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Special Message from the Minority Leader:
Make Your Voice Heard in Salem!
As we kick off the first week of the 2025 Legislative Session, I want to remind you that your voice is a vital part of the process. The decisions made in Salem this year will impact families and communities across Oregon, and your engagement can help shape the direction we take. Whether it’s testifying on a bill, contacting your elected officials, or following the latest updates, there are many ways to get involved and ensure your perspective is heard. Together, we can work toward a safer, more affordable, and prosperous Oregon.
–Senate Republican Leader, Daniel Bonham
Did you miss this?
Senator Jeff Golden recently had his “Annual” Town Hall Meeting in Medford, Oregon on 1/16/25 *after* certified letters were received by property/homeowners in High Risk areas according to the Wildfire Risk Map. Residents showed up unexpectedly at this town hall and the following link is a recording of that town hall. We believe it is very important for you to listen to this town hall meeting.
YouTube Video of Senator Golden’s Town Hall Meeting on 1/16/25
SB 678 – REPEALS SB 762!
Monday - January 27, 2025
Bills of Concern
House committee on Labor and Workplace Standards 3:00 PM
HB 3024 – The Act would get rid of the cut in maximum benefits when a worker is barred from benefits due to not working for cause and has not earned four times weekly benefits. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Eliminates the reduction of an individual’s maximum benefit amount by eight times the individual’s weekly benefit amount after the individual is disqualified from the receipt of benefits for cause and has not earned at least four times the individual’s weekly benefit amount. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Christina Buehler – Native American Opposes
House committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water 8:00 am
HB 2805 – Relating to food establishment licenses. Digest: The Act allows an agency to increase certain license fees. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
Makes permanent the authority of the State Department of Agriculture to annually increase license fees for food establishments by up to three percent
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Concerned Oregonian Opposes Permanent License Fee Increases per Year
HB 2806 – Relating to license fees for commercial instruments.
Digest: The Act allows an agency to increase certain license fees. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
Makes permanent the authority of the State Department of Agriculture to annually increase license fees for commercial weighing or measuring instruments by up to three percent, subject to certain maximum limits.
Authorizes the department to increase the license fees by a certain additional percentage for two fiscal years
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Concerned Oregonian Opposes Permanent License Fee Increases Per Year
SB 867 – Relating to investigations by the Department of Education
Digest: Makes many changes to the powers and duties of ODE for investigations at a school or school district. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
Prescribes sanctions that the Department of Education may impose when an elementary or secondary school or program is found to be in noncompliance with a discrimination prohibition.
Clarifies the applicability of provisions related to abuse and sexual conduct in schools when an education provider serves only students who have not yet entered kindergarten.
Specifies that provisions related to abuse and sexual conduct in schools apply to any person who provided services as an employee, a contractor, an agent or a volunteer within two calendar years prior to when the incident of suspected sexual conduct was committed.
Eliminates certain information that must be disclosed to certain persons following the completion of an investigation involving suspected sexual conduct at a school.
Requires law enforcement to make available to the department certain information received during investigations of suspected child abuse.
Modifies standards for determining if a school district or public charter school is involved in religious activity
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Strongly Oppose!
Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue 8:00 AM
SB 800 – Relating to compliance with tax laws; prescribing an effective date.
Digest: The Act requires people who seek licenses to show tax compliance. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Expands provisions requiring tax compliance as a condition of receiving a license to conduct a business, trade or profession or of entering into a contract with a state agency or political subdivision. Requires licensees and contractors to provide a tax compliance certificate from the Department of Revenue, unless a certain compliance rate is demonstrated by holders of the type of license.
Applies to licenses issued, reissued, reinstated or renewed and contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2026.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No Opposing testimonies at this writing! Please Testify!
Bills to Support
Senate Committee On Judiciary 3:00 pm
SB 347 – The Act would end special tax assessment for land if the owner or the person in control of the land gets a civil penalty for growing pot on the land or is found guilty of growing it there. The Act would make an exception if the owner reasonably didn’t know about the pot or called the police as soon as they did know. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Disqualifies land from farm use special assessments upon a final civil penalty or judgment of conviction for the illegal growing of marijuana against the landowner or person in possession and control of the land. Provides an exception for a landowner or other obligated taxpayer who reasonably lacked knowledge of the illegal growing of marijuana or promptly notified a law enforcement agency of the illegal growing of marijuana. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Featured Testimony: Christina Buehler – Addresses Human Trafficking!
Tuesday - January 28, 2025
Bills of Concern
House committee on Emergency Management General Government, and Veterans 1:00 PM
HB 2200 – The Act requires the OIC and the State Treasurer to take steps to reduce the carbon impact of certain state investments. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to take certain actions to reduce the carbon intensity of state investments and address certain investment risks relating to climate change. Directs the State Treasurer to report on the carbon intensity of certain investments.
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Featured Testimony: Paul Donheffner Opposing
Special Message from Shelly Boshart Davis:
My bill to delay Oregon’s ban on diesel trucks is scheduled for a public hearing, and we need your help.
On January 1, Oregon’s Advanced Clean Truck Rules went into effect that will begin to phase out diesel powered semi-trucks, RVs, tow trucks, heavy-duty pickup trucks like F-250s and 350s, box trucks, and more. But with President Trump’s executive order promising to rescind EV mandates, the future remains uncertain, causing chaos and confusion among Oregonians and Oregon businesses.
For months now, I have been calling for a delay to these rules and now we have a chance to make it happen. Even if President Trump’s executive order goes into effect, litigation will surely tie it up in the courts for months, if not years. Oregonians need certainty now.
This upcoming Thursday, January 30, the House Committee on Climate, Energy, and Environment is holding a public hearing on HB 3119, my bill to delay the Advanced Clean Truck rules. We need an army of working Oregonians to make their voices heard.
Whether you’re a truck driver, someone who depends on heavy-duty pickups to make a living, enjoys an RV lifestyle, appreciates the necessity of diesel vehicles like tow trucks and cement mixers, or an everyday Oregonian who doesn’t want to see their cost of living continue to increase because of unnecessary regulations, your voice is needed NOW! Will you sign up to testify before the committee?
Here are the details:
When: Thursday, January 30th, at 8 AM
Where: Oregon State Capitol (you can also sign up for online testimony)
How: Sign up to testify by clicking <HERE>, and finding the “Register to Testify” button on the top menu.
You can watch my interview with KPTV News on Trump’s executive order and the impacts in Oregon <HERE>.
Advanced Clean Trucks in the Transportation Committee
On Tuesday, the Joint Transportation Committee asked industry experts to talk about the impact of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule. The testimony was striking. The bureaucratic jargon that comes from DEQ to whistle past the graveyard about the impact of these rules is disingenuous.
I was particularly impressed with the testimony of Sean Waters, VP of Product Integrity at Daimler Trucks North America, and Jordan Papé, CEO of Pape Kenworth and Pacific Clean Fuels. As people who sell trucks and have to deal with the real-world consequences of these regulations, no one understands them better. If you have a hard time following along with these regulations (I live it as a business owner and a legislator, and I still get confused), I would recommend you watch their entire 10-minute testimony <HERE>.
Here are a few of the biggest takeaways from their testimony:
DEQ confirmed that there is only ONE charger in Oregon that can charge semi-trucks.
It would require Oregon to build 55 commercial grade chargers per week, starting 3 weeks ago until 2035, for the commercial truck industry to be able to comply with the ACT rules. That’s just for semi-trucks, not including pickups and other medium and heavy duty EVs.
Manufacturers are already limiting the sale of new clean diesel engines. A 2010 engine is more than 90% cleaner than a pre-2010 engine. The ACT rule, in practice, is actually limiting the number of these new, cleaner trucks to be sold in Oregon.
NOx emissions from diesel engines have declined 99.8% since the first NOx emission standards were introduced in the 1980’s.
A heavy-duty battery electric truck costs about twice as much as a diesel truck but can only go about half the distance of that diesel truck. Those battery-powered trucks can only carry about 75% of the load. This will drive up the cost of everyday essentials we all need.
100 heavy-duty battery electric trucks consume about as much power as all the homes in the city of Eugene. If the entire Class 8 fleet (the heaviest heavy-duty trucks) in the United States converted to battery electric, we would need the same amount of power as Bonneville Power Administration’s 31 dams and 1 nuclear power plant to create enough power to charge them all.
We would need to build a Bonneville Power Administration every year for the next ten years to power a transition to electric trucks that the ACT regulations demand.
–Shelly Boshart Davis
Bills to Support
Senate Committee On Labor and Business 8:00 am
SB 748 – The Act would allow drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment in certain cases. The Act would make the Employment Department pay for the tests, not the claimant. The Act would disqualify a claimant who fails a drug test until the claimant requalifies and passes another drug test. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Authorizes the Employment Department to require drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment benefits if the claimant was fired by the claimant’s most recent employer for unlawful drug use or suitable work is available for the claimant only in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Provides that the cost of the tests must be paid by the department and not by the claimant. Disqualifies a claimant who fails a drug test from benefits until the claimant requalifies and passes another drug test.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
SB 879 – The Act makes changes to how a person can rebut a presumption that certain people are not able to pay child support. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). Modifies procedure for rebutting presumption of inability to pay child support when an obligor earns wages from work performed while the obligor is a patient at the state hospital or incarcerated.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs 1:00 pm
SB 387 – The Act would grant higher property tax breaks for disabled veterans and their spouses if they survive them. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Grants higher property tax exemptions for the property of veterans with disabilities. Grants exemptions for a veteran’s surviving spouse who remains unmarried. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
SB 520 – This Act gives money to Coos and Curry Counties to transport veterans to a VA medical center. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, to provide transportation services to the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center for veterans residing in Coos and Curry Counties.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
SB 676 – Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans advanced under the veterans’ home and farm loan program. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans advanced under the veterans’ home and farm loan program. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for deposit in the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, to be used to advance loans to qualified veterans for the acquisition of farms and homes.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
Wednesday - January 29, 2025
Bills of Concern
House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water 8:00 am
HB 2345 – Relating to Oregon hatcheries. Digest: Renames a fund. Makes changes related to the fund. Repeals laws creating a center. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Renames the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund. Makes certain changes related to the fund. Repeals statutes establishing the Oregon Hatchery Research Center and the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
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Featured Testimony: OHRC Board Chair Opposes!
Special Message from Boomer Wright:
HB 2345 is a bad idea
HB 2345 renames the Oregon Hatchery Research Center to a Research Fund. Makes certain changes related to the fund. Repeals statutes establishing the Oregon Hatchery Research Center and the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
With HB 2345, which renames the Oregon Hatchery Research Center to a Research Fund and also repeals statutes that establishes the Oregon Hatchery Research Center, and the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board. This is a bad idea for Oregon. The above picture of delighted children knowing the pleasure of catching a fish will be far and few between. The Oregon Hatchery Research Center and our hatcheries are directly responsible for the numbers fish and their varieties in the Oregon rivers, streams and ocean presently.
Oregon Hatcheries have a long history (starting in the late 1800s) of providing best management practices to conserve both native and hatchery produced fish in response to the decline in some of our fish populations. Without the Oregon Hatchery Research Center and the research, it provides, our fisheries could fail. Without research to provide abundance, the loss of Oregon Fisheries is inevitable.
From ODFW website: ODFW, Economic Impact
The Economic Impact to Oregon (for 2020 and 2021) created by the Oregon Commercial and Recreational Fishing industry was estimated to be $642 million, providing income to approximately 9200 jobs the statewide. Loss of the Oregon Hatcheries program and research will increase the possibility of decline in our Oregon’s coastal economic future.
FROM THE ODFW website:
” How important are hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing to Oregon?
A study by Earth Economics produced in partnership with Travel Oregon, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), Oregon Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC), and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) found that outdoor recreation in Oregon supported $15.6 billion in spending (including trip and equipment related expenditures). Adjusted for inflation this reflects approximately $19.1 billion in 2024 dollars. A portion of that spending is generated by participants engaging in fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching activities. Earth Economics’ research indicated that in 2019 hunting, fishing and wildlife watching activities accounted for $1.2 billion ($1.47 billion in 2024 dollars) in spending and supported over 11,000 jobs. The Factsheet below shows the spending on each of these activities at a county level and the impact on jobs, wages, and state and local taxes.”
Factsheet-Economic Impact OR Counties-Earth Economics 2019.pdf
Oregon can ill afford the loss of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center and the practical research it provides to create abundance in our rivers, streams and ocean.
–Representative Boomer Wright
Bills to Support
Senate Committee On Finance and Revenue 8:00 am
SB 545 – The Act makes a new tax credit for volunteer firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
Thursday - January 30, 2025
Bills of Concern
House Committee On Climate, Energy, and Environment 8:00 am
HB 2961 – Increases the number of parking spaces in some new buildings that must have what is needed to charge electric cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Increases the percentage of electrical service capacity for charging electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging stations that must be installed at vehicle parking spaces in the garages or parking areas of newly constructed commercial buildings, multifamily buildings with five or more units and mixed-use buildings consisting of privately owned commercial space and five or more residential dwelling units.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
House Committee On Climate, Energy, and Environment 8:00 am
HB 2370 – Digest: Raises the annual fee amount that the PUC may impose on public utilities to cover costs of the commission. Takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Increases the annual fee amount that the Public Utility Commission may impose on public utilities for the purpose of defraying costs of the commission.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
House Committee On Climate, Energy, and Environment 8:00 am
HB 2961 – Relating to the capacity for electric vehicle charging required in certain newly constructed buildings Digest: Increases the number of parking spaces in some new buildings that must have what is needed to charge electric cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Increases the percentage of electrical service capacity for charging electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging stations that must be installed at vehicle parking spaces in the garages or parking areas of newly constructed commercial buildings, multifamily buildings with five or more units and mixed-use buildings consisting of privately owned commercial space and five or more residential dwelling units
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Featured Testimony: Stop Wasting Tax $$ on Progressive Liberal Wishes!
Bills to Support
House Committee On Climate, Energy, and Environment 8:00 am
HB 3119 – This Act tells DEQ to wait to enforce some California rules on truck exhaust. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from implementing or enforcing the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations before January 1, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Read Testimonies
Featured Testimony: Cascade Timber Consulting Inc and Timber Service in Support
Special Message from Shelly Boshart Davis:
My bill to delay Oregon’s ban on diesel trucks is scheduled for a public hearing, and we need your help.
On January 1, Oregon’s Advanced Clean Truck Rules went into effect that will begin to phase out diesel powered semi-trucks, RVs, tow trucks, heavy-duty pickup trucks like F-250s and 350s, box trucks, and more. But with President Trump’s executive order promising to rescind EV mandates, the future remains uncertain, causing chaos and confusion among Oregonians and Oregon businesses.
For months now, I have been calling for a delay to these rules and now we have a chance to make it happen. Even if President Trump’s executive order goes into effect, litigation will surely tie it up in the courts for months, if not years. Oregonians need certainty now.
This upcoming Thursday, January 30, the House Committee on Climate, Energy, and Environment is holding a public hearing on HB 3119, my bill to delay the Advanced Clean Truck rules. We need an army of working Oregonians to make their voices heard.
Whether you’re a truck driver, someone who depends on heavy-duty pickups to make a living, enjoys an RV lifestyle, appreciates the necessity of diesel vehicles like tow trucks and cement mixers, or an everyday Oregonian who doesn’t want to see their cost of living continue to increase because of unnecessary regulations, your voice is needed NOW! Will you sign up to testify before the committee?
Here are the details:
When: Thursday, January 30th, at 8 AM
Where: Oregon State Capitol (you can also sign up for online testimony)
How: Sign up to testify by clicking <HERE>, and finding the “Register to Testify” button on the top menu.
You can watch my interview with KPTV News on Trump’s executive order and the impacts in Oregon <HERE>.
Advanced Clean Trucks in the Transportation Committee
On Tuesday, the Joint Transportation Committee asked industry experts to talk about the impact of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule. The testimony was striking. The bureaucratic jargon that comes from DEQ to whistle past the graveyard about the impact of these rules is disingenuous.
I was particularly impressed with the testimony of Sean Waters, VP of Product Integrity at Daimler Trucks North America, and Jordan Papé, CEO of Pape Kenworth and Pacific Clean Fuels. As people who sell trucks and have to deal with the real-world consequences of these regulations, no one understands them better. If you have a hard time following along with these regulations (I live it as a business owner and a legislator, and I still get confused), I would recommend you watch their entire 10-minute testimony <HERE>.
Here are a few of the biggest takeaways from their testimony:
DEQ confirmed that there is only ONE charger in Oregon that can charge semi-trucks.
It would require Oregon to build 55 commercial grade chargers per week, starting 3 weeks ago until 2035, for the commercial truck industry to be able to comply with the ACT rules. That’s just for semi-trucks, not including pickups and other medium and heavy duty EVs.
Manufacturers are already limiting the sale of new clean diesel engines. A 2010 engine is more than 90% cleaner than a pre-2010 engine. The ACT rule, in practice, is actually limiting the number of these new, cleaner trucks to be sold in Oregon.
NOx emissions from diesel engines have declined 99.8% since the first NOx emission standards were introduced in the 1980’s.
A heavy-duty battery electric truck costs about twice as much as a diesel truck but can only go about half the distance of that diesel truck. Those battery-powered trucks can only carry about 75% of the load. This will drive up the cost of everyday essentials we all need.
100 heavy-duty battery electric trucks consume about as much power as all the homes in the city of Eugene. If the entire Class 8 fleet (the heaviest heavy-duty trucks) in the United States converted to battery electric, we would need the same amount of power as Bonneville Power Administration’s 31 dams and 1 nuclear power plant to create enough power to charge them all.
We would need to build a Bonneville Power Administration every year for the next ten years to power a transition to electric trucks that the ACT regulations demand.
–Shelly Boshart Davis
Senate Committee On Labor and Business 8:00 am
SB 651 – Tells the Secretary of State to study how to make it easier for a business to file papers in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). Requires the Secretary of State to study methods for reducing the paperwork filing burden on businesses in this state. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
House Committee On Behavioral Health and Health Care 3:00 pm
HB 2204 – The Act lets more health care providers get the rural provider income tax credit. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Adds podiatric physicians and surgeons to the types of providers eligible for the tax credit allowed to rural medical care providers. Removes the requirement of hospital consulting privileges applicable to an optometrist claiming the credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
HB 2549 – The Act lets pharmacists get an income tax credit if they work in rural areas. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Expands the rural health care income tax credit to include pharmacist services performed in rural communities. Directs the Office of Rural Health to establish criteria for certifying pharmacists as eligible for the credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
HB 2365 – The Act lets more health care providers get the rural provider income tax credit. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Adds mental health professionals, naturopathic physicians, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians to the types of providers eligible for the tax credit allowed to rural medical care providers. Removes the requirement of hospital consulting privileges applicable to an optometrist claiming the credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
HB 2390 – The Act raises the amount of the tax credit that rural medical providers can get. The Act also says that the provider can get the tax credit no matter how much money they make. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Increases the amount of income tax credit allowed to rural medical providers. Removes the eligibility limitation based on the adjusted gross income of the medical provider. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
HB 2591 – The Act makes a new tax credit for CRNAs and doctors who do anesthesiology. The Act also tells OHA to make rules to let CRNAs and those doctors be part of the health care provider incentive program. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). Establishes an income tax credit for physicians who practice anesthesiology and for certified registered nurse anesthetists who do not qualify for rural health care provider tax credits. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to include as eligible providers physicians who practice anesthesiology and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the health care provider incentive program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Featured Testimony: No Testimonies submitted at this writing.
Take 1 Minute to Let Your Representatives Know to Vote YES on SB 768 TO REPEAL SB 762!
REPEAL SB 762
by VOTING YES TO SB 678!
SB 762 legislation is back and property/homeowners residing in the “Wildfire Hazard Risk Map” in RED Zones have been sent certified letters notifying them of their “High Risk” (RED) status and defensible space guidelines. These property/homeowners have only 60 days to Repeal their Risk Ratings.
Purple and green zones within the WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) are unaware that this map has returned and it’s implications on rules/regulations regarding building codes and defensible space requirements.
Oregon residents need to be aware of the implications of this horrific bill and stand up to repeal it today! Whether you reside in a Red, Purple, or Green zone, you NEED to SAY NO to SB 762 and SAY YES to SB 678!
The following letters are being provided to you and written by Bill Kronert, Josephine County RCC
These letters are prototypes to be sent to every county in the state, encouraging everyone to take action.
Note: Email addresses to all State Legislators were taken on 1/19/2024 – from: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/
We make it easy for you to submit to your Representatives, to add something to share on Facebook or Twitter. Together we are stronger! Let your voice be heard NOW!
Join the ODF Wildfire Support Group on Facebook <HERE>
For Republicans:
Dear Senators and Representatives of Oregon State,
I am writing to respectfully urge your support for SB 678, which seeks to repeal the wildfire map associated with SB 762. This map has created significant challenges for homeowners without addressing the underlying issues of wildfire risk.
The wildfire map assigns fixed risk levels to properties, which remain unchanged regardless of mitigation efforts. This inflexible approach not only fails to reduce wildfire risks but also imposes unnecessary hardships on homeowners.
Furthermore, the map discourages homeowners from improving fire safety on their properties by offering no opportunity for reassessment or adjustment based on proactive measures. Risk levels are determined without any on-site evaluations, leading to a blanket categorization that often misrepresents actual conditions.
While insurance companies may not openly acknowledge their reliance on the wildfire map, its very existence sets a damaging precedent. The map undermines the welfare of Oregonians, is unnecessary, and perpetuates harm rather than fostering safety or resilience.
To effectively address wildfire risks, we must focus on improving forest management policies on state and federal lands, which comprise the majority of fire-prone areas. These lands require far more attention and resources to mitigate fire dangers meaningfully.
For the benefit of all Oregonians, I urge you to permanently eliminate the wildfire map and work toward real solutions that protect our communities without causing undue harm. Please support SB 678.
Sincerely,
EMAIL ADDRESSES:
Republican Senators:
Sen.DickAnderson@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.DanielBonham@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.FredGirod@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.CedricHayden@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.DianeLinthicum@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.mikemclane@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.ToddNash@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.NoahRobinson@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.DavidBrockSmith@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.BruceStarr@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.KimThatcher@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.SuzanneWeber@oregonlegislature.gov
Republican Representatives:
Rep.courtboice@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.shellyboshartdavis@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.vikkibreeseiverson@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.JamiCate@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.EdDiehl@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.DarceyEdwards@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.LucettaElmer@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.DarinHarbick@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.JeffHelfrich@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.BobbyLevy@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.RickLewis@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.KevinMannix@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.EmilyMcIntire@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.VirgleOsborne@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.MarkOwens@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.EWernerReschke@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.AnnaScharf@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.AlekSkarlatos@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.GregSmith@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.kimwallan@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.BoomerWright@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.DwayneYunker@oregonlegislature.gov
For Democrats:
Dear Senators and Representatives of Oregon State,
I am writing to respectfully request your support for SB 678, which seeks to repeal the wildfire map associated with SB 762. This map has created significant challenges for homeowners without offering effective solutions to wildfire risks. Instead of addressing the root causes of wildfire hazards, it imposes undue hardships on property owners across the state.
The wildfire map assigns permanent risk levels to properties—levels that remain unchanged regardless of the mitigation efforts undertaken by homeowners. According to ORS 477.490, the criteria used to develop the map are limited to climate, weather, topography, and vegetation. Factors such as defensible space, proximity to a fire station, home hardening measures, and irrigation practices are excluded from consideration. This rigid framework denies homeowners the ability to improve their risk ratings through proactive efforts.
The lack of flexibility and fairness in this system has led to widespread frustration and a loss of trust among the very people you represent. Do you believe it is fair to permanently categorize properties as high-risk when homeowners have no meaningful way to appeal or improve their status? If so, why are so many of your constituents voicing their outrage?
By eliminating incentives for fire safety improvements, the wildfire map undermines the goal of reducing wildfire risks. It unfairly condemns property owners to permanent risk categories without any on-the-ground assessment to verify individual circumstances.
Insurance companies, while not openly admitting to using the wildfire map in their risk assessments, are undoubtedly influenced by its existence. This has set a harmful precedent that impacts homeowners’ access to affordable insurance and financial security.
What can be done instead?
The majority of fire-prone areas are on state and federal lands, which require improved forest management practices. A focus on better forest management, along with incentives for homeowners to adopt fire safety measures, would be far more effective in addressing wildfire risks.
The wildfire map is harmful, unnecessary, and detrimental to the welfare of Oregonians. It must be permanently repealed. We need meaningful, practical solutions—not policies that impose lasting harm on our communities.
I urge you to support SB 678 for the benefit of all Oregonians.
Sincerely,
EMAIL ADDRESSES:
Democratic Senators:
Sen.anthonybroadman@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.WlnsveyCampos@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.LewFrederick@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.SaraGelser@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.JeffGolden@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.ChrisGorsek@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.KayseJama@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.KateLieber@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.JamesManning@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.MarkMeek@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.DebPatterson@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.KhanhPham@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.FloydProzanski@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.LisaReynolds@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.JaneenSollman@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.KathleenTaylor@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.RobWagner@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.AaronWoods@oregonlegislature.gov
Democratic Representatives:
Rep.TomAndersen@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.FarrahChaichi@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.WillyChotzen@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.AprilDobson@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.PaulEvans@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.LisaFragala@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.MarkGamba@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.DavidGomberg@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.DaciaGrayber@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.AnnessaHartman@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.KenHelm@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.ZachHudson@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.ShannonIsadore@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.JasonKropf@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.EmersonLevy@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.JohnLively@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.PamMarsh@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.SarahFingerMcDonald@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.SusanMclain@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.LeslyMunoz@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.NancyNathanson@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.TravisNelson@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.courtneyneron@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.DanielNguyen@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.HoaNguyen@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.RobNosse@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.HaiPham@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.RickiRuiz@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.TawnaSanchez@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.NathanSosa@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.ThuyTran@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.AndreaValderrama@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.JulesWalters@oregonlegislature.gov
Update on SB 762 Wildfire Risk Map
Senator Jeff Golden recently had his “Annual” Town Hall Meeting in Medford, Oregon on 1/16/25 *after* certified letters were received by property/homeowners in High Risk areas according to the Wildfire Risk Map. Residents showed up unexpectedly at this town hall and the following link is a recording of that town hall. We believe it is very important for you to listen to this town hall meeting.
YouTube Video of Senator Golden’s Town Hall Meeting on 1/16/25
Fix Our Forest Act: Watch this presser by House Republican leaders to hear about the Fix our Forest Act which was passed by the House on 1/23/25.
Upcoming Events on SB 762
JANUARY 29, 2025 | 6-8 PM | Medford Interagency Office, 3040 Biddle Rd., Medford, OR 97504
The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest will host a community meeting to share information about proposed changes to the Northwest Forest Plan January 29, from 6-8 p.m.
Meeting Details:
- What: Community meeting on proposed changes to the Northwest Forest Plan
- When: January 29, 2025
- Where: Medford Interagency Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504
- Time: 6-8 p.m.
The Northwest Forest Plan was created in 1994 to conserve habitat for wildlife and forests while supporting local communities. After nearly 30 years, the Forest Service is amending the plan to address today’s challenges, including wildfire risks and economic needs.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) explains these proposed changes and is open for public comment until March 17, 2025. Some of the key focuses of the updated plan include:
- Reducing wildfire risks to communities and forests,
- Supporting local economies with sustainable timber and restoration work,
- Adapting to a changing climate to increase resiliency to extreme weather events, including droughts and wildfire,
- Honoring trust responsibilities to tribal governments and communities by involving them in land management planning and implementation of forest management practices.
At the meeting, you can:
- Speak directly with Forest Service staff and experts who worked on the plan,
- Review detailed maps of the area and proposed updates,
- Pick up easy-to-understand fact sheets to take home,
- Learn how to share your thoughts during the public comment period.
Why Your Voice Matters
Public input helps shape the final version of the plan. This is your chance to share concerns, ask questions, and help ensure the plan reflects community priorities.
You can read the full Draft Environmental Impact Statement and find other resources at NWFP DEIS. For a list of all public meetings across the Northwest Forest Plan area, visit the NWFP website.
JANUARY 30, 2025 | Wildfire Hazard Map TOWNHALL (SB-762) | Josephine County Fairgrounds, 7-9pm
Public discussion regarding ODF Wildfire Map letter. Insurance, power bills, taxes, and fees ALL going up. Question and answer session. Tell your friends and neighbors.
FEBRUARY 1, 2025 | Josephine County Patriots Rally (At Republican Hqz) |10:00 AM
Speakers include:
Commissioner Ron Smith
On the Fire Map and SB762!
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