HB2428 • 2025

Provides that a public body may not collect certain information about a person's views, associations or activities without consent.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Diehl,, Reschke,, Yunker, Representative Mannix,
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.

Provides that a public body may not collect certain information about a person's views, associations or activities without consent.

Digest: The Act says that a public body may not keep some data about a person without the person's consent.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act says that a public body may not keep some data about a person without the person's consent.
(Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Provides that a public body may not collect certain information about a person's views, associations or activities without consent.
Relating to: Relating to information collected by public bodies.

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: The Act says that a public body may not keep some data about a person without the person's consent. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Provides that a public body may not collect certain information about a person's views, associations or activities without consent.
Relating to: Relating to information collected by public bodies.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2428
Sponsored by Representatives DIEHL, RESCHKE, YUNKER; Representative MANNIX (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: The Act says that a public body may not keep some data about a person without the
person’s consent. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).
Provides that a public body may not collect certain information about a person’s views, associ-
ations or activities without consent.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to information collected by public bodies; amending ORS 181A.250.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 181A.250 is amended to read:
181A.250. (1) [No law enforcement agency, as defined in ORS 181A.010, may ] Except as provided
in subsection (2) of this section, a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, may not collect or
maintain information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities of any
individual, group, association, organization, corporation, business or partnership [ unless such ]
without the consent of the subject of the information.
(2) A law enforcement agency, as defined in ORS 181A.010, may collect or maintain the
information described in subsection (1) of this section without the consent of the subject of
the information if the information directly relates to an investigation of criminal activities, and
there are reasonable grounds to suspect the subject of the information is or may be involved in
criminal conduct.
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 892