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2021 Regular Session
Revision 2, Posted on 3/10/2021 at 11:33 AM
Current Agenda Status
    • Instructions on how to submit written testimony and how to register to testify appear at the bottom of the agenda.
    • Times below reflect tentative start times for each item. Committee chairs may, at their discretion, reschedule or alter agendas to accommodate committee business.
  • Informational Meeting
    • Invited testimony only
    • Serving in the Legislature: Legislative Pay
      Amanda Zoch, Ph.D., Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures
      Kerry Tymchuk
      Gary Wilhelms
  • Public Hearing
    • (6:30 pm) Establishes annual salary of members of Legislative Assembly at annual mean occupational employment and wage estimate for Oregon for year preceding start of biennium.
    • (7:00 pm) Serving in the Legislature: Legislative Pay
      To submit written testimony on this topic, email to HMPL.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov. To register to provide remote oral testimony, follow the instructions on at the bottom of this agenda.

    • Note change: speakers updated.

    • Submit written testimony on a bill or topic scheduled for a public hearing:

      Electronic: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Testimony/HMPL
      Mail: House Special Committee on Modernizing the People's Legislature,
      900 Court Street NE, Room 453, Salem, OR 97301

      Written testimony must be received within 24 hours of the meeting start time.

      Register to testify live remotely:
      Registration is required to testify by phone or video.
      Register online: https://survey.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eDKpdY2zynalO0C
      You will see a confirmation screen and be sent an email with information on how to join the
      meeting. If you do not, contact the committee assistant.
      Register by phone: 833-588-4500 (U.S. toll free). You will be given a phone
      number to call into the meeting.
      Registration closes at the time the meeting is scheduled to begin.
      A public access kiosk is located outside of the State Capitol Building for anyone without access
      to a phone or computer to join a meeting by video.

      Neither registration nor use of the public access kiosk is a guarantee that you will be able to testify during the meeting. Committee chairs may determine that public testimony must be limited. For this reason, written testimony is encouraged even if you plan to speak.
    • Unless otherwise noted on the agenda, testimony is only accepted by committees for bills or topics scheduled for a public hearing. See the Oregon Legislature’s website for information on contacting individual legislators directly on bills or topics not scheduled for a public hearing.
Membership
Co-Chair Representative Mark Meek
Co-Chair Representative Kim Wallan
Member Representative Vikki Breese-Iverson
Member Representative Janelle Bynum
Staff
LPRO Analyst Melissa Leoni 503-986-1286
LPRO Analyst Leslie Porter 503-986-1503
Sr. Committee Assistant Sam Koopman 503-986-1536