Action Alert!

Here’s how to submit written testimony for SB 1070:

• Click on this link to get to the online form. Once at the form…

• Confirm that the submission form is for SB 1070. You will should see the bill number next to a blue circle, towards the bottom of the form.

• Fill in the boxes with your first name, last name, email address, and organization/city of residence.

• Click on the circle for “Support”

• You can submit testimony by using the text box option:

  • Click on the circle next to “Text Testimony”

  • In the text box, type or paste your testimony.

  • Click “Submit Testimony”

• Or, you can submit testimony by uploading a PDF:

  • Click on the circle next to “Upload a PDF”

  • Click on the “Select File” button to upload your PDF.

  • Click on “Submit Testimony.”

Sample Testimony (Word doc download)

Quick Points:

• In Oregon, more than one third of women have experienced domestic violence. For too many survivors of domestic abuse, their victimization is a direct pathway to incarceration.

• Once a survivor becomes a criminal defendant, their status as survivor – a victim in need support and care – is no longer recognized by the criminal justice system. They are prosecuted and sentenced without consideration of the impact that the domestic violence had on them.

• Oregon’s sentencing laws do not adequately allow judges to consider the impact of domestic violence on survivors. This results in in unjust an excessively long terms in prison, where survivors are continuously retraumatized by an environment that resembles the abusive relationships from which they came.

• SB 1070 will allow for more just sentencing for survivors of domestic violence who become criminal defendants by virtue of the abuse they suffered; and be a significant step toward much needed care and support for incarcerated survivors

You can address your testimony to:
Chair Prozanski, Vice-Chair Thatcher, and Members of the Senate Committee on Judiciary: