1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 3323 By COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY April 11 On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, delete “prescribing an effective date” and insert “declaring an emergency”. Delete lines 4 through 29 and delete page 2 insert: “SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of this 2025 Act are added to and made a part of the Oregon Vehicle Code. “SECTION 2.(1) When a police officer issues a citation for a traffic violation to a person under 18 years of age whose driving record shows no prior convictions for traffic offenses, the officer shall notify the person that a driver improvement course is available and that if the person successfully completes a driver improvement course, approved by the Department of Transportation under section 3 of this 2025 Act, at the person’s own expense, the person will not be convicted of the violation.Notification consists of giving the person a form de- veloped by the department, along with the citation and summons. This subsection does not apply to a person who has already taken a driver improvement course. “(2) The department shall develop a form to be given to a person described in subsection (1) of this section who is issued a citation. The form: “(a) Must explain that completion of the course will enable the person to avoid a con- viction; “(b) Must explain that taking the course is available only to individuals who have not already taken the course under this section; and “(c) Must explain how the person may obtain information about a course. “(3) When a person has successfully completed a course described in this section, the instructor shall issue a certificate to the person indicating completion. When the person presents the certificate of completion to the court, the court shall dismiss the citation. “(4) The department may adopt rules it deems necessary for the implementation of this section. “(5) Nothing in this section is intended to impact diversion programs, which may be of- fered by a local court, as defined in ORS 137.145, or a circuit court. “SECTION 3. (1) The Department of Transportation by rule shall establish standards for a driver improvement course provided to persons pursuant to section 2 of this 2025 Act. The standards must describe the contents and quality of a curriculum for the course, specify requirements for obtaining a certificate and otherwise determine the level and depth of knowledge a person must have obtained from the course. “(2) The department shall maintain a list of providers approved to lead the course de- scribed in this section and shall update the list monthly. The department shall prescribe procedures for providing the provider list to police officers. LC 4104/HB 3323-3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 “SECTION 4. Section 2 of this 2025 Act applies to persons issued citations for traffic vi- olations on or after January 1, 2026. “SECTION 5.(1) Sections 2 and 3 of this 2025 Act become operative on January 1, 2026. “(2) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules and take any other action before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the department to exercise, on and after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all the duties, functions and powers conferred on the department by sections 2 and 3 of this 2025 Act. “SECTION 6.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.”. HA to HB 3323 Page 2