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HB2534 • 2025

Modifies the crime of riot.

Modifies the crime of riot.

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Boshart Davis, Representative Boice,
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.

Modifies the crime of riot.

Digest: The Act makes changes to the crime of riot.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act makes changes to the crime of riot.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3).
  • Modifies the crime of riot.
  • Relating to: Relating to motor vehicles.

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 Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act makes changes to the crime of riot. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3).
Modifies the crime of riot.
Relating to: Relating to motor vehicles.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2534
Sponsored by Representative BOSHART DAVIS (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 makes changes to the crime of riot. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3).
Modifies the crime of riot.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to motor vehicles; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 166.015.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 166.015 is amended to read:
166.015. (1) A person commits the crime of riot if while participating with five or more other
persons the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or
recklessly creates a grave risk of causing public alarm.
(2) As used in this section, “tumultuous and violent conduct” includes using a motor
vehicle or a person’s body to impede traffic, create a traffic hazard or block the normal and
reasonable movement of traffic.
(3) “Tumultuous and violent conduct” does not include the following:
(a) Proceeding in a manner needed for safe operation of the motor vehicle, including but
not limited to:
(A) Momentarily stopping to allow oncoming traffic to pass before making a right-hand
or left-hand turn.
(B) Momentarily stopping in preparation of, or moving at an extremely slow pace while,
negotiating an exit from the road.
(b) Proceeding as part of a funeral procession under the direction of a funeral escort
vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle.
(c) Proceeding as authorized under ORS 814.070 (3) and (4).
(d) Proceeding with the approval of and under the conditions imposed by the road au-
thority, as defined in ORS 801.445.
[(2)] (4) Riot is a Class C felony.
SECTION 2.
The amendments to ORS 166.015 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to con-
duct occurring on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
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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