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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3555
Sponsored by Representative NOSSE
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: Allows a party to change a middle name for marriage or partnership. (Flesch Readability
Score:60.7).
Allows a party who is entering into marriage or a registered domestic partnership to change the
party’s middle name back to the party’s middle name at birth.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to name changes; amending ORS 106.220 and 106.335.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 106.220 is amended to read:
106.220. (1) Upon entering into marriage, either party may:
(a) Retain the party’s middle name, if any, and surname prior to the marriage;
(b) Retain the party’s middle name, if any, and change the party’s surname to the surname of
the other party;
(c) Either retain or remove the party’s middle name, if any, and change the party’s surname to
one surname or a combination of surnames, or names within the surnames, of either or both parties,
with or without a hyphen;
(d) Change the party’s middle name, if any, to the party’s middle name or surname at birth or
prior to the marriage; or
(e) Add to the party’s middle name, if any, the party’s surname at birth or prior to the marriage
and change the party’s surname to the surname of the other party.
(2) Each party must indicate on the application, license and record of marriage the party’s name
aftermarriage.
(3) The name of each party after marriage as indicated on the application, license and record
of marriage shall become the sole legal name of each party after marriage. If a party indicates a
name change other than as described in subsection (1) of this section, the party shall request ap-
proval of the court pursuant to ORS 33.410.
(4) As used in this section, “middle name” and “surname” mean a name that may consist of one
or more different names.
SECTION 2. ORS 106.335 is amended to read:
106.335. (1) Upon entering into a domestic partnership, either party to the domestic partnership
may:
(a) Retain the party’s middle name, if any, and surname prior to the domestic partnership;
(b) Retain the party’s middle name, if any, and change the party’s surname to the surname of
the other party;
(c) Either retain or remove the party’s middle name, if any, and change the party’s surname to
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 4297 HB3555
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one surname or a combination of surnames, or names within the surnames, of either or both parties,
with or without a hyphen;
(d) Change the party’s middle name, if any, to the party’s middle name or surname at birth or
prior to the domestic partnership; or
(e) Add to the party’s middle name, if any, the party’s surname at birth or prior to the domestic
partnership and change the party’s surname to the surname of the other party.
(2) Each party must indicate on the Declaration of Domestic Partnership the party’s name after
domestic partnership.
(3) The name of each party after domestic partnership as indicated on the Declaration of Do-
mestic Partnership shall become the sole legal name of each party after domestic partnership. If a
party indicates a name change other than as described in subsection (1) of this section, the party
shall request approval of the court pursuant to ORS 33.410.
(4) As used in this section, “middle name” and “surname” mean a name that may consist of one
or more different names.
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