Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to penalties for violating requirements to accept cash as currency in places of public accommodation.

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Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to penalties for violating requirements to accept cash as currency in places of public accommodation.

Digest: The Act makes BOLI study issues about penalties for violating certain laws that require certain places to accept cash as payment for goods and services.

What This Bill Does

• Digest: The Act makes BOLI study issues about penalties for violating certain laws that require certain places to accept cash as payment for goods and services.
• The Act tells BOLI to submit a report by a certain date.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).
• Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to penalties for violating requirements to accept cash as currency in places of public accommodation.

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Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act makes BOLI study issues about penalties for violating certain laws that require certain places to accept cash as payment for goods and services. The Act tells BOLI to submit a report by a certain date. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).
Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to penalties for violating requirements to accept cash as currency in places of public accommodation. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to penalties for violation of requirement to accept cash as payment in places of public accommodation.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 423
Sponsored by Senator PROZANSKI (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 makes BOLI study issues about penalties for violating certain laws that require
certain places to accept cash as payment for goods and services. The Act tells BOLI to submit a
report by a certain date. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).
Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to penalties for violating
requirements to accept cash as currency in places of public accommodation. Directs the bureau to
submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor
not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to penalties for violation of requirement to accept cash as payment in places of public ac-
commodation.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall study matters relating to penalties
for violating laws prohibiting places of public accommodation from refusing to accept coins
or cash as currency. The bureau shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS
192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to business and labor 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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