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Panel hears bill to extend civil‑service hiring preferences to Oregon National Guard members
Summary
Senate Bill 808 would add current and former members of the Oregon National Guard to existing civil‑service hiring and promotion preferences now reserved for veterans. Testimony framed the change as a recruitment and retention tool and asked the committee to recognize state service performed by Guard members.
Chair Manning opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 808. Committee staff summarized the measure as adding current and former Oregon National Guard members to existing hiring and promotion preferences given to veterans in civil service.
Russell Gibson of the Oregon Military Department told the…
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