SB 710 Oregon Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to judicial training.

Summary

] [ Requires the Judicial Department to study options for domestic and sexual violence training for judges. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. ] [ Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ] Modifies the enumerated authority of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to include the authority to establish continuing education requirements for state court judges. Directs the State Court Administrator to create continuing education opportunities for judges to meet the requirements established by the Chief Justice. Requires the State Court Administrator to submit a report on the implementation of the judicial continuing education requirements to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2027.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed May 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

A-Engrossed → Enrolled · 4 edits · May 14, 2025

MODERATE

The bill moved from a draft version to its final enrolled form, adding sponsors and removing the summary section. The substantive legal text remains largely the same, with minor formatting changes and one new provision about data confidentiality for demographic information collection.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the enrolled version includes additional sponsors and removes the explanatory summary that was present in the draft.

TECHNICAL

Added additional sponsors (Representative NERON and Senators CAMPOS, FREDERICK, GELSER BLOUIN, LIEBER, PATTERSON, PROZANSKI, REYNOLDS) to the enrolled version.

Removed the editor's summary and digest that explained the bill's purpose in the draft version.

Changed the document header from 'A-Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' to indicate final passage.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new subsection requiring the Oregon State Bar to formulate rules for demographic data collection, with Supreme Court review authority and confidentiality protections for data not required to be public by federal law.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025 · House May 5, 2025

How they voted

28–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 29

Mar 10, 2025

D Democratic17

17 Yea

100% 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

May 14, 2025

Signed into law

Governor signed.

upper

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

May 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed.

lower

May 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recommendation: Do pass.

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary.

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary.

upper

Jan 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

upper

2 primary · 14 co-sponsors