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(4 May 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salem, Oregon – 4 May 2023
1. Various, Senators arriving in chambers
2. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. Kate Lieber, (D) Majority Leader:
“I'm not surprised by it, but it's just simply about abortion. And I think it's really important to understand that they're just continuing the same tactics that they have. And the timing of this is such that they're walking out on important legislation that The Oregonian sent us here to do. And it's about that abortion law.”
3. Tim Knopp, Senate Republican minority leader arriving
4. Wide of floor
5. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. Tim Knopp, (R) Minority Leader:
“So individual senators are deciding day by day what they're planning to do.”
6. Various, empty desks in Oregon state Senate
7. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. Tim Knopp, (R) Minority Leader:
“Well, I think it remains, you know, I think it remains to be seen. It's clearly an open question still. And our goal is to educate the public and to bring this session back into legal conformity and in this case, not passing or trying to pass unlawful and unconstitutional bills.”
8. Various, roll call
9. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. Kate Lieber, (D) Majority Leader:
“Clearly, we were about to second read the abortion law yesterday and we would have been debating it on the floor of the Oregon Senate today, which they would have and could have the opportunity to fully participate in. But they've chosen not to come to work.”
10. Various, Senators calling for another roll call
11. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. Kate Lieber, (D) Majority Leader:
“Well, the voters spoke very loudly when they passed ballot Measure 113, which says, we want you to do your job and go to work. And if you have ten unexcused absences during a legislative session, you can no longer run for your office. So I fully expect that they will be back in the building and we will continue to do the work on the floor of the Senate.”
12. Sargent at arms informing that unexcused senators were not found
13. Various, state Senate chambers
14. SOUNDBITE (English) State Sen. Kate Lieber, (D) Majority Leader:
“Well, my reaction is it's not about that test. This is about abortion, guns, right? And transgender rights. This is about walking out on bills that are important to Oregonians.”
15. Various, exteriors of State Capitol


STORYLINE:
Republican members of the Oregon Senate have extended their boycott into a second day, delaying bills on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care.

The stayaway prevented a quorum, a tactic that minority Republican lawmakers have used in the past. But this time — if they continue to stay away — they’ll be testing a new law that was passed overwhelmingly by Oregonians in a ballot measure last November.

That law bans lawmakers who have 10 or more unexcused absences from running for reelection. The boycott comes as several statehouses around the nation have been battlegrounds between conservatives and liberals.

Republicans say they are protesting over bill summaries not being written in plain language, citing a 1979 state law requiring summaries of bills to be readable by those with an eighth or ninth-grade education — measured by a score of at least 60 on the Flesch readability test, GOP Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp told a news conference Wednesday.

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