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SB724 • 2025

Requires the Department of Corrections to study the Corrections Ombudsman.

Requires the Department of Corrections to study the Corrections Ombudsman.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Gorsek,, Representative Ruiz
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 Department of Corrections to study the Corrections Ombudsman.

Digest: The Act tells the DOC to study the Corrections Ombudsman.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act tells the DOC to study the Corrections Ombudsman.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).
  • Requires the Department of Corrections to study the Corrections Ombudsman.
  • Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary no 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. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Judiciary.

  3. 2025-01-13 Senate

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

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells the DOC to study the Corrections Ombudsman. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).
Requires the Department of Corrections to study the Corrections Ombudsman. Directs the department 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 Corrections Ombudsman.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 724
Sponsored by Senator GORSEK, Representative RUIZ (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 tells the DOC to study the Corrections Ombudsman. (Flesch Readability Score:
69.7).
Requires the Department of Corrections to study the Corrections Ombudsman. Directs the de-
partment 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 Corrections Ombudsman.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Department of Corrections shall study the Corrections Ombudsman. The
department 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 re-
lated 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.
LC 1996