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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3524
Sponsored by Representative MANNIX
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 the DOC to study when medications may be given to adults in custody.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
Requires the Department of Corrections to study when medications can and should be given
involuntarily to adults in custody. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim com-
mittees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the administration of medications for adults in custody.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Corrections shall study the conditions under which
medications can legally and should normatively be administered involuntarily to adults in
custody.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 the judiciary 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 2207