Karly’s Law (2008)- A law named after a child who died from child abuse after the allegations of her potential unsafety were ignored. The law was made to protect children in Oregon from potential abuse by mandating that a child receives medical condition if they have any signs of physical abuse during a child abuse investigation.
Best Interest of the Child, AKA Senate Bill 689 (1997)- Made to better the way in which child abuse cases in Oregon are handled. It made it so that there had to be a hearing at the beginning and end of the case where it would be decided if the child should be removed from the home. The timespan for which the children had to be safely put back into the home (if that was the outcome of the case) also depended on the child’s development. It also made the parents and agencies involved in the case to be as responsible as one another for the safety of the child.
ORS 163.545, Child Neglect in the Second Degree (2021)- States that a guardian of a child who is ten years of age or younger who leaves the child alone for a period of time is committing a second degree crime against the child.
ORS 163.547, Child Neglect in First Degree (2001)- A child may not knowingly be left in the same place where there are illegal substances/drugs present/being made/being sold. This includes cars. It basically protects children from being present during drug trades and manufacturing. If they are found in such places, then the guardian will be charged with first degree child neglect.