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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 163
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim 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 OJD to study the changes that would need to be made to laws in this state
to conform to the Uniform Parentage Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.0).
Requires the Judicial Department to study the judicial and administrative procedures to estab-
lish parentage and changes that would be necessary to implement the Uniform Parentage Act in this
state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative As-
sembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to parentage.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Judicial Department shall study the judicial and administrative proce-
dures to establish parentage and changes that would be necessary to implement the Uniform
Parentage Act in this state. 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 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 Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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.
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