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HB3500 • 2025

Provides that a city councillor may not seek reelection prior to the last election held before the expiration of the councillor's current term.

Provides that a city councillor may not seek reelection prior to the last election held before the expiration of the councillor's current term.

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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 Drazan
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.

Provides that a city councillor may not seek reelection prior to the last election held before the expiration of the councillor's current term.

Digest: The Act would bar city councillors from running for reelection before the last election held before the end of their current term.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act would bar city councillors from running for reelection before the last election held before the end of their current term.
  • The Act would make an exception for a councillor who has moved from one district in the city to another.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
  • Provides that a city councillor may not seek reelection prior to the last election held before the expiration of the councillor's current term.

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. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Rules.

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would bar city councillors from running for reelection before the last election held before the end of their current term. The Act would make an exception for a councillor who has moved from one district in the city to another. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Provides that a city councillor may not seek reelection prior to the last election held before the expiration of the councillor's current term. Provides an exception if the city councillors are elected by district and the councillor has changed residence from one district to another.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to city councillors seeking reelection before the expiration of their current term; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3500
Sponsored by Representative DRAZAN
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 bar city councillors from running for reelection before the last election
held before the end of their current term. The Act would make an exception for a councillor who
has moved from one district in the city to another. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Provides that a city councillor may not seek reelection prior to the last election held before the
expiration of the councillor’s current term. Provides an exception if the city councillors are elected
by district and the councillor has changed residence from one district to another.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to city councillors seeking reelection before the expiration of their current term; and pre-
scribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in a city’s charter, a city councillor may
not seek reelection to the city council at any election held prior to the last election before
the expiration of the councillor’s current term of office.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply in a city in which councillors are elected
by districts according to residency if the councillor has changed residence from one district
to another in time to establish eligibility for an election held prior to the last election before
the expiration of the councillor’s current term of office.
SECTION 2. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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 3966