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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2975
Ordered by the House April 15
Including House Amendments dated April 15
Sponsored by Representative HARTMAN; Representatives FRAGALA, GRAYBER, HELM, LEVY E, WALTERS
(Presessionfiled.)
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act says that a pleading, admission or finding that criminal conduct consti-
tutes DV is not an element of the crime. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die.
(Flesch Readability Score: 68.9).
[Digest: The Act says that a finding that a crime constitutes DV is not an element of the crime.
The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.1).]
Provides that a pleading, an admission or a finding that criminal conduct constitutes a crime
[constitutes] involving domestic violence is not an element of the crime for merger purposes.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to crimes constituting domestic violence; creating new provisions; amending ORS 161.067;
and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 161.067 is amended to read:
161.067. (1)(a) When the same conduct or criminal episode violates two or more statutory pro-
visions and each provision requires proof of an element that the others do not, there are as many
separately punishable offenses as there are separate statutory violations.
(b) Notwithstanding ORS 132.586, 163.160 and 163.190 and paragraph (a) of this subsection,
a pleading, admission or finding that criminal conduct constitutes a crime involving domestic
violence, as defined in ORS 135.230, is not an element for purposes of this section.
(2) When the same conduct or criminal episode, though violating only one statutory provision
involves two or more victims, there are as many separately punishable offenses as there are victims.
However, two or more persons owning joint interests in real or personal property shall be consid-
ered a single victim for purposes of determining the number of separately punishable offenses if the
property is the subject of one of the following crimes:
(a) Theft as defined in ORS 164.015.
(b) Unauthorized use of a vehicle as defined in ORS 164.135.
(c) Criminal possession of rented or leased personal property as defined in ORS 164.140.
(d) Criminal possession of a rented or leased motor vehicle as defined in ORS 164.138.
(e) Burglary as defined in ORS 164.215 or 164.225.
(f) Criminal trespass as defined in ORS 164.243, 164.245, 164.255, 164.265 or 164.278.
(g) Arson and related offenses as defined in ORS 164.315, 164.325 or 164.335.
(h) Forgery and related offenses as defined in ORS 165.002 to 165.070.
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 2479 A-Eng. HB 2975
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(3) When the same conduct or criminal episode violates only one statutory provision and in-
volves only one victim, but nevertheless involves repeated violations of the same statutory provision
against the same victim, there are as many separately punishable offenses as there are violations,
except that each violation, to be separately punishable under this subsection, must be separated
from other such violations by a sufficient pause in the defendant’s criminal conduct to afford the
defendant an opportunity to renounce the criminal intent. Each method of engaging in oral or anal
sexual intercourse as defined in ORS 163.305, and each method of engaging in unlawful sexual pen-
etration as defined in ORS 163.408 and 163.411 shall constitute separate violations of their respec-
tive statutory provisions for purposes of determining the number of statutory violations.
SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 161.067 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to con-
duct occurring on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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