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House members warn against moving referendum to May as petition authors say signatures specified November
Summary
Several House members raised alarms after a floor letter and committee appointments referenced Petition 2026-03/2002 and Senate Bill 1599, saying 250,000 signatures asked for a November vote and that a May move would curtail time for citizen arguments in the voter pamphlet.
A series of floor remarks during the House opening session focused on a petition to refer parts of House Bill 3991 and a related Senate bill that would change the referendum calendar. An unnamed representative placed a floor letter on members’ desks and said 250,000 Oregonians had signed sheets that specify the referral be placed on the November ballot, not the May primary. The representative urged colleagues to "listen to Oregon voters."
Representative Diehl later warned that Senate Bill 1599 seeks to move the referendum from November to May and called the…
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