by Salem Chamber | Feb 25, 2020 | Public Policy blog
The House Republican Caucus has indicated this morning that they, too, will be walking out of the 2020 legislative session in order to deny a quorum on Cap & Trade legislation. The prospect of a House Republican walkout intensified last evening when Speaker...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 24, 2020 | Public Policy blog
We believe the Senate Republican “walkout” will commence this week as the Ways & Means Committee will approve SB 1530 – Cap and Trade – on Monday morning and send it to the Senate floor. Senator Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) will need to be...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 18, 2020 | Public Policy blog
We are now done with the first two weeks of the 2020 session. There are three weeks to go before the constitutional end date of March 8th. It was an extraordinarily busy week as most bills were scheduled for hearing or some sort of consideration. As of right now, most...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 13, 2020 | Public Policy blog
House Bill 4010 threatens to eliminate all state incentives for Opportunity Zones by disconnecting Oregon from the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive that was included in the federal ‘Tax Cut and Jobs Act’ passed by Congress in 2017. We view this as...
by Salem Chamber | Feb 11, 2020 | Public Policy blog
Dear OSCC members and colleagues – We are now done with the first week of the 2020 session. There are four weeks to go before the constitutional end date of March 8th. It was an extraordinarily busy week as most bills were scheduled for hearing or some sort of...