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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 832
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conform-
ance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the
President (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for State Department of Agriculture)
CHAPTER .................................................
AN ACT
Relating to civil penalties for laws implemented by the State Department of Agriculture; creating
new provisions; and amending ORS 596.995.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 596.995 is amended to read:
596.995. (1) Any manufacturer of an animal remedy, veterinary biologic or pharmaceutical who
violates any provision of ORS 596.100 or 596.105 applicable to manufacturers or any rule adopted
pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any license, registration or order issued by the State
Department of Agriculture under ORS 596.100 or 596.105 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to
exceed $2,500 per violation.
(2) Any person that violates any provision of ORS 596.075, 596.321, 596.331 (1), 596.351,
596.388, 596.392 (1) to (3) or (6), 596.404 to 596.416 or 596.460, any rule adopted pursuant
thereto or the terms or conditions of any order of the department issued pursuant thereto
shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation.
(3) Any person that violates any provision of ORS 596.331 (2), 596.355, 596.392 (4) or (5)
or 596.394 to 596.402, any rule adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any
order issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 per vi-
olation.
(4) Civil penalties under this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
[(2)] (5) Each violation described in this section may be a separate and distinct offense, and,
in the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance thereof may be deemed a separate and
distinct offense.
[(3)] (6) The department shall adopt a schedule or schedules establishing the amount of civil
penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation.
[(4)] (7) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS
183.745.
(8) The department shall deposit all moneys from penalties recovered under this section
into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund established by ORS 561.144. Moneys depos-
ited under this subsection are continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out
the administration and enforcement of the laws, rules or orders under which the penalties
are assessed.
SECTION 2.
(1) Any person that violates any provision of ORS 600.095 or a quarantine
imposed under ORS 600.105, any rule adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions
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of any order issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000
per violation.
(2) Civil penalties under this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
(3) Each violation described in this section may be a separate and distinct offense, and,
in the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance thereof may be deemed a sepa-
rate and distinct offense.
(4) The State Department of Agriculture shall adopt a schedule or schedules establishing
the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation.
(5) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS
183.745.
(6) The department shall deposit all moneys from penalties recovered under this section
into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund established by ORS 561.144. Moneys depos-
ited under this subsection are continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out
the administration and enforcement of the laws, rules or orders under which the penalties
are assessed.
SECTION 3.
(1) Any person that violates any provision of ORS 633.006 to 633.089, any rule
adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any order issued pursuant thereto
shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation.
(2) Civil penalties under this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
(3) Each violation described in this section may be a separate and distinct offense, and,
in the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance thereof may be deemed a sepa-
rate and distinct offense.
(4) The State Department of Agriculture shall adopt a schedule or schedules establishing
the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for a particular violation.
(5) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided in ORS
183.745.
(6) The department shall deposit all moneys from penalties recovered under this section
into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund established by ORS 561.144. Moneys depos-
ited under this subsection are continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out
the administration and enforcement of the laws, rules or orders under which the penalties
are assessed.
(7) If a civil penalty under this section remains unpaid after the date it becomes due and
owing as specified in the final order imposing the civil penalty, in accordance with ORS
chapter 183 contested case procedures and until the civil penalty is paid in full, the depart-
ment may:
(a) Notwithstanding ORS 633.015 (1), suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew a cer-
tificate of registration, under ORS 633.015, to or for the person to whom the final order is
issued;
(b) Notwithstanding ORS 633.029 (1)(a), suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew a li-
cense, under ORS 633.029, to or for the person to whom the final order is issued; and
(c) Withhold from the person to whom the final order is issued the issuance or renewal
of a license or certificate of registration under any other program administered by the de-
partment.
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Passed by Senate June 10, 2025
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Obadiah Rutledge, Secretary of Senate
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Rob Wagner, President of Senate
Passed by House June 16, 2025
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Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Tina Kotek, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Tobias Read, Secretary of State
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