l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2233

Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish a program to provide legal services to assist adults in custody who are serving sentences at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act would provide money for legal help to adults in custody at one prison in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish a program to provide legal services to assist adults in custody who are serving sentences at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Directs the commission to grant funds to the Oregon Justice Resource Center for purposes of the program. Directs the commission and center to evaluate the program and report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to corrections no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets December 31, 2027. Declares an 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

8 co-sponsors

Willy Chotzen, Lisa Fragala, Mark Gamba, Susan McLain, Hai Pham, Tom Andersen, Farrah Chaichi, Jules Walters

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Sara Gelser Blouin, Kathleen Taylor, Aaron Woods

    Its course

    January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

    JudiciaryJan 17 to Feb 2135 days

    Ways and MeansFeb 21 to Jun 27 · stopped126 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 Jan 13 – Jun 27

    1. Jan 13Introduced
    2. Jan 17Sent to Judiciary
    3. Feb 11Heard in Judiciary
    4. Feb 18Heard in Judiciary
    5. Feb 21Judiciary recommended it, and that it go to Ways and Means
    6. Sent to Ways and Means
    7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Jan 17Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
    3. Feb 11Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    4. Feb 18Work Session held.House of Representatives
    5. Feb 21Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
    6. Feb 21Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
    7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives