Committee advances HB 3,003 requiring DHS child‑welfare report to include race‑disaggregated data
Summary
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services moved House Bill 3,003 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the bill requires the Department of Human Services to include additional child‑welfare data disaggregated by race in its legislative report.
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services moved House Bill 3,003 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a brief work session.
Committee staff summarized the bill, saying it would require the Oregon Department of Human Services to include additional data in its report to the Legislature on child welfare and to disaggregate that data by race. "House Bill 3,003 requires the Department of Human Services to include additional data in its report to the legislature on child welfare and requires that data in the report be disaggregated by race," staff told the committee.
Representative Patrick Harmon moved the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. Representative Elmer said she planned to vote yes but questioned the need for the statutory change, saying, "I do not understand why we need this, but, because I think all kids should be treated equally." Elmer added that her understanding was the agency already collects the information.
The motion passed; the committee named Representative Nelson as the bill carrier to the next stage. The transcript does not record a roll‑call tally for the motion.
The committee did not record further debate or amendment during the work session; the bill will proceed to the House floor for consideration.
