SJR25 • 2025

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require the Legislative Assembly, in each odd-numbered year regular session, to appropriate moneys to fund public education in the first 80 days of the session and before passing any other budget measure. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Bonham,, Robinson
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.

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require the Legislative Assembly, in each odd-numbered year regular session, to appropriate moneys to fund public education in the first 80 days of the session and before passing any other budget measure. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Digest: The measure would make the legislature pass the schools budget early in each long session.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The measure would make the legislature pass the schools budget early in each long session.
(Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require the Legislative Assembly, in each odd-numbered year regular session, to appropriate moneys to fund public education in the first 80 days of the session and before passing any other budget measure.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Rules.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The measure would make the legislature pass the schools budget early in each long session. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require the Legislative Assembly, in each odd-numbered year regular session, to appropriate moneys to fund public education in the first 80 days of the session and before passing any other budget measure.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
Relating to: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to education budgets.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Joint Resolution 25
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (at the request of Senator Noah Robinson) (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 measure would make the legislature pass the schools budget early in each long
session. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require the Legislative Assembly, in each
odd-numbered year regular session, to appropriate moneys to fund public education in the first 80
days of the session and before passing any other budget measure.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular
general election.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:
PARAGRAPH 1.
The Constitution of the State of Oregon is amended by creating a new section
35 to be added to and made a part of Article IV, such section to read:
SECTION 35. (1) Within the first 80 days after the commencement of each odd-numbered
year regular session, the Legislative Assembly must pass one or more measures to appro-
priate moneys sufficient to pay for adequate public education, during the biennium beginning
July 1 of the year in which the session is held, for students in kindergarten through grade
12.
(2) Until the measure or measures described in subsection (1) of this section are passed,
the Legislative Assembly may not pass any other budget measure.
(3) As used in this section, “budget measure” means a measure that appropriates moneys
or imposes a limitation on expenditures of continuously appropriated moneys and that is
prohibited from containing provisions on other subjects under section 7, Article IX of this
Constitution.
PARAGRAPH 2.
The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be submitted to the
people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout
this state.
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 3254