Oregon SB3 passed in the Senate

[winners58]

News Story;
Senate OKs suction dredge mining restrictions

https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB3

recorded video (have to turn on flash)
http://oregon.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=23233
(select PROPOSITIONS AND MOTIONS from below video)

thank you senators Olsen, Baertschiger, & Boquist for standing up for our right to mine

 

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[wildminer]

When I was a kid in the 50's there was no homes there, just rattlesnakes. Miners have always been around, but are now pushed aside as rafters want to build something natural, which of course is impossible. It's getting crazier by the day.

 

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[Sticks]

link to Senator Baertschiger speech on SB3 and of the attack on rural values
top video is 3min, next one is the full floor speech 13min
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Senator-Herman-Baertschiger-304265626293920/posts/

Sad news he just lost his Wife in a tragic accident.

 

[wildminer]

That is very sad. My prayers go out to him and his family.

 

[Sticks]

What's the status of this Bill? Today was the cutoff, but I can't find any info on it. A good friend said it passed into law but I can't confirm. Help Please

 

[winners58]

it passed the Senate and its in the House committee on natural resources, waiting for it to be scheduled for a public hearing.
it will go to a committee vote then the house floor, if its unchanged it will go to the governor or if there is a change back to the Senate.
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB3

you can keep checking here to see when the date they will work on it is added to the agenda.(click on a date under meetings)
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Committees/HEE/Overview

 

[Sam_at_Armadillo]

SB 3A Engrossed referred to House Energy & Environment Committee,
names

Chair Representative Ken Helm

Vice-Chair Representative Mark Johnson

Vice-Chair Representative Karin Power

Member Representative Phil Barnhart

Member Representative Cliff Bentz

Member Representative Paul Holvey

Member Representative Pam Marsh

Member Representative E. Werner Reschke

Member Representative David Brock Smith

Staff
LPRO Analyst Beth Reiley
503-986-1755
Committee Assistant Holly Smith
503-986-1736


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[Sam_at_Armadillo]

The letter I am sending to all the Oregon House Representative.

Please send your thoughts to them.
I am not good at this, and stress on it regularly. BUT I am COMMITTED to being heard.
I can NOT complain about our plight if I say NOTHING.

Dear House Representative,
I am writing to request you vote no on Senate Bill 3.
I am a 5th generation Oregonian. I also work a long standing mining supply shop here in Southern Oregon. Your vote on this bill will have a direct effect on my job. It will make or break my ability to support myself in the state that I love. I have supported my daughter in this wonderful place and she chose to continue her college education in Oregon. We want to thrive here.
Data Collected by the USFS DEIS in 2001 has shown this to be a $17 million industry. We need these resources here in Oregon. The short fall in the Oregon budget DEMANDS that you not remove MORE of our state revenue.
You are the Environmental Committee. The bill before you has NO peer reviewed science behind it. We are stewards of our land. We remove pounds upon pounds of lead (from the fisherman), and so much trash (left from the general public) from the bottom of our waters ways. I could bring you multiple wheel barrows full that have been left off at my shop from my customers. They are hoping someone will want to see the MAJOR service we provide to Oregon’s water ways.
My fear is that this has nothing to do with protecting the environment but instead has everything to do with prohibiting something people don’t want to happen regardless of the effects. (Good or Bad)
Please vote NO on SB3
Thank you,
Samantha Everett
Josephine County