PUBLIC HEARING and WORK SESSION

TAPES #32 AND 33

HB 2201. Not heard: HB 2196 and 2388

HOUSE REVENUE COMMITTEE

FEBRUARY 8, 2007, 1:00 P.M.

Hearing Room A – State Capitol Building

Members Present: Rep. Phil Barnhart Chair

Rep. Tom Butler, Vice Chair

Rep. Tobias Read, Vice Chair

Rep. Vicki Berger

Rep. Scott Bruun

Rep. Sara Gelser

Rep. Andy Olson

Rep. Diane Rosenbaum

Rep. Brad Witt

Witnesses: Tim Nesbitt, Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor’s Office

Elizabeth Harchenko, Director, Oregon Department of Revenue

Ree Sailors, Policy Advisor to the Governor

Cathy Kaufmann, Policy & Communication Director, Children First for Oregon

Steven Rowe, Cascade Cigar & Tobacco

John Charles, President, Cascade Policy Institute

Jeffrey Fellows, PH.D., Kaiser Permanent Center for Health Research

Staff Present: Paul Warner, Legislative Revenue Officer

Mazen Malik, Economist, Legislative Revenue Office

Carol Phillips, Committee Assistant

TAPE 32, SIDE A

003	Chair Barnhart	Calls meeting to order at 1:24 P.M.
004	Chair Barnhart
015	Chair Barnhart	Opened Public Hearing on HB 2201.
020	Mazen Malik	Mazen Malik, Economist, Legislative Revenue Office (Exhibits A, B)
073	Chair Barnhart
076	Vice Chair Butler
085	Malik
097	Vice Chair Butler
114	Malik
127	Chair Barnhart
130	Vice Chair Butler
140	Chair Barnhart
145	Vice Chair Read
148	Malik
159	Vice Chair Read
163	Chair Barnhart
174	Tim Nesbitt	Tim Nesbitt, Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor’s Office (Exhibit C)
183	Chair Barnhart
184	Nesbitt
237	Elizabeth Harchenko	Elizabeth Harchenko, Director, Oregon Department of Revenue
459	Rep. Olson
475	Harchenko

TAPE 33, SIDE A

036	Vice Chair Butler
045	Nesbitt
049	Vice Chair Butler
052	Ree Sailors	Ree Sailors, Policy Advisor to the Governor
064	Vice Chair Butler
071	Nesbitt
084	Chair Barnhart
103	Nesbitt
104	Chair Barnhart
105	Vice Chair Butler
116	Sailors
121	Vice Chair Butler
124	Sailors
126	Vice Chair Butler
139	Chair Barnhart
141	Nesbitt
146	Vice Chair Butler
149	Nesbitt
153	Vice Chair Butler
154	Nesbitt
165	Chair Barnhart
172	Vice Chair Butler
180	Chair Barnhart
186	Rep. Gelser
202	Chair Barnhart
206	Nesbitt
210	Harchenko
231	Chair Barnhart
242	Vice Chair Butler
257	Harchenko
282	Vice Chair Butler
295	Harchenko
300	Chair Barnhart
302	Nesbitt
306	Chair Barnhart
320	Cathy Kaufmann	Cathy Kaufmann, Policy & Communication Director, Children First for Oregon (Exhibit D)
358	Chair Barnhart
359	Vice Chair Butler
376	Kaufmann
381	Chair Barnhart
386	Kaufmann
394	Vice Chair Butler
396	Chair Barnhart
397	Rep. Bruun
419	Chair Barnhart
420	Malik
424	Chair Barnhart
436	Steven Rowe	Steven Rowe, Cascade Cigar & Tobacco

TAPE 32, SIDE B

021	Steven Rowe	Continuation of comments.
076	Vice Chair Butler
109	Rowe
124	Chair Barnhart
126	Malik
127	Vice Chair Butler
134	John Charles	John Charles, President, Cascade Policy Institute (Exhibits E, F)
229	Chair Barnhart
236	Charles
241	Rep. Gelser
248	Charles
249	Rep. Gelser
260	Charles
269	Rep. Rosenbaum
281	Charles
292	Rep. Rosenbaum
301	Charles
303	Rep. Rosenbaum
306	Charles
309	Rep. Rosenbaum
316	Charles
331	Vice Chair Butler
358	Charles
368	Chair Barnhart
378	Jeffrey Fellows	Jeffrey Fellows, PH.D., Kaiser Permanent Center for Health Research (Exhibit G)
420	Chair Barnhart
427	Fellows

TAPE 33, SIDE B

023	Fellows	Continuation of comments.
071	Chair Barnhart
072	Vice Chair Barnhart
078	Fellows
090	Vice Chair Butler
093	Fellows
103	Vice Chair Butler
113	Chair Barnhart
121	Fellows
122	Chair Barnhart
124	Fellows
152	Chair Barnhart	Adjourns meeting at 2:58 p.m.
Tape Index Submitted by:

Carol Phillips

House Committee Assistant

Exhibit Summary:

1. HB 2201, -1 Amendments, Department of Revenue, (Malik), 2/8/2007.
2. HB 2201, Summary of Tobacco Products Taxes, Malik, 2/8/2007.
3. HB 2201, Written testimony, Tim Nesbitt, 2/8/2007.
4. HB 2201, Written testimony, Cathy Kaufmann, 2/8/2007.
5. HB 2201, Written testimony, John Charles, 2/8/2007.
6. HB 2201, Written testimony, John Charles, 2/8/2007.
7. HB 2201, Written testimony, Jeffrey Fellows, 2/8/2007.