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Introduced
01/13/2025
01/13/2025
In Committee
01/17/2025
01/17/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Directs DHS to give grants to service providers to help people who are noncitizens change their immigration status. The Act goes into effect on its passage. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.2). Directs the Department of Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist individuals who are noncitizens to change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Requires the nonprofit service providers to report on the number of individuals who succeed in changing their immigration status or obtaining lawful permanent resident status. Directs the department to provide every individual served by the department information about, and a re- ferral to the grant program. Declares that it is state policy to help Oregonians who are eligible under federal law change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of providing grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
AI Summary
This bill establishes a state-funded grant program to help noncitizens in Oregon change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status. The bill defines "noncitizen" broadly, including DACA recipients, individuals eligible for DACA, and special immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Human Services will provide grants to nonprofit service providers to assist these individuals by offsetting immigration legal service costs and USCIS fees. The grant assistance is scaled based on the individual's income, with full cost coverage for those at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines and partial coverage for those with higher incomes. Nonprofit providers must report on the number of individuals who successfully change their status and are required to inform assisted individuals about potential federal public assistance programs. The bill sets ambitious goals to help eligible individuals change their immigration status, targeting 20% uptake by 2027, 50% by 2029, and 100% by 2031. The Department of Human Services must also aim to provide information and referrals to the grant program to individuals they serve, without inquiring about immigration status. The bill declares an emergency and will take effect immediately upon passage, with funding to be appropriated from the General Fund for the 2025-2027 biennium.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (6)
Courtney Neron Misslin (D)*,
Lisa Reynolds (D)*,
Ricki Ruiz (D)*,
Tom Andersen (D),
Zach Hudson (D),
Nathan Sosa (D),
Last Action
Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. (on 01/17/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2788 |
| Open Government Impact Statement for HB2788 INTRO | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83764 |
| BillText | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2788/Introduced |
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