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HB2700 • 2025

Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to create and maintain a registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response.

Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to create and maintain a registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response.

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 the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to create and maintain a registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response.

Digest: The Act tells ODEM to make a registry of people who can help with emergencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act tells ODEM to make a registry of people who can help with emergencies.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
  • Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to create and maintain a registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response.
  • Requires that the registry be accessible to emergency management agencies and emergency program managers.

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 Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans 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 tells ODEM to make a registry of people who can help with emergencies. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to create and maintain a registry of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response. Requires that the registry be accessible to emergency management agencies and emergency program managers. Directs the department to establish procedures for communicating with appropriate entities to gather and update registry information.
Relating to: Relating to emergency response.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2700
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 tells ODEM to make a registry of people who can help with emergencies.
(Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to create and maintain a registry
of persons able and willing to provide services related to emergency response. Requires that the
registry be accessible to emergency management agencies and emergency program managers. Di-
rects the department to establish procedures for communicating with appropriate entities to gather
and update registry information.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to emergency response.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall create and
maintain a registry of persons who are able and willing to provide services related to emer-
gency response. The registry may include:
(a) Current or former first responders;
(b) Persons experienced in construction or other skilled trades; and
(c) Other persons that the department determines are able to assist in emergency re-
sponse.
(2) As a condition of inclusion on the registry, the department may require:
(a) Evidence of relevant qualifications;
(b) Training related to emergency response, including incident management or command;
and
(c) Criminal background checks.
(3) The registry must include, for each person:
(a) The person’s name and contact information;
(b) The physical location where the person is based;
(c) Specialized training or skills related to emergency response that the person has; and
(d) A description of vehicles or equipment that the person is willing to permit use of for
emergency response.
(4) The registry must be accessible to emergency management agencies and emergency
program managers described in ORS 401.305. The department may make the registry ac-
cessible to any other persons or entities if the department determines that providing such
access will enhance public safety.
(5) The department shall establish procedures for communicating with emergency man-
agement agencies or other appropriate entities for the purposes of gathering information for
the registry and regularly updating the information.
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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(6) The department shall consult with the following state agencies in creating and main-
taining the registry:
(a) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training;
(b) The Oregon Health Authority; and
(c) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
(7) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management may adopt rules necessary for
the administration of this section.
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