Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and her Oregon Department of Justice to Focus More Directly on Oregon’s Most Vulnerable Children

In Oregon, when a child is not safe to remain at home due to abuse or neglect — either temporarily or permanently — the state has an obligation to step in. And when the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) does so, lawyers from the Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) represent them in court proceedings…. View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on July 11, 2023

Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) Annual Bias Report Shows Troubling Growth in Hate and Bias Incidents Statewide

The Oregon Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Unit today released an update on the work of DOJ’s statewide Bias Response Hotline via the annual Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) report. Each year the CJC, whose mission is to improve the legitimacy, efficiency, and effectiveness of state and local criminal justice systems, releases a July 1  report on hate and… View Article

Posted in Hate and Bias Crimes, Media Release on June 30, 2023

AG Rosenblum’s Legislative Report: A Successful Session for Laws Protecting Oregonians

With the conclusion of the 2023 Oregon Legislative session, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum commends the efforts of our legislators, their staff, and her DOJ policy team that yielded significant successes in an historically challenging session. Going into the legislative session, Rosenblum proposed legislation on several of her long-standing key priorities: consumer privacy; labor trafficking; reproductive rights (in the… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release, News on June 26, 2023

Oregon Legislature Passes AG Rosenblum’s Long-Awaited Consumer Data Privacy Law

SB 619 creates strong, comprehensive consumer data privacy rights The Oregon House today unanimously passed Senate Bill 619, the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, following a nearly unanimous vote in the Senate of 23-2. Passage of the bill by such wide margins demonstrates broad bipartisan support for greater privacy protections, and sends the bill to the… View Article

Posted in Media Release, Privacy on June 23, 2023

AG Rosenblum: “Ghost Guns” Will Finally be Banned in Oregon!

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum celebrates the Oregon Legislature’s passage of House Bill 2005, which now heads to the Governor’s desk. Gun violence is now the leading cause of death among children and teens. “Guns assembled at home from online kits —or made from instructions on 3D-printers —are weapons of choice for gun traffickers and those who… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release, News on June 22, 2023