Oregon House floor sessions canceled for 3rd time due to COVID
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
Posted Apr 20, 2021
House Speaker Tina Kotek, pictured here at a January meeting of the House, announced Tuesday that the chamber s floor session would be canceled for a third time due to someone who works in the chamber contracting COVID-19.Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian
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Lawmakers in the Oregon House had to cancel planned votes Tuesday, after learning that at least one person working in the chamber recently contracted COVID-19.
It’s the third time this session that the House had to call off floor sessions due to the virus. The previous cancellations were in March.
Oregon Senate committee approves plan to ban preschool suspensions by 2026 over childcare providers’ objections OregonLive.com 1 hr ago Hillary Borrud, oregonlive.com
Private daycare and preschool programs in Oregon that receive public funds would no longer be allowed to suspend or expel students starting in 2026, under a proposal headed for a vote in the state Senate.
Nationally, toddlers and preschool students of color face disproportionately high rates of suspension and expulsion from early childhood programs, and advocates want Oregon to stop allowing those practices. For young children, being expelled from care can be traumatizing and negatively shape that child’s view of their self for years to come, supporters said.
Oregon House scheduled to vote this week on gun storage mandate
Updated 4:03 PM;
Today 3:13 PM
A gun storage bill up for a vote in the Oregon House this week is named after the two people who were killed by a gunman at Clackamas Town Center in December 2012. A third person was also injured when the gunman opened fire in the food court. Supporters have been working for years to pass a gun storage law. Thomas Boyd/The OregonianLC- The Oregonian
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Oregon House lawmakers could vote as soon as Monday on a proposal to require gun owners to safely store their weapons and report any firearms that are lost or stolen.