HB2191 • 2025

Repeals the prohibition on the use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Reschke,, Yunker, Representative Diehl,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Repeals the prohibition on the use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement.

Digest: Repeals the ban on the use of public resources to help enforce immigration laws.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Repeals the ban on the use of public resources to help enforce immigration laws.
(Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).
Repeals the prohibition on the use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement.
Repeals the prohibition on law enforcement agencies' or public bodies' denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on the basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about an individual's citizenship status without connection to a criminal investigation or providing information about an individual in custody to a federal immigration authority.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Repeals the ban on the use of public resources to help enforce immigration laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).
Repeals the prohibition on the use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement. Repeals the prohibition on law enforcement agencies' or public bodies' denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on the basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about an individual's citizenship status without connection to a criminal investigation or providing information about an individual in custody to a federal immigration authority.
Repeals the requirement that a law enforcement agency explain to an individual committed or detained by the law enforcement agency the individual's right to refuse to disclose nationality, citizenship or immigration status and potential immigration consequences of disclosure.
Repeals the prohibition on public bodies', law enforcement agencies' or officers' entering into specified agreements related to federal immigration enforcement. Repeals the requirement that a public body that receives communication or a request for assistance from a federal immigration authority report the request or communication to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to immigration enforcement; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2191
Sponsored by Representative RESCHKE (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: Repeals the ban on the use of public resources to help enforce immigration laws. (Flesch
Readability Score: 65.7).
Repeals the prohibition on the use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement.
Repeals the prohibition on law enforcement agencies’ or public bodies’ denying services, benefits,
privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on the basis of federal civil immigration actions,
inquiring about an individual’s citizenship status without connection to a criminal investigation or
providing information about an individual in custody to a federal immigration authority.
Repeals the requirement that a law enforcement agency explain to an individual committed or
detained by the law enforcement agency the individual’s right to refuse to disclose nationality, citi-
zenship or immigration status and potential immigration consequences of disclosure.
Repeals the prohibition on public bodies’, law enforcement agencies’ or officers’ entering into
specified agreements related to federal immigration enforcement. Repeals the requirement that a
public body that receives communication or a request for assistance from a federal immigration au-
thority report the request or communication to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to immigration enforcement; repealing ORS 180.805, 180.810, 181A.820, 181A.822, 181A.823,
181A.826, 181A.827, 181A.828 and 181A.829; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 180.805, 180.810, 181A.820, 181A.822, 181A.823, 181A.826, 181A.827,
181A.828 and 181A.829 are repealed.
SECTION 2. 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.
LC 2265