Recapping the 2022 Oregon Legislative Session

Lawmakers made significant progress in the short, 31-day 2022 Oregon Legislative Session for racial justice. There also still remains unfinished business and we expect the bills that did not pass in 2022 to be priorities in the 2023 session. Take a look below to see which bills on the Building Power for Communities of Color legislative agenda were passed. Visit our Advocacy page for information about how we make our policy endorsements.

Supporting Families

• Child Care for Oregon (HB 4005 and the $100 million Child Care Emergency Response Package) - PASSED

Education

• Ethnic Studies Professional Development (HB 4112) - Did not pass

• Pacific Islander Student Success - FUNDED

Environmental Justice

• Emergency Heat Relief (SB 1536) - PASSED

Immigrant Rights

• Universal Legal Representation (SB 1543) - PASSED

• Oregon Worker Relief Fund investment of $65 million (budget item) - PASSED

Economic Justice

• Equity Investment Act SB 1579 - PASSED

• Farmworker Overtime HB 4002 - PASSED

• Race and Ethnicity Data Collection SB 1569 - did not pass

• Individual Development Accounts - did not pass

Strengthening Democracy

• Restoration of Voting Rights HB 4147 - did not pass

• Legislative Pay Equity SB 1566 - did not pass

Community Safety

• Transforming Justice SB 1510 - PASSED

• Community Based Responses to Gun Violence allocation of $15 million - PASSED