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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3198
Sponsored by Representative SANCHEZ (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 tells DOJ to study missing and murdered indigenous people and make a report.
(Flesch Readability Score:61.8).
Requires the Department of Justice to study missing and murdered indigenous people. Directs
the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
public safety not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to missing and murdered indigenous people.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Justice shall study missing and murdered indigenous
people. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to public safety 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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.
LC 3439