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OR SB703

Bill

Status

Failed

6/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lisa Reynolds

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Origin

Senate

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Department of Human Services must provide grants to nonprofit service providers to help noncitizens—including DACA recipients and Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq and Afghanistan—change their immigration status or obtain lawful permanent resident status

  • Grants cover immigration legal services and USCIS fees: full costs for individuals at or below 200% federal poverty level; $1,500 for income up to $60,000; $1,000 for income $60,001-$70,000; $750 for income $70,001-$80,000

  • DHS must provide information and referrals to the grant program for all individuals served by the department, without collecting immigration status or country of birth information

  • State policy establishes "Pathways to Protection and Citizenship" goals: 20% uptake of eligible individuals by 2027, 50% by 2029, and 100% by 2031

  • Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Fund to DHS for the 2025-2027 biennium; declares emergency for immediate effect upon passage

Legislative Description

Relating to immigration; declaring an emergency.

Last Action

In committee upon adjournment.

6/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means4/1/2025
Judiciary1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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