2025 Regular Session
Committee Action
Public Hearing - Heard
Amendments
Staff Analyses and Reports
| Document Type | Title | Submitter | Posted Date And Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary SMS | SB 149 -3 Preliminary SMS | Staff | 4/7/2025 2:05 PM |
| Witness Registration | SB 149 (witness registration) | staff | 4/7/2025 4:48 PM |
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 | Susan Palmiter | Support | Portland | 4/2/2025 10:06 AM |
| Testimony | victor lehr | Oppose | prineville | 4/2/2025 10:26 AM |
| Testimony | Saleh Andar | Support | Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees | 4/2/2025 1:37 PM |
| Testimony | Kaitlin Pabo-Eulberg | Support | Portland | 4/2/2025 4:04 PM |
| Testimony | Lenny Dee | Support | Portland | 4/2/2025 5:37 PM |
| Testimony | Luke Bonham | Support | Portland | 4/2/2025 8:34 PM |
| Testimony | Charles Mitchell | Support | Portland | 4/3/2025 8:10 AM |
| Testimony | Beverly Hoeffer | Support | Portland | 4/3/2025 8:31 AM |
| Testimony | Robert Lowe | Support | Portland | 4/3/2025 9:13 AM |
| Testimony | Melissa Frantz | Support | Portland | 4/3/2025 9:38 AM |
| Testimony | Mary Ann Barham | Support | First Unitarian of Portland | 4/3/2025 9:39 AM |
| Testimony | Rev. Joshua Stromberg-Wojcik | Support | Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | 4/3/2025 9:52 AM |
| Testimony | Ethel Gullette | Support | Beaverton | 4/3/2025 10:58 AM |
| Testimony | David Medford, on behalf of St. Luke Lutheran Portland | Support | Tigard | 4/3/2025 12:31 PM |
| Testimony | Gerald Stolp | Support | Eugene | 4/3/2025 3:17 PM |
| Testimony | debrah wong | Support | West Linn | 4/4/2025 6:13 AM |
| Testimony | Dominic Keller | Support | Milwaukie | 4/4/2025 1:53 PM |
| Testimony | Sally Joughin | Support | Portland | 4/4/2025 4:43 PM |
| Testimony | Brian Resecker | Oppose | Albany | 4/5/2025 6:42 AM |
| Testimony | Andy Harris, on behalf of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | Support | Portland | 4/6/2025 10:17 AM |
| Testimony | Sharon Ericson, on behalf of Parkrose Community United Church of Christ | Support | Portland | 4/6/2025 3:44 PM |
| Testimony | ALONSO OLIVEROS | Support | AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE | 4/6/2025 3:55 PM |
| Testimony | Danilo Zak, on behalf of Church World Service | Support | Church World Service | 4/7/2025 6:49 AM |
| Testimony | connie masuoka | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 6:53 AM |
| Testimony | Brenda Wills | Support | Eugene | 4/7/2025 10:13 AM |
| Testimony | Laura Iversen | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 11:00 AM |
| Testimony | Annica Maxfield | Support | Voz Workers' Rights Education Project | 4/7/2025 11:04 AM |
| Testimony | Natalie Lerner | Support | Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition | 4/7/2025 11:16 AM |
| Testimony | Olena Zahrebelna, on behalf of LCSNW | Support | LCSNW of Portland | 4/7/2025 12:03 PM |
| Testimony | Rebecca Zorn, on behalf of Lutheran Community Services Northwest | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 12:11 PM |
| Testimony | Amy Adams | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 12:57 PM |
| Testimony | Rachel Pearl, on behalf of Dept of County Human Services | Support | Multnomah County | 4/7/2025 1:07 PM |
| Testimony | Greta Horn, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | SALEM | 4/7/2025 1:18 PM |
| Testimony | Hannah Nanke | Support | Salem For Refugees | 4/7/2025 1:47 PM |
| Testimony | Khrystyna Porseva | Support | Lutheran Community Services NW | 4/7/2025 2:08 PM |
| Testimony | Joan Stembridge | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 2:13 PM |
| Testimony | Elissa Noble McCarthy | Support | Aloha | 4/7/2025 2:16 PM |
| Testimony | jane izmirlian | Support | Lake Oswego | 4/7/2025 2:23 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Crawford | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 2:25 PM |
| Testimony | Dylan Jensen | Support | Catholic Charities of Oregon | 4/7/2025 2:40 PM |
| Testimony | Paloma Sharangpani | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 2:51 PM |
| Testimony | Rachel Logan-Wood | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 2:52 PM |
| Testimony | stephanie mathis | Support | portland | 4/7/2025 2:54 PM |
| Testimony | Corbin Katner | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 2:55 PM |
| Testimony | Gabriel Nafziger, on behalf of SB149 | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 2:59 PM |
| Testimony | Salem Heideman | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 3:00 PM |
| Testimony | Elijah Penner | Support | Salem for Refugees | 4/7/2025 3:41 PM |
| Testimony | Grace Fortson | Support | Our Children Oregon | 4/7/2025 4:03 PM |
| Testimony | Bruce Kuhns | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 4:04 PM |
| Testimony | Lisa Livelybrooks | Support | Veneta | 4/7/2025 4:06 PM |
| Testimony | Mariam Ghabry, on behalf of LCSNW ECM Program | Support | Lutheran Community Services NW Beaverton | 4/7/2025 4:14 PM |
| Testimony | Rachel Hansen | Support | McMinnville | 4/7/2025 4:35 PM |
| Testimony | Randy Fishfader, on behalf of SB 149 | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 6:58 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Manon | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 8:08 PM |
| Testimony | Nancie Wamser | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 8:12 PM |
| Testimony | Janet Adkins | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 8:12 PM |
| Testimony | Jane Bartosz | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 8:29 PM |
| Testimony | Michelle Chang, on behalf of Salem For Refugees | Support | Monmouth | 4/7/2025 8:35 PM |
| Testimony | Catherine Heaton | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 8:40 PM |
| Testimony | Peter Bergel | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 8:52 PM |
| Testimony | Gene Mumau | Support | SALEM | 4/7/2025 9:40 PM |
| Testimony | Susan Irwin | Support | Salem | 4/7/2025 9:51 PM |
| Testimony | Rev. Dr. Lucy Hitchcock | Support | 350 Salem | 4/7/2025 10:29 PM |
| Testimony | Natalie Foster | Support | Portland | 4/7/2025 10:47 PM |
| Testimony | Haley Lehman | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 4:02 AM |
| Testimony | Laura Valent | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 5:58 AM |
| Testimony | Mary Eiswerth | Support | Salem for Refugees | 4/8/2025 7:29 AM |
| Testimony | Lani OCallaghan, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | SFR Salem OR | 4/8/2025 8:00 AM |
| Testimony | Ruth Crowley | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 8:23 AM |
| Letter | Karen Macdonald | Support | Salem-Keizer Public Schools | 4/8/2025 8:32 AM |
| Testimony | Jeanette Keating | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 9:58 AM |
| Testimony | Kim Simmons | Support | Corvallis | 4/8/2025 10:00 AM |
| Testimony | Iryna Kniazieva | Support | Lutheran Community Services Northwest | 4/8/2025 10:14 AM |
| Testimony | Linda Kaufmann | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 10:22 AM |
| Testimony | Erica Rubin | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 10:31 AM |
| Testimony | Michelle Cornwell | Support | Shedd | 4/8/2025 10:40 AM |
| Testimony | VIVIANNA MCCOY, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | SALEM | 4/8/2025 10:48 AM |
| Testimony | Wendy Friedman | Support | Oregon Community Asylum Network | 4/8/2025 11:03 AM |
| Testimony | Monika McQuarrie | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 11:20 AM |
| Testimony | Sharon Franklin, on behalf of Asylum seekers and others | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 11:36 AM |
| Testimony | Henry Martinez | Support | Hillsboro | 4/8/2025 11:36 AM |
| Testimony | Rachel King Hanson | Support | Keizer | 4/8/2025 11:42 AM |
| Testimony | Emily Heilbrun | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 11:48 AM |
| Testimony | Victoria Koch, on behalf of Oregon Community Asylum Seekers Sponsor | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 11:49 AM |
| Testimony | Howard Kenyon | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 11:50 AM |
| Testimony | Asha Chotard | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 11:53 AM |
| Testimony | Michael King | Support | Corvallis | 4/8/2025 12:05 PM |
| Testimony | Paula Carter | Support | Corvallis | 4/8/2025 12:20 PM |
| Testimony | Chris Amirault | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 12:22 PM |
| Testimony | Martha King | Support | Corvallis | 4/8/2025 12:33 PM |
| Testimony | Lynn Albright | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 12:37 PM |
| Testimony | Susan Schroeder, on behalf of Refugee Resettlement Coalition of Lane County | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 12:38 PM |
| Testimony | MohammadIlias Alami | Support | Lutheran Community Services Northwest | 4/8/2025 12:55 PM |
| Testimony | TOVA STABIN | Support | EUGENE | 4/8/2025 1:04 PM |
| Testimony | Vivian Ang | Support | Mid-Valley Literacy Center | 4/8/2025 1:12 PM |
| Testimony | Nancy Cheng, on behalf of self and Refguee Resettlement of Lane County | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 1:38 PM |
| Testimony | Leah Tucker, on behalf of Church at the Park | Support | bau Oregon | 4/8/2025 1:41 PM |
| Testimony | Ann Hanson, on behalf of SB-149 | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 1:49 PM |
| Testimony | Katrina Kilgren | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 1:50 PM |
| Testimony | Catherine Cascade | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 1:53 PM |
| Testimony | MICHELE MILLER | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 2:20 PM |
| Testimony | Sandra Dianne Litherland | Support | Silverton | 4/8/2025 2:23 PM |
| Testimony | Marty Johnson | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 2:35 PM |
| Testimony | Gwynn Sawyer Ostrom | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 2:35 PM |
| Testimony | Craig Bazzi | Support | Silverton | 4/8/2025 2:36 PM |
| Testimony | Alexandra Cohen | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 2:42 PM |
| Testimony | Terry Morton | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 2:51 PM |
| Testimony | Robin Stranahan | Support | EMO | 4/8/2025 2:56 PM |
| Testimony | John Ostrom | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 2:59 PM |
| Testimony | Jim Harrison | Support | Cottage Grove | 4/8/2025 3:08 PM |
| Testimony | heather gardner-madras | Support | Springfield | 4/8/2025 3:10 PM |
| Testimony | Bashar Yaseen | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 3:16 PM |
| Testimony | Marion Malcolm | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 3:18 PM |
| Testimony | Mary Kinnick | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 3:26 PM |
| Testimony | Abdul Wasi Abdullah | Neutral | SOAR | 4/8/2025 3:27 PM |
| Testimony | Ellen Rifkin | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 3:29 PM |
| Testimony | Ann Samsell | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 3:44 PM |
| Testimony | Carol Goodman | Support | Eugene Oregon | 4/8/2025 3:57 PM |
| Testimony | Nancy Reckord | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 3:57 PM |
| Testimony | Sarah Rohrs | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 4:37 PM |
| Testimony | Ann Smart | Support | Corvallis | 4/8/2025 4:46 PM |
| Testimony | Karen McCowan | Support | Springfield | 4/8/2025 4:51 PM |
| Testimony | Rebecca Schenck, on behalf of Refugee and Immigrant Services Program | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 4:54 PM |
| Testimony | Anne Miller | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 5:00 PM |
| Testimony | Lara Knudsen, on behalf of Happy Doc Family Medicine | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 5:20 PM |
| Testimony | Alyssa Walker Keller | Support | Asylum Seeker Solidarity Collective | 4/8/2025 5:56 PM |
| Testimony | Carolina Jackson | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 5:59 PM |
| Testimony | Janet Wright | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 6:01 PM |
| Testimony | Melba Hernandez | Support | Corvallis | 4/8/2025 7:14 PM |
| Testimony | Joseph Snyder Snyder | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 7:16 PM |
| Testimony | CHRISTINA GUIGER, on behalf of I have | Support | Dallas | 4/8/2025 7:28 PM |
| Testimony | Cameron Hubbe | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 8:01 PM |
| Testimony | Lynne Swift, on behalf of SB149 | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 8:32 PM |
| Testimony | Lauren Herbert | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 8:38 PM |
| Testimony | Tiffany Howe | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 8:41 PM |
| Testimony | Stephanie Gates | Support | SALEM | 4/8/2025 8:47 PM |
| Testimony | Gayle McMurria Bachik | Support | Keizer | 4/8/2025 8:53 PM |
| Testimony | Madeleine Cole | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 8:57 PM |
| Testimony | Ken Gates | Support | SALEM | 4/8/2025 9:03 PM |
| Testimony | Michael Rice | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 9:23 PM |
| Testimony | Michael Myers | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 9:25 PM |
| Testimony | Rachel Pollak | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 9:25 PM |
| Testimony | Katrina Schmidt | Support | Scio | 4/8/2025 9:29 PM |
| Testimony | Angela Hale | Support | Salem | 4/8/2025 9:46 PM |
| Testimony | Melissa Nickerson | Support | Portland | 4/8/2025 9:48 PM |
| Testimony | Barbara Freeman | Support | Monmouth | 4/8/2025 10:10 PM |
| Testimony | Margaret Beller-Owen | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 10:27 PM |
| Testimony | Faris Cassell | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 11:37 PM |
| Testimony | Laura M. Ohanian | Support | Eugene | 4/8/2025 11:58 PM |
| Letter | Carolee Lapeyre | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 12:44 AM |
| Testimony | Lisanne Pearcy | Support | Dallas | 4/9/2025 3:09 AM |
| Testimony | Jane Snyder | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 6:21 AM |
| Testimony | Daniel Reid | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 6:26 AM |
| Testimony | Darcey Kirkwood | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 8:16 AM |
| Letter | marlene drescher | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 8:18 AM |
| Testimony | Linda Dolar, on behalf of Salem For Refugees | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 8:22 AM |
| Testimony | Jane Rice | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 8:30 AM |
| Testimony | Carlene Benson Benson | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 8:37 AM |
| Testimony | Ross Quackenbush, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 8:43 AM |
| Testimony | Karen Kumpula Lacey | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 8:54 AM |
| Testimony | Joanne Timshel | Support | Monmouth | 4/9/2025 8:59 AM |
| Testimony | Elizabeth Phelps | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 9:06 AM |
| Testimony | Calvin Taylor | Support | Tigard | 4/9/2025 9:16 AM |
| Testimony | Thomas Dent | Support | Keizer | 4/9/2025 9:22 AM |
| Testimony | Greda van Veen | Support | Indivisible | 4/9/2025 9:49 AM |
| Testimony | Barbara Gray | Support | Corvallis | 4/9/2025 9:57 AM |
| Testimony | Jenna Richards | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 10:09 AM |
| Testimony | Christine Marshall | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 10:09 AM |
| Testimony | Carla Shryock, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 10:09 AM |
| Testimony | Elena Barreto | Support | Children's Institute | 4/9/2025 10:10 AM |
| Testimony | Gaile Baack | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 10:12 AM |
| Testimony | Michele Miller | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 10:13 AM |
| Testimony | Rebecca Miller | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 10:14 AM |
| Testimony | Mary Anderton | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 10:15 AM |
| Testimony | Barbara Dare | Support | Lorane | 4/9/2025 10:26 AM |
| Testimony | Judith Volem | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 10:27 AM |
| Testimony | Ann Heath, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 10:45 AM |
| Testimony | Christin Smith, on behalf of community member | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 11:05 AM |
| Testimony | Jeffrey McMorran | Support | Philomath | 4/9/2025 11:07 AM |
| Testimony | Janet Chenard | Support | Corvallis | 4/9/2025 11:09 AM |
| Testimony | Donna Reid | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 11:17 AM |
| Letter | Susan Matthews | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 11:22 AM |
| Testimony | April Waters | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 11:32 AM |
| Testimony | Kelly Deutsch | Support | Coburg | 4/9/2025 11:36 AM |
| Testimony | Sara Olsher | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 11:42 AM |
| Testimony | Carmen Field | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 11:44 AM |
| Testimony | Barbara Miles, on behalf of Salem for Refugees | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 11:44 AM |
| Testimony | SANDRA BEAN, on behalf of Corvallis For Refugees | Support | CORVALLIS | 4/9/2025 11:44 AM |
| Testimony | Phyllis Hockley | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 11:45 AM |
| Testimony | Marciaelley Kelley, on behalf of OWRC | Support | Oregon Womens Rights Coalition | 4/9/2025 11:53 AM |
| Testimony | Chloe Carothers Liske | Support | Eugene Oregon | 4/9/2025 11:54 AM |
| Testimony | Sue Barnhart | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 12:04 PM |
| Testimony | Katelyn Gress | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 12:05 PM |
| Testimony | Vana O'Brien | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 12:24 PM |
| Testimony | Nanette Bordner | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 12:25 PM |
| Testimony | Deimos Shinra | Support | Oregon | 4/9/2025 12:35 PM |
| Letter | Kristen Grainger | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 12:37 PM |
| Testimony | Teresa Hawkes | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 12:53 PM |
| Testimony | Jennifer DeRoss | Support | Springfield | 4/9/2025 1:01 PM |
| Testimony | Nancy Bray | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 1:12 PM |
| Testimony | Yulia Brockdorf, on behalf of DAWN | Support | Hillsboro | 4/9/2025 1:17 PM |
| Testimony | Kristin Kuenz-Barber, on behalf of Kim Leathley | Support | Northwest Human Services | 4/9/2025 1:22 PM |
| Testimony | Tyra Grauer | Support | Albany | 4/9/2025 1:23 PM |
| Testimony | Alex Riedlinger, on behalf of Coalition of Communities of Color | Support | Coalition of Communities of Color | 4/9/2025 1:27 PM |
| Testimony | Kenneth Crouse | Support | Lebanon | 4/9/2025 1:40 PM |
| Testimony | Paige Spence | Support | Oregon Nurses Association | 4/9/2025 2:01 PM |
| Testimony | JeanneMarie Moore | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 2:03 PM |
| Testimony | Jared Boltman | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 2:18 PM |
| Testimony | Kim Meacham | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 2:27 PM |
| Testimony | Nansi Lopez | Support | Centro Cultural | 4/9/2025 2:30 PM |
| Testimony | Mary Matzke, on behalf of SB 149 | Support | Corvallis | 4/9/2025 2:40 PM |
| Testimony | Matthew Gordon, on behalf of members and friends of First Christian Church | Support | Corvallis | 4/9/2025 2:51 PM |
| Testimony | Heather Edwards, on behalf of Refugee and Immigrant Services Program | Support | Eugene | 4/9/2025 2:54 PM |
| Testimony | Genevieve Halkett | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 2:56 PM |
| Testimony | Sara Lockman | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 2:58 PM |
| Testimony | Kristi McMorran, on behalf of Corvallis for Refugees | Support | Philomath | 4/9/2025 2:58 PM |
| Testimony | Paul Howard | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 2:59 PM |
| Testimony | John Kingery | Support | Beaverton | 4/9/2025 3:00 PM |
| Testimony | Salah Ansary, on behalf of LCSNW | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 3:03 PM |
| Testimony | Peter Vogelaar, on behalf of Self | Support | Portland | 4/9/2025 3:15 PM |
| Testimony | James Bowman | Support | Salem | 4/9/2025 3:22 PM |
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