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House approves bill to stop using black trash bags to move foster children’s belongings
3319934 · May 14, 2025
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Summary
Senate Bill 1016 directs the Department of Human Services to provide alternatives — such as clear plastic totes — for transporting foster children’s belongings and to report best practices; testimony on the floor described long-lasting trauma associated with black trash bags.
The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 1016, which directs the Department of Human Services to procure, distribute and maintain alternatives for transporting the personal belongings of children in foster care so items are not moved in black trash bags.
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