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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3396
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES (at the request of Representative Ben Bowman)
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: Tells DOJ to study public records and report back.(Flesch Readability Score: 75.5).
Requires the Department of Justice to study public records.Directs the department to submit
findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules not later than Sep-
tember 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public records.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Justice shall study public records. 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 rules 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 3239