Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.

Digest: The Act is about what happens when a person does not pay a vet for treating an animal.

What This Bill Does

• Digest: The Act is about what happens when a person does not pay a vet for treating an animal.
• The Act says that a vet may not keep the animal because the person has not paid for the treatment.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 78.4).
• Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.

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.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act is about what happens when a person does not pay a vet for treating an animal. The Act says that a vet may not keep the animal because the person has not paid for the treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.4).
Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.
Relating to: Relating to the disposition of animals after veterinary treatment.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 327
Sponsored by Senator JAMA (Presession filed.)
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 is about what happens when a person does not pay a vet for treating an animal.
The Act says that a vet may not keep the animal because the person has not paid for the
treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.4).
Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to
surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the disposition of animals after veterinary treatment.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law or common law, a
veterinarian that has provided treatment to an animal may not require the owner of the
animal to surrender the animal to the veterinarian, or otherwise require the owner to leave
the animal with the veterinarian after completion of the treatment, on the basis that the
owner has not paid for the treatment.
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 3652