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Oregon lawmakers hear testimony for bill to designate Oct. 9 as Youth Suicide Awareness Day
Summary
A public hearing on House Bill 3,643 drew family members, students and lawmakers to the House Committee on Rules to urge designation of Oct. 9 as Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; no committee vote was recorded in the transcript.
Representative Lucetta Elmer, sponsor of House Bill 3,643, told the House Committee on Rules on March 17 that the measure would designate Oct. 9 of each year as Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day.
The bill attracted emotional testimony from family members and students from McMinnville and elsewhere. “On October ninth of 2024, I found my daughter had taken her own life,” said Katie Morris, identifying herself as the mother of the teenager the bill’s sponsors seek to honor. Kim Morris, the girl’s grandmother, also…
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