Oregon House Bill 2543

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act gives funds to DAS for universal representation. The Act gives funds to OSB for legal help for immigration matters. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for purposes of deposit in the Universal Representation Fund. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Judicial Department for purposes of transfer to the Oregon State Bar for purposes of use by the Legal Services Program to provide legal services to individuals on immigration matters. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to universal representation; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Andrea Valderrama [D]	Sen. James Manning [D]	Rep. Jules Walters [D]	Rep. Tom Andersen [D]
Rep. Susan McLain [D]	Rep. Lesly Munoz [D]	Sen. Wlnsvey Campos [D]	Rep. Mark Gamba [D]
Rep. Dacia Grayber [D]	Rep. Zach Hudson [D]	Rep. Pam Marsh [D]	Rep. Travis Nelson [D]
Rep. Daniel Nguyen [D]	Rep. Hoa Nguyen [D]	Rep. Robert Nosse [D]	Rep. Hai Pham [D]
Rep. Nathan Sosa [D]	Rep. Thuy Tran [D]	Sen. Lew Frederick [D]	Sen. Chris Gorsek [D]
Sen. Deb Patterson [D]	Sen. Khanh Pham [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2543
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2543/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83523