Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly objecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule.

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly objecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule.

Digest: The Act says that an agency has to come before a committee to talk about a rule if 10 members request it in writing.

What This Bill Does

• Digest: The Act says that an agency has to come before a committee to talk about a rule if 10 members request it in writing.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
• Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly objecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule.
• Relating to: Relating to administrative rules.

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.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act says that an agency has to come before a committee to talk about a rule if 10 members request it in writing. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly objecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule.
Relating to: Relating to administrative rules.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 895
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM
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 says that an agency has to come before a committee to talk about a rule if 10
members request it in writing. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly ob-
jecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative
Assembly for a hearing on the rule.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to administrative rules.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 183.
SECTION 2. Upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly sub-
mitted to the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives ob-
jecting to any rule adopted by an agency, the agency shall appear before an appropriate
committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule.
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 3943