Oregon House Bill 2999

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services.
Pending: House Early Childhood and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act expands some rights of a person who is the subject of a child abuse inquiry and requires DHS to provide the person with notice of the person's rights. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires that the Department of Human Services provide a person suspected of abusing a child with a notice of rights before interviewing or searching the person in a child abuse investigation. Prohibits the department from entering a person's private property during the course of a child abuse investigation without the person's permission, a warrant or exigent circumstances. Prohibits the department, an administrative law judge or a juvenile court judge from making negative inferences when the subject of an abuse investigation refuses to answer questions or consent to a search.

Relating to warrants requirements in child abuse investigations.

Rep. Travis Nelson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2999
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2999/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83971