFpTENKUUlqb2lWMmx1TXpJaUxDSkJUaUk2SWsxaGFXd2lMQ0pYVkNJNk1uMCUzRCU3QzAlN0MlN0MlN0Mmc2RhdGE9cHlBd3B5UkJGJTJGT2lYM1FxckpTUDNtMXhKNXd0dVB6b05Zc3UlMkJETFZPYnclM0QmcmVzZXJ2ZWQ9MCIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAyMTkuOTA0MzY0MjEifQ.4DCMhgzN1NdlDSBPFa8wLOIibBWbPqUci-mee4sk9uk\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlene Williams<\/a>\u00a0said Oregon needs to strengthen instruction systemwide.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve been doing has not been working,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThere are spaces for us to be more consistent across the board. We cannot have 197 school districts doing 197 different things.\u201d<\/p><p>Williams said Oregon\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.jLZVm-o1fIwDZqJzKCUIQJzYy4zV3aWsPYhKYGmKjSM\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unusually short school year<\/a>\u00a0sets it apart from other states, as does its long tradition of local school district control. Strategies like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.WxucgHNNqB0hV0i3Evo8aSOqZYo4O4MwXXj0F-AekYg\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-dosage tutoring<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.3ctGCaijBiDR83c2E00I--DbMu7kUvLa5pxfvY5kjBE\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer school\u00a0<\/a>are critical, she said, and Oregon \u201cabsolutely needs to be doing that,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>But \u201cif 50% to 60% of our students are not performing well, that means our core instruction needs to change,\u201d she said. \u201cWe aren\u2019t in a position to provide 60% of our students with one-on-one tutoring or summer programming. So what can we do to reduce the number of students that need those concentrated doses of important supports?\u201d<\/p><p>She pointed to the state\u2019s new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.Lu7mOzB2LJZCOD4KkRYfEToZB8MtXEXe0rqwMdk8oqU\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early literacy initiative<\/a>\u00a0as a promising model: Every district in the state is participating and receiving funding that can only be spent on a tailored band of options, including curricula that stress phonics and phonemic awareness, professional development in foundational literacy and tutoring for struggling readers.<\/p><p>Since the pandemic, it can feel like few students display mid-range skills anymore, said Bryan Sager, a veteran fifth grade teacher at Cherry Park Elementary School in the David Douglas School District at Portland\u2019s eastern edge. Some of his students are academic high-flyers, he said, while many others have significant knowledge gaps.<\/p><p>He has students who still struggle to grasp concepts like basic division, he said, so he needs to reteach that lesson, sometimes repeatedly. That\u2019s despite the fact the curriculum schedule calls for him to be teaching students how to divide fractions and reduce the answer using lowest common denominators at this point in the year.<\/p><p>Sager said he lingers on must-know topics, sometimes at the expense of others, in hopes of making sure his students have the basics down by year\u2019s end. He wants to give them at least a fighting chance in middle school.<\/p><p>He and other grade-level teachers meet weekly to compare notes and help each other maximize progress. They share quiz results and other student work to see where persistent mistakes crop up, so they can precisely target how to help different groups of students.<\/p><p>\u201cThere are just holes that need to be filled,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to fill those holes, not push them along, or the kids that have holes will get even more behind.\u201d<\/p><p>Where did the money go?<\/p><p>An analysis of pandemic relief spending in Oregon\u2019s 10 largest school districts by nonprofit education advocacy group Stand for Children Oregon suggests those districts directed relatively little of the money to the handful of strategies that research has found most helpful to catch students back up. Those include frequent small-group tutoring, academically rigorous summer school, extending the school year and expanded training opportunities for educators.<\/p><p>The infusion of federal money was intended to mitigate impacts of the pandemic on students\u2019 learning and well-being, not to shore up day-to-day operations or fund capital projects.<\/p><p>Kane said a few states did offer districts concrete directions about how they should spend the federal money. In Tennessee, the state offered matching funds to districts that spent their funds on high-impact tutoring &#8211;\u202fhelp for no more than three students at a time, with the same tutor, at least three times a week for half an hour or more. The state\u2019s effort has reached 150,000 students and the benefits to their achievement have been profound, particularly among poorer students, the researchers found.<\/p><p>In Oregon, as in most states, there was only one requirement for spending the huge dose of federal aid: 20% had to go towards academic recovery. And that was essentially meaningless, as each district was left to decide what academic recovery meant.<\/p><p>As a result, there was little consensus about which interventions should be classified as helping students catch up, which proved detrimental, said Sarah Pope, the executive director of Stand for Children Oregon.<\/p><p>\u201cOregon\u2019s results are unacceptable. Our educators and children are just as talented as the educators and children in every other state,\u201d Pope said. She decried the lack of \u201ca statewide, focused, research-based strategy. The research is clear on what accelerates student learning, and our state didn\u2019t insist we do that with these funds.\u201d<\/p><p>Among the 10 largest districts in the state, Salem-Keizer and Gresham spent millions of the federal dollars to keep class sizes low, preserving some teaching jobs that otherwise would have been pruned due to declining enrollment.<\/p><p>Of the $19 million it received, the Gresham-Barlow district allocated nearly $9 million to preserve jobs, primarily for teachers. The district saw gains in third graders reading proficiency in 2023. But overall, students in grades three through eight lost nearly a full year\u2019s worth of learning in reading and math during the pandemic \u2013 then lost further ground during 2022-23, particularly in reading, the national study found.<\/p><p>Salem-Keizer, Oregon\u2019s second-largest district, serves a high proportion of low-income students \u2013 and it received the most federal funding statewide: $97 million.<\/p><p>It spent the largest chunk of that, around $18 million, to keep class sizes small in early elementary school grades. That strategy was popular with both teachers and families in a district where declining enrollment would otherwise have translated to immediate job losses.<\/p><p>\u201cWe were working on the theory that our youngest students were the most impacted, between missing preschool and disrupted kindergarten,\u201d said Suzanne West, Salem-Keizer\u2019s director of strategic initiatives. \u201cSo we made the intentional decision at K-2 to employ more licensed teachers than our enrollment would dictate.<\/p><p>But the investment has yet to yield measurable academic gains. Only a dismal 20% of the district\u2019s third graders scored as proficient in reading in 2023, a 1% decrease from the previous year, though the young students who got the most concentrated help have yet to age into standardized testing, which begins at grade three. Overall, Salem-Keizer students in tested grades remain a year behind pre-pandemic learning levels in both reading and math.<\/p><p>And now that the funding is running out, Salem-Keizer is preparing to make\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.tcLKSXuNjim9CoUUkw-u0I3acEb6saakx4cXcDK3rJw\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep cuts<\/a> in its workforce for the upcoming school year, reductions that Superintendent Andrea Casta\u00f1eda has said will touch virtually every corner of every school.<\/p><p>Several other districts put large sums towards virtual learning programs and charter schools.<\/p><p>Tigard-Tualatin also spent $5.1 million, or 40% of its allocation, on virtual learning. It also spent $4.3 million to pay teachers for five extra non-student facing days of planning and collaboration. The district ended up posting the steepest learning loss of any of the 10 largest Oregon districts, with students landing a year behind in reading and a year and a quarter behind in math in spring 2023.<\/p><p>Hillsboro directed $3.2 million of its $25 million to its Online Academy, which now serves 325 students. Hillsboro\u2019s chief financial officer, Michelle Morrison, said districts were able to make \u201csubjective\u201d judgments about what would best address unfinished learning.<\/p><p>Amy Zuckerman, who has a senior and a sophomore at Tualatin High School, said the district has sent empathetic messages about the supports available to help students process upheavals, particularly during the height of the pandemic and the racial justice reckonings of 2020.<\/p><p>But, she said, \u201cWhat there has not been is messaging that says, \u2018We are really worried about our kids falling behind academically and here is what we are going to do about it. There\u2019s not the same sense of urgency, that this is a crisis we are trying to address.\u201d<\/p><p>Her son, now a senior, used to get A\u2019s in middle school. But he struggled with online school in ninth grade and lost the sense that it mattered whether he turned in his work on time or what his final grade was, she said.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long hill, trying to reframe that and get him reengaged to see the value of his education,\u201d Zuckerman said. In his final two years of high school, with support from teachers, coaches and family, her son is back to passing his classes and hoping to play basketball in college. But there is still some residual sadness, she said, that \u201cno one has lit a fire under him, to make him excited about learning again.\u201d<\/p><p>Beyond unfinished learning<\/p><p>Plenty of the federal money went for non-academic priorities.<\/p><p>In part, that\u2019s because officials at several school districts said they were reluctant to spend the federal funds on any program they\u2019d have to backfill or personnel that they\u2019d have to lay off once the grant expired. That sometimes translated to big spending on capital projects.<\/p><p>Medford put $12.5 million of its $33 million federal allotment into seismically retrofitting and upgrading a former high school that opened as a middle school in fall of 2023. Its students remained a full year behind in both reading and math in 2023. Beaverton spent $7 million of its $46 million on heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrades. The district\u2019s reading and math performance dropped about 80% to 90% of an academic year during the pandemic and held flat during 2022-23, the study found.<\/p><p>A few districts did dedicate federal funding to the strategies favored by researchers and saw payoffs. Portland Public Schools, for example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.JcH1yv8HABZDJ7CZXKg0lStfqLMPIF2cGb9Y7N20e4E\/s\/1505622416\/br\/237321088712-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boosted the numbers of students<\/a> working at grade level in both English and math in 2023, though Black and Indigenous students did not share in those gains.<\/p><p>The district spent $56 million of its federal aid on teacher training, with an emphasis on early literacy, another $9 million on summer school and $1 million on a high-dose tutoring program that\u2019s set to begin again at the end of this month after a hiatus.<\/p><p>Summer school was a worthwhile investment, said Darcy Soto, the district\u2019s director of accelerated learning. Portland students who attended summer school at least 75% of the time made \u201cstatistically significant gains\u201d in a number of \u201cmico-indicators and foundational skills,\u201d she said, much stronger than peers who attended less often. Those gains were particularly evident in literacy, she said, with the youngest students stronger at key skills like identifying whole words and the ability to accurately decode letter sounds.<\/p><p>The Stanford-Harvard researchers said too few of Portland\u2019s elementary and middle school students \u2013 just 94.3% \u2013 took the state reading test in 2023 to accurately judge the district\u2019s learning gains in that subject. But it determined Portland students rebounded a quarter of a year in math, making it the only Top 10 sized district in Oregon to show gains rather than losses or stagnation last school year.<\/p><p>This school year is over halfway done, and Kane, the Harvard researcher, said it seems unlikely that the next few months will bring so much progress that Oregon students will be back to 2019 achievement levels by June.<\/p><p>Districts know where elementary and middle school pupils stand relative to grade level expectations and should start telling parents of those who are seriously behind now to plan to send their children to summer school, he said. Education leaders should make it clear that vast swaths of their students have serious learning lags, given research suggesting that many parents are unaware of just how far their children have fallen from what used to be typical achievement levels.<\/p><p>State policymakers face a rude awakening if they don\u2019t act, Kane said. Past research shows that when a state achieves sharply higher K-12 student achievement, that soon translates to broadly higher per-capita income, lower crime rates and less teen pregnancy. If Oregon sticks with sharply lower student achievement, it must expect the opposite, he said.<\/p><p>\u201cThey are about to discover the hazards of not coordinating these efforts, because kids will not have caught up and the federal money will have run out,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the states don\u2019t step in, we\u2019ll be imposing this cost on the next generation of children.\u201d<\/p><p>Education editor Betsy Hammond contributed to this story.<\/p><p>\u2014 Julia Silverman covers schools and education policy for The Oregonian\/OregonLive. Follow her on X at @jrlsilverman and reach out via email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jsilverman@oregonian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jsilverman@oregonian.com<\/a><\/p><p>End of Article\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18aa7d8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"18aa7d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d0ddd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4d0ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"DeadBills\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/TT-deadbills-2322506176-qjwzgk0vttv41gjy89ralbbr8rkdrr2ydy31qpduco.jpg\" title=\"TT-deadbills-2322506176\" alt=\"TT-deadbills-2322506176\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">More Bills that have Died<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3405c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af3405c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Monday marked the first round of bills dying, as the deadline for most policy committees to post work sessions came and went. Notable bills that died include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9f7891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9f7891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4126\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4126\">HB 4126<\/a>: Allowance for Local Rent Control<\/strong><br \/>This bill would have repealed a state prohibition on local rent control, creating a patchwork of restrictions on the rental market, driving up rent costs, and pushing rental units out of the marketplace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91783cf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"91783cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2428624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2428624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4161\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4161\">HB 4161<\/a>: School Choice and Student Savings Accounts<\/strong><br \/>This bill establishes school choice through open enrollment, and student savings accounts. It had a Public Hearing Wednesday, but failed to receive a Work Session before deadline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ee6bb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"62ee6bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb08dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb08dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"HB4096\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4096\">HB 4096<\/a>: Firearm Hold Agreements<\/strong><br \/>This bill would have allowed federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to enter into a firearm hold agreement with a firearm owner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e836dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5e836dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdfdc90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdfdc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"SB1559\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2024R1\/Measures\/Overview\/SB1559\">SB 1559<\/a><\/strong>: <strong>Increasing State&#8217;s Emission Goals<\/strong><br \/>This bill would have increased the state\u2019s greenhouse emissions goals to achieve 95% reductions by 2050, and set in statute a net-zero goal for thereafter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e56900 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1e56900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e1d7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45e1d7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Are we missing a bill?<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightfororegon.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/submit-a-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-segment-action=\"add\" data-segment-id=\"0210a866-c683-11ed-9f8c-fa163e37306a\">Submit a Bill<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is now available!\u00a0Submittal deadlines are Fridays by 5PM!\u00a0We&#8217;ll try our best to get it on the list!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SHARE*SHARE*SHARE*<\/strong>\u00a0with your communities, family, and friends.<\/p><p><b>Disclaimer:\u00a0<\/b>Any views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the text belong solely to the various authors, and not necessarily each author&#8217;s employer, organization, committee or other group or individual associated with in professional or personal cpacity, unless explicitly stated.\u00a0 Any views expressed here are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73591c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d73591c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated:\u00a0 2\/20\/24 2:09 AM PST Important Notice: If a bill comes in later than 5PM on Fridays, check here for updates &amp; changes! 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