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SB 1533 — Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.

Congress · introduced 2026-01-15

<b>Digest: The Act makes changes to the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights. The Act requires DHS to tell some people that a DHS employee cannot give legal advice to them. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act makes changes to the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights.</i>] [<i>The Act excludes a child's parents from some laws about abuse of a child in care and requires DHS to tell some people that a DHS employee cannot give legal advice to them. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.0).</i>] Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights. [<i>Creates an exception to abuse of a child in care provisions when the suspected abuse was committed by the parent of the child in care.</i>] Requires the Department of Human Services to notify a child's parents or guardians that the department representative is acting on behalf of the department and cannot give the parent or guardian legal advice. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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Sponsors

No sponsorships on file.

Action timeline

  1. · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. · state_upper — Referred to Human Services.
  3. · state_upper — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
  4. · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
  5. · state_upper — Second reading.
  6. · state_upper — Carried over to 02-18 by unanimous consent.
  7. · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.
  8. · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  9. · state_lower — Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services.
  10. · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
  11. · state_lower — Work Session held.
  12. · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
  13. · state_lower — Second reading.
  14. · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed.
  15. · state_upper — President signed.
  16. · state_lower — Speaker signed.
  17. · state_upper — Governor signed.
  18. · state_upper — Chapter 81, 2026 Laws.
  19. · state_upper — Effective date, March 31, 2026.

Text versions

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Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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