Item 3: Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Positions

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Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Ellwood Cushman E. Cushman EPD-ADM 4/28/2009 Pri No Support Comments: We are recommending a Priority 2/support position on the amended version of this bill based on the IGR Committee having made the same recommendation on the original bill. (This is not really a police-related bill; we are making this recommendation from a broader public policy point of view based on prior action by the IGR Committee.) The A-Engrossed version of this bill seems to have some compromises that came out of what legislators heard from various constituencies. This version has passed the House and has been assigned to the Senate Consumer Protection and Public Affairs Committee although, as of this writing, a hearing has apparently not been scheduled by that committee. The amended version has some changes, including increasing the number of dogs that can be kept, but it appears to retain reasonable protections for the animals (e.g., how they are kept, that they get exercise) and for the consumers who purchase the animals (e.g., disclosure by seller, provisions for refunds if health issues are discovered). All in all, we believe this bill will improve the current situation for both of those groups. HB 2554 A Relating Clause: Relating to definition of vulnerable user of a public way Modifies definition of ‘vulnerable user of a public way.’ Title: Representatives SPRENGER, CLEM; Representatives BENTZ, BERGER, BRUUN, Sponsored by: ESQUIVEL, FREEMAN, GARRARD, GILMAN, HUFFMAN, KAHL, MAURER, OLSON, RICHARDSON, SCHAUFLER, SHIELDS, G SMITH, THATCHER, WEIDNER, WHISNANT, WINGARD, Senators BONAMICI, BOQUIST, GEORGE, GIROD, MORSE http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2554.a.pdf URL: Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Ellwood Cushman D. Schulz EPD-ADM 4/27/2009 Comments: Defer to Lee Shoemaker's position and analysis. 5