Oregon Senators, including 10 Republicans & one independent, staged a walkout of the state Capitol on Wednesday. Two bills, one about healthcare for transgender people and another issuing wide-ranging restrictions on guns, were scheduled to hit the floor.
The senators walked out of the chamber as two bills, one about healthcare for transgender people and another issuing wide-ranging restrictions on guns, were scheduled to hit the floor.Senate Republicans said the bills were not written in plain language, citing a state law from 1979 that requires legislation to be above a 60 on the Flesch readability test, which indicates around an eighth- or ninth-grade reading level.
Knopp noted that the major problem Republicans have with House Bill 2002 is that it's"unconstitutional to violate parental rights," referring to the expansion of rights given to minors. Oregon is the one state in the country with zero abortion restrictions, and Knopp claims the Democrats are trying to expand on that.
In May 2019, Oregon Senate Republicans protested a tax plan aimed at funding state schools, claiming the $1 billion proposed additional funding from the Democrats would raise costs without fixing the education system. Republicans believed the walkout “is the only tool we have to draw attention to the injustices of this legislation on Oregon voters and businesses,” Senate Minority Leader Herman Baertchiger said.
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