l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2995

Establishes the Task Force on Reparations and directs the task force to study and develop proposals for financial and nonfinancial reparations for Oregonians of African-American descent, develop appropriate methods for educating the public about the task force's findings and recommend appropriate remedies based on the task force's findings.

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: Sets up a task force to look at ways in which the state can give reparations for past acts of racism to African-American people who live in the state. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Establishes the Task Force on Reparations and directs the task force to study and develop proposals for financial and nonfinancial reparations for Oregonians of African-American descent, develop appropriate methods for educating the public about the task force's findings and recommend appropriate remedies based on the task force's findings. Sunsets December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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

3 co-sponsors

Shannon Isadore, Andrea Valderrama, Farrah Chaichi

In the Senate

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

Emergency Management, General Government, and VeteransJan 17 to Apr 1184 days

Ways and MeansApr 11 to Jun 27 · stopped77 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 Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans
  3. Feb 25Heard in Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans
  4. Apr 8Heard in Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans
  5. Apr 11Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans 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 Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 25Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 11Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 11Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives