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HB2424 • 2025

Allows the Director of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor.

Allows the Director of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Evans
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Allows the Director of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor.

Digest: Allows the head of ODVA to appoint a deputy.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: Allows the head of ODVA to appoint a deputy.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).
  • Allows the Director of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor.
  • Relating to: Relating to the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Allows the head of ODVA to appoint a deputy. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).
Allows the Director of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor.
Relating to: Relating to the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2424
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (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: Allows the head of ODVA to appoint a deputy. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).
Allows the Director of Veterans’ Affairs to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the
Governor.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Director of Veterans’ Affairs, subject to approval by the Governor, may
appoint a deputy director. The deputy director must be a veteran. The deputy director serves
at the pleasure of the director, has full authority to act for the director and is subject to the
control of the director. The appointment of the deputy director shall be by written order filed
with the Secretary of State.
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 1078