HB2772 • 2025

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Military Department for distribution to counties for the purpose of acquiring analog encoders for transmission of information to broadcasters in case of an emergency.

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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Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Military Department for distribution to counties for the purpose of acquiring analog encoders for transmission of information to broadcasters in case of an emergency.

Digest: This Act gives money to counties and OPB for the emergency alert system.

What This Bill Does

Digest: This Act gives money to counties and OPB for the emergency alert system.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Military Department for distribution to counties for the purpose of acquiring analog encoders for transmission of information to broadcasters in case of an emergency.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for distribution to Oregon Public Broadcasting for the purpose of upgrading, repairing or replacing elements of its signal distribution system.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act gives money to counties and OPB for the emergency alert system. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Military Department for distribution to counties for the purpose of acquiring analog encoders for transmission of information to broadcasters in case of an emergency. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for distribution to Oregon Public Broadcasting for the purpose of upgrading, repairing or replacing elements of its signal distribution system.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to the emergency alert system; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2772
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: This Act gives money to counties and OPB for the emergency alert system. (Flesch
Readability Score: 63.4).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Military Department for distribution
to counties for the purpose of acquiring analog encoders for transmission of information to
broadcasters in case of an emergency. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the depart-
ment for distribution to Oregon Public Broadcasting for the purpose of upgrading, repairing or re-
placing elements of its signal distribution system.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the emergency alert system; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Military Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $1,600,000 for distribution to counties in this state for the
purpose of acquiring analog encoders that are suitable for transmitting information to
broadcasters in the event of emergency.
SECTION 2. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Military Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $300,000 for distribution to Oregon Public Broadcasting for the
purpose of upgrading, repairing or replacing elements of its signal distribution system.
SECTION 3. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
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 2442