CRIME & COURTS: Legislative Session Concluded with Wins and Losses - The Corvallis Advocate

REPORT: OREGON'S 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

During the 2025 Oregon legislative session, our team and community fought with passion and deep conviction to protect students, teachers, and librarians in our public schools from discriminatory book bans and censorship.  We also worked tirelessly to protect Oregonians from warrentless drone surveillance by police.  We have so much to celebrate as the session closes and we have deep gratitude for our community, coalition partners, and everyone w…

CRIME & COURTS: Legislative Session Concluded with Wins and Losses - The Corvallis Advocate

Bills meant to reform and direct more money to the state’s criminal justice system had some major wins and some major losses during the 2025 Legislative Session. Much needed funding for public defense lawyers, new gun control measures and new civil liberties protections overcame budgetary challenges and some strong opposition, while efforts to ensure financial compensation for victims of crime, and those who say they’ve been wrongfully incarcera…