OSCC 2020 Legislative Session Concludes
House Speaker Kotek and Senate President Courtney will not convene additional floor sessions for the remainder of the session.
Republican leaders issued press releases this morning that their caucuses would come back to the Capitol on Sunday, the last day of session, to pass budgets. It was expected that Democrat leadership would decline, and they formally did this afternoon. The session is now effectively adjourned.
What’s next…
- The Emergency Board will meet to fund various critical needs such as Coronavirus response and Umatilla flooding response.
- The Governor is preparing an Executive Order to implement the aspects of the Cap-and-Trade bill that she can direct her agencies to administer.
- A special session will likely be called in the next month to address and pass some of the legislation that died during the short session.
This is what we know as of now.
Candidate Filing Deadline Day is next Tuesday, which will present the next opportunity for legislators to co-mingle. It’ll be an interesting day.
We will let you know more as we learn about the prospect for a special session.
OSCC 2020 Legislative Reports:
OSCC Action Alerts:
Reject Petition for Indirect Source Rulemaking
Take Action on SB 1530 to Stop Cap-and-Trade
OSCC Special Legislative Updates:
Both Republican Caucuses Walking Out
Oregon Department of Revenue: March educational tour on the CAT
Oregon Legislative Emergency Board