---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to judicial positions; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Creates new circuit court judge positions in certain judicial districts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Oregon SB 95 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a6b6730-a511-41ab-a654-65edb244b450"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB95"
source_hash: "259a26698428b7b887dec1afec4344360830fc16314582489bc734cf7a90d5df"
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 95 (2025R1) — Relating to judicial positions; and declaring an emergency.

Creates new circuit court judge positions in certain judicial districts. 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/SB95/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB95/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB95/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29687)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB95/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. — **37–14** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–12** (pass) · legislature

## 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, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-06T17:44:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2025-03-06T17:44:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T14:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-16T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-20T21:05:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-23T17:39:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T22:23:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23T22:57:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T23:09:35+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T17:32:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T20:56:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-28T04:01:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-24T21:34:59+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08T15:06:12+00:00** Chapter 591, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00** Effective date, July 24, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a6b6730-a511-41ab-a654-65edb244b450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).