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Senator Starr presses colleagues on referendum scheduling; Senate suspends section‑by‑section reading requirement
Summary
Senator Starr highlighted nearly 5,000 public submissions opposing a change to a referendum timeline and urged senators to respect voters; the Senate then voted to suspend the constitutional section‑by‑section reading rule for that day's third‑reading calendar (motion carried, 25 ayes recorded).
Senator Starr used floor time on Feb. 11 to urge colleagues to listen to constituents who, she said, overwhelmingly opposed changes to a referendum's schedule. "We'd have had over 4,000, actually, almost 5,000 Oregonians who have submitted testimony in opposition to senate bill 15 99," Starr said, urging senators to "pay attention to your…
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