From the office of Representative Cedric Hayden

Representative Hayden joined Kevin Fitts for discussion on Peer Support

Representative Cedric Hayden and Kevin Fitts, Executive Director of the Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association, spoke at the Peer Leadership Conference this week in Salem. The conference is about brining the community together to share information, skills, and experience around peer respite center development and management. Kevin has worked closely with Representative Hayden to bring forward this session HB 2831 which would provide three peer respite centers in Oregon. A peer respite center is a voluntary, short-term, overnight program that provides community-based, non-clinical crisis support to help people find new understanding and ways to move forward. It operates 24 hours per day in a homelike environment. Currently HB 2831 is in the Ways & Means committee awaiting a hearing.

Representative Cedric Hayden on KQEN Morning Conversation with Kyle Bailey

State Representative Cedric Hayden joined Kyle Bailey live from Salem for an update on the Oregon State Legislature. He began the conversation with an update on a proposal regarding the Public Employees Retirement System and other bills going through the legislature. Click below for the full conversation.

https://kqennewsradio.com/2019/05/23/morning-conversation-5-23-19/

News Clips

Oregon Senate passes PERS reforms in ‘hardest vote of our lives’

Senate Bill 1049, sponsored by Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek, passed 16 to 12. Republican lawmakers made the difference. Three of them voted in favor of the bill, while two potential Republican “no” votes were absent. Five Democrats voted against the bill.  -  The Oregonian

Oregon Legislature Passes Sweeping Changes To Juvenile Sentencing Rules

The Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday passed sweeping changes to sentencing rules for juvenile offenders, a dramatic shift to tough-on-crime guidelines voters approved 25 years ago.  -  OPB

Editorial: Kicker money belongs to taxpayers

Kicker rebates are unique to Oregon. Our constitution requires that when revenues exceed budget estimates by 2 percent or more, all money above original estimates must be returned to taxpayers who, after all, sent it to Salem in the first place.  -  The Bend Bulletin

Oregon House of Representatives to meet Saturdays as deadline nears

The Oregon House of Representatives will begin holding Saturday floor sessions next week, Speaker Tina Kotek announced Wednesday, the latest sign that lawmakers are ramping up with an eye toward the Constitutional session deadline five weeks away.  - The Statesman Journal

Representative Cedric Hayden
House District 7

email: Rep.CedricHayden@oregonlegislature.gov I phone: 503-986-1407
address: 900 Court St NE, H-379, Salem, OR 97301
website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/hayden