Oregon House Bill 2133

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

This Act makes a program to assess and track the language development milestones of kids that are deaf or hard of hearing. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a program to assess, monitor and track the language developmental milestones of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Establishes an advisory committee to advise on the creation of the program. Directs the Department of Education to publish an annual report on language and literacy developmental milestones of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Relating to children with hearing impairments; prescribing an effective date.

Rep. Tawna Sanchez [D]	Rep. Mark Gamba [D]	Rep. Bobby Levy [R]	Rep. Kevin Mannix [R]
Rep. Daniel Nguyen [D]	Rep. Hai Pham [D]	Sen. Wlnsvey Campos [D]	Sen. Lew Frederick [D]
Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Golden [D]	Sen. James Manning [D]	Sen. Deb Patterson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2133
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2133/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83122