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Hello Friends,
The
Legislature will convene again during the week of January 9. We will have
committee and task force meetings for the purpose of organizing prior to the
session that is scheduled to begin on February 5.
My
committee assignments have been changed since the last round of legislative
days that took place in November. I am now serving on the Senate Health Care
Committee, as well as the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services. This
is in addition to my membership of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on General
Government, the full Ways and Means Committee and the Joint Information
Management and Technology Committee. However, I will no longer be serving on
the Senate General Government and Accountability Committee.
I’m
excited to be joining the Health Care Committee and the Health Care
Subcommittee. When I took office early last year, there was a severe mental
health crisis in Jackson County. I spent many hours working with
representatives of the Oregon Health Authority, as well as local officials, in
trying to find solutions to those problems. It is my hope that I will be able
to work more closely on those issues by working on those committees.
Another
important upcoming date is January 8. That is the deadline for Legislative
Counsel to return bill drafts to Senators and Representatives for the February
session. Each Representative will have two priority bills and each Senator will
have one. We will then have just over a week to review our bill drafts before
submitting them for consideration for the session. The deadline to do that is
January 16.
The
Legislative website, www.oregonlegislature.gov,
includes a wealth of information about the process, individual bills and
committees. Agendas and materials for the committee meetings will be available
there before the start of organizational days. You will also be able to watch
committee meetings live as they happen, or watched archived footage of meetings
that have already taken place.
Yours truly,
Sen. Alan DeBoer
Senate District 3
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1703
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, S-421, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: sen.AlanDeBoer@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/deboer
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