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Committee advances several bills to Ways and Means, adopts minor amendments
Summary
The House Committee advanced a group of bills—including a Grant County forest reserve bill, an $8.225 million appropriation for the Rogue‑Siskiyou Training Center, and two rangeland protection bills—to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means after adopting dash-1 amendments to clarify effective dates and fund details.
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans on April 1 adopted dash-1 amendments and reported a set of bills to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with due-pass recommendations.
House Bill 33 28, which would allow Grant County to use federal forest reserve receipts to patrol county roads, had a dash-1 amendment removing a declaration of emergency so the bill would take effect after adjournment. Vice Chair Lewis moved the amendment; the motion carried and the committee moved the bill to the floor as amended with a due-pass recommendation.
House Bill 33 66 appropriated $8,225,000 in general funds to the Department of Administrative Services for the Rogue‑Siskiyou Training Center. Vice Chair Graber moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and referral to Ways and Means. Committee members asked whether funding in other bills could create duplicate requests; staff and members said Ways and Means would sort duplicate funding requests.
House Bill 33 49 and House Bill 33 50 were considered together: 33 49 clarifies the authority of the State Forestry Department, creates the Rangeland Protection Association Fund and updates related purchasing and disposition authority; 33 50 provides a deposit to that fund and the dash-1 amendment to 33 50 added $1,000,000 to the appropriation. The committee adopted dash-1 amendments, passed both measures and referred them to Ways and Means.
Clerks conducted roll-call votes on each measure; Representative Evans was excused for the roll calls. Committee members who spoke during the items asked that staff track potential precedents (for example, adding a single county to an otherwise broad eligibility list) and the committee asked Ways and Means to reconcile any overlapping funding requests across bills.
The clerk recorded ayes on each measure and the chair announced passage for each in committee; each bill will proceed to Ways and Means for fiscal review and any further changes.
