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Greater Idaho update: statewide bills stall in committee; local advocates urge renewed legislative outreach
Summary
Greater Idaho executive director Matt McCaw briefed the Baker County Board of Commissioners on two Oregon measures — SJM 7 and HB 3488 — seeking to initiate border talks with Idaho or study border relocation; he asked county leaders to renew legislative outreach and push the Eastern Oregon Counties Association to send a collective letter.
Matt McCaw, executive director of Greater Idaho, told the board on March 12 that two bills relevant to the group were sitting in Oregon legislative rules committees: SJM 7 (a Senate joint memorial inviting Idaho to begin border talks) and HB 3488 (a House bill to create a task force to study what moving counties into Idaho would look like).
McCaw said Idaho passed a mirror measure in 2023 and the Idaho legislature and governor indicated willingness to discuss border talks, but Democratic committee leadership in Oregon had not scheduled hearings on the Oregon measures. He said HB 3488 — the…
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