OR SB736 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: Vetoed on June 24 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-27 - Veto sustained in accordance with Art. V, sec. 15b, Oregon Constitution.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Status: Vetoed on June 24 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-27 - Veto sustained in accordance with Art. V, sec. 15b, Oregon Constitution.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
The Act excludes a child's parents from some laws about abuse of a child in care and requires DHS to tell some people that a DHS employee is not a lawyer. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2). [Digest: The Act excludes a child's parents from some laws about abuse of a child in care and requires DHS to give a parent notice of rights before meetings in child abuse matters. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1).] 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. [Requires that the Department of Human Services provide parents and guardians with a notice of rights before interviews in child abuse investigations.] Requires the Department of Human Services to notify a child's parents or guardians that the department representative is not an attorney and cannot give the parent or guardian legal advice. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Title
Relating to investigations of child abuse involving the child's parent; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-06-25 - Senate - Senate Motion to Table (Y: 18 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-06-12 - Senate - Senate Third Reading in Concurrence (Y: 28 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-06-11 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 56 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-05-22 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-10 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-03-27 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-12 - Senate - Senate Third Reading in Concurrence (Y: 28 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-06-11 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 56 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-05-22 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-10 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-03-27 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | Senate | Veto sustained in accordance with Art. V, sec. 15b, Oregon Constitution. |
| 2025-06-27 | Senate | At Desk upon adjournment. |
| 2025-06-25 | Senate | Motion to lay bill, together with Governor's message, on the table carried. Ayes, 18; Nays, 9--Bonham, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Smith DB, Starr, Weber; Excused, 3--Girod, Gorsek, Thatcher. |
| 2025-06-25 | Senate | Governor's veto message entered into Journal. |
| 2025-06-24 | Senate | Governor vetoed. |
| 2025-06-16 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2025-06-16 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 28; Excused, 2--Nash, Starr. |
| 2025-06-11 | House | Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. Ayes, 56; Excused, 4--Diehl, Dobson, Nguyen H, Wallan. |
| 2025-06-10 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 11, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-06-09 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 10, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-06-05 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-06-04 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-06-03 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 4, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-06-02 | House | Second reading. |
| 2025-05-29 | House | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. |
| 2025-05-22 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2025-05-01 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services. |
| 2025-04-10 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. Ayes, 27; Excused, 3--Linthicum, Thatcher, Woods. |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-01-17 | Senate | Referred to Human Services. |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. |
