Oregon House Bill 2788

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Early Childhood and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs DHS to give grants to service providers to help people who are noncitizens change their immigration status. The Act goes into effect on its passage. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.2). Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist individuals who are noncitizens to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Requires the nonprofit service providers to report on the number of individuals who succeed in changing their immigration status or obtaining lawful permanent resident status. Directs the department to provide every individual served by the department information about, and a referral to the grant program. Declares that it is state policy to help Oregonians who are eligible under federal law change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of providing grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to immigration; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Courtney Neron [D]

Rep. Ricki Ruiz [D]

Sen. Lisa Reynolds [D]

Rep. Nathan Sosa [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services 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/HB2788
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2788/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83764