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HB3393 • 2025

Requires the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot.

Requires the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot.

Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Rules
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 Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot.

Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
  • Requires the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot.
  • Directs the secretary to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than September 15, 2026.

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. 2025-01-30 House

    Referred to Rules.

  3. 2025-01-28 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Requires the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot. Directs the secretary to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to measures on the ballot.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3393
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES (at the request of Representative Ben Bowman)
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: Tells the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot. (Flesch Readability Score:
64.9).
Requires the Secretary of State to study measures on the ballot. Directs the secretary to submit
findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than
September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to measures on the ballot.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Secretary of State shall study measures on the ballot. The secretary
shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommen-
dations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
elections no later than September 15, 2026.
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 3228