2026 Legislative Agenda
The 2026 Oregon legislative short session begins on February 2, 2026. This focused period of up to 35 days is when elected leaders come together to advance targeted legislation and make key budget decisions that affect our everyday lives. This year, our elected officials will address urgent budget adjustments, revenue shortfalls, transportation, housing, and potential impacts of federal policy. It is a powerful moment for community voices, when public input can directly influence decisions and help shape a more just and resilient future for our state.
Adelante Mujeres is advocating for policies that align with our mission and the work we do in our community. We are a champion of the following bills, which are critically important to Adelante’s mission and address important community needs. As a champion, Adelante Mujeres is actively advocating for the bill as a part of a coalition of community partners and is an active decision-making member of the campaign by regularly participating in steering committee meetings, coalitions, and workgroups.
Anti-Hunger Package
Hunger in Oregon is at unprecedented levels. Food pantry visits have increased over 50% in two years, and Congress just made the largest cut to SNAP in history. The Food for All Oregonians coalition is advocating for the Anti-Hunger Package: policies that will feed millions of Oregonians and work to end hunger at its roots. The bills, which are also part of the Immigrant Justice Package, include:
Preserve SNAP - Oregon must preserve SNAP and protect the 770,000+ Oregonians who rely on SNAP to feed their families.
School Meals for All - School Meals for All would ensure all kids can eat breakfast and lunch at school, regardless of where they live.
Emergency Food System - To keep Oregon's Food Assistance Network afloat, Oregon must make a one-time allocation increase to the Oregon Hunger Response Fund.
Relief for Humanitarian Immigrants - Oregon must provide one-time relief for the thousands of Oregonians who lost SNAP due to H.R. 1’s exclusion of humanitarian immigrants.
Immigrant Justice Package: Universal Representation (HB 4117)
Nearly 55,000 U.S. citizen children in Oregon live with an undocumented family member, and thousands more immigrant children face the same risk. When a parent or caregiver is detained, these kids face immediate crisis: lost income, eviction, hunger—on top of the trauma of separation. This investment keeps families together and protects workers through two critical functions:
Immigration legal services, $5M: Provides deportation defense and other critical legal services to keep families and communities more stable and secure.
Children's Stability Fund, $5M: Direct assistance to children and families separated from a caregiver, covering rent, utilities, and food when breadwinners are detained.
Early Childhood Education Coalition: Restore $10-20 million in cuts to services through DELC
We want to protect critical prevention services for children and families. Families who rely on early childhood services are the same families facing cuts to SNAP and Medicaid. Oregon should at least ensure they keep their state-funded child care, preschool, Relief Nursery, and home visiting services.
The Legislatively Approved Budget for 2025-27 reduced funding for early learning and care programs at DELC by $45 million (a 3%+ reduction). These cuts included 2% cuts to needed inflationary increases and 10% cuts to some programs that reduced the number of children and families that can be served. This level of cuts is already impacting the ability of programs to operate effectively, retain staff, and cover rising costs.
We call on the legislature to restore a portion of funding for programs and make no additional cuts:
Restore Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten budget to LAB
Restore $4 million to Preschool Promise (for inflationary increases)
Restore $0.7 million to Healthy Families Oregon (plus $0.5 million that can be repurposed within DELC) (for inflationary increases and to undo program cuts)
Restore $0.5 million to Relief Nurseries (for inflationary increases)
TOTAL: $5.2 million plus OPK restoration