Legislative Scorecard – Representatives
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Know Your Legislators! ACLU OF OREGON 2017 LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD We created this scorecard so you can see where your legislators stand on a variety of civil liberties issues. We encourage you to use this information to give your Representatives and Senators feedback about their votes in the 2017 session. Direct contact with your legislators is a valuable way to encourage them to stand up for freedom. Don’t know who your legislators are? You can find them here: www.oregonlegislature.gov/findyourlegislator/leg-districts.html Grand jury recording (SB 505): Recording is essential Safety & Savings Act (HB 3078): Excessive sentencing to the proper and fair functioning of grand juries and the for drug and property offenses and over-incarceration is elimination of prosecutorial misconduct in grand jury not smart justice, exacerbates racial disparities in our proceedings. SB 505 will require all grand jury proceed- justice system, burdens tax payers, and harms our ings in Oregon to be recorded, and allow disclosure of families and communities. HB 3078 reduces drug and grand jury transcripts when a public official accused of property offense sentencing laws, and expands eligibili- criminal misconduct is not indicted by a grand jury. ty for the Family Sentencing Alternative Program and short term transitional leave. This will have a particular Voter preregistration for 16 year olds (SB 802): Voter impact of reducing Oregon’s women’s prison population. registration is the most significant barrier to voting, but youth preregistration increases participation in democ- Recording juvenile interviews (HB 3242): Recording racy and is easy and cost-efficient to implement. SB interviews is a strong method of protecting the rights of 802 lowers Oregon’s voter pre-registration age from 17 youth who interact with police and the criminal justice to 16 years old. system, as it promotes transparency, efficiency, and accuracy. HB 3242 requires peace officers to electroni- Secular marriage officiants (HB 2113): Equal treat- cally record custodial interviews with youth conducted ment of religion and non-religion is a crucial aspect of in a law enforcement facility during investigations of our democracy, yet Oregon law previously allowed clergy felonies. to solemnize marriage without extending that same right to non-religious individuals. HB 2113 adds individuals Reproductive Health Equity Act (HB 3391): Every authorized by secular organizations to the list of Oregonian should be able to make informed, meaningful persons authorized to solemnize marriages in Oregon. decisions about reproductive health free from intrusion by the government. HB 3391 expands access and choice End Profiling and Defelonize Small-Scale by filling gaps in reproductive health coverage for those Possession of Drugs (HB 2355): Profiling is unfair, categorically excluded from health programs due to ineffective, and damages community trust in law citizenship status, by prohibiting discrimination in enforcement. HB 2355 will identify and reduce patterns reproductive health care, and by assuring access to of profiling by law enforcement through statewide stop abortion without government interference. data collection and mandatory anti-profiling training. In addition, the failed War on Drugs fuels profiling, Immigrant privacy (HB 3464): While the State of amplifies racial disparities in our criminal justice Oregon has no power to change federal policies or system, damages families, and ruins lives. HB 2355 will priorities, we can take steps to protect the privacy of reduce small-scale possession of drugs from a felony to our vulnerable immigrant communities. HB 3464 will a misdemeanor. strengthen Oregon’s privacy protections for immigrants and limit information gathering and sharing with the Gender changes (HB 2673): The current process for federal government and Immigration and Customs changing one’s name and gender marker on vital records Enforcement. creates significant barriers and dangers for transgender individuals. HB 2673 creates a safer, more efficient, and affordable process for persons seeking to change their Key: name and gender on vital records for the purpose of : Pro-civil liberties vote (matched the ACLU’s position) affirming gender identity. E: Absent or excused % = percentage of pro-civil liberties votes LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD – SENATORS SB 505 Grand jury recording SB 802 16 yr old HB 2113 Secular marriage HB 2355 Profiling / HB 2673 Gender changes HB 3078 Safety & Savings HB 3242 Recording juvenile HB 3391 Reproductive HB 3464 Immigrant privacy preregistration defelonization Act interviews Health Equity Act ACLU POSITION YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ACLU SENATOR Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed % Herman Baertschiger Jr. (R) 14 Lee Beyer (D) 100 Brian Boquist (R) 43 Ginny Burdick (D) 100 Peter Courtney (D) 100 Alan DeBoer (R) 56 Michael Dembrow (D) 100 Richard Devlin (D) 100 Ted Ferrioli (R) 33 Lew Frederick (D) 100 Sara Gelser (D) 100 Fred Girod (R) 0 Bill Hansell (R) 22 Mark Hass (D) 89 Betsy Johnson (D) 50 Tim Knopp (R) 38 Jeff Kruse (R) 22 Dennis Linthicum (R) 33 James Manning Jr. (D) 100 Laurie Monnes Anderson (D) 78 Rod Monroe (D) 100 Alan Olsen (R) 25 Floyd Prozanski (D) 100 Chuck Riley (D) 100 Arnie Roblan (D) 100 Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D) 100 Kathleen Taylor (D) 100 Kim Thatcher (R) 22 Chuck Thomsen (R) 33 Jackie Winters (R) 67 Votes marked with an “E” indicate legislator was excused; We eliminate excused votes to calculate the legislator's score. LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD – REPRESENTATIVES SB 505 Grand jury recording SB 802 16 yr old HB 2113 Secular marriage HB 2355 Profiling / HB 2673 Gender changes HB 3078 Safety & Savings HB 3242 Recording juvenile HB 3391 Reproductive HB 3464 Immigrant privacy preregistration defelonization Act interviews Health Equity Act ACLU POSITION YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ACLU REPRESENTATIVE Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed % Teresa Alonso Leon (D) 100 Jeff Barker (D) 75 Phil Barnhart (D) 100 Greg Barreto (R) 13 Cliff Bentz (R) 0 Deborah Boone (D) 75 Knute Buehler (R) 33 Janelle Bynum (D) 100 Brian Clem (D) 89 Margaret Doherty (D) 100 Sal Esquivel (R) 11 Paul Evans (D) 100 Julie Fahey (D) 100 David Gomberg (D) 100 Chris Gorsek (D) 100 Mitch Greenlick (D) 100 Jodi Hack (R) 22 Cedric Hayden (R) 25 Dallas Heard (R) 25 Ken Helm (D) 100 Diego Hernandez (D) 100 Paul Holvey (D) 100 John Huffman (R) 50 Mark Johnson (R) 11 Bill Kennemer (R) 11 Alissa Keny-Guyer (D) 100 Tina Kotek (D) 100 Rick Lewis (R) 11 Ann Lininger (D) 100 John Lively (D) 78 Votes marked with an “E” indicate legislator was excused; We eliminate excused votes to calculate the legislator's score. LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD – REPRESENTATIVES SB 505 Grand jury recording SB 802 16 yr old HB 2113 Secular marriage HB 2355 Profiling / HB 2673 Gender changes HB 3078 Safety & Savings HB 3242 Recording juvenile HB 3391 Reproductive HB 3464 Immigrant privacy preregistration defelonization Act interviews Health Equity Act ACLU POSITION YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ACLU REPRESENTATIVE Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed % Sheri Malstrom (D) 100 Pam Marsh (D) 100 Caddy McKeown (D) 89 Susan McLain (D) 100 Mike McLane (R) 0 Mark Meek (D) 100 Nancy Nathanson (D) 100 Mike Nearman (R) 11 Ron Noble (R) 0 Rob Nosse (D) 100 Andy Olson (R) 22 Julie Parrish (R) 44 Carla Piluso (D) 100 Bill Post (R) 11 Karin Power (D) 100 Dan Rayfield (D) 100 Jeff Reardon (D) 89 E. Werner Reschke (R) 11 Tawna Sanchez (D) 100 David Brock Smith (R) 44 Greg Smith (R) 0 Barbara Smith Warner (D) 100 Janeen Sollman (D) 100 Sherrie Sprenger (R) 11 Duane Stark (R) 25 A. Richard Vial (R) 44 Gene Whisnant (R) 22 Jennifer Williamson (D) 100 Carl Wilson (R) 33 Brad Witt (D) 71 Votes marked with an “E” indicate legislator was excused; We eliminate excused votes to calculate the legislator's score..