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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2330
Ordered by the House March 10
Including House Amendments dated March 10
Sponsored by Representative OWENS; Representative OSBORNE (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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act creates a task force to come up with ideas to address fraudulent schemes that
target the elderly. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7).
Establishes the Task Force on Law Enforcement Interdiction Against Financial Scams on [ the
Elderly] Older Oregonians . Directs the task force to prepare a list of standard terms, based on
relevant federal law, regarding identification, investigation and prosecution of fraudulent schemes
targeting the elderly and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
information management and technology with recommendations for legislation.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to fraudulent schemes targeting the elderly; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Task Force on Law Enforcement Interdiction Against Financial
Scams on Older Oregonians is established, consisting of 21 members appointed as follows:
(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint:
(A) One member who is a member of the Senate and a member of the majority party;
and
(B) One member who is a member of the Senate and a member of the minority party.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint:
(A) One member who is a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the
majority party; and
(B) One member who is a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the
minority party.
(c)(A) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
jointly appoint seven members with expertise in one or more of the following areas:
(i) Computer science;
(ii) Cybercrime;
(iii) Elder abuse;
(iv) Financial crimes;
(v) Data privacy;
(vi) Law enforcement; and
(vii) Criminal law.
(B) The members appointed under this paragraph shall include:
(i) One member who represents an urban county sheriff’s office.
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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(ii) One member who represents a rural county sheriff’s office.
(iii) Two members who are advocates for Oregonians who are 50 years old and older.
(iv) One member who has expertise in ethics and technology.
(v) One member who represents the Oregon District Attorneys Association and is an
expert in elder abuse or cybercrime prosecution.
(vi) One member who represents the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and
is an expert in elder abuse or cybercrime defense.
(d) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint one member who represents the
Judicial Department.
(e) The Governor shall appoint:
(A) The State Chief Information Officer or the officer’s designee.
(B) Two members with expertise in cybercrime investigation and interdiction.
(C) Two members with expertise in elder abuse investigations and interdiction.
(D) One member who represents the banking community and has experience with elder
abuse investigations.
(E) The Attorney General or Attorney General’s designee.
(F) The Superintendent of State Police or the superintendent’s designee.
(G) One member who represents the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
(2) Members of the Legislative Assembly and the member representing the Judicial De-
partment appointed to the task force are nonvoting members of the task force and may act
in an advisory capacity only.
(3)(a) The task force shall develop a list of standard terms and definitions for use in
legislation relating to cybercrimes, elder abuse fraud and the prevention, investigation and
prosecution of cybercrimes and elder abuse fraud. The task force shall base its list of terms
and definitions on the terms and definitions used by the federal government and relevant
enforcement techniques. The list of terms and definitions developed under this paragraph
must align as closely as possible with terms and definitions used by the federal government.
(b) The task force shall recommend legislation to enable law enforcement agencies in this
state to effectively interdict in fraudulent schemes that target the elderly and are committed
through telephone or online solicitations, including, but not limited to:
(A) Imposter schemes or enterprises, including threatening telephone calls from individ-
uals impersonating the Internal Revenue Service or other government agencies and tele-
phone calls of an individual representing the individual as a family member in peril;
(B) Fake technical support calls;
(C) Fake charity appeals;
(D) Lottery schemes;
(E) Bank fraud calls;
(F) Insurance, health care and debt schemes; and
(G) Use of artificial intelligence in promoting fraudulent schemes.
(c) In carrying out its duties under this subsection, the task force shall solicit input from
a broad range of stakeholders, including individuals from communities impacted by elder
abuse through fraudulent schemes, law enforcement agencies and others who may be im-
pacted by policies developed by the task force.
(4) The task force may:
(a) Make recommendations for legislation;
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(b) Make recommendations for administrative rules interpreting existing legislation;
(c) Create and distribute public guidance, warnings and education to reduce harm;
(d) Create resource guides to law enforcement and agencies charged with protecting the
elderly;
(e) Make recommendations for improvements to law enforcement techniques designed to
apprehend offenders; and
(f) Make recommendations for interstate compacts and federal-state enforcement agree-
ments designed to enhance efforts to apprehend offenders.
(5) A majority of the voting members of the task force constitutes a quorum for the
transaction of business.
(6) Official action by the task force requires the approval of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
(7) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.
(8) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appoint-
ment to become immediately effective.
(9) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson
or of a majority of the voting members of the task force.
(10) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the task force.
(11) The task force shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
shall include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to information management and technology no later than September 15,
2026.
(12) The Legislative Policy and Research Director and Legislative Fiscal Officer may
employ persons necessary for the performance of the functions of the task force. The Leg-
islative Policy and Research Director and the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall fix the duties
and amounts of compensation of the employees. The task force shall use the services of
continuing legislative staff, without employing additional persons, to the greatest extent
practicable.
(13) Members of the task force who are not members of the Legislative Assembly are not
entitled to compensation or reimbursement for expenses and serve as volunteers on the task
force.
(14) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist
the task force in the performance of the duties of the task force and, to the extent permitted
by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish information and advice the members of the task
force consider necessary to perform their duties.
SECTION 2.
Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on December 31, 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.
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