Dacia Grayber is an American firefighter and politician serving as a member of the

Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of the ...

from the 28th district representing Tigard. She previously represented the 35th district from 2021 until 2023.

Education

Grayber earned a Bachelor of Science degree in homeland security and emergency management from

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

Career

Prior to entering politics, Grayber has worked as a firefighter and paramedic for

Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) is a special-purpose government fire fighting and emergency services district in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. Established in 1989 with a merger between Washington County Fire District 1 and the Tu ...

. Grayber was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in

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with 67.1% of the vote, defeating Republican businessman and engineer Bob Niemeyer. A Democrat, she also won the cross-nomination of the Working Families Party. Grayber was cited as part of a wave of frontline medical workers that were elected to office during the 2020 pandemic. In June 2021, Grayber assisted Rep. Pam Marsh in passing a $190 million wildfire mitigation bill that established wildfire risk maps, programs to bolster recovery and adapt communities to smoke, and called for changes to buildings within a wildland-urban interface. Grayber also co-sponsored a bill with Rep.

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allowing pharmacists to dispense and administer PrEP and PEP, an HIV medication, and giving further authority for them to conduct HIV tests. In February 2022, Grayber was a sponsor of House Bill 4113, which expanded compensation protection for firefighters from cancer, adding coverage for bladder and female reproductive cancers.

Personal life

Grayber identifies as a

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the lat ...

woman.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grayber, Dacia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Concordia University (Oregon) alumni Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives 21st-century American firefighters LGBT state legislators in Oregon Place of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Tigard, Oregon 21st-century American legislators 21st-century American women politicians