Oregon House approves three budget and capital-construction measures

The Oregon House of Representatives on the floor passed three bills that adjust budget allocations and capital-construction spending limits.

House Bill 5049, House Bill 5050 and House Bill 5051 were presented on the floor, read as required by rule, and each was declared passed after the clerk opened the voting system and the chair announced the measures had received the constitutional majority.

House Bill 5049 modifies allocations for the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, the Oregon Marijuana Account and the criminal fine account. "House bill 50 49 modifies allocations for the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, the Oregon Marijuana account, and the criminal fine account for programs approved in the 2023 legislatively approved budget," Representative Sanchez said on the floor. The bill increases a lottery allocation from the Economic Development Fund by $120,282, reduces a transfer to the Drug Treatment and Recovery Services Fund by $904,817, reduces criminal fine account allocations for the Department of Corrections by $5,200,000 and for the Judicial Department by $960,000, and relies on a general fund backfill in SB 5550 to maintain program levels, according to Sanchez's floor remarks.

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