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AUGUST 4, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7 TRENCHES, continued from Page A1 begin with?” Post said. “It’s all about poli- tics. It’s about them trying to prove that (Republicans) are racist, misogynist, ho- mophobic kooks over there and making us vote on these things. Of course we think people should be paid equally, but they go on that hill and they die and, to me, that’s hilarious and that’s not partisanship.” Thatcher added that Democrats might fi nd more allies across the aisle with less focus on punishment. “What I loved about that fi nal bill was that it focused on compliance and there wasn’t any snares laid out for busi- ness owners. It got rid of (punitive dam- ages) and got to compliance and making it work. If we had more of that, I think you would fi nd a lot more enthusiasm among Republicans to say, “Yeah, let’s move for- ward with some of these lefty ideas.” Thatcher was more enthusiastic about Senate Bill 1050, which imposes presump- tive life sentences without parole for de- fendants in some sex crime cases if there are prior convictions for similar acts. “Near the end of session, and I have to give props to Sen. Peter Courtney, he invited me to be co-chief sponsor. I ab- solutely love that bill and I’m glad that he asked me to be a part of it,” Thatcher said. Post had several bills that didn’t make it beyond the level of committee hearings, but said a House Bill 2598 was one he considered a win. The bill makes it a fel- ony to recklessly endanger a motorcyclist. “For a pedestrian or bicyclist, it’s a Class A felony to recklessly endanger. For a mo- torcyclist it was a Class C misdemeanor. HB 2598 makes it an assault and that was a big one. I had to push pretty hard to get bipartisan support,” Post said. Thatcher counted among the victo- ries the killing of legislation that would have affected landlord-tenant agreements and the imposing of additional corporate taxes and passing a bill allowing breweries to have two off-site locations without an additional license. “We go license-crazy in this state. We have more than most other states and I re- ally think we should focus on reining that in,” Thatcher said. In a similar vein, Post said he supported a bill allowing hard cider producers to have locations on farm properties. “Let’s let the cider businesses prolifer- ate like the wineries have. It’s one more thing that brings people to Oregon,” he said. A decision that weighed heavily on both legislators was House Bill 3391, which requires the Oregon Health Au- thority to reimburse costs of services re- lated to reproductive health, including abortion. A debate was convened on the last day of the session and a vote resulting in passage followed. “I can’t explain to you how bad we felt coming down one fl oor from the house caucus room. It was as if we were going to a funeral – because we were. We were go- ing to a funeral of babies. Grown men and women were sobbing (during the vote),” Post said. Thatcher said the argument in favor of the bill was “a right that cannot be ac- cessed is not a right.” “So then when are you going to start paying for my guns?” she said. “I would never ask for that because there is respon- sibility with rights.” She was equally troubled by the passage of Senate Bill 719, which allows judges to issue extreme risk protection orders pro- hibiting those found to be an imminent risk to themselves or others from possess- ing fi rearms. The law allows respondents in such cases to surrender their deadly weapons to law enforcement and for law enforcement offi cers to take possession of them, or for law enforcement to take them away. The bill was drafted by Sen. Brian Bo- quist in part as a response to the death of his stepson by suicide that included a gun. Boquist’s stepson was a veteran and hopes to address veteran suicides through the law which is now waiting for the signa- ture of Gov. Kate Brown. “I don’t have the perspective on vet- erans, but I know that if they hadn’t had guns (to commit suicide), they would have chosen something else,” Thatcher said. “I’d hate to be that law enforcement offi cer.” According to the Harvard School of Public Health, every study that has exam- ined fi rearm access as a risk factor to sui- cide has found that such access increases suicide risk. 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