Live updates: 2025 legislative session draws to a close
After nearly six months in Salem, the Oregon Legislature must end its work by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, June 29.
Before that can happen, lawmakers are set to take up a slimmed-down version of a transportation tax and spending bill and pass several dozen more bills.
Capital Chronicle reporters will be at the Capitol and watching the action every step of the way. Check back here for live updates.
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Earlier this week Gov. Tina Kotek vetoed a bill aimed at strengthening protections for youth in foster care. The Senate quickly overrode her veto on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the Oregon House voted 49-4 to table Senate Bill 875, preventing the Legislature from moving forward with a veto overturn this session.
The bill would have required a court order for blocking or limiting contact among foster children and their siblings. The measure also lists out several rights for foster kids, including being assigned an attorney, maintaining access to personal belongings like toys and being given appropriate luggage to carry their belongings
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House Speaker Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, on Thursday morning removed Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, from the Joint Transportation Reinvestment Committee, the first hurdle the revamped transportation bill faces.
Evans earlier this week said he wanted off the committee because it was 'no use' to serve on it when all he could do was vote on a bill he was frustrated that he didn't have a role in negotiating.
He remained frustrated on Wednesday, texting 'Not thrilled. Very, very frustrated with our current leadership.'
Rep. John Lively, D-Eugene, will take Evans' place ahead of a meeting scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
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Both the House and Senate are set to head to the floor at 10 a.m. Thursday. The House has a long list of bills to vote on, while the Senate has just seven scheduled so far.
At 3:30 p.m., the pared-down transportation package expected to raise $11.7 billion over the next 10 years will have its only public hearing in the Joint Transportation Reinvestment Committee. Lawmakers on the committee plan to vote on the bill at 4:30, teeing up a potential House vote Thursday evening.
Read more about the transportation proposal.
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