HB3110 • 2025

Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.

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.

Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.

Digest: The Act requires state and U.S.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act requires state and U.S.
flags on public buildings to be flame hardy flags by July 4, 2026.
(Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).
Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-06 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act requires state and U.S. flags on public buildings to be flame hardy flags by July 4, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).
Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.
Directs public buildings to transition from displaying flags manufactured of flammable materials to flags manufactured of flame retardant materials by July 4, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to official flags.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3110
Sponsored by Representative EVANS; Representative LEWIS (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 requires state and U.S. flags on public buildings to be flame hardy flags by July
4, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).
Establishes criteria for state and United States flags to be official flags.
Directs public buildings to transition from displaying flags manufactured of flammable materials
to flags manufactured of flame retardant materials by July 4, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to official flags.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) A state flag is an official state flag only if:
(a) The flag is manufactured of flame retardant materials; and
(b) The flag conforms with the design and official colors under ORS 186.010.
(2) A United States flag that is manufactured of flame retardant materials is an official
United States flag.
(3) The person or body responsible for displaying upon or near each public building the
Oregon State flag with the United States flag under ORS 186.110 or 339.875 shall:
(a) Procure an official state flag as described in subsection (1) of this section;
(b) Procure an official United States flag as described in subsection (2) of this section;
and
(c) Transition from displaying flags manufactured of flammable materials to flags man-
ufactured of flame retardant materials by July 4, 2026.
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 1864