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Oregon Senate Convenes Special Session on Transportation Funding; Rules Vote Postponed to Sept. 1
Summary
Governor Tina Kotek called a special session to address a large Oregon Department of Transportation budget shortfall and potential workforce reductions; senators debated procedural rules, appointed a joint committee on transportation funding and postponed final adoption of the rules to Sept. 1.
The Oregon Senate convened a special session called by Governor Tina Kotek to consider legislation limited to funding transportation after the Oregon Department of Transportation announced a multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar shortfall and planned workforce reductions. The governor’s proclamation, read to the chamber, set a special‑session date of Aug. 29, 2025, and invoked Article 5, Section 12 of the Oregon Constitution.
Why it matters: Lawmakers must decide whether to deploy new revenues or reallocate existing funds to prevent immediate cuts to transportation services the state and local governments rely on. Senators sharply disagreed over whether the special session’s procedural rules would allow adequate budgetary review by Ways and Means and other…
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