l9n/ Oregon

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 3612

Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination or harassment against persons based on caste.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination or harassment against persons based on caste. Authorizes enforcement of prohibition through civil action for actual and punitive damages. Authorizes attorney fees in civil proceedings for unlawful discrimination. Includes caste as protected class in bias crimes and incidents. Prohibits profiling by law enforcement agency or officer based on caste. Adds caste to real or perceived factors of motivation or basis for conduct addressed by standards for law enforcement officers. Requires law enforcement agencies to report statistics concerning crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived caste. Adds caste to classes protected by community engagement plans for planning water projects. Adds caste to classes promoted by affirmative action by state boards, commissions and advisory boards and all branches of state government. Adds caste to types of persecution or well-founded fears of persecution that refugee children are defined to have experienced. Prohibits public charter schools from limiting student enrollment based on caste. Includes caste within cultural competence guidelines developed by System of Care Advisory Council. Prohibits person that sells guaranteed asset protection waiver in sale of motor vehicle from varying terms based on caste. Requires state agencies to eliminate discrimination based on caste. Requires state agencies to adopt any rules related to implementation of provisions of Act no later than January 1, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

12 co-sponsors

Ben Bowman, Janelle Bynum, Farrah Chaichi, Annessa Hartman, Ken Helm, Susan McLain, Travis Nelson, Khanh Pham, Ricki Ruiz, Nathan Sosa, Andrea Valderrama, Zach Hudson

In the Senate

4 co-sponsors

Wlnsvey Campos, Mark Meek, Janeen Sollman, Aaron Woods

Its course

April 14 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 14 to Jun 25 · stopped72 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 14 to Apr 217 days

JudiciaryApr 21 to Jun 25 · stopped65 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Apr 14 – Jun 25

  1. Apr 14Introduced
  2. Apr 21Sent to Judiciary
  3. Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Apr 14First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Apr 21Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
  3. Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives