SB367 • 2025

Prohibits the Governor or a state officer or agency from requiring a lawful ongoing business concern to close or suspend operations during a declared state of emergency or a declared state of public health emergency.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Smith DB
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits the Governor or a state officer or agency from requiring a lawful ongoing business concern to close or suspend operations during a declared state of emergency or a declared state of public health emergency.

Digest: The Act stops the state from closing businesses when a state officer declares an emergency.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act stops the state from closing businesses when a state officer declares an emergency.
The Act starts when the Act is signed.
(Flesch Readability Score: 73.7).
Prohibits the Governor or a state officer or agency from requiring a lawful ongoing business concern to close or suspend operations during a declared state of emergency or a declared state of public health emergency.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

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

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act stops the state from closing businesses when a state officer declares an emergency. The Act starts when the Act is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.7).
Prohibits the Governor or a state officer or agency from requiring a lawful ongoing business concern to close or suspend operations during a declared state of emergency or a declared state of public health emergency.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to prohibitions on business closures mandated by the executive branch; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 367
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB (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 stops the state from closing businesses when a state officer declares an emer-
gency. The Act starts when the Act is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.7).
Prohibits the Governor or a state officer or agency from requiring a lawful ongoing business
concern to close or suspend operations during a declared state of emergency or a declared state of
public health emergency.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to prohibitions on business closures mandated by the executive branch; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 401.165 to
401.236.
SECTION 2. The Governor, and any state officer or agency in the executive branch, may
not order any ongoing business concern to close or suspend operations under the authority
of the other provisions of ORS 401.165 to 401.236, if the business concern was operating law-
fully immediately prior to the declaration of a state of emergency under ORS 401.165.
SECTION 3. Section 4 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 433.441 to
433.452.
SECTION 4. The Governor, and any state officer or agency in the executive branch, may
not order any ongoing business concern to close or suspend operations under the authority
of the other provisions of ORS 433.441 to 433.452, if the business concern was operating law-
fully immediately prior to the declaration of a state of public health emergency under ORS
433.441.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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 1883