Committee adopts amendments and advances three housing bills to revenue/ways‑and‑means in work sessions

In the committee’s work‑session segment on March 17, members adopted dash‑1 amendments and voted to advance three bills to subsequent committees. The measures and committee actions were:

House Bill 36‑44 (dash‑1) — Statewide shelter program: The committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment (which requires shelters receiving program funds to be primarily available day and night, seven days a week, in all seasons) and then moved the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with a due‑pass recommendation by prior reference. The roll call on adoption of the amendment recorded the following votes: Dobson (Aye), Edwards (Aye), Fracula (Aye), Gamba (Aye), Helfrich (No), Javy (No), Levy (Aye), Sosa (Aye), Vice Chair Anderson (Aye), Vice Chair Bruce Iverson (Aye), Chair Marsh (Aye). The amendment therefore passed and the subsequent motion to refer the bill to Ways and Means passed by roll call.

House Bill 35‑89 (dash‑1) — Senior housing development initiative: The committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment and then moved the bill to the House Committee on Revenue (by prior reference) and requested referral thereafter to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Roll call for the amendment adoption recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous “Aye” votes from a quorum of members listed in the record, including Dobson, Edwards, Fragalak, Campbell, Calvert, Levy, Maddox, Sosa, Vice Chair Anderson and Chair Marsh. The motion to refer to Revenue and Ways and Means passed on roll call.

House Bill 35‑06 (dash‑1) — Transfer and appropriation for Healthy Homes Repair Fund: The committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment (transferring $3,000,000 from the senior property tax deferral revolving account to the general fund and appropriating $3,000,000 to the Oregon Health Authority for deposit into the Healthy Homes Repair Fund) and then moved the bill to the House Committee on Revenue and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with a due‑pass recommendation. Roll call on the amendment recorded “Aye” votes from committee members recorded in the transcript including Dobson, Edwards, Fragalau, Campbell, Helfrich, Gavity, Levy, Manning, Sosa, Vice Chair Anderson, Vice Chair Bruce Iverson and Chair Marsh; the amendment and subsequent referral motions passed by roll call.

The committee record shows roll calls and named votes for amendment adoption and subsequent referral motions; each motion passed and each bill will be considered next by revenue and/or ways‑and‑means committees as noted. Because these votes were referral and amendment procedural actions, no final floor passage occurred in the committee; each bill remains subject to further committee review and potential modification.