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HB2697 • 2025

Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to vehicle lighting.

Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to vehicle lighting.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Scharf
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.

Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to vehicle lighting.

Digest: The Act repeals the limit on traffic stops for some lighting offenses.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act repeals the limit on traffic stops for some lighting offenses.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).
  • Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to vehicle lighting.
  • Relating to: Relating to traffic stops.

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.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act repeals the limit on traffic stops for some lighting offenses. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).
Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to vehicle lighting.
Relating to: Relating to traffic stops.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2697
Sponsored by Representative SCHARF (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 repeals the limit on traffic stops for some lighting offenses. (Flesch Readability
Score: 67.7).
Repeals the limitation on police officers initiating traffic stops for certain offenses related to
vehicle lighting.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to traffic stops; repealing ORS 810.412.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 810.412 is repealed.
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 1606