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House committee advances bill to raise Oregon Arts Commission funding to $10 million
Summary
The House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Trade adopted an amendment and voted to send House Bill 3189, which would increase funding for the Oregon Arts Commission and distribute grants through the Oregon Business Development Department, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and referral to Ways and Means.
The House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Trade on March 10 adopted an amendment to House Bill 3189 and voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The bill would appropriate $10,000,000 to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to the Oregon Arts Commission and declares an emergency effective on passage.
The bill’s dash-1 amendment, which the committee adopted, would appropriate about $5,500,000 to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to the commission for grants to specific arts and cultural organizations. Ryan Fisher of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon told the committee the amendment continues support provided in the 2023 session and would increase funding for the commission from about $4,000,000 — the level held for roughly 17 years — to $10,000,000.
Representative Young said she would vote against the bill, calling the proposal a "nicety" and saying it did not rise to the level of a necessity for her district at this time. Representative Young: "I don't think this is a necessity. I think this is more as a nicety. ... I just can't support niceties over necessities at this time." The committee recorded no further objections during the work session discussion.
A clerk’s roll call recorded Representative Dobson, Representative Lively and Representative Osborne voting "aye" during the motion; the chair announced that the motion passed. The committee then closed the work session on HB 3189 and moved on to other agenda items.
Because the committee referred the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, further fiscal review and any final appropriation will be considered there before action by the full House.
