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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 767
Sponsored by Senator NASH, Representative LEVY B (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: Directs each school district board to teach about preventing child sex trafficking.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Directs each school district board to adopt a prevention curriculum that addresses child sex
trafficking.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to instruction on the prevention of sex trafficking of children; creating new provisions;
amending ORS 336.059; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 336.059 is amended to read:
336.059. (1) Each school district board shall adopt a child sexual abuse and child sex traffick-
ing prevention [ instructional program ] curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) School districts must include in the program:
(a) Developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive and evidence-based instruction for each
grade level;
(b) [ A minimum of four instructional sessions ] An instructional lesson offered a minimum of
four times per school year, with each year’s instruction building on the previous year’s instruction;
(c) Age-appropriate curriculum including role-playing, discussion, activities and books to educate
students regarding child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking prevention;
(d) Instruction providing students with the knowledge and tools to communicate incidents of
sexual abuse and child sex trafficking ;
(e) Instruction regarding “safe touch,” “unsafe touch,” [ “safe secrets,” “unsafe secrets,” and how
to escape and report a sexual abuse situation ] “safe secrets” and “unsafe secrets” and how to set
healthy boundaries;
(f) Techniques for how to escape and report a sexual abuse or child sex trafficking situ-
ation;
[(f)] (g) Techniques to recognize child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking , skills to reduce
vulnerability and encouragement to report child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking ;
[(g)] (h) An evaluation component with measurable outcomes;
[(h)] (i) A professional training component for administrators, teachers and other school per-
sonnel regarding :
(A) Communicating child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking prevention techniques to
students[,];
(B) Understanding the effects of child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking on children[ ,];
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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(C) Making and receiving child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking reports and disclosures
and mandated reporting; and
(D) Coordinating with relevant state and local agencies on reporting and procedural pro-
tocols;
[(i)] (j) A parental involvement component to inform parents about child sexual abuse and child
sex trafficking topics, including characteristics of offenders, “grooming” behaviors and how to
discuss child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking prevention with children[ .]; and
(k) The prevalence, nature and strategies used for child sex trafficking, including peer
recruitment, familial trafficking and online solicitation.
(3) Program instruction may be delivered by instructors including teachers, school counselors
and outside agency prevention educators, provided the instructors have knowledge of and training
in child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking prevention.
SECTION 2.
The amendments to ORS 336.059 by section 1 of this 2025 Act first apply to
the 2025-2026 school year.
SECTION 3. 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
July 1, 2025.
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