Committee advances reviser's bill HB 2073 to the floor with due pass recommendation

The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue held a work session on House Bill 2073, the annual reviser's bill, and moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation on April 21.

"House Bill 2,073, you heard last week it's the session's revisers bill," a committee staff member said, summarizing that the bill contains no policy changes and no revenue or fiscal impact. "There are no policy changes in the bill. It's a series of it's a kind of a cleanup bill for the ORS. The paperwork is in all list. There is no revenue impact. The revenue impact statement is no impact and the fiscal impact statement is a no fiscal impact."

Vice Chair MacLean moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. During the roll call the transcript records Chair Meek voting "Aye," Senator Starr voting "Aye," Vice Chair Flayn voting "Aye," and Senator Taylor as excused. The chair announced the motion passes and designated a carrier for the bill to carry it to the floor.

Why it matters: The reviser's bill is routine housekeeping for the Oregon Revised Statutes and contains no policy changes or fiscal impacts according to committee staff; the committee's action advances the bill to the full Senate.