Governor Brown on Likelihood of a Successful Special Session to Amend Senate Bill 1013

Statement

Governor Kate Brown today released the following statement regarding a special session to clarify the ambiguity around Senate Bill 1013:

"While it is clear there is a misunderstanding regarding the intent of the words in Senate Bill 1013, it is also clear there is not sufficient support for a special session to pass a fix. When announcing my support for a special session, I said that it was conditional on stakeholders and legislators crafting bill language that had the votes to pass. That has not been achieved. I cannot justify the additional cost and time a special session requires without that support, and I will not be calling the legislature into a special session this month before the law goes into effect."

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