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Senate Bill 976 requires people performing pregnancy verification to report livestock diseases and directs the department to establish by rule the circumstances in which trained non‑veterinarians may perform verification services. The measure’s presenters said implementation costs are minimal and can be absorbed within the department’s existing budget.

\"I'm historically, I have voted against the reduction of qualifications, and this is towards veterinarians,\" Senator Teran said, announcing she expected to be the only member to vote no. \"You want veterinarians out in the rural areas, and this is kind of their bread and butter, and it just makes it more difficult for them to go out there. So I'll be in Naho,\" she said.

Representative Rhys Iverson, speaking for rural interests, said access to veterinarians in remote parts of the state can be difficult and that non‑veterinarian training may be needed to ensure animals receive timely care. \"In rural Oregon sometimes it's getting very difficult to find these vets and get them to our sites because of travel times and distances so sometimes we have to get a little creative for how we actually take care of our cows,\" Rhys Iverson said.

The subcommittee recommended the measure, as amended, be reported out due pass as amended; the chair announced the motion passed. The transcript records dissent by Senator Teran but shows the committee advanced the bill.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Joint Committee On Ways and Means 06/18/2025 4:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 976 would allow trained, non‑veterinary individuals to perform cattle pregnancy verification under rules to be set by the Oregon Department of Agriculture; one senator said she would vote no, citing concerns about reducing professional qualifications.","taxTitle","Ways and Means, Joint, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",18413,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6193462,"Committee approves four new judgeships despite objections from rural districts",146,2274000,2420000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3867065-b3a8cbc18f92212187669bf346e436c0&start=2274&end=2420","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3867065-b3a8cbc18f92212187669bf346e436c0/thumbnail_2274000.jpg","/articles/6193462/Oregon/Committee-approves-four-new-judgeships-despite-objections-from-rural-districts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6193462-afce725fa43ba188a290be1cd5d3549e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770826603&Signature=SGeCn~wCYpqLbNS5yOzz46PnEoipe3shZgu20dEiWnwCIfFuR-aecOmJx7qg3eHEjzHFnseAseFwYgIE1PIXlHB4VjrB7q5KxQ~LjXtz1Q8iBqXl133Scs7AdgS497bKrADDsOQBj3Q-FcQtGHq9nEWCyuF~No3IVC-1XAUKUqeCbFPtDqoOSd6xZTGhKCAcw0n7NcatI9PAXYf43QZh2ukSAbm-wWkrOftWpxtRnTl5UUN431T-lsTEwNetD9rTYOMNsBy31kzuPv14NPhQNodNclYgVJ1KsGqo0W1GoV1arwYaB83Etm6oq4nZGqwZ6cihHtbYoq4P2mkDTJsPTA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Capital Construction Subcommittee on June 18 recommended Senate Bill 95 be reported out, adding four statutory circuit court judgeships that would take effect Jan. 1, 2026, despite objections from members representing rural judicial districts.

Senate Bill 95 would add two judgeships to the Second Judicial District (Lane County), one judgeship to the Fifth Judicial District (Clackamas County) and one judgeship to the Sixteenth Judicial District (Douglas County). The measure was presented with a dash 2 amendment; the subcommittee recommended the bill be amended by dash 2 and reported out due pass as amended. The measure carries an estimated cost of $5,400,000 general fund and 20 positions, and includes a $166,256 general fund appropriation tied to potential changes in judicial compensation if another bill (HB 2712) becomes law.

\"Those counties need another judge just as much as the counties in the Willamette Valley,\" Senator McLean said, objecting to the dash 2 amendment that removed previously expected judgeships for Crook and Jefferson counties and for Umatilla and Morrow counties. McLean said she voted no in subcommittee and would vote no if the dash 2 amendment remained in the bill.

Senator Manning and other presenters summarized the allocation of judgeships and the fiscal impact. The committee proceeded to a voice vote; the chair announced the motion passed and closed the work session on Senate Bill 95.

Formal action recorded in the transcript shows the subcommittee recommendation to report the bill out due pass as amended by dash 2. The transcript records McLean’s objections on the record but does not show a recorded roll call tally in the excerpt.","Senate Bill 95, which adds four circuit court judgeships effective Jan. 1, 2026, was advanced by the subcommittee after debate; a senator objected to a late amendment that removed judges for two outlying districts.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6193468,"Ways and Means subcommittee advances legislative branch budget after heated staffing debate",1484,333000,1817000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3867065-b3a8cbc18f92212187669bf346e436c0&start=333&end=1817","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3867065-b3a8cbc18f92212187669bf346e436c0/thumbnail_333000.jpg","/articles/6193468/Oregon/Ways-and-Means-subcommittee-advances-legislative-branch-budget-after-heated-staffing-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6193468-dca2b722fb14aa5ac5b3f5b14456b8e0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770826603&Signature=lgAxjDhxSHKWbCICV9nPmtVsKrXJORvCD0G5Hs8fs4Uxncy6S-mUPd8AYjY2NbqcsbvNBxrkLf6qZnztgDpfg47QhW4974GjX8~Cg1H0~FYKl9KjXisJwOLYscizQsTiG7k~mPrbloq92~tUsuSJRe36MRrph8XmWLCD2o5j1dcRVr9nK4JpApV7FwhipPXZdPgUl6M5buRwosMj7eWVFXQcWLPQ-o5Wlc7l9Vl-mRhQ6NgnPfXhnKPRX8tvcj7DttlA~LA6DAXzYV6yDSgyOCD9S7~jY0chwuxzD-46WX9~WdPvMqi2dA9uy1s4TEbC1A4RQXpyXMr0ANVrGRfnUw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Capital Construction Subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means on June 18 reported out House Bill 50 16, the budget bill for legislative branch agencies, after members debated requests to expand staffing for legislators’ offices and agreed to a third‑party workload study.

House Bill 50 16 recommends a total funds budget of $275,800,000 and 610 positions for the legislative branch, including Legislative Assembly administration, Legislative Council, Legislative Fiscal Office, Legislative Revenue Office, Legislative Policy and Research, and the Commission on Indian Services. The subcommittee’s recommendation was to amend the bill (dash 6) and report it out due pass as amended; members recorded no objections when the motion was called and the motion passed.

The bill includes one‑time funding for a third party to evaluate staffing models for members’ offices, and adds key performance measures for the Legislative Equity Office, the presenter said. \"The recommended budget represents a slight overall decrease from the 2025–27 current service level budget,\" the subcommittee presenter said when outlining the measure.

The staffing question dominated discussion. \"We do not need a study to know that the current staffing structure of legislative offices is not sustainable,\" Senator Frederick said, urging that the legislature move to increase permanent staffing. Frederick said he introduced a measure this session (referred to in the record as Senate Bridal 1184) that would allocate a second permanent legislative aide to each office and that roughly 22 members across both chambers sponsored that proposal.

Representative Gomberg and others said the Capital Construction Subcommittee did not receive the same hearing on the legislative budget that the General Government Subcommittee had, and that members who participated in that hearing advocated for increased staffing. \"Capital Construction did not receive the hearing on the legislative budget that the general government committee did,\" Gomberg said, noting the views of house members who had urged staffing increases.

Senator McLean moved an amendment (dash 5) that sought to expand staffing but withdrew the motion after members pointed out the amendment had not been posted for the required hour before consideration. \"Given the vote count, I'll withdraw the motion,\" McLean said, and later explained she would vote against the budget as introduced if the staffing changes were not adopted. McLean argued that claims of fiscal scarcity should not be used to deny staffing increases: \"Claim scarcity is a false narrative when it comes to, staffing,\" she said.

Several members expressed support for investing in the branch’s professional staff because of long session hours and increasing workloads. Senator Solman said the workload puts a strain on professional staff and that investments are \"well deserved and needed.\" The committee also directed that LPRO (Legislative Policy and Research) engage a third party to conduct the staffing and workload study and report back for the short session.

Formal action taken on the item was limited to the subcommittee recommendation: House Bill 50 16 was amended by the dash 6 amendment and reported out due pass as amended. No further budget votes on the full Ways and Means committee were recorded in this session transcript.

Committee members asked staff to return findings from the third‑party study in the interim and indicated the study would inform any staffing changes during the next short legislative session.

A roll call of objections to the report was placed on the record during the vote; the committee recorded no objections to the subcommittee recommendation and closed the work session on HB 50 16.","The Capital Construction Subcommittee reported House Bill 50 16 out as amended, approving the legislative branch budget while lawmakers debated whether to add permanent staff to legislators' offices and ordered a third‑party study of workloads.","actionData","errors"]

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