Committee completes final language reviews and reports several bills out unanimously

After the LD1488 work session and the OCP conversation, the committee completed final language reviews and prepared majority reports for several bills.

Miss Olsson walked members through drafts and fiscal notes. LD2000 (ethics commission agency bill to update campaign finance laws) was described as a unanimous, emergency report with a minor fiscal impact to special revenue funds. LD2080 (prohibiting the use of credit cards in sports wagering) and LD2095 (limiting bulk purchases of lottery tickets or shares) were presented as final language and readied for reporting; those items carried minor fiscal notes and emergency preambles in the drafts shown to the committee. LD2130 (supporting employment opportunities for military spouses) and LD2135 (establishing a veterans housing provider incentive fund with an initial $90,000 transfer from a sports‑wagering account) were also discussed; LD2135 includes reporting requirements and rule authority for the administering bureau.

On LD2155 (direction to the bureau not to enforce a statutory limit on on‑premise retail liquor licenses for certain manufacturers), staff noted the drafting as circulated could be read broadly and asked the committee to confirm intent. The committee clarified it intended a limited, grandfathering non‑enforcement only for entities that had already been issued the relevant licenses before the emergency legislation passed last May; staff said they would return with revised, narrower language.

Chair and members scheduled additional language reviews for Friday and asked staff to circulate outstanding drafts for four bills that still lacked final text in members’ packets. The committee also received various agency reports (Veterans Home, Gambling Control Board, Pine State Trading audit) and noted report availability online.