2025 Regular Session
Committee Action
Public Hearing - Heard
Amendments
Staff Analyses and Reports
| Document Type | Title | Submitter | Posted Date And Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary SMS | HB 2953 -3 Preliminary SMS | Staff | 2/14/2025 1:56 PM |
| Witness Registration | HB 2953 (Witness Registration) | staff | 6/17/2025 10:14 AM |
Presentations Displayed in Committee
No public testimony to display in committee
Submitted Written Public Testimony
| Title | Submitter | Position | Org. or City of Res | Posted Date And Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testimony | Amanda Orozco | Support | Gresham | 2/12/2025 9:47 AM |
| Testimony | Rebecca Read | Support | Seaside | 2/12/2025 12:41 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Rohrs | Support | Salem | 2/13/2025 9:22 AM |
| Testimony | Emily Brabham | Support | St. Luke Lutheran Church | 2/13/2025 11:26 AM |
| Testimony | Stephanie Wagner | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 1:28 PM |
| Testimony | Benjamin Paroulek, on behalf of All Children with Learning Challenges | Support | Independence | 2/13/2025 1:48 PM |
| Testimony | Stephanie Brell LCSW , on behalf of The community | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 2:00 PM |
| Testimony | Virginia Feldman, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 2:16 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Gabbart | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 2:29 PM |
| Testimony | Nancy Freyer, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 3:12 PM |
| Testimony | Kirsten Carr | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 3:15 PM |
| Testimony | Matthew Smith, on behalf of Jack Smith | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 3:49 PM |
| Testimony | Lily Cook | Support | Sandy | 2/13/2025 4:38 PM |
| Letter | Tammy Rodgers | Support | Portland with Sacred Organizing Coalition | 2/13/2025 4:56 PM |
| Testimony | Emily Wyatt, on behalf of WLWV Schools | Support | Wilsonville | 2/13/2025 6:33 PM |
| Testimony | George Penk | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 6:43 PM |
| Letter | Cynthia MacLeod, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | PORTLAND | 2/13/2025 8:56 PM |
| Testimony | Colleen Wagner, on behalf of Zinnia Wagner | Support | Portland | 2/13/2025 11:20 PM |
| Testimony | Linda Merritt | Support | Springfield | 2/14/2025 9:12 AM |
| Testimony | DANO MORENO | Support | PORTLAND | 2/14/2025 9:43 AM |
| Testimony | DANO MORENO | Support | PORTLAND | 2/14/2025 9:44 AM |
| Testimony | Dylan Stankus | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:45 AM |
| Testimony | Katie Messelt | Support | Portand | 2/14/2025 9:46 AM |
| Testimony | Dhyana Westfall | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:46 AM |
| Testimony | Daryl Gregory | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:48 AM |
| Testimony | Marika Zimmerly-Beck | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:48 AM |
| Testimony | Melissa Savoie | Support | Portland Oregon | 2/14/2025 9:49 AM |
| Testimony | Jeffery Tucker | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:51 AM |
| Testimony | Heather Gemmer | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:54 AM |
| Testimony | Shane Savoie | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:54 AM |
| Testimony | Katie Sass | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 9:55 AM |
| Testimony | Sarah Buckmaster | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 10:13 AM |
| Testimony | Anka Sepulveda | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 10:14 AM |
| Testimony | Thomas Polychronis | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 10:41 AM |
| Testimony | Thomas Polychronis | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 10:46 AM |
| Testimony | Mildred Miller | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 10:55 AM |
| Testimony | Jennifer Sonntag | Support | Human Connections LLP Portland OR | 2/14/2025 10:57 AM |
| Testimony | Corrie Hausman | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 11:11 AM |
| Testimony | Jacob Soto | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 11:19 AM |
| Testimony | Raymond Schwarte | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 12:04 PM |
| Testimony | Chaune Schafer, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 1:39 PM |
| Testimony | Beth Outterson, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Westminster Presbyterian Church | 2/14/2025 1:40 PM |
| Testimony | Joel De Gan | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 2:04 PM |
| Testimony | Emily Stebbins | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 2:48 PM |
| Testimony | Patti Green, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Sacred Organizing Coalition | 2/14/2025 3:33 PM |
| Testimony | Hollis Blanchard | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 3:39 PM |
| Testimony | Hollis Blanchard | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 3:51 PM |
| Testimony | kate thompson, on behalf of Zinnia Wagner | Support | Sacred Organizing | 2/14/2025 4:11 PM |
| Testimony | Cara Ungar | Support | PORTLAND | 2/14/2025 4:23 PM |
| Testimony | Glennis Lundberg, on behalf of HB 2953 | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 4:35 PM |
| Testimony | Elizabeth MacKay, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 4:48 PM |
| Testimony | Kai MacKenzie | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 5:13 PM |
| Testimony | MICHAEL MACKENZIE | Support | PORTLAND | 2/14/2025 5:14 PM |
| Testimony | Shawn Farrens, on behalf of Baker Charter Schools | Support | Baker City | 2/14/2025 6:17 PM |
| Testimony | Yusra Wise | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 6:27 PM |
| Testimony | Lauren Del Mar | Support | Bend | 2/14/2025 7:06 PM |
| Testimony | Cari Threadgill | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 8:19 PM |
| Testimony | Margaux Lemma, on behalf of Lincoln Wagenmann | Support | Portland | 2/14/2025 10:25 PM |
| Testimony | Daniel Bolton | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 10:14 AM |
| Testimony | Ashley McDonough, on behalf of Boeckman Creek Primary School | Support | Wilsonville | 2/15/2025 11:09 AM |
| Testimony | Kara Harris | Support | Clatskanie | 2/15/2025 4:01 PM |
| Testimony | Heather Gibbons | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 5:23 PM |
| Testimony | Jane Rabe, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 5:24 PM |
| Testimony | Jane Rabe, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 5:43 PM |
| Testimony | Constance Lang | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 6:07 PM |
| Testimony | Steve Siegel | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 6:58 PM |
| Testimony | Nicole Bendotoff | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 8:54 PM |
| Testimony | Eriko Ono, on behalf of my son Kenji and all the disabled students | Support | Portland | 2/15/2025 9:12 PM |
| Testimony | Dan Woodward | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 7:38 AM |
| Testimony | Peter FitzGerald, on behalf of Self | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 10:08 AM |
| Testimony | Hugh Halsey, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 11:07 AM |
| Testimony | Hazel Wheeler | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 11:27 AM |
| Testimony | Erika Spaet, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 12:25 PM |
| Testimony | Morgan Allen, on behalf of SPED Funding Coalition | Support | COSA | 2/16/2025 1:51 PM |
| Testimony | Sylvia Ravensberg, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | North Plains | 2/16/2025 3:21 PM |
| Testimony | Skye Ravensberg, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | North Plains | 2/16/2025 3:29 PM |
| Testimony | Tony Bobzien, on behalf of HB2953 | Support | Beavercreek | 2/16/2025 3:29 PM |
| Testimony | Jennifier Stewart | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 3:42 PM |
| Testimony | Darci Palmer, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 4:18 PM |
| Testimony | Maggie Hodder | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 5:07 PM |
| Testimony | Maryann McCormick | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 5:54 PM |
| Testimony | Zander Saturnio, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 6:03 PM |
| Testimony | julia capozzi, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 6:09 PM |
| Testimony | Aurora Senner, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 6:22 PM |
| Testimony | Gwenlynn Wilson | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 6:38 PM |
| Testimony | William Haskell | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 6:55 PM |
| Testimony | Mary Mears-Haskell | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 7:00 PM |
| Testimony | Erin Henderson | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 7:21 PM |
| Testimony | Lyla Henderson, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 7:43 PM |
| Letter | Kimberly Lyddane | Support | Albany | 2/16/2025 7:49 PM |
| Letter | Mari Alexander, on behalf of HB 2953 | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 7:54 PM |
| Testimony | Samuel Henderson, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 8:01 PM |
| Testimony | sara eck | Support | portland | 2/16/2025 8:05 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Guest, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 8:34 PM |
| Testimony | Jay Henderson, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 8:38 PM |
| Testimony | Kyla Yeoman | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 8:48 PM |
| Testimony | Andrew Yeoman | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 8:52 PM |
| Testimony | Christfriede Larson, on behalf of Students with Special Needs | Support | Sacred Organizing | 2/16/2025 8:55 PM |
| Letter | Ilona Andina | Support | Bend | 2/16/2025 9:32 PM |
| Testimony | Kirsten Burt | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 10:49 PM |
| Testimony | James Stobie | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 11:52 PM |
| Testimony | Katherine Hoffman | Support | Portland | 2/16/2025 11:53 PM |
| Testimony | Carol Christ, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Dallas | 2/17/2025 12:28 AM |
| Testimony | Smitha Chadaga | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 8:09 AM |
| Testimony | Kathy Ludwig, on behalf of Clackamas County Superintendents | Support | West Linn-Wilsonville School District | 2/17/2025 8:19 AM |
| Testimony | Christy Reese | Support | FACT Oregon | 2/17/2025 8:25 AM |
| Testimony | Derrick Henninger | Support | Redmond | 2/17/2025 9:00 AM |
| Testimony | Tammy Henninger | Support | SISTERS | 2/17/2025 9:22 AM |
| Testimony | Morgan Allen | Support | COSA | 2/17/2025 9:35 AM |
| Testimony | Sarah Jean | Oppose | Bend Oregon | 2/17/2025 9:48 AM |
| Testimony | Jenny Noyce | Support | Eugene | 2/17/2025 9:48 AM |
| Testimony | Ana Araujo | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 9:55 AM |
| Testimony | Tammy Henninger, on behalf of Harvey Reuter | Support | SISTERS | 2/17/2025 9:56 AM |
| Letter | Nick Keough, on behalf of AFT-Oregon | Support | American Federation of Teachers - Oregon | 2/17/2025 9:59 AM |
| Testimony | Margaret Henry | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 10:00 AM |
| Testimony | Deb Patterson | Support | Senate District 10 | 2/17/2025 10:23 AM |
| Testimony | Robin Rolfe, on behalf of teachers | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 10:24 AM |
| Testimony | Stacey Holeman, on behalf of SpEd students and families | Support | The Dalles | 2/17/2025 10:27 AM |
| Testimony | Christopher Buckingham | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 10:50 AM |
| Testimony | Henry Martinez, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Hillsboro | 2/17/2025 11:10 AM |
| Testimony | Robin Jolin | Support | La Grande School District | 2/17/2025 11:11 AM |
| Testimony | Suzanne Younge | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 11:13 AM |
| Testimony | Sarah Jean | Support | Bend Oregon | 2/17/2025 11:31 AM |
| Letter | Chris Bekemeier | Support | PORTLAND | 2/17/2025 11:33 AM |
| Testimony | Mary Hearn, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 11:56 AM |
| Testimony | Holly Mora | Support | Wilsonville | 2/17/2025 12:07 PM |
| Testimony | Chris Saturnio, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 12:44 PM |
| Letter | Felisa Salvago-Keyes | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 1:01 PM |
| Testimony | Jessie Nolan, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 1:42 PM |
| Testimony | Matthew Serres, on behalf of Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities | Neutral | OCDD | 2/17/2025 1:55 PM |
| Testimony | Samantha Cannavo | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 2:02 PM |
| Testimony | Raquel Henninger | Oppose | Tigard | 2/17/2025 2:07 PM |
| Testimony | Raquel Henninger | Support | Tigard | 2/17/2025 2:10 PM |
| Testimony | Susan Carson | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 2:20 PM |
| Testimony | Terri Rood, on behalf of Sarah | Oppose | Bend | 2/17/2025 2:29 PM |
| Testimony | Scott Karn, on behalf of House Bill 2953 | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 2:55 PM |
| Testimony | Daniel Levine | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 2:57 PM |
| Testimony | Louis De Sitter | Support | Oregon Education Association | 2/17/2025 2:58 PM |
| Testimony | Peter Gunn | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 3:04 PM |
| Testimony | Iris Maria Chavez | Support | Oregon Coalition of Community Charter Schools | 2/17/2025 3:09 PM |
| Testimony | Lisa Merrick, on behalf of Portland Public Schools | Support | Portland Public Schools | 2/17/2025 3:18 PM |
| Testimony | Adrienne Anderson, on behalf of OSBA | Support | Oregon School Boards Assoc. | 2/17/2025 3:28 PM |
| Testimony | Pooja Bhatt, on behalf of MESD and East County Districts | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 3:42 PM |
| Testimony | Angela Bonilla | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 4:10 PM |
| Testimony | Jorge Sanchez Bautista | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 4:14 PM |
| Testimony | Lisa Ledson, on behalf of Advocates for Disability Supports | Support | West Linn | 2/17/2025 4:36 PM |
| Testimony | Joe Rowe | Support | Portland Oregon | 2/17/2025 4:53 PM |
| Testimony | Stephanie Stevens | Support | MILWAUKIE | 2/17/2025 4:57 PM |
| Testimony | Karen BERRY, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 5:00 PM |
| Testimony | Courtney Kudera | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 6:34 PM |
| Testimony | Nikki Hand | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 6:34 PM |
| Testimony | Samantha Cannavo | Oppose | Bend | 2/17/2025 6:41 PM |
| Testimony | Sierra Wright | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 6:45 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Torosian | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 6:54 PM |
| Testimony | Mary Rose Jones | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:05 PM |
| Testimony | Alyssa Pineau | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:10 PM |
| Testimony | Samantha Cannavo | Support | Flagstaff | 2/17/2025 7:12 PM |
| Testimony | Clinton Como | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:14 PM |
| Testimony | Lauren Graves | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:16 PM |
| Testimony | Claudia Landes, on behalf of Oregon | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:25 PM |
| Testimony | Miranda Bermes, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Hood River | 2/17/2025 7:46 PM |
| Testimony | Katy Detrick | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:47 PM |
| Testimony | Larry Landes | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:51 PM |
| Testimony | Trey Trumble | Support | Bend | 2/17/2025 7:53 PM |
| Testimony | Erik Bertram | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 8:50 PM |
| Testimony | Laura Bertram | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 8:54 PM |
| Testimony | Luhui Whitebear | Support | Corvallis | 2/17/2025 9:06 PM |
| Testimony | Mary Randall | Support | Eugene | 2/17/2025 10:44 PM |
| Testimony | Dave Albertine | Support | Portland | 2/17/2025 11:47 PM |
| Testimony | Michael Brainard | Oppose | North Bend | 2/18/2025 4:42 AM |
| Testimony | Celeste McGowan | Support | Bend | 2/18/2025 6:25 AM |
| Testimony | Leah Tucker | Support | Damascus | 2/18/2025 8:02 AM |
| Testimony | Elizabeth Leavitt | Support | Portland | 2/18/2025 8:02 AM |
| Testimony | Theodore Hilton Walker | Support | Talent OR | 2/18/2025 8:07 AM |
| Letter | Judy Newman, on behalf of HB 2953 | Support | Eugene 4J School Board | 2/18/2025 8:58 AM |
| Testimony | Lynda Martin-McCormick | Support | Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Networks | 2/18/2025 9:06 AM |
| Testimony | Danielle Pappas | Support | Oregon School Psychologists Association | 2/18/2025 9:11 AM |
| Testimony | Susan Seyl, on behalf of Marysville Elementary School Portland | Support | Portland | 2/18/2025 9:30 AM |
| Testimony | Dawn Watson | Support | PTS | 2/18/2025 10:19 AM |
| Testimony | Robin Roemer | Support | Oregon PTA | 2/18/2025 10:23 AM |
| Testimony | Ben Gurewitz | Support | Disability Rights Oregon | 2/18/2025 12:23 PM |
| Testimony | Josie Sova | Support | Bend | 2/18/2025 12:30 PM |
| Testimony | Kayse Jama | Support | Senate District 24 | 2/18/2025 12:35 PM |
| Testimony | Lisa Fragala | Support | House District 8 | 2/18/2025 12:51 PM |
| Testimony | Hallie McNaughton, on behalf of HB2953 | Support | Bend | 2/18/2025 1:45 PM |
| Testimony | David Wall, on behalf of Mr Oregon OPPOSES HB 2953 | Oppose | Newberg | 2/18/2025 2:05 PM |
| Testimony | Katie Iverson | Support | Canby School District | 2/18/2025 2:29 PM |
| Testimony | Mark Nolan, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Bend | 2/18/2025 2:46 PM |
| Testimony | Moira Finnegan | Support | Portland | 2/18/2025 5:42 PM |
| Testimony | ANN LIBERTY, on behalf of Jaxon Wertz | Support | BEND | 2/18/2025 6:22 PM |
| Testimony | Misti Wertz, on behalf of HB2953 | Support | Bend | 2/18/2025 6:22 PM |
| Testimony | Sara Schultz | Support | Portland | 2/18/2025 9:40 PM |
| Testimony | Kelsey Proctor, on behalf of All Oregon regular education students | Support | Gladstone | 2/19/2025 12:21 AM |
| Testimony | Monica Smiley | Support | Portland | 2/19/2025 8:40 AM |
| Testimony | Charlotte Sandstrom | Support | Beaverton | 2/19/2025 9:05 AM |
| Testimony | Danielle Marino | Support | Tigard | 2/19/2025 9:08 AM |
| Testimony | Susan Merklin-Rotvik | Support | Lake Oswego | 2/19/2025 9:11 AM |
| Testimony | Carol Greenough | Support | Tualatin | 2/19/2025 11:23 AM |
| Testimony | Jacqueline Moran, on behalf of HDESD | Oppose | Bend | 2/19/2025 12:12 PM |
| Letter | Jacqueline Moran, on behalf of HDESD | Support | Bend | 2/19/2025 12:13 PM |
| Testimony | Nicole Stutte | Support | BEND | 2/19/2025 12:37 PM |
| Letter | Bev Tyler | Support | Bend | 2/19/2025 12:52 PM |
| Testimony | Hilary Nichols, on behalf of Sacred Organizing Coalition | Support | Portland | 2/19/2025 1:09 PM |
| Testimony | Anna Purkey | Support | Bend | 2/19/2025 1:25 PM |
| Letter | Tami Corbin | Support | Bend | 2/19/2025 1:34 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Loose, on behalf of Disaster and Climate Resilience-Oregon Synod | Support | Sacred Organizing Coalition | 2/19/2025 1:50 PM |
| Testimony | Kristen Camacho , on behalf of Child | Support | Bend | 2/19/2025 1:58 PM |
| Testimony | ANTONIA Hidalgo Saldana | Support | Bend | 2/19/2025 2:32 PM |
| Testimony | Angie Browning | Support | 97702 | 2/19/2025 2:42 PM |
| Testimony | Rep Courtney Neron | Support | House District 26 | 2/19/2025 2:57 PM |
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