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Votes at a glance: Senate approves racing penalties, confidentiality for complaints, school plan paperwork change and tribal retrocession process
Summary
On March 31 the Oregon Senate passed several bills with limited floor debate: measures to allow and increase civil penalties for unlicensed animal racing, to protect confidentiality of racing complaints, to eliminate paper-file requirements for school environmental plans, and to create a process for tribal retrocession under Public Law 280.
SALEM, Ore. — Several bills moved through the Oregon Senate on March 31 with brief floor consideration and recorded roll-call outcomes.
- Senate Bill 8 54: Allows the Oregon Racing Commission to impose civil penalties for holding a race meet without a license or facilitating wagers without a license. Sponsor: Senator Gelserbluing. The bill passed (clerk recorded a constitutional majority); floor summary recorded "21 ayes" in the roll-call summary.
- Senate Bill 8 55: Increases the civil penalty the Oregon Racing Commission may impose to $5,000 per offense and directs the commission to adopt rules…
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