Oregon House Bill 2880 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)
Status: Failed on June 25 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-25 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Exempts from drug paraphernalia prohibitions pipes, fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction items. Exempts from drug paraphernalia prohibitions pipes, fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction items. Expands affirmative defense to crime of unlawful possession of a controlled substance to include any person acting in capacity of employee or volunteer of harm reduction intervention program. Repeals prohibition on providing hypodermic devices to minors. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to controlled substances; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Maxine Dexter [D]	Sen. Lisa Reynolds [D]	Sen. Kayse Jama [D]	Rep. Janelle Bynum [D]
Rep. Farrah Chaichi [D]	Sen. Khanh Pham [D]	Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin [D]	Sen. Deb Patterson [D]
Sen. Janeen Sollman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-25	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2023-01-16	House	Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
2023-01-09	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2880
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2880/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/65832