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OregonHB 24732025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Relating to criminal procedures; and declaring an emergency.

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Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.

Defense gets grand jury access rules

The grand jury changes apply to conduct occurring on or after January 1, 2026. After arraignment on a “true bill” indictment, represented defendants get a process for obtaining grand jury records. If prosecutors decide within 10 days not to seek protection, they must notify the court and immediately release the records. Otherwise, release follows the 10-day deadline or the court’s ruling on a protective-order request; earlier proceedings about the same criminal episode are also covered. Prosecutors must tell victims they can ask the court to protect these materials.

Prosecutors get longer to reduce misdemeanors

For prosecutions begun on or after the law’s effective date, prosecutors have more time to reduce eligible misdemeanors. They can choose Class A violation treatment orally or in writing, including after the defendant’s first appearance. The choice remains optional and excludes misdemeanors under Oregon’s fleeing-or-eluding and impaired-driving laws, ORS 811.540 and 813.010. Converted offenses carry fines between the presumptive Class A violation fine and the maximum Class A violation fine. The law takes effect on passage.

Felony reductions shift to prosecutors’ choice

For prosecutions begun on or after the law takes effect on passage, district attorneys gain more time to choose misdemeanor treatment. They can act orally or in writing after the first appearance, but must first adopt written guidelines and apply them uniformly. Eligible charges are Class C nonperson felonies and drug offenses under ORS 475.752 (7)(b), 475.854 (2)(c), or 475.874 (2)(c). The law removes the separate route based on a prosecutor-defendant agreement after the first appearance. Class A misdemeanor treatment remains optional, with fines bounded by the statutory felony minimum and the maximum for the original felony class.

Harassment charges lose words-only basis

Beginning January 1, 2026, the law removes one basis for harassment charges: abusive public words or gestures likely to provoke violence. The affected rule instead requires offensive physical contact intended to harass or annoy someone. This narrows that specific harassment rule, not every form of harassment.

New rules for verifying criminal records

When a court orders verification or an applicant requests it in writing, record holders can use several verification methods. These include an affidavit, signed authenticity statement, or declaration from a records custodian or another qualified person. These documents satisfy specified evidence rules for showing that records are authentic. A party using the records must give advance written notice, identify the signer, and provide contact details. The other party must receive the verification document early enough to challenge it.

Trained blood drawers gain testing authority

Beginning January 1, 2026, trained phlebotomists can draw blood or pierce tissue for chemical testing without a doctor’s direction. Their blood-drawing training must come from an academic or medical institution. The law also extends civil-liability protection to phlebotomists who withdraw bodily substances at a peace officer’s request. That protection requires the withdrawal to be done in a medically acceptable way.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 131 • No: 0

House vote • 6/13/2025

House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/12/2025

Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed.

Yes: 28 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/19/2025

Judiciary: Heard and Reported Out with Amendments

Yes: 6 • No: 0

House vote • 4/22/2025

Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed.

Yes: 49 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2025

Judiciary: Heard and Reported Out with Amendments

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 375, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 24, 2025.

    7/25/2025House

  2. Governor signed.

    6/24/2025House

  3. President signed.

    6/17/2025Senate

  4. Speaker signed.

    6/17/2025House

  5. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.

    6/13/2025House

  6. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed.

    6/12/2025Senate

  7. Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.

    6/11/2025Senate

  8. Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.

    6/10/2025Senate

  9. Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.

    6/9/2025Senate

  10. Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.

    6/5/2025Senate

  11. Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.

    6/4/2025Senate

  12. Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.

    6/3/2025Senate

  13. Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.

    6/2/2025Senate

  14. Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.

    5/29/2025Senate

  15. Second reading.

    5/28/2025Senate

  16. Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)

    5/27/2025Senate

  17. Work Session held.

    5/19/2025Senate

  18. Public Hearing held.

    5/12/2025Senate

  19. Referred to Judiciary.

    4/23/2025Senate

  20. First reading. Referred to President's desk.

    4/23/2025Senate

  21. Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed.

    4/22/2025House

  22. Rules suspended. Carried over to April 22, 2025 Calendar.

    4/21/2025House

  23. Second reading.

    4/17/2025House

  24. Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.

    4/16/2025House

  25. Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded.

    4/16/2025House

Bill Text

  • SJUD Amendment -A4 (Adopted)

    5/19/2025

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  • SJUD Amendment -A4 (Proposed)

    5/12/2025

    PDF

  • HJUD Amendment -3 (Adopted)

    4/8/2025

    PDF

  • HJUD Amendment -3 (Proposed)

    4/7/2025

    PDF

  • HJUD Amendment -3 (Proposed)

    4/1/2025

    PDF

  • HJUD Amendment -3 (Proposed)

    3/31/2025

    PDF

  • A-Engrossed

    PDF

  • B-Engrossed

    PDF

  • Enrolled

    PDF

  • House Amendments to Introduced

    PDF

  • Introduced

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  • Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed

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