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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 880
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB
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 OSB to make an attorney do at least 120 hours of public defense work in
the first three years after the attorney is admitted to practice in Oregon. The Act tells the OPDC
to train the attorneys. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Directs the Oregon State Bar to require an attorney to provide at least 120 hours of public de-
fense services in the first three years after the attorney first becomes admitted to the practice of
law in Oregon. Directs the Oregon Public Defense Commission to provide training.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to attorneys.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 9.005 to 9.757.
SECTION 2.(1) The Oregon State Bar shall require an attorney to provide at least 120
hours of public defense services in the first three years after the attorney first becomes
admitted to the practice of law in this state.
(2) The Oregon Public Defense Commission shall provide training in criminal defense law
that prepares attorneys to satisfy the requirements of this section.
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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