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Committee adopts amendment spelling out coordination role for new Office of Resilience and Emergency Management
Summary
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans adopted a dash-5 amendment to House Bill 2,346 clarifying the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management’s coordinating role with Oregon Emergency Management and local authorities, then sent the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with a due-pass referral.
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government and Veterans on April 1 adopted a dash-5 amendment to House Bill 2,346 to place in statute that the new Office of Resilience and Emergency Management will coordinate with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management and local authorities. The committee then voted to send the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with a due-pass recommendation.
The amendment was offered and moved by Vice Chair Graber and approved without recorded objection after department officials and committee members described the change as a clarification of practice rather than a new operational model. "The…
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