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House designates Aug. 25 as Oregon Adoption Day in bill laden with personal testimony
2934966 · April 8, 2025
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House Bill 2019 passed designating August 25 as Oregon Adoption Day; multiple members shared personal adoption stories during floor debate as sponsors urged a unanimous vote.
House Bill 2019, which designates August 25 as Oregon Adoption Day, passed the House after a lengthy, personal floor discussion in which several representatives described their own adoption experiences.
Representative Elmer, the bill carrier and an adoptee who said the chosen date is the day of his own adoption, described the measure as “simple in form but profound in meaning” and urged…
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