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Committee advances three bills to the House floor; voice votes recorded for work sessions
Summary
During Feb. 4 work sessions the committee adopted amendments and moved HB 4005, HB 4097 and HB 4034 (as amended) to the House floor; HB 4005 was approved by voice vote with an 8–1 tally recorded, and two other bills were passed by voice votes with no opposition recorded in the transcript.
In a series of short work sessions Feb. 4, the Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources and Water adopted amendments and voted to send three bills to the House floor.
HB 4005: The committee adopted the dash-1 amendment to House Bill 4005 (designating a water professionals appreciation week and adding an effective date) and then voted to move the bill, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. Vice Chair Finger McDonald moved both the amendment and the floor referral. The clerk conducted a voice vote; Representative Tate recorded a "No," Representative Hartman was excused, and the transcript records the following yes/aye responses: Representatives Levy, Marsh, McLean, Munoz, Sharf, Vice Chair Finger McDonald, Co-chair Owens and the Chair. The tally from the transcript: Yes/aye 8, No 1, Absent/excused 1. The motion passed and a floor carrier (Rep. Boyce) volunteered.
HB 4097: The committee heard a staff summary of HB 4097 (authorizing the Oregon Ocean Science Trust to create and maintain a nonprofit) and moved it to the floor with a due-pass recommendation by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
HB 4034 (dash-2): Members adopted the dash-2 amendment, which narrows the definition of animal rescue entities and directs the Oregon Department of Agriculture to carry out rulemaking. The committee moved the bill, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and recommended rescinding the sub-referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, per Legislative Fiscal Office suggestion.
Each action reflected on-the-record motions by Vice Chair Finger McDonald and passed by voice vote as recorded in the committee transcript. No roll-call tallies beyond HB 4005's recorded voice responses appeared in the transcript.
Next steps: The three bills were reported out of committee and are expected to appear on the House floor calendar.
