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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3796
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD AND HUMAN SERVICES (at the request of Representative
Annessa Hartman)
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 Department of Early Learning and Care to study early childhood.
(Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).
Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study early childhood.Directs the de-
partment to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to child
care no later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to early childhood.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Early Learning and Care shall study early childhood. 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 re-
lated to child care 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 1693