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SALEM — A bipartisan bill that increases penalties for teachers who sexually abuse students is headed to the House floor. The 10 members of Oregon’s House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously
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Lawmakers use rarely-invoked rule to dislodge sex abuse bill that was about to die
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Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, held up a sexual abuse bill over frustrations about the lack of movement for other criminal sentencing legislation.The Oregonian
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Nine members of the Oregon House Judiciary Committee have invoked a rarely-used House rule to force a hearing on a bill that would strengthen criminal penalties for teachers convicted of sexual abuse.
The lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, wrote a letter Wednesday to committee chair Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, asking that she schedule a vote on Senate Bill 649. Bynum was the lone member of the committee who didn’t sign it.
In bipartisan unity, police reform bills advance in Oregon April 7, 2021 at 4:29 pm
SALEM, Oregon (AP) Republicans and Democrats on the Oregon House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved almost a dozen bills on police reform, a show of bipartisan unity in a Legislature that has been bitterly divided.
The bills approved Tuesday evening involve regulating use of tear gas, requiring a publicly accessible database that names officers disciplined for misconduct, and limiting arbitrators’ decisions on officers’ misconduct cases.
Gov. Kate Brown congratulated the committee for pushing forward so many reforms in the wake of the death of George Floyd last May in Minneapolis. Black Lives Matter demonstrations were held in cities across Oregon after Floyd died in police custody. In Portland, protests went on for more than 100 straight days.