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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2427
Sponsored by Representatives DIEHL, RESCHKE, YUNKER; Representative MANNIX, Senator THATCHER (Pre-
session filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells DOJ to look at all state laws and rules and report on which laws and rules
are likely to be found unconstitutional under the SFFA case. (Flesch Readability Score:69.4).
Directs the Department of Justice to review state statutes and administrative rules and deter-
mine whether each statute or rule is likely to be found unconstitutional under the reasoning and
interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution set forth in the Stu-
dents for Fair Admissions case decided by the United States Supreme Court. Directs the department
to report on its findings to a committee or interim committee related to the judiciary.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the constitutionality of state laws.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Justice shall review every state statute and administra-
tive rule that was in effect at any time from January 1, 2018, until the effective date of this
2025 Act, and determine whether each statute or rule is likely to be found unconstitutional
under the reasoning and interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution set forth in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of
Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181, 143 S. Ct. 2141, 216 L.Ed.2d 857 (2023). The department shall
report on its findings, including a list of statutes and rules likely to be found unconstitu-
tional, to a committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly relating to the ju-
diciary no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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