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State Rep. Vanessa Hartman briefs Oregon City commission on transportation, childcare and water bills
Summary
Representative Vanessa Hartman (District 40) gave a legislative update at the Oregon City commission work session on March 11, 2025, outlining priorities including a transportation funding package, childcare access and workforce issues, a state low‑income water assistance proposal and bills addressing elder services and squatters’ eviction rules.
Representative Vanessa Hartman (District 40) provided a legislative update to the Oregon City Commission at its March 11 work session, summarizing bills and priorities she and colleagues are tracking in the 2025 session.
Hartman said legislators are watching a large package of bills this session — she noted 2,551 bills had been filed so far and that her office authored about 27 — and flagged a transportation funding package intended to stabilize maintenance, operations and safety funding and to prioritize unfinished projects from House Bill 2017 (2017). She said her office and colleagues are opposing new tolling proposals and are advocating for a comprehensive audit of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). "My office as usual is always going to be fighting against tolling and the implementation of tolling and calling for a comprehensive audit…
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