Whether you’re a smoker or not, a bill currently in the Oregon Legislature could make a difference in your life.
It’s Senate Bill 607, which would make flicking a cigarette butt to the ground in a public place a Class D litter violation, punishable by a $90 fine.
The bill would amend an existing law banning “offensive littering” – such actions as depositing garbage on or otherwise degrading somebody else’s property or creating an “objectionable…