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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 255
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 the CJC to do a study. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0).
Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study recidivism rates of persons granted
a pardon and to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Leg-
islative Assembly no later than December 31, 2026.
Sunsets January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pardons.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall study recidivism rates of
persons granted a pardon.
(2) The commission shall provide the results of the study, including any recommended
legislative changes, in a report to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative As-
sembly in the manner provided under ORS 192.245 no later than December 31, 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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.
LC 3082