HB 3588 Oregon House · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to business registrations; and declaring an emergency.

Summary
] [ Requires the Secretary of State to study the effect of requiring physical street addresses for business registrations in light of changes to postal regulations. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business no later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency. Requires the Secretary of State to protect from public disclosure a business entity's physical street address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical address of a commercial mail receiving agency and if the business entity requests the protection. Includes a commercial mail receiving agency within the definitions of principal office, records office address and principal address if the physical street address of a business entity's principal executive office is the same as the physical street address of a commercial mail receiving agency. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed May 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

A-Engrossed Enrolled · 6 edits · May 27, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Oregon's business registration laws to clarify how the Secretary of State handles addresses for business entities, particularly regarding commercial mail receiving agencies. It allows these agencies to be used as official addresses under specific conditions while protecting business owners' privacy when requested. The bill also modernizes definitions in the Oregon Revised Statutes to include electronic communications and clarify terms like 'entity' and 'document'.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of address verification rules to explicitly include mail forwarding services and virtual offices as prohibited addresses, while creating an exception for commercial mail receiving agencies when the physical street addresses match. It also broadens the definition of 'entity' to include tribal governments and federal entities.
REQUIREMENT

Changed address verification rules to allow commercial mail receiving agencies as official addresses only when the business entity's physical street address matches the agency's address exactly.

Added requirement for the Secretary of State to protect business entity addresses from public disclosure when the address is a commercial mail receiving agency and the entity requests privacy protection.

Removed requirement for the Secretary of State to conduct a study on physical street address requirements for business registrations.

DEFINITION

Updated definitions of 'document' and 'electronic transmission' to include modern electronic communication methods used in commercial practice.

Expanded the definition of 'entity' to include federally recognized Native American tribal governments and foreign governments.

TIMELINE

Removed sunset provision that would have ended the bill's provisions on January 2, 2027.

Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2025 · House Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

270
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
May 15, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2
88% Yea
R Republican12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
7
Committee
4
May 27, 2025
Signed into law
Governor signed.
lower
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
upper
May 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Labor and Business.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade.
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Rob Nosse
Rob Nosse
DDemocratic
OR
42