HB2433 • 2025

Provides that a public body may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Representative Yunker, Representative Skarlatos,, Wright,, Senator Nash,, Smith DB,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides that a public body may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.

Digest: The Act says that the government may not treat people in different ways in jobs, schools or public contracts on the grounds of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act says that the government may not treat people in different ways in jobs, schools or public contracts on the grounds of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
The Act makes some exceptions.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.3).
Provides that a public body may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.

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Bill History

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

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act says that the government may not treat people in different ways in jobs, schools or public contracts on the grounds of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The Act makes some exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3).
Provides that a public body may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting. Provides certain exceptions.
Relating to: Relating to different treatment of persons by a public body.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2433
Sponsored by Representative YUNKER; Representative WRIGHT, Senators NASH, SMITH DB (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 the government may not treat people in different ways in jobs, schools
or public contracts on the grounds of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The Act makes
some exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3).
Provides that a public body may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any
individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of
public employment, public education or public contracting. Provides certain exceptions.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to different treatment of persons by a public body.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) A public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, may not discriminate against
or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color,
ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public
contracting.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting bona fide qualifications or
other considerations based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of
public employment, public education or public contracting.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as invalidating any court order or consent
decree that is in force as of the effective date of this section.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting action that must be taken
to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, where ineligibility would result
in a loss of federal funds to this 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.
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