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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 224
Sponsored by Senators MANNING JR, BONHAM, PATTERSON; Senators FREDERICK, GOLDEN, MEEK,
PROZANSKI, REYNOLDS, SOLLMAN, TAYLOR, Representative GAMBA (Presession filed.)
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 keeps the SOS from posting the address of those persons who are linked to a
campaign committee on the secretary’s website. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).
Prohibits the Secretary of State from publishing the residence address of certain individuals who
are affiliated with a candidate’s principal campaign committee on the electronic filing system main-
tained by the secretary.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to addresses of individuals associated with candidate campaign committees; amending ORS
260.057.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 260.057 is amended to read:
260.057. (1) The Secretary of State by rule shall adopt an electronic filing system to be used by:
(a) All candidates and political committees to file with the secretary statements of contributions
received and expenditures made by the candidates and political committees, as described in ORS
260.083.
(b) Treasurers of petition committees organized under ORS 260.118 to file with the secretary
statements of contributions received and expenditures made by the treasurers or chief petitioners
as described in ORS 260.083.
(c) Persons who make independent expenditures as provided in ORS 260.044 to file with the
secretary statements of independent expenditures made by the persons as described in ORS 260.083.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate or political committee shall file a
statement of contributions received and expenditures made described in subsection (1)(a) of this
section not later than 30 calendar days after a contribution is received or an expenditure is made.
(3)(a) A candidate for nomination or election at any primary or general election or a political
committee supporting or opposing a candidate or measure at any primary or general election shall
file a statement described in subsection (1)(a) of this section not later than seven calendar days after
a contribution is received or an expenditure is made. This paragraph applies to contributions re-
ceived and expenditures made:
(A) During the period beginning on the 42nd calendar day before the date of any primary
election and ending on the date of the primary election; and
(B) During the period beginning on the 42nd calendar day before the date of any general
election and ending on the date of the general election.
(b) For any special election, the secretary by rule may establish a period during which a can-
didate for nomination or election at the special election or a political committee supporting or op-
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 202 SB224
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posing a candidate or measure at the special election must file a statement described in subsection
(1) of this section not later than seven calendar days after a contribution is received or an expend-
iture is made.
(c) If the candidate or political committee receives a contribution or makes an expenditure prior
to the 42nd calendar day before the date of the primary or general election and the candidate or
political committee has not filed a statement of the contribution or expenditure under subsection (2)
of this section by the 43rd calendar day before the date of the primary or general election, the
candidate or political committee shall file a statement described in subsection (1)(a) of this section
not later than whichever of the following dates occurs first:
(A) The date required under subsection (2) of this section; or
(B) The 35th calendar day before the date of the primary or general election.
(4) The electronic filing system shall be provided free of charge by the secretary and shall:
(a) Accept electronic files that conform to the format prescribed by the secretary by rule; or
(b) Be compatible with any other electronic filing application provided or approved by the sec-
retary.
(5)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b)or (c) of this subsection, the secretary shall make all
data filed electronically under subsection (1)(a) of this section and all information filed with the
secretary under ORS 260.049 or 260.085 available on the Internet to the public free of charge ac-
cording to a schedule adopted by the secretary by rule. The secretary shall make the data available
in a searchable database that is easily accessible by the public. When the secretary makes data or
information available on the Internet under this subsection, the secretary shall display any contri-
bution received from a person or political committee with an out-of-state address in a different col-
ored font than a contribution received from a person or political committee with an in-state address.
(b) The secretary may not make data that are filed electronically under subsection (1)(a) of this
section available to the public under this section, unless the data are required to be listed under
ORS 260.083. The secretary may not disclose under ORS 192.311 to 192.478 any data that are filed
electronically under subsection (1)(a) of this section, unless the data are required to be listed under
ORS 260.083.
(c) The secretary may not make the residence address of any individual who is associated
with a candidate’s principal campaign committee, as designated under ORS 260.041, available
to the public under this section. An individual under this paragraph includes the candidate,
committee director, treasurer and any individual authorized to file statements with or re-
ceive correspondence from the secretary on behalf of the committee.
(6) Each statement required by this section shall be signed and certified as true by the candi-
date, treasurer, designee of the candidate or treasurer or person who files a statement of independ-
ent expenditures under ORS 260.044, as appropriate. Signatures shall be supplied in the manner
specified by the secretary by rule.
(7) This section does not apply to:
(a) Candidates for federal office;
(b) Candidates who are not required to file a statement of organization under ORS 260.043; or
(c) Candidates, political committees or petition committees that file certificates under ORS
260.112.
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