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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1209
Sponsored by Senator BROADMAN
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 a person may not file a special motion to strike a claim brought by
a public body. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.7).
Provides that a person may not file a special motion to strike a claim brought by a public body.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to special motions to strike; amending ORS 31.155.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 31.155 is amended to read:
31.155. (1) ORS 31.150 and 31.152 do not apply to an action brought by a public body as defined
in ORS 174.109 or by the Attorney General, a district attorney, a county counsel or a city attorney
acting in an official capacity.
(2) ORS 31.150 and 31.152 create a procedure for seeking dismissal of claims described in ORS
31.150 (2) and do not affect the substantive law governing those claims.
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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