Committees · 2025 Regular Session
Early Childhood and Human Services
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Annessa HartmanChair
Democrat · 40th District
Anna ScharfVice-chair
Republican · 23rd District
Jules WaltersVice-chair
Democrat · 37th District
Republican · 24th District
Republican · 32nd District
Republican · 56th District
Democrat · 44th District
Democrat · 42nd District
Democrat · 50th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session.
Bills sent79
4% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out54%
43 of 79; 36 stopped in committee
Time in committee57 days
most between 34 and 76 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
20267 bills
reported 86% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 7 members
202579 bills
reported 54% · typically 57 days, most 34–76 · 0 amendments · 9 members
20249 bills
reported 89% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 10 members
202391 bills
reported 64% · typically 61 days, most 34–72 · 0 amendments · 10 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session, newest first.
79 bills
Senate Bill 741 · Directs the Department of Human Services to report each even-numbered year to the relevant interim committees of the Legislative Assembly and the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means about compensation to individuals who maintain a foster home or to child caring agencies that authorize proctor foster homes.
Sent April 24, 2025 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3961 · Establishes the Family Coach Program in the Department of Human Services.
Sent April 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 70 days
Senate Bill 228 · Establishes the right of a resident of a residential care facility to organize and participate in resident groups, including an independent family council.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 30 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 736 · Creates an exception to abuse of a child in care provisions when the suspected abuse was committed by the parent of the child in care.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 44 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
Senate Bill 1016 · Directs the Department of Human Services to maintain an inventory of appropriate carriers for the transportation of a foster child's personal belongings.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 1099 · Requires cities and counties to allow lands where worship is allowed to be used for preschool.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 30 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 135 · Requires the appointment of representatives of local CASA Volunteer Programs to specified review teams.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 815 · Modifies juvenile dependency procedures regarding when the Department of Human Services is recognized as a party in a proceeding.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 875 · Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.
Sent April 10, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
Senate Bill 944 · Modifies independent living requirements for older foster children.
Sent April 7, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 1066 · Extends an exception for certain residential training homes and adult foster homes from state building code requirements to have installed an automatic sprinkler system.
Sent April 7, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3933 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Early Learning and Care for the purpose of funding Relief Nursery programs.
Sent March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 465 · Removes the annual cap on matching funds that an individual development account holder may accrue.
Sent March 10, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 729 · Extends to all public bodies the prohibition against denying mental health services to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Sent March 10, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3775 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the City of Salem for a plaza and memorial on the former site of the Fairview Training Center.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3795 · Directs the Department of Human Services to submit an annual report to the Legislative Assembly about a grant program that provides tax preparation assistance to low-income individuals.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
House Bill 3796 · Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study early childhood.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3797 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study the demographics of children in Oregon.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3802 · Requires payment of state funds for early childhood special education and early intervention services be provided as monthly installments.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3818 · Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study policies and practices in this state for the suspension or expulsion of children in early childhood care.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
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House Bill 3835 · Modifies provisions regarding the use of restraint and involuntary seclusion on certain young people.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3850 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study human services.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3852 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study services for seniors.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3671 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study the ways to fund senior centers in Oregon.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days
House Bill 3706 · Modifies provisions regarding the use of restraint and involuntary seclusion on certain young people.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days
House Bill 3733 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Clackamas County Children's Commission for a Head Start facility.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days
Senate Bill 810 · Directs the Department of Human Services to collaborate with the Department of Education to increase opportunities for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities to obtain and advance in competitive integrated employment.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3560 · Expands areas where a child care facility may be sited.
Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3610 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study the demographics of families involved in the child welfare system.
Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days
Senate Bill 64 · Requires the Department of Human Services to seek a waiver of federal requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to allow recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance to receive advance installment payments of the tax credit for dependent care expenses.
Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 76 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3201 · Directs the Department of Education to implement policies and procedures that increase access to healthy and culturally relevant food for children in child care.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Reported out after 64 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3485 · Modifies when the Department of Human Services may substantiate an allegation of child abuse arising from the restraint or seclusion of a student.
Sent February 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 141 days
House Bill 3496 · Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to develop guidance for local governments on siting, and incentivizing the development of, child care facilities on or before December 31, 2026.
Sent February 6, 2025 · Reported out after 57 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3497 · Requires specified agencies to consider the effects of a proposed action on older adult populations.
Sent February 6, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3498 · Modifies the definition of "abuse" for purposes of child abuse to remove the use of certain restraints on and seclusion of students.
Sent February 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 141 days
House Bill 3348 · Modifies provisions of law regarding child support program administration.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3356 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to South Coast Business Employment Corporation to provide meal services to elderly individuals.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days
House Bill 3427 · Creates an Oregon personal income tax subtraction for income of a taxpayer with three or more dependent children under the age of 18.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days
House Bill 3322 · Creates a procedure for a minor who is at least 14 years old to intervene and move the court to suspend or terminate the parenting time of parent against whom the Department of Human Services has substantiated an allegation of abuse.
Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days
House Bill 2017 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study improvements to the Oregon Eligibility (ONE) system.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2061 · Establishes a task force on the recruitment and retention of case managers and adult protective services workers.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2146 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study certain adult foster homes.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2150 · Requires the Department of Human Services to adjust for inflation payments made under a contract with a provider agency for the provision of services to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2331 · Limits the right of a parent to delegate parental rights over a child who is in the care or custody of the Department of Human Services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2352 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study long term services and supports for older adults and individuals with disabilities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2354 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study long term services and supports for older adults and individuals with disabilities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2374 · Establishes theCARE Program within the Youth Development Division to support families and reduce barriers that contribute to absence from school and a lack of basic needs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 77 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2450 · Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care, upon request of one member of the Legislative Assembly from each major political party, to prepare a child care impact statement for proposed legislation or a state measure.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2452 · Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to establish a program to award grants to child care resource and referral entities to help parents or guardians of children access child care.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2532 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Marion-Polk Food Share, Inc., for a distribution center.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2560 · Directs the Department of Human Services to restructure its rate methodology for payments to adult foster home providers by January 1, 2026.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 67 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2582 · Removes references to the National CASA Association.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2593 · Renames the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2723 · Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules requiring licensed long term care facilities, outpatient renal dialysis facilities and residential facilities to acquire and maintain backup power sources to be used during power outages.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2751 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to administer a two-year demonstration project in two counties to test whether expanding the scope of compensable services provided by community health workers can improve outcomes for low-income families and children at risk of entering the foster care system.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2757 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study the workloads of case managers in the aging and disability services division of the department.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2764 · Directs the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint a work group to develop a framework for a multi-sector plan for aging to be administered by the Department of Human Services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2788 · 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.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2811 · Establishes the Imagination Library of Oregon Program to provide a free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop a love of reading and learning and improve third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 26 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2814 · Authorizes the Department of Early Learning and Care to waive certain requirements for certified child care facilities upon good cause shown and if the resulting circumstances protect the welfare of the children and the consumer interests of the parents of the children.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2815 · Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care, in consultation with the nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon, to develop and implement a statewide early learning and care plan for children eight years of age or younger who are Native American or Alaska Native and enrolled in early childhood care or education programs in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2842 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to an organization and Polk County forprograms for providing free drop-in childcare for people with business at a county courthouse or with other governmental business and data collection regarding the programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2901 · Modifies the safe haven law to allow a parent to anonymously leave an infant in a newborn safety device.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 33 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2907 · Creates an income tax credit for investment in community gardens and food banks.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2924 · Modifies the number and description of members on the System of Care Advisory Council.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2956 · Requires the Department of Human Services to administer a pilot program to allow up to 30 adult foster homes meeting specified requirements to care for up to seven residents.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2976 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to a nonprofit group for purposes related to interpretation of indigenous languages.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 70 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2983 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study the transition of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities from youth residential settings to adult residential settings.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2991 · Appropriates moneys to be used for funding outreach regarding federal earned income tax credits and other tax benefits and to provide tax navigation and preparation to low-income individuals.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2996 · Prohibits the Department of Human Services from substantiating allegations of child neglect based solely on the financial resources of the child's parent or guardian.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2999 · Requires that the Department of Human Services provide a person suspected of abusing a child with a notice of rights before interviewing or searching the person in a child abuse investigation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3000 · Requires that the Children's Advocate be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3003 · Modifies the list of data that the Department of Human Services must include in its annual child welfare report.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3005 · Prescribes when records related to reported or founded child abuse may be expunged.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3057 · Directs the Department of Human Services to establish the Adoption Awareness Program to be administered by a nonprofit organization or agency.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3059 · Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to study the needs of youth who are in a residential training home and who attend a public school in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3079 · Requires the Department of Human Services to update its 2022 estimate of costs to implement youth experiencing homelessness programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3168 · Directs the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to require an agency that hires, trains and supervises direct support professionals using state funds received from the department to implement enhanced staffing ratios under specified circumstances.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3224 · Requires the Department of Human Services to review the statutes of this state to identify all instances of required background checks under certain statutes and similarities and differences in the different background checks, and report on options to consolidate and reduce the number of different background checks for similar purposes or programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law