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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3224
Sponsored by Representative NATHANSON (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 DHS to study statutes about background checks and make a report. (Flesch
Readability Score: 77.8).
Requires the Department of Human Services to review the statutes of this state to identify all
instances of required background checks, similarities and differences in the different background
checks, and report on options to consolidate and reduce the number of different background checks
for similar purposes or programs. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim commit-
tees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to background checks.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Human Services shall review the statutes of this state
to identify all instances of required background checks, similarities and differences in the
different background checks, and report on options to consolidate and reduce the number
of different background checks for similar purposes or programs. 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 human
services 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 Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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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