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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 3196
Ordered by the House February 26
Including House Amendments dated February 26
Sponsored by Representatives KROPF, HARTMAN, WALLAN, GRAYBER, NERON, Senator TAYLOR; Represen-
tatives CHOTZEN, DOBSON, ELMER, HARBICK, LEWIS, MANNIX, MARSH, RESCHKE, SCHARF, Senators
GELSER BLOUIN, MEEK, PATTERSON, PROZANSKI, REYNOLDS (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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act gives money to DOJ for purposes related to VOCA grants. (Flesch
Readability Score: 67.7).
[Digest: The Act gives money to DOJ to backfill reductions in VOCA grants. (Flesch Readability
Score: 74.8).]
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice [to backfill reductions in] for purposes re-
lated to federal Victims of Crime Act grants.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state finance; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Department of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the Gen-
eral Fund, the amount of $18,500,000, which may be expended for backfilling reductions in
federal Victims of Crime Act grants.
SECTION 2.In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Department of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the Gen-
eral Fund, the amount of $3,000,000, which may be expended for distribution to the Oregon
CASA Network for providing services to victims of crime that could be supported through
federal Victims of Crime Act grants.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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 2206