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SALEM, Ore. – Oregon lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that could help homeowners rebuild after last year’s wildfires. On May 4, 2021, the Oregon House passed House Bill 2289 which will create flexibility for those rebuilding by removing barriers in the permitting process. HB 2289 allows property owners to rebuild with reasonable alterations to the previous structure without needing to file extensive paperwork. “So many Oregonians lost everything during last year’s fire season,” said Rep. Brian Clem (D- Salem), the bill’s chief sponsor. “This legislation ensures that fire...

Owners get more time to rebuild after 2020 Labor Day wildfires Two bills, both passed by Oregon House, also ease requirements for replacement homes and businesses. Owners would get more time to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires, without running afoul of planning requirements, under two bills that have cleared the Oregon House. Both bills passed on 56-0 votes on Tuesday, May 4. One goes to the Senate, the other to Gov. Kate Brown. House Bill 2289, which goes to the Senate, gives property owners five years — instead of the normal one year — to ...

Oregon's state song awaits an official makeover April 18 2021 A House resolution, which moves to the Senate, changes a few words that some argue reflect a racist past. Oregon's official state song, nearly a century old, is about to get a makeover to remove words that advocates of change say reflect a racist past. The Oregon House has adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution that changes some of the words to "Oregon, My Oregon," which the Legislature approved as the state song in 1927. House Concurrent Resolution 11, which passed 47-6 on Friday, April 16, replaces the first ver...

Split view of changes The Rules Committee proposes to combine it with a narrower version of Senate Bill 554, which passed the Senate on a 16-7 vote March 25. All votes for it came from Democrats; one Democrat joined six Republicans against it, and the rest were excused or absent. The original bill would bar all firearms would be barred from state buildings, including the Capitol, and local governments would have the option of barring them from their own buildings. In essence, the ban would apply to the estimated 300,000 holders of concealed-handgun licenses, who are now exempt from weapons ba...

House panel ponders linking firearms storage, narrow ban Senators say proposal weakens restrictions for public buildings they have already approved. Legislation that combines proposed requirements for firearms locks and safe storage with a narrower ban on firearms in public buildings is gaining political momentum in the Oregon House. The House Rules Committee heard a proposal to combine elements of two bills, one awaiting a vote of the full House and a second that has already passed the Senate. If it happens, the House would have to take only one vote, instead of two, on a firearms r...