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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3689
Sponsored by Representative RESCHKE
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 lets the Governor commute prison terms to allow for removal. The Act also tells
DOC to work with ICE to identify AICs subject to removal and to report this data to the Governor.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.9).
Authorizes the Governor to commute a person’s prison sentence to allow for the removal of the
person.
Directs the Department of Corrections to work with federal immigration authorities to identify
persons in the custody of the department who are subject to removal, to facilitate participation in
removal proceedings during incarceration sentences and to coordinate with the Governor so that
any commutation results in the person being transferred directly into the custody of a federal im-
migration authority.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to removal proceedings; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 144.649.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 144.649 is amended to read:
144.649. (1) Upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as the Governor
thinks proper, the Governor may grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after convictions, for
all crimes and may remit, after judgment therefor, all penalties and forfeitures.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 181A.820 and 181A.822 to 181A.829, the Governor may:
(a) Consult and coordinate with the Department of Corrections and any federal immi-
gration authority as defined in section 2 of this 2025 Act to identify persons subject to re-
moval and facilitate removal proceedings.
(b) If doing so is in the interests of the residents of this state, commute the sentence
of a person incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility in order to facilitate or ex-
pedite the removal of the person.
SECTION 2. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 181A.820 and 181A.822 to 181A.829, the Department
of Corrections shall:
(a) Consult and cooperate with federal immigration authorities to identify persons in the
custody of the department who are subject to removal.
(b) Ensure that persons in the custody of the department are able to participate in re-
moval proceedings while serving terms of incarceration in order to allow for expedited re-
moval upon release from custody.
(c) Share information with the office of the Governor in order to facilitate removal, in-
cluding but not limited to information concerning persons in the custody of the department
who are subject to removal.
(d) Coordinate with the Governor and federal immigration authorities so that a person
whose sentence has been commuted to facilitate removal is transferred directly into the
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 4394 HB3689
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custody of a federal immigration authority upon release.
(2) As used in this section, “federal immigration authority” means the United States
Department of Homeland Security, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Customs
and Border Protection or a successor agency, any other federal immigration agency or offi-
cial or any other entity to which a federal immigration agency delegates or assigns the au-
thority to detect, investigate or enforce violations of immigration law.
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