---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to penalties for violation of animal racing law."
description: "Authorizes the Oregon Racing Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations of animal racing law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "Oregon SB 854 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T21:02:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e333fc13-5972-4ea3-9a57-78e1e61bcdcb"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB854"
source_hash: "552d67399d943d496fe17e0a9188f81bd074040fd66193e6520676d1da895e23"
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 854 (2025R1) — Relating to penalties for violation of animal racing law.

Authorizes the Oregon Racing Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations of animal racing law.

## 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/SB854/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB854/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **21–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Chotzen. Passed. — **38–14** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–1** (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`
- **2025-03-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-17T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-24T16:38:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24T18:11:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:02:55+00:00** Carried over to 03-27 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-27T19:42:23+00:00** Carried over to 03-31 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-31T19:16:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:03:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T17:30:40+00:00** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-01T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-06T17:06:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06T19:41:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07T19:49:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-08T20:05:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 12, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-12T19:23:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Chotzen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13T21:14:28+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-14T17:57:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-19T21:56:32+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T20:52:38+00:00** Chapter 108, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T21:02:48+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/e333fc13-5972-4ea3-9a57-78e1e61bcdcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).