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The Oregon House on Wednesday passed all five bills on public pensions, taxes and agriculture that comprise the brokered package of special session legislation.

(Yuxing Zheng/The Oregonian)

SALEM -- The House gave final legislative approval to two bills on public pensions and a third on agriculture, wrapping up three of the

of legislation under consideration in the special session.

The House has now passed all five policy bills that comprise the package. The Senate is slated to take up

remaining in the package later Wednesday afternoon.

The PERS and agriculture bills now head to Gov.

, who has vowed to veto the bills unless all five reach his desk.

The House voted 31-24 to

to Public Employees Retirement System recipients.

would modify the cost-of-living adjustments for PERS retirees, allowing for a 1.25 percent adjustment on annual benefits up to $60,000, and a 0.15 percent COLA on benefits greater than that.

The bill would also require a 0.25 percent supplementary payment, capped at $150, to members or their beneficiaries. An additional 0.25 percent supplementary payment would be made to retirees whose pensions are less than $20,000.

The House later voted 55-0 to pass

, which would

and alter rules for felons and future lawmakers.

Representatives also voted 32-22 to

from regulating genetically modified agriculture.

that would allow the bill to take immediate effect, precluding efforts in Benton and Lane counties to restrict genetically modified agriculture.

-- Yuxing Zheng