HB3735 • 2025

Directs the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to hire permanent staff to convene affinity group task forces to develop recommendations on addressing health inequities.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Nelson,, Ruiz, Representative Chaichi,, Isadore,, Walters,, Senator Jama
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.

Directs the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to hire permanent staff to convene affinity group task forces to develop recommendations on addressing health inequities.

Digest: The Act tells the OACO to hire permanent staff to carry out certain duties.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells the OACO to hire permanent staff to carry out certain duties.
(Flesch Readability Score: 71.7).
Directs the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to hire permanent staff to convene affinity group task forces to develop recommendations on addressing health inequities.
Relating to: Relating to health equity.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-27 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-02-25 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells the OACO to hire permanent staff to carry out certain duties. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7).
Directs the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to hire permanent staff to convene affinity group task forces to develop recommendations on addressing health inequities.
Relating to: Relating to health equity.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3735
Sponsored by Representatives NELSON, RUIZ; Representatives ISADORE, WALTERS, Senator JAMA
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 tells the OACO to hire permanent staff to carry out certain duties. (Flesch
Readability Score: 71.7).
Directs the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to hire permanent staff to convene affinity
group task forces to develop recommendations on addressing health inequities.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health equity.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office shall hire permanent staff to
carry out the provisions of section 2, chapter 48, Oregon Laws 2022.
SECTION 2. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $_______, for the purpose of hiring permanent staff
under section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3. 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.
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