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HB2720 • 2025

Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.

Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.

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.

Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.

Digest: The Act expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
  • Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.
  • Relating to: Relating to emergency preparedness.

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.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.
Relating to: Relating to emergency preparedness.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2720
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 expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer. (Flesch Readability Score:
61.3).
Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to emergency preparedness; amending ORS 401.913.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 401.913 is amended to read:
401.913. (1) The office of State Resilience Officer is created in the office of the Governor. The
office of State Resilience Officer shall direct, implement and coordinate [ seismic] hazard safety and
resilience goal setting and state agency planning and preparation to improve [ seismic] hazard safety
and resilience , including but not limited to planning and preparation for safety and resilience
during and after earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, flooding and other natural or manmade
events.
(2) The State Resilience Officer shall lead statewide efforts to implement the Oregon
Resilience Plan, the Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan and other resilience plans adopted by the
state.
(3) The State Resilience Officer shall lead executive branch agencies in continuity of op-
erations planning and continuity of government planning.
[(2)] (4) The Governor shall appoint an individual to serve as the State Resilience Officer, sub-
ject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to Article III, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution.
[(3)] (5) The legislative branch of government and the judicial branch of government shall each
select an individual to monitor the effectiveness of [ seismic] hazard safety and resilience planning
in their branch.
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 2737