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Session Watch: BPA Ban Dies Again

February 22, 2010
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Once again, Chris Lehman of OPB and the Northwest News Network is on top of this one.

Lehman reports on his Capitol Currents blog that the latest revival of a BPA ban died today in House Rules Committee. He says the committee chair didn’t bother bringing up HB 3703 for a vote today, so the bill missed a deadline to get out of committee.

The first attempt to protect Oregon’s children from bisphenol A made it as far as a vote on the Senate floor last week. But the tally came in at 15-15, and in the legislature, a tie counts as a defeat.

Session Watch: Another Day For BETC and BPA Ban

February 19, 2010
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That mysterious HB 3703 comes up before the House Rules Committee again this afternoon.

This is the latest version of the bisphenol A ban, the one the Senate voted down earlier this week. But rather than accepting defeat, supporters found a new home for it before the Rules Committee. It’s been sitting on the agenda for three days now. It’s scheduled for a work session today at 3pm in Hearing Room C, which means they could be taking a vote.

But before that, the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee takes another look at a bill designed to update Oregon’s Business Energy Tax Credits. At 1pm in Hearing Room A, the committee considers HB 3680, the BETC rewrite. The bill slowly phases out tax credits for large wind farms, and puts a cap on how much credits can be handed out for all renewable energy projects.

While BETC has been given credit for creating a renewable energy boom in Oregon, as well as hundreds of new jobs, the costs have spiraled out of control over the past couple of years.

Session Watch Wednesday: Energy Tax Credits and BPA Ban

February 17, 2010
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A reborn version of the bisphenol A ban comes up this afternoon in the House Rules committee. HB 3703 bans the use of BPA lined bottles and cans if the food or drinks they contain are meant for children under the age of three. It’s a slightly different version of the BPA ban that was voted down by the Senate Tuesday. The hearing begins at 3:30pm in Hearing Room F.

The Senate Finance and Revenue Committee begins what could be two days of hearings on HB 3680, an update of Oregon’s famed Business Energy Tax Credit. BETC provides tax breaks for companies developing renewable energy project. But the costs of the program have grown faster than anyone anticipated. This new bill caps overall BETC spending, phases out credits for large wind farms, and closes some loopholes. This hearing begins at 1pm in Hearing Room A.

Session Watch: Is BPA Ban Still Alive?

February 16, 2010
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OPB’s capitol correspondent is on to something. In his Capitol Currents blog, Chris Lehman notes a ban on bisphenol A (BPA) may have found a new life in the House Rules Committee.

The Rules Committee has scheduled a hearing Wednesday afternoon on HB 3703, which among other things, contains language banning BPA.

The BPA issue appeared dead for the season Tuesday morning when the Senate voted down SB 1032.

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