Oregon House passes bills to change policing April 26 2021 Five from official package, plus four related measures, move on to the Senate after weeks of work. Five bills aimed at changing policing practices, plus four related measures, have cleared the Oregon House by near-unanimous votes. All the bills go to the Senate. Five other policing bills, which are likely to affect state agencies, are pending in the Legislature's joint budget committee. All emerged from the Judiciary Committee and a subcommittee focused on policing. It follows up the work of a 2020 special session called by Gov. Kate Brown after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. A former officer was convicted April 20 on charges of murder and manslaughter; three other officers await trial. Floyd's death touched off nationwide protests for racial justice, among them more than 100 nights in Portland.