---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Nowruz Day; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates March 21 of each year as Nowruz Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3768"
citation: "Oregon HB 3768 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrus Javadi", "Farrah Chaichi", "Thuy Tran"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9c82eb1-108c-4739-ac3e-4323adaa5f99"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3768"
source_hash: "98cc46693879790debd4111ed9a13b22be21e2c67483ef04a8610833cfd80f32"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 3768 (2025R1) — Relating to Nowruz Day; and declaring an emergency.

Designates March 21 of each year as Nowruz Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3768/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3768/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Chaichi. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **22–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cyrus Javadi — primary (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — primary (person)
- Thuy Tran — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-31T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-03T16:21:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T18:56:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:31:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-08T19:23:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Chaichi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T18:24:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T20:09:08+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-05-27T16:36:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27T18:00:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T00:22:01+00:00** Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T19:05:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13T19:59:45+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-16T22:18:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T20:52:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 394, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 24, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9c82eb1-108c-4739-ac3e-4323adaa5f99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).