• Education subcommittee of the JC on Ways and Means
• HB4162 Appropriates $1MM to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of carrying out Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program. This features a wide variety of open textbooks and resources that community college and university instructors are using to reduce textbook costs in their courses. openoregon.org/resources. C.f. oregon.gov/highered
• HB4125Analysis study on the impact of Senate Bill

242 (2011) on higher education. Requires the director to analyze specified potential alternative governing models for public universities. -2,

• Future Ready Oregon, Future Ready Oregon 2022: Addressing Oregon’s Workforce Demands with an Equity Lens 70MM with 40MM left in 2024. FRO 2023 Annual report, HECC industry consortiums: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology. Despite the emphasis on equity and inclusion, FRO does not serve houseless persons among its dozen “priority populations”, a major wasted opportunity and neglect of the public and legislature's top priority. Need a new “Outdoors” consortium connecting employers and labor in Agriculture, Ranching, Fishing, Timber, providing low barrier seasonal employment to “houseless” “people who live outdoors”. 2022 Bill originated in RJC.
• HJR203 Proposes constitutional amendment to voters for next general election.

Article I SECTION 48. Parents in this state have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children

• HB4143 Biological sex in sports and bathrooms.
• HB4117 Emergency - any citizen may ask Government ethics commission for advisory opinion on public meetings law?

HB4151 Youth Behavioral Health, addressing behavioral health crisis in America and Oregon. Qi Gong, Hatha Yoga, Jaredscribe.com - Lunatic Mental Health * SB1554 Studies access to behavioral health * HB4070 school-based health centers

• SB1555 ammends Measure 110 decriminalization, criminalizes use in public, SB1555 Analysis
• HB4150 Notifies provider of patient's overdose
• HB4002 Studies addiction
• HB4114 Police can take publicly intoxicated person home or to a sobering center for up to 48 hours.

• HB4135 Criminalizes threats of mass-injury
• SB1503 Gun violence and suicide prevention task force
• HB4145 Criminalizes animal cruelty videos.

SB1536 Restricts abortion after 15 weeks, except victims of rape and incest, SB1536 text

SB1537 -Grants to encourage housing development UGB giveaway, sprawl?

The RCIF thanks both caucuses for this: Bipartisan declaration of support for Israel, condemnation of Hamas terrorism, call to free hostages

Press Contact: Senate Republicans: Ashley Kuenzi, Ashley.Kuenzi@oregonlegislature.gov Senate Democrats: Tess Seger, Tess.Seger@oregonlegislature.gov

Tim Knopp and Senate Republicans stand with Israel, one month in, condemn naive calls for cease-fire

HJM201 urges US Congress to fully support Israel in eradicating Hamas

HCR203 Acknolwedging Oregon and Taiwan's friendship.