SB883 • 2025

Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Smith DB
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.

Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.

Digest: The Act would prevent state agencies from making people get a COVID-19 vaccine.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act would prevent state agencies from making people get a COVID-19 vaccine.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-21 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-01-21 Senate
Referred to Health Care.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would prevent state agencies from making people get a COVID-19 vaccine. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to vaccination against COVID-19; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 883
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB
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 would prevent state agencies from making people get a COVID-19 vaccine.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vaccination against COVID-19; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, “state agency” means any state officer, board,
commission, bureau, department or division in the executive branch of state government.
(2) A state agency may not implement or enforce any rule that requires a person to be
vaccinated against COVID-19.
SECTION 2. 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
on its passage.
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 2021