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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3569
Sponsored by Representatives GAMBA, BOICE; Representatives MANNIX, NELSON, OWENS
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 says that the first chief sponsor of a law has to be invited to be on the rules
advisory committee for rules implementing the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3).
Requires an agency that appoints a rules advisory committee with regard to rules implementing
legislation to invite the first chief sponsor to participate on the committee as a nonvoting member.
Requires the Small Business Rules Advisory Committee to invite the first chief sponsor to par-
ticipate on the committee as a nonvoting member when the committee is used as a rules advisory
committee with regard to rules implementing legislation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to rules advisory committees; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 183.333 and
183.407.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 183.333 is amended to read:
183.333. (1)(a) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that
whenever possible the public be involved in the development of public policy by agencies and in the
drafting of rules. The Legislative Assembly encourages agencies to seek public input to the maxi-
mum extent possible before giving notice of intent to adopt a rule. The agency may appoint an ad-
visory committee or use any other means of obtaining public views that will assist the agency in
drafting the rule.
(b) The membership of an advisory committee appointed under this subsection must represent
the interests of persons and communities likely to be affected by the rule.
(c) An agency that appoints an advisory committee under this subsection with regard to
adoption of rules implementing legislation enacted by the Legislative Assembly shall invite
the first chief sponsor of the legislation to participate as a nonvoting member of the com-
mittee.
(2) Any agency in its discretion may develop a list of interested parties and inform those parties
of any issue that may be the subject of rulemaking and invite the parties to make comments on the
issue.
(3) If an agency appoints an advisory committee for consideration of a rule under subsection (1)
of this section, the agency shall seek the committee’s recommendations on whether the rule will
have a fiscal impact, what the extent of that impact will be and whether the rule will have a sig-
nificant adverse impact on small businesses. If the committee indicates that the rule will have a
significant adverse impact on small businesses, the agency shall seek the committee’s recommen-
dations on compliance with ORS 183.540.
(4) An agency shall consider an advisory committee’s recommendations provided under sub-
section (3) of this section in preparing the statement of fiscal impact required by ORS 183.335
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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(2)(b)(E).
(5) If an agency does not appoint an advisory committee for consideration of a permanent rule
under subsection (1) of this section and 10 or more persons likely to be affected by the rule object
to the agency’s statement of fiscal impact as required by ORS 183.335 (2)(b)(E) or an association with
at least 10 members likely to be affected by the rule objects to the statement, the agency shall ap-
point a fiscal impact advisory committee to provide recommendations on whether the rule will have
a fiscal impact and what the extent of that impact will be. The membership of the fiscal impact ad-
visory committee must represent the interests of persons and communities likely to be affected by
the rule. An objection under this subsection must be made not later than 14 days after the notice
required by ORS 183.335 (1) is given. If the agency determines that the statement does not ade-
quately reflect the rule’s fiscal impact, the agency shall extend the period for submission of data or
views under ORS 183.335 (3)(a) by at least 20 days. The agency shall include any recommendations
from the committee in the record maintained by the agency for the rule.
(6) An agency may appoint the Small Business Rules Advisory Committee established in ORS
183.407 as the advisory committee or fiscal impact advisory committee for purposes of this section.
(7) Subsection (5) of this section does not apply to any rule adopted by an agency to comply with
a judgment or a settlement of a judicial proceeding.
(8) If an agency is required by law to appoint an advisory committee or a fiscal impact advisory
committee under this section, the agency may not appoint an officer, employee or other agent of the
agency to serve as a member of the advisory committee or fiscal impact advisory committee.
SECTION 2. ORS 183.407 is amended to read:
183.407. (1) The Small Business Rules Advisory Committee is established to serve as an advisory
committee for agencies adopting new administrative rules and to review the effectiveness of existing
administrativerules.
(2) The committee consists of nine members as follows:
(a) Two representatives of small businesses appointed by the Governor;
(b) Two representatives of small businesses appointed by the President of the Senate;
(c) Two representatives of small businesses appointed by the Speaker of the House;
(d) A representative of small businesses appointed by the Office of Small Business Assistance
established in ORS 56.203;
(e) A representative of state agencies appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services; and
(f) A member who is an expert in the rulemaking process appointed by the State Archivist.
(3)(a) Upon request of an agency, the committee shall serve as the advisory committee or fiscal
impact advisory committee for reviewing an agency’s proposed administrative rules under ORS
183.333.
(b) When an agency uses the committee as the advisory committee under this subsection
with regard to adoption of rules implementing legislation enacted by the Legislative Assem-
bly, the committee shall invite the first chief sponsor of the legislation to participate as a
nonvoting member of the committee.
(4) Upon request of an agency, the committee may agree to complete the rules review and re-
porting required by ORS 183.405 in place of the agency.
(5) Members of the committee shall be appointed to serve for terms of two years, but a member
serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The appointing authority shall appoint a person
to fill any vacancy on the committee for the expired term.A member may be reappointed to the
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committee.
(6) The members of the committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members of the
committee. In the absence of a chairperson, the member appointed by the State Archivist shall serve
as acting chairperson.
(7) A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of
business.
(8) The committee shall meet upon the call of the chairperson or upon a request of a majority
of the members of the committee.The committee may meet by phone or video conference with at
least 24 hours’ public notice.
(9) The State Archives shall provide administrative support to the committee.
(10) Members of the committee are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed from
funds available to the State Archives for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred
by them in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS
292.495.
SECTION 3. (1) The amendments to ORS 183.333 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to
advisory committees appointed on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
(2) The amendments to ORS 183.407 by section 2 of this 2025 Act apply to requests to use
the Small Business Rules Advisory Committee as the advisory committee for reviewing an
agency’s proposed administrative rules made on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
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