l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 703

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.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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: 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.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

3 co-sponsors

Lew Frederick, Sara Gelser Blouin, James Manning Jr.

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

Zach Hudson, Daniel Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen

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 SenateJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

JudiciaryJan 17 to Apr 174 days

Ways and MeansApr 1 to Jun 27 · stopped87 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 Senate Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Judiciary
  3. Mar 19Heard in Judiciary
  4. Mar 26Heard in Judiciary
  5. Apr 1Judiciary 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 13Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 17Referred to Judiciary.Senate
  3. Mar 19Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Mar 26Work Session held.Senate
  5. Apr 1Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  6. Apr 1Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate