Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB2233: Relating to public safety; declaring an emergency.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: The Act would provide money for legal help to adults in custody at one prison in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish a program to provide legal services to assist adults in custody who are serving sentences at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Directs the commission to grant funds to the Oregon Justice Resource Center for purposes of the program. Directs the commission and center to evaluate the program and report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to corrections no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets December 31, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, January 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. (1) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall establish a program to provide legal services that assist adults in custody who are serving sentences at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to reenter and reintegrate into local communities, to reduce vulnerability to domestic violence, to obtain employment, housing services and other benefits and to help with any other legal issue facing an adult in custody. (2) The commission shall carry out the purposes of subsection (1) of this section by granting to the Oregon Justice Resource Center an amount sufficient for the center to employ attorneys, as needed, and to provide necessary support for the attorneys' work. (3) The commission and the Oregon Justice Resource Center shall evaluate the operations and success of the program and report the results of the evaluation to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to corrections no later than September 15, 2026. SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on December 31, 2027. SECTION 3. There is appropriated to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $1,200,000 for the purpose of making a …
Sponsors
- Tawna Sanchez (D, 43) · primary sponsor
- Willy Chotzen (D, 46)
- Lisa Fragala (D, 8)
- Mark Gamba (D, 41)
- Susan McLain (D, 29)
- Hai Pham (D, 36)
- Sara Gelser Blouin (D, 8)
- Kathleen Taylor (D, 21)
- Woods (D)
- Thomas Andersen (D, 19)
- Farrah Chaichi (D, 35)
- Julianna Walters (D, 37)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- : Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- : Work Session held.
- : Public Hearing held.
- : Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Votes
- HJUD Committee Vote (February 18, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Judiciary, Ways and Means
Common questions
- What is HB2233?
- HB2233 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to public safety; declaring an emergency.
- What does HB2233 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB2233?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB2233?
- Tawna Sanchez (D, 43), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB2233?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/2233
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.