2023 Legislative Action Items
Priority LAIs for our Federal Legislators
Priority LAIs for the State of Oregon
- Pass S. 51 Statehood for Washington, DC.
- Pass H.J.Res.48 to Amend the Constitution to read “The rights enumerated on this
- document are the rights of natural human persons only.”
- Introduce and pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
- Pass HR Res. 269 the Transgender Bill of Rights.
- Defeat HR 5 the “Parents Bill of Rights Act.”
- Stop the REACH program which wastes Medicare fund, denies patients needed care and enrolls traditional Medicare enrollees into private insurance plans without their full understanding or consent.
- Pass S. 701 the Women’s Health Protection Act.
- Introduce and Pass the Medicare for All Act.
- Repeal the George Bush and Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and reinstitute the inheritance tax.
- Get rid of the Social Security and Medicare tax caps for income over $137,000.
- Pass the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act.
- Increase government agencies citizen-assistance interfaces (customer service) speed and efficiency by increasing their budgets, enabling them to hire more staff and update their computer systems.
- Pass S. 817/HR 16-2 the Secure Viable Banking Act introduced by Elizabeth Warren and Katie Porter to restore banking regulations Trump dropped.
- Pass HR20 the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize.)
- Congress should enact the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (SCERT) requiring the supreme Court to conform to the federal courts code of ethics.
- Pass HR 698 Assault Weapons Ban.
- Increase funding for public defenders.
- Pass a law banning the sale of magazines holding more than ten bullets.
- Pass the People Over Pentagon Act (Reallocates $100 billion from the defense budget to human needs programs.)
- Pass the Renewing Immigration Act of 1929 moving the cut-off date in the Federal Registry from 1972 to a current date, thus opening a path to residency and citizenship including those in DACA.
Priority LAIs for the State of Oregon
- Withdraw SB 3455 Oregon voters overwhelmingly voted to amend the Oregon constitution to allow campaign finance reform. Pass comprehensive campaign finance reform by a ballot measure if the legislature does not and SB 3455 does not.
- Oppose HB 2772 that creates a domestic terrorism label for protesting.
- Pass SB530 the Natural Climate Solutions Bill to use federal dollars to promote carbon sequestration from the atmosphere, through the use of: our soils, agriculture, and forests.
- Pass SB85 to stop the proliferation of CAFOS (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) until the legislature and state agencies can regulate them to protect our family farmers, air, soil, and water and mandate humane treatment of the animals.
- Pass HB 2990 to direct Department of Human Services to provide grants, support and technical assistance for resilience hubs and networks in Oregon.
- Pass State HB 2002 Reproductive Health and Access to Care.
- Pass HB2651 and HB2977 to expand behavioral health provider workforce.
- Pass SB 704 A to establish the Universal Health Plan Governance Board and direct board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan.
- Pass the bill package; SB868 Healthy Heating and Cooling for All – Supports rapid deployment of heat pumps and weatherization and aligns energy efficient programs with state climate goals. SB869 Build Smart from the Start – Improves building codes for new construction to meet climate standards. SB870 Building Performance Standards (for commercial construction and retrofits.) SB871 Smart State Buildings (will allow state to lead by example in retrofitting and new building construction.)
- Require communities' extensions of residential zones or commercial and industrial zones to include a percentage of affordable housing commensurate to the need in that locality.
- Pass SB 611 Increases amount residential landlords owe tenants for landlord caused termination of tenancy. Limits annual rent increases. Declares emergency on passage.
- Increase government agencies citizen-assistance interfaces (customer service) speed and efficiency by increasing their budgets, enabling them to hire more staff and update their computer systems.
- Pass SB 610 to establish Food for All Oregonians Program within Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP for residents who would qualify for federal SNAP benefits but for immigration status.
- Pass SB 5515 to appropriate money from general fund to Bureau of Labor and Industries for Enforcement and mediation.
- Establish a Commission to evaluate to evaluate the wage level necessary for people to live on without resort to social services.
- Pass HB 2005-2007 and HB 3060 Gun Safety Package.
- Pass SB413, SB 817, B 2467 In Defense of Humanity Package for public defenders.
- Pass a law banning the sale of magazines with more than ten bullets.
- Set up a fund to compensate attorneys who represent asylum seekers.
- Increase teacher annual pay to be the equivalent to the pay earned by other employees in the government or private sector fields with equivalent degrees. Prohibit private schools from receiving public money in any form including vouchers.