BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Approved: first vote on tenant protection bill Senate Housing Committee approves SB 608 and sends it to full vote of Senate Salem - Oregon renters got one step closer to statewide protections to prevent unfair evictions and extreme rent spikes today. The Senate Housing Committee voted to approve SB 608 after hours of testimony from renters, landlords, advocates, teachers, nurses, and others in favor of the bill. Among those testifyi