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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 651
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (at the request of Senator Noah Robinson) (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: Tells the Secretary of State to study how to make it easier for a business to file papers
in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6).
Requires the Secretary of State to study methods for reducing the paperwork filing burden on
businesses in this state. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees
of the Legislative Assembly related to business not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Secretary of State’s business registry functions.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall study methods for reducing the paperwork filing
burden on businesses in this state. The Secretary of State 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 business 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 Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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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