Committees · 2024 Regular Session
Human Services
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Sara Gelser BlouinChair
Democrat · 8th District
Art RobinsonVice-chair
Republican · 2nd District
Democrat · 7th District
Democrat · 4th District
Republican · 16th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2024 Regular Session.
Bills sent9
7% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out78%
7 of 9; 2 stopped in committee
Time in committeetoo few to say
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
20264 bills
reported 75% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
202571 bills
reported 55% · typically 57 days, most 34–82 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20249 bills
reported 78% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
202398 bills
reported 49% · typically 64 days, most 50–78 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20204 bills
reported 75% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
201982 bills
reported 68% · typically 46 days, most 24–73 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20187 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2017114 bills
reported 59% · typically 42 days, most 25–69 · 0 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2024 Regular Session, newest first.
9 bills
Senate Bill 1521 · Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with at least one organization by July 1, 2024, to provide enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers and describes the supports that must be provided by the organization.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1522 · Repeals statutes authorizing the involuntary commitment of an individual based on an intellectual disability.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 1523 · Allows a person at least 21 years of age who opens a sealed original record of live birth via an application to apply to the Center of Health Statistics to add or change the name of a biological parent on the original record of live birth.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1547 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a virtual opioid dependency pilot program to provide immediate intervention and a referral to treatment to callers to the 9-8-8 hotline by a qualified health care provider.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 18 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1557 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to ensure that all children or youth who are eligible for home or community-based services receive the services to which they are entitled.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1570 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund for distribution to the Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties for a social services resource center.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 31 days
Senate Bill 1579 · Establishes the Children's Advocacy Center Fund.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1585 · Requires the Department of Human Services to convene a task force to analyze options available under federal law for a program that allows recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to use the benefits for hot foods, including restaurant meals.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1591 · Authorizes the Department of Human Services to license adult foster homes serving up to seven residents if the home meets specified criteria and pays the appropriate fee.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 31 days