HB2662 • 2025

Directs a municipal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a population of at least 350,000 to staff patrol vehicles with a minimum of two officers.

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.

Directs a municipal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a population of at least 350,000 to staff patrol vehicles with a minimum of two officers.

Digest: The Act says that some law enforcement agencies have to have at least two officers in patrol cars.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act says that some law enforcement agencies have to have at least two officers in patrol cars.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
Directs a municipal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a population of at least 350,000 to staff patrol vehicles with a minimum of two officers.
Specifies an exception.

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 some law enforcement agencies have to have at least two officers in patrol cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
Directs a municipal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a population of at least 350,000 to staff patrol vehicles with a minimum of two officers. Specifies an exception.
Relating to: Relating to law enforcement agencies.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2662
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 says that some law enforcement agencies have to have at least two officers in
patrol cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
Directs a municipal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a population of at least
350,000 to staff patrol vehicles with a minimum of two officers. Specifies an exception.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to law enforcement agencies.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a municipal law
enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a municipality with a population of at least 350,000
shall staff all enclosed motor vehicles used for patrol duties with a minimum of two law
enforcement officers.
(2)(a) A municipal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a municipality with a
population of at least 350,000 may staff an enclosed motor vehicle used for patrol duties with
only one law enforcement officer if extraordinary circumstances prevent the agency from
complying with the requirement described in subsection (1) of this section.
(b) For each instance that a law enforcement agency is prevented from complying with
the requirement described in subsection (1) of this section due to extraordinary circum-
stances, the agency shall provide written notice to the Department of Justice with an ex-
planation of the specific circumstances.
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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