HB2644 • 2025

Directs the Department of Corrections to study the facilities used to execute adults in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

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

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Directs the Department of Corrections to study the facilities used to execute adults in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

Digest: The Act would make the DOC study and report on the facilities used to carry out the death penalty in Oregon.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act would make the DOC study and report on the facilities used to carry out the death penalty in Oregon.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Directs the Department of Corrections to study the facilities used to execute adults in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary.
Requires the department to report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary by February 15 each year.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would make the DOC study and report on the facilities used to carry out the death penalty in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Directs the Department of Corrections to study the facilities used to execute adults in custody at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Requires the department to report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary by February 15 each year.
Sunsets December 31, 2047.
Relating to: Relating to facilities used for imposition of the death penalty.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2644
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: The Act would make the DOC study and report on the facilities used to carry out the
death penalty in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Directs the Department of Corrections to study the facilities used to execute adults in custody
at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Requires the department to report to the committees of the Leg-
islative Assembly related to the judiciary by February 15 each year.
Sunsets December 31, 2047.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to facilities used for imposition of the death penalty.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Department of Corrections shall study the condition of the facilities
at the Oregon State Penitentiary that are used to execute an adult in custody who is con-
victed and sentenced under ORS 163.150, including:
(a) The operational status and condition of the facilities.
(b) The cost to renovate the facilities consistent with national standards if the facilities
are dismantled and rendered inoperable pursuant to the direction of the executive branch.
(c) The impact on the criminal justice system in Oregon if the facilities are dismantled
and rendered inoperable.
(2) No later than February 15 of each year, the department shall provide the results of
the study described in subsection (1) of this section, along with any recommended legislative
changes, in a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the
judiciary in the manner provided under ORS 192.245.
SECTION 2.
Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on December 31, 2047.
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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