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HB3320 • 2025

Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the means of granting a tax benefit to emergency management volunteers.

Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the means of granting a tax benefit to emergency management volunteers.

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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.

Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the means of granting a tax benefit to emergency management volunteers.

Digest: The Act would require a study of the means of granting a tax break to emergency volunteers.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act would require a study of the means of granting a tax break to emergency volunteers.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).
  • Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the means of granting a tax benefit to emergency management volunteers.
  • Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

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. 2025-01-24 House

    Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Revenue.

  3. 2025-01-21 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would require a study of the means of granting a tax break to emergency volunteers. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the means of granting a tax benefit to emergency management volunteers.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to emergency management volunteers.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3320
Sponsored by Representative EVANS
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 would require a study of the means of granting a tax break to emergency vol-
unteers. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).
Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the means of granting a tax benefit to emer-
gency management volunteers.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to emergency management volunteers.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Legislative Revenue Officer shall conduct a study of potential means of
granting a tax benefit to emergency management volunteers. Not later than September 15,
2026, the officer shall submit a report of the findings of the study, in the manner provided
by ORS 192.245, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue,
and may include recommendations for legislation in the report.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 2466