HB3198 • 2025

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to dedicate staff in the office of the authority that is responsible for tribal affairs to lead the work of addressing the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Sanchez, Representative Chaichi,, Hartman,, Lewis,, Mannix,, Nguyen H,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to dedicate staff in the office of the authority that is responsible for tribal affairs to lead the work of addressing the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people.

Digest: The Act tells OHA to have staff in the part that does tribal affairs look at missing and murdered indigenous people.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells OHA to have staff in the part that does tribal affairs look at missing and murdered indigenous people.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). [Digest: The Act tells DOJ to study missing and murdered indigenous people and make a report.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).] [Requires the Department of Justice to study missing and murdered indigenous people.
Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public safety not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Directs the Oregon Health Authority to dedicate staff in the office of the authority that is responsible for tribal affairs to lead the work of addressing the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people. Relating to: Relating to missing and murdered indigenous people.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-13 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
2025-02-13 House
Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
2025-02-10 House
Work Session held.
2025-02-03 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act tells OHA to have staff in the part that does tribal affairs look at missing and murdered indigenous people. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells DOJ to study missing and murdered indigenous people and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).</i>]
[<i>Requires the Department of Justice to study missing and murdered indigenous people. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public safety not later than September 15, 2026.</i>]
[<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>]
<b>Directs the Oregon Health Authority to dedicate staff in the office of the authority that is responsible for tribal affairs to lead the work of addressing the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people.</b>
Relating to: Relating to missing and murdered indigenous people.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 3198
Ordered by the House February 13
Including House Amendments dated February 13
Sponsored by Representative SANCHEZ; Representatives CHAICHI, LEWIS, MANNIX (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act tells OHA to have staff in the part that does tribal affairs look at missing
and murdered indigenous people. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).
[Digest: The Act tells DOJ to study missing and murdered indigenous people and make a report.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).]
[Requires the Department of Justice to study missing and murdered indigenous people. Directs the
department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public
safety not later than September 15, 2026. ]
[Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ]
Directs the Oregon Health Authority to dedicate staff in the office of the authority that
is responsible for tribal affairs to lead the work of addressing the issue of missing and mur-
dered indigenous people.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to missing and murdered indigenous people.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Oregon Health Authority shall dedicate staff in the office of the au-
thority that is responsible for tribal affairs to lead the work of addressing the issue of
missing and murdered indigenous people. The dedicated staff shall:
(1) Provide victim services, outreach, education and prevention services related to miss-
ing and murdered indigenous people.
(2) Collaborate with and support the development of interagency agreements with tribal
governments, native-led organizations, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and
community leaders providing services related to missing and murdered indigenous people.
(3) Collaborate with partners to develop and maintain data on missing and murdered
indigenous people in this state to identify patterns and inform targeted health interventions
and violence prevention programs.
(4) Collaborate with representatives of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon,
community-based organizations and urban-based American Indian and Alaska Native popu-
lations to implement community education programs and support youth engagement initi-
atives to reduce vulnerabilities that disproportionately impact indigenous people.
(5) Strengthen partnerships between law enforcement and tribal and urban American
Indian and Alaska Native communities.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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