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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 169
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 directs the Department of State Police to study forensic science. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 60.7).
Requires the Department of State Police to study forensic science. 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 forensic science.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of State Police shall study changes to forensic science
procedures. 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 Legisla-
tive 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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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