TellMyReps

Less than two weeks until the OR legislation closes for the rest of 2021. Now is the time to support the change you want

• SJR10 - End Slavery in Oregon


• HB 2002 - Transform Justice Towards Equity and Accountability.
• Limit unnecessary stop & arrests.
• Invest in culturally specific and victim services
• Expansive public safety reform bill developed by a broad coalition of organizations committed to safety and equity (info)



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• HB 3112 - Cannibis taxes directed towards community healing and infrastructure
• Cannibis taxes earmarked for housing, education and healthcare for impacted Black, Indigenous, Latinx communities.
• Automatic expunging of eligible cannibis related convictions


• HB 3073 - Accessible Childcare
• Restructuring and rebuilding Oregon’s current child care system to truly meet the needs of children, families, providers, workers, and employers.
• Removes barriers for families and providers participating in the Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) program. (info)



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• Other Important Legislation that needs your support
• Voting Rights
• HB 2499 – Automatic Voter Registration Extends automatic voter registration to the Oregon Health Authority and any state agency as designated by the Governor.
• Decriminalization
• SB 755 – Helps ensure successful implementation of Ballot Measure 110, which Oregon voters passed last November to decriminalize simple drug possession and expand access to recovery services.
• HB 2172 – Expands the ability of people who have served their prison sentence to earn a reduction in their time on supervision.
• HB 2366 – Extends the right to vote for people currently incarcerated for felony convictions.
• SB 401 – Makes prison sentences under Measure 11 presumptive rather than mandatory.
• Education
• HB 2590 – Student Success in Higher Education Establishes Task Force on Student Success for Underrepresented Students in Higher Education.
• HB 2835 – College Benefits Navigator Requires community colleges and universities to hire benefits navigator to assist students in applying for federal, state, and local benefit programs.
HB 2551 – IDA Renews Individual Development Account tax credit for six-years.
• HB 2266 – Oregon Growth Fund Governor’s Budget Request $10M to grow capital ecosystem and promote economic development. Creates access to capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs who currently lack capital.
• Housing and Homelessness
• HB 2544 – Homeless Youth - Support homeless students and families by distributing funds to organizations that operate host home programs as well as expanding shelters and services.
• HB 2842 – Healthy Homes - Establishes Healthy Homes Program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide grants to entities to provide financial assistance to low-income households and landlords.
• HB 2100 – Review of Housing Related Laws - Modernize Oregon’s Housing Stabilization System to improve deployment of funds, minimize disruption in services, increase availability of culturally responsive services, align state statute with federal statute, and advances toward building an outcome-oriented system which is data informed.
• HB 2163 – Rental Assistance - Establishes long term rental assistance program within the Housing and Community Services Department. Establishes Rental Assistance Fund to fund program.
• HB 3184 – Long Term Rent Assistance Study - Requires Portland State University Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative to study long- term rent assistance.
• Health and Environment
• HB 2528 – Dental Therapy Directs the Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue dental therapist licenses to qualified applicants.
• HB 3089 – Water Assistance Establishes Public Drinking Water and Sewer Ratepaye Assistance Fund for water and sewer bill pay assistance.
• HB 2739 – Water Assistance Establishes Public Drinking Water and Sewer Ratepayer Assistance Fund for water and sewer bill pay assistance.
• HB 3159 – Data Justice Act -Requires coordinated care organizations, health care providers, and/or insurers to collect member data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoke and written languages, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity.
• HB 2021 – Clean Energy - Requires 100% of electricity sold in 2035 to be clean energy.
• HB 2088 – Traditional Health Workers - Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt by rule qualification criteria for tribal traditional health workers as additional category of traditional health workers.
• SB 555 – Double Up Food Bucks Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organizations to implement and administer programs to assist recipients of SNAP in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers’ markets, farm share sites, and retail outlets that participate in the program.
• SB 587 – Tobacco Retail License - Requires the Department of Revenue to issue licenses to Retail License qualified retailers of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems.