HCR 15 Oregon House · 2025 Regular Session

Establishing deadlines for the completion of legislative measures for the 2025 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly.

HCR 15 is a procedural resolution setting specific deadlines for Oregon's 2025 legislative session. It requires legislators and committees to submit measure drafts by February 25, 2025, and mandates committee consideration of bills by April 9, 2025, with final committee closures by May 23, 2025. The resolution applies to most legislative committees but excludes certain specialized committees like Ways and Means and Rules committees from some deadlines. This resolution directly affects all legislators and committees participating in the 2025 session by establishing a fixed timeline for bill processing.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Jan 2025

Senate Passage

Jan 2025

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Jan 23, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jan 22, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized from introduction to enrolled status, adding signatures from legislative leaders and removing editorial notes. A new subsection was added requiring committees to schedule work sessions for measures in the second chamber by May 9, 2025, with an exception for the Joint Committee on Transportation. Another new subsection was added requiring committees to close no later than May 23, 2025, also with an exception for the Joint Committee on Transportation.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded by adding two new subsections that establish specific deadlines for committee work sessions in the second chamber and for committee closures, with a specific exception for the Joint Committee on Transportation.

TIMELINE

Added a requirement that committee chairpersons must schedule work sessions for measures in the second chamber no later than May 9, 2025, with an exception for the Joint Committee on Transportation.

Added a requirement that committees of the Senate and House of Representatives must close no later than May 23, 2025, with an exception for the Joint Committee on Transportation.

TECHNICAL

Removed editorial notes, formatting instructions, and draft version information that were present in the introduced version but are not part of the final enrolled text.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 13, 2025 · House Jan 13, 2025

How they voted

27–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 29

Jan 13, 2025

D Democratic17

16 Yea 1

94% Yea

R Republican12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Filed with Secretary of State.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Rules suspended. Resolution adopted in conjunction with the 2025 Rules of the House.

lower

Jan 13, 2025

Introduced

In comnpliance with the Report by the Special Committee on Rules, measure introduced.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors