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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 559
Sponsored by Senator PROZANSKI, Representative CHOTZEN; Representative TRAN (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 directs BOPPPS to study early medical release for adults in custody. The Act
goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
Requires the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to study changes to procedures
for the early medical release of adults in custody. Directs the board 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.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to early medical release; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision shall study changes
to procedures for the early medical release of adults in custody. The board shall submit a
report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legis-
lation, 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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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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