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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3849
Sponsored by Representative SMITH G
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: Makes ODVA do a study on veterans and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 65.7).
Requires the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to study veterans. Directs the department to sub-
mit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to veterans not later than
September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to veterans.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall study veterans. The department
shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommen-
dations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
veterans 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 3442