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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 254
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 OYA to study how to improve how the authority serves youth in this
state. (Flesch Readability Score:70.1).
Requires the Oregon Youth Authority to conduct a study regarding options for improving how
the authority provides services to youth in this state. Directs the authority to submit findings to the
interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September
15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon Youth Authority.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Oregon Youth Authority shall conduct a study regarding options for
improving how the authority provides services to youth in this state. The authority 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 human
services 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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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