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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1170
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
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 DOJ to study access to justice and make a report. (Flesch Readability
Score:83.0).
Requires the Department of Justice to study access to justice. Directs the department to submit
findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than
September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to access to justice.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Justice shall study access to justice. 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 the
judiciary 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 4321