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SB44 • 2025

Requires the Secretary of State to study elections.

Requires the Secretary of State to study elections.

Elections
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 Secretary of State to study elections.

Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study voting.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study voting.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).
  • Requires the Secretary of State to study elections.
  • Directs the secretary to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than September 15, 2026.

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.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 Senate

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  3. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Rules.

  4. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study voting. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).
Requires the Secretary of State to study elections. Directs the secretary to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to elections.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 44
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 Rules and Executive Appointments)
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: Tells the Secretary of State to study voting. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).
Requires the Secretary of State to study elections. Directs the secretary to submit findings to
the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections not later than September
15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to elections.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Secretary of State shall study elections. The secretary shall submit a
report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legis-
lation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to elections 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.
LC 1925