Oregon House News

It was supposed to be dead. Although a lot of the individual members of the Oregon Legislature were on board, a measure enabling easier and more widespread activities by minor political parties, including explicitly approved cross-nomination, seemed dead in the water.

On a second try, the Oregon House approved a bill Friday to suspend portions of a voter-approved measure to toughen sentences against repeat property and drug crime offenders.

Oregon is a step closer to joining other West Coast states that ban use of hand-held cell phones while operating a motor vehicle.

On its second try, the Oregon House has approved a bill to suspend portions of a voter-approved measure to toughen sentences against repeat property and drug crime offenders.

On June 25, the Oregon House passed SB 326 on second reading, by a vote of 44-16. This bill eliminates the "primary screenout" passed in 2005.

PORTLAND - The Oregon House has approved a bill to promote the generation of solar power in Oregon.

The Oregon House on Wednesday approved a bill that would toughen penalties for assaults against pregnant women, including, in cases of murder, life in prison without possibility of release or parole.

The House passed, by a voice vote, a motion to send the bill to a conference committee to work out differences between the House and Senate versions.

Without debate today, the Oregon House gave final legislative approval to changes proposed in Oregon's much-debated land-use planning system.

A bill passed Monday by the Oregon House would allow relief for some landowners who failed to file Measure 49 claims with all affected governments, or who missed last year's deadline for choosing options.

State agencies would be directed to identify 'green jobs' in fields such as energy efficiency and renewable energy, and how to train workers for them, under a bill passed by the Oregon House.

In 2005 lawmakers made it much, much harder for unaffiliated candidates to run for office, saying that anyone who votes in a partisan primary election could not sign a petition nominating an independent candidate for the ballot.

A bill to establish a fund to remove four Klamath River dams has cleared its biggest hurdles in the Oregon Legislature.

Klamath dam removal bill clears Oregon House A bill to fund Klamath River dam removal with a surcharge on Oregon ratepayers won approval in the Oregon House today.

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Revenue vote passes house; Senate passage expected Kari Chisholm On Tuesday, the Oregon House voted 37-23 to pass an increase in the personal income taxes, and 36-24 to pass an increase in corporate income taxes.

SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon House has approved a bill to impose a surcharge on PacifiCorp customers to pay for removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River.

The Oregon Senate passed SB 519 yesterday, by a 16-14 margin, a bill that prohibits employers from holding mandatory meetings to discuss religion, politics or union organizing.

Reacting to the recent attack on a woman who died along with her unborn child, a state lawmaker wants Oregon to join 36 states and the federal government in making it a crime to harm a fetus.

Measures to raise taxes on Oregon corporations and people in upper income brackets have been narrowly approved by the Oregon House.