Senate rejects one rules suspension, adopts special-session rules

The Oregon State Senate considered two procedural motions during its special session. Early in the session, Senator Bonham moved to suspend the rules to permit immediate introduction and first reading of Senate measures; after a roll call the clerk recorded nine ayes and the presiding officer declared the motion failed. No second was recorded in the transcript.

Later the Senate adopted the special-session rules distributed to members. Senator Jama moved to adopt the rules as the rules of the special session; the motion drew no debate and passed on a roll call in which the clerk recorded 17 ayes. President Wagner announced that the motion carried.

After adopting the rules, the clerk listed the order of business for the special session and transmitted a House concurrent resolution and two House bills to the joint special session committee on transportation funding. The measures identified in the transcript were described as 'House concurrent resolution 51, adjourning sine die of the 2025 special session of the 83 legislative assembly,' 'House bill 30 39 91, relating to transportation, prescribing effective date, providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority,' and 'House bill 3 9 9 2, relating to state financial administration, declaring emergency.' The clerk stated those bills were transmitted to the joint special session committee on transportation funding.

No substantive floor debate on the content of the transmitted House bills was recorded in the transcript; the session adjourned until 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 2.