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House committee adopts amendment and sends bill on maritime pilot residency to the floor
Summary
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 459 that changes residency rules for the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots and voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation on May 20, 2025.
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans on May 20 adopted the dash-1 amendment to Senate Bill 459 and voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The bill, as summarized by LPRO staff during the work session, removes a previous requirement that three specific licensed members of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots be Oregon residents and replaces that requirement with residency rules applying to public members and to at least one licensed member. LPRO staff said the amendment requires public members of the board to be Oregon residents, requires at least one licensed member of the board to be an Oregon resident,…
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