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Heated hearing on SB 1586 (Oregon Jobs Act) spotlights land‑use fight and new manufacturing R&D tax credit
Summary
At a public hearing on Senate Bill 1586, proponents urged the bill’s potential to create family‑wage advanced manufacturing jobs and expand an R&D tax credit; opponents warned the bill would permanently convert about 1,700 acres of high‑value farmland, lack enforceable job guarantees and carry significant fiscal and environmental risks.
The Senate Finance and Revenue Committee opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 1586, the Oregon Jobs Act, on Feb. 16 and heard hours of testimony from lawmakers, local officials, business groups, conservation organizations and farmers over a proposed one‑time land use adjustment and an expansion of a state R&D tax credit.
Sponsor Senator Janine Salmon told the committee the bill is designed to "keep what we have, grow what we have and expand strategically," and described the Dash‑4 amendment as a compromise that would bring 373 acres into the urban growth boundary and designate roughly 1,400 acres as urban reserve. "This bill is about Oregon workers and families," Salmon said, urging the committee to "Listen, learn, act. Let's get Oregon back to work."
Congresswoman Janelle Bynum, a member of the joint semiconductor task force who testified in support, said the…
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