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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2762
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession 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 says it is an offense to sleep in danger zone near the road. (Flesch Readability
Score: 95.4).
Creates the offense of sleeping in a highway danger zone.Punishes by a maximum fine of $250.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to traffic violations.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of the Oregon Vehicle
Code.
SECTION 2.(1) A person commits the offense of sleeping in a highway danger zone if the
person sleeps on the ground within 10 feet of the outside edge or curb of the roadway any
time from sunset to sunrise.
(2) The offense described in this section, sleeping in a highway danger zone, is a Class D
traffic violation.
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.
LC 2461