Nearly two dozen police conduct and accountability bills passed this year but they represent only the beginning in the minds of reformers. The bills were about “laying the groundwork to reimagine public safety,” said Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, Oregon’s lone Black woman lawmaker and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee On Equitable Policing. Lawmakers were spurred .
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Originally published on June 26, 2021 7:18 pm
Oregon lawmakers put a bow on an unprecedented five-month legislative session Saturday, passing major bills on clean energy, wildfire prevention and police reform before adjourning their chambers for a final time.
After breaking early Friday to some legislators’ dismay, the Legislature spent Saturday hustling more than 50 bills in quick succession. In a session that had sometimes been marked by rancor, lawmakers closed out in collegial and lighthearted fashion some of them notably dressed down for the affair in shorts and novelty t-shirts.
Carrying on a Capitol tradition, legislators in the House and Senate opened their chamber doors shortly after 5:30 pm, waving at each other across a Capitol rotunda that has remained eerily empty for more than a year as a final resolution adjourning the session “sine die” passed in the House.
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The bill to create a new statewide police oversight board to set uniform high expectations for law enforcement officers and review disciplinary actions against police accused of serious misconduct cleared the House late Thursday and faces a Senate vote just hours before lawmakers wrap up their session. It would provide what proponents say will be strong and consistent accountability as law .
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