David Kracke

David Kracke, JD, has been a member of the Oregon State Bar since 1990. He has an extensive background working with private and public stakeholder groups in the realm of legislative and policy initiatives. He is a recognized legislative and policy expert in issues surrounding brain injury. David served as an author and legislative advocate for five stakeholder-informed efforts to pass concussion/brain injury laws that remove barriers to accessing services in Oregon, including SB 420 (2023) the landmark bill to establish a statewide Brain Injury Resource Navigation program. In 2020, David supported the successful efforts to revise Oregon Administrative Rules to allow for the use of a guided credible history interview in lieu of medical records documenting TBI when determining eligibility for special education services, and he co-initiated the efforts to pass Oregon HB 4140 which mandates academic, behavioral, and social accommodations for students diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury. David was instrumental in passing Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 336.485, (“Max’s Law”), the nation’s first enacted law establishing Return to Play protocols for concussed student-athletes and ORS 417.875, (“Jenna’s Law), a companion law to Max’s Law which provided statewide concussion protocols for all youth athletes in the state of Oregon regardless of league affiliation.  Also related to the field of brain injury due to the detrimental cognitive effects of COVID-19, David is very proud of initiating and helping to guide the passage of HB 4126, Oregon’s zoonotic disease prevention law (2022).