January 22: Legislative Preview
The next session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly opens on February 2. It promises to be a busy and challenging session with the Governor seeking to repeal the transportation measures she proposed in the last special session because of voter pushback and the challenges of dealing with multiple federal funding cuts.
Two legislators representing Springfield: Senator Floyd Prozanski and Representative John Lively, will discuss the upcoming session and provide their insights on what might happen.
Senator Prozanski currently serves on six committees: as chair of the Senate Judiciary and Conduct committees, and as a member of the Joint Committee on Addiction & Community Safety Response, the Senate Natural Resources Committee, the Human Resources Committee, the Joint Conduct Committee, and the Legislative Counsel Committee. In addition, I co-chair both the Task Force on Public Safety and the Justice Reinvestment Grant Review Committee. Finally, I continue to serve on the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), the Oregon Law Commission, the Asset Forfeiture Oversight Advisory Committee, the Task Force on Legal Representation in Childhood Dependency, and the Oregon State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.
Representative Lively currently is Chair of the House Climate, Energy and Environment Committee, a member of the Joint Ways and Means Natural Resources Sub Committee and a member of the House Economic Development, Small Business and Trade Committee.