HB3324 • 2025

Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Javadi,, Diehl
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.

Digest: The Act says that some product liability claims may not be filed against a health care facility.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act says that some product liability claims may not be filed against a health care facility.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.
Relating to: Relating to product liability civil actions.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-03-13 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-24 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
2025-01-21 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act says that some product liability claims may not be filed against a health care facility. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.
Relating to: Relating to product liability civil actions.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3324
Sponsored by Representative JAVADI
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 says that some product liability claims may not be filed against a health care
facility. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a
product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved
in the design or manufacture of the product.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to product liability civil actions; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 30.902.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 30.902 is amended to read:
30.902. A physician licensed pursuant to ORS chapter 677 or a health care facility as defined
in ORS 442.015 is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for the purposes of
ORS 30.900 to 30.920 if the product is provided by the physician or health care facility to a patient
as part of a medical procedure and the physician or health care facility was not involved in the
design or manufacture of the product.
SECTION 2. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the amendments to
ORS 30.902 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to claims arising under ORS 30.900 to 30.920
before, on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
(2)(a) The amendments to ORS 30.902 by section 1 of this 2025 Act do not apply to claims
for which a final judgment has been entered before the effective date of this 2025 Act.
(b) As used in this subsection, “final judgment” means a judgment for which the time to
appeal has expired without any party filing an appeal or that is not subject to further appeal
or review.
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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