Politics

Update: SB 57 did not pass before the legislative crossover and likely will not be voted on this year.  Legislation filed by Senator Perry Clark of Louisville, SB 57, seeks to establish a statewide, comprehensive medical marijuana program. Senate Bill 57,...

Update: SB 76 did not pass before the legislative crossover and likely will not be voted on this year.  Legislation introduced by Senator Perry Clark of Louisville, Senate Bill 76, is making it's way through Senate committees and seeks to...

Update: House members have tabled SB 278 for the 2017 legislative session, and will not take any further action. Update: Members of the House Business and Industry Committee voted 9-1 on Monday, February 27, to defeat House Bill 89.  State Representatives Bill...

Update: The House has adopted the Senate changes. The bill is expected to be transmitted to the Governor imminently. Update: The Senate passed HB 215 with an amendment on June 1. The bill will now return to the House for...

Update: HB 1212 did not pass before the legislative crossover and likely will not be passed this year.  Update: Members of the House Committee on Commerce and Gamine have passed a substitute version of HB 1212 to permit the cultivation...

Update: Governor Susana Martinez vetoed HB 527 on April 7. Update: SB 177 was tabled in lieu of HB 527. An amended version of HB 527 is now before the Governor, having passed the House by a vote of 45...

Update: The bill stalled on general file without reaching a formal vote of the Legislature. Update: LB 622 has advanced out of committee by a vote of 6 - 1.  LB622 will allow patients with conditions such as Crohn’s disease, epilepsy, opioid addictions...

Update: The Oregon Register Guard reports that lawmakers will not take further action on SB 301 this legislative session, stating that the measure lacked support to pass a Senate floor vote. "Key backer Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Eugene Democrat,...

Update: Members of the Senate Health Committee killed SB 1087 on April 25. Update: Notice of committee consideration was requested on 3/13. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 1087, to expand the state’s medical marijuana law by removing the existing prohibition on...

Update: HR 331 was referred to committee. Legislation is pending before Congress, HR 331, to halt the federal government from taking civil forfeiture action against properties involved in state-sanctioned, medical marijuana-related conduct. If approved, it would “amend the Controlled Substances...