SB256 • 2025

Requires the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to study issues related to parole.

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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
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate 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 State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to study issues related to parole.

Digest: The Act tells the SBPPPS to do a study.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells the SBPPPS to do a study.
(Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
Requires the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to study issues related to parole.
Directs the board to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary no later than September 15, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Judiciary.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells the SBPPPS to do a study. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
Requires the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to study issues related to parole. Directs the board to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary no later than September 15, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 256
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary)
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 SBPPPS to do a study. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9).
Requires the StateBoard of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to study issues related to
parole. Directs the board to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly
related to the judiciary no later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision shall study issues
related to parole. The board shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245,
and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legisla-
tive Assembly related to the judiciary 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.
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