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Committee hears bill to align state law with federal authorizations for assistant adjutants general
Summary
Senate Bill 801 would increase the number of assistant adjutants general authorized by state statute to match federal authorizations and set a 30‑day timeline for an acting adjutant general to provide a fidelity bond. Testimony described the measure as administrative housekeeping to align state statute with federal force structure.
Chair Manning opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 801. Committee staff summarized the bill as increasing the number of assistant adjutants general the adjutant general may appoint for the Air National Guard from one to two and as clarifying a 30‑day timeline for an acting adjutant general to deliver a fidelity bond.
Russell Gibson, government legislative affairs director for the Oregon Military Department, told the committee the bill is primarily “administrative housekeeping” to align state statute with federal authorizations. He said there are presently four federally authorized assistant adjutant general positions (two Army National Guard, two Air National Guard) but state statute recognized only three. Gibson explained the bill does not automatically fund the positions; it authorizes them in statute so they can be used if needed in a state status.
Senator Woods asked how appointments would work; Gibson replied that two Air National Guard brigadier generals are already in federal status and the statutory change would permit bringing both into state status if the need arose during a larger emergency. A committee member asked whether the Space Force would create a Space National Guard; Gibson said there is currently no Space National Guard and that Oregon has no direct Air National Guard space mission.
No formal action on SB 801 was taken in the hearing transcript; the committee closed the public hearing after testimony.
