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Senate Judiciary forwards SB 779 to Senate president for re-referral; motion passes
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move Senate Bill 779, an appropriation for Oregon’s agri-stress helpline, back to the Senate president for re-referral to the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health and Joint Ways and Means; the motion passed by recorded voice votes with six named ayes.
In a committee work session the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move Senate Bill 779 back to the Senate president for referral to the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health and, by prior reference, to Joint Ways and Means.
Senate Thatcher moved that SB 779 be forwarded without recommendation to the Senate president requesting rereferral to the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health and subsequent referral to Joint Ways and Means by prior reference. The motion carried; recorded ayes included Senators Broadman, Gelster Blueen, Manning, McLean, Vice Chair Thatcher and Chair Pozanski. Chair Pozanski announced, “Aye. Motion carries. Bill's on the way back to the President's Office for re referral.”
Tisha (staff) had described the measure as an appropriation from the General Fund for operation of Oregon’s agri-stress helpline and noted there is a fiscal and revenue-impact issue. The committee’s action was procedural: it clears SB 779 for re-referral so other committees can consider the bill’s substance and the fiscal implications in Ways and Means.
Why it matters: SB 779 would fund the agri-stress helpline, which provides behavioral-health and crisis assistance to agricultural producers and farmworkers. The committee’s motion advances the bill to the committees charged with programmatic and budgetary review.
Formal action summary: The committee voted to forward SB 779 without recommendation to the Senate president for re-referral; the vote was recorded with the named ayes listed by the clerk. The committee adjourned afterward.
