Oregon’s 79th Legislative Assembly convenes today. Here’s what you need to know about this year’s session, by the numbers.
Feb. 1: Session begins.
$1.8 billion: The state’s deficit — the projected gap between expected revenue and expected expenses – for the next two-year budget.
8 percent: Percentage of the state budget the gap represents.
18: Number of freshman lawmakers
18 and 36: Number of votes needed to pass a new tax in the Senate and House, respectively.
17 and 35: Number of Democrats in the Senate and House, respectively.
8.4 percent: Projected increase in money this legislature will have available to spend versus in 2015.
$315 million: How much more lawmakers will have to spend on public employee pensions in the next two years.
$350 million: Shortfall in state funding for Oregon’s Medicaid program due to Perabet decrease in the federal government’s contribution.
Oregon Gov. Kate BrownOregonian file photo
$897 million: New revenue proposed in Gov. Kate Brown’s proposed budget, mostly by raising taxes on tobacco, liquor, hospitals, insurers and some corporation owners’ incomes.
$0: New revenue proposed by Ways & Means Committee Co-Chairs in their “existing resources” budget framework.
$3 billion: The amount Measure 97, the corporate tax measure rejected by voters in November, would have raised annually.
160: Days in the regular legislative session, which ends at 11:59 p.m. July 9. If the Legislature has not passed a balanced budget by this time, lawmakers must return for a special session.
2: Proposed bills designating an official state dog. (Border collie vs. shelter rescues)
— Anna Marum
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