---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to retaliatory actions for defamation."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Provides that a person may not bring an action for defamation against an individual who, without malice, makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination if, at the time of making the communication, the individual has a reasonable belief that sexual assault, harassment or discrimination occurred. Allows the prevailing defendant to recover attorney fees and provides for imposition of remedial sanctions against the plaintiff.</i>] <b>Provides that malice is an element of a defamation claim against an individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against the individual. Allows a defendant in a defamation action regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against an individual to bring a special motion to strike the defamation claim, under certain circumstances.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "Oregon SB 180 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T22:55:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d8003a9-869d-46dc-8f11-3c5f2e351e92"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB180"
source_hash: "d227b85fbdfd3bc3ff527e372981547bc56e3d32ec74002895a596f46f52933a"
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 SB 180 (2025R1) — Relating to retaliatory actions for defamation.

</b> </i>] [<i>Provides that a person may not bring an action for defamation against an individual who, without malice, makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination if, at the time of making the communication, the individual has a reasonable belief that sexual assault, harassment or discrimination occurred. Allows the prevailing defendant to recover attorney fees and provides for imposition of remedial sanctions against the plaintiff.</i>] <b>Provides that malice is an element of a defamation claim against an individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against the individual. Allows a defendant in a defamation action regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against an individual to bring a special motion to strike the defamation claim, under certain circumstances.</b>

## 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/SB180/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB180/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB180/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28226)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB180/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-14T19:34:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:03:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18T17:51:13+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-21T21:28:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22T20:00:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23T18:08:13+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2025-05-27T19:43:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28T21:03:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-29T16:55:41+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-06T00:24:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T22:41:32+00:00** Chapter 275, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-11T22:55:25+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d8003a9-869d-46dc-8f11-3c5f2e351e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).