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SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES February 20, 2018 Hearing Room B 03:00 PM MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Ginny Burdick, Chair Sen. Jackie Winters, Vice-Chair Sen. Lee Beyer Sen. Brian Boquist Sen. Arnie Roblan STAFF PRESENT: Josh Nasbe, Counsel Lisa Rybloom, Committee Assistant EXHIBITS: Exhibits from this meeting are available here MEASURES/ISSUES: SCR 205 – Public Hearing and Work Session SB 1510 – Work Session 00:00:03 Meeting Called to Order 00:00:05 Chair Burdick 00:00:11 SCR 205 - Public Hearing 00:00:12 Chair Burdick 00:00:13 Josh Nasbe, Counsel 00:00:49 Sen. Peter Courtney, Senate District 11; Senate President 00:08:45 Sen. Beyer 00:09:48 EXHIBIT 1: witness registration 00:09:50 The following is submitted for the record without public testimony: EXHIBIT 2: Andrew Davidson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems EXHIBIT 3: Bryan Boehringer, Oregon Medical Association EXHIBIT 4: George J. Brown, M.D.; Fellow, American College of Physicians; President and Chief Executive Officer, Legacy Health EXHIBIT 5: Joe Baessler, Associate Director, Oregon Chapter, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 75 EXHIBIT 6: Katy Cooper, President and Martin Taylor, Executive Director, Oregon Nurses Association EXHIBIT 7: Zeke Smith, Chair, Oregon Health Policy Board, Oregon Health Authority EXHIBIT 8: John Mohlis, retired, Columbia Pacific and Oregon State Building Trades Councils This recording log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, refer to the digital audio recording. SRULES 02/20/2018 Page 2 of 2 EXHIBIT 9: Janet L. Meyer, Chief Executive Officer, Health Share of Oregon EXHIBIT 10: Thomas Insko, Michael Schill, Edward Ray, Linda Schott, Rahmat Shoureshi, Rex Fuller, and Nagi Naganathan, Oregon Council of Presidents 00:09:52 SCR 205 - Work Session 00:09:54 Chair Burdick 00:09:54 MOTION: VICE-CHAIR WINTERS MOVES SCR 205 BE ADOPTED 00:10:32 VOTE: 5-0-0 AYES: BEYER, BOQUIST, ROBLAN, WINTERS, BURDICK CARRIER: SENATE PRESIDENT COURTNEY WILL LEAD DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR 00:11:07 SB 1510 - Work Session 00:11:09 Chair Burdick 00:11:51 EXHIBIT 11: Josh Nasbe, Counsel 00:14:30 Steve Elzinga, Governmental and Legal Affairs Director, Office of the Secretary of State 00:16:19 Kimberly McCullough, Legislative Director, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon 00:18:15 Sen. Boquist 00:18:44 Steve Trout, Elections Director, Office of the Secretary of State 00:22:51 Sen. Beyer 00:33:39 Vice-Chair Winters 00:38:30 Sen. Roblan 00:59:32 The following is submitted for the record without public testimony: EXHIBIT 12: Dan Meek, Oregon Progressive Party EXHIBITS 13-14: Sal Peralta, Secretary, Independent Party of Oregon 00:59:43 Meeting Adjourned This recording log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, refer to the digital audio recording. .

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