---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to published defamatory statements."
description: "</b> </i>] Modifies provisions relating to demands for correction or retraction of a [<i>published</i>] defamatory statement<b> published in an electronic newspaper, magazine or other periodical</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3564"
citation: "Oregon HB 3564 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darin Harbick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-18T19:23:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ee2a5d-6455-41ea-8437-6d914af476b1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3564"
source_hash: "84d6211d0cfed7a304f1a88e288995a5a9daf04c0eab9f94f78bb323203899b3"
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 3564 (2025R1) — Relating to published defamatory statements.

</b> </i>] Modifies provisions relating to demands for correction or retraction of a [<i>published</i>] defamatory statement<b> published in an electronic newspaper, magazine or other periodical</b>.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3564/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3564/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3564/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3564/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28234)
6. **SJUD Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29191)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3564/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3564/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Harbick. Passed. — **49–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darin Harbick — primary (person)
- Alek Skarlatos — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce Starr — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne Yunker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T19:23:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T17:58:52+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-10T22:30:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T21:22:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Harbick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-19T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-20T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-30T17:42:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02T18:41:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2025-06-11T23:16:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13T20:21:09+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-17T18:57:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-17T19:25:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T20:52:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 393, (2025 Laws): 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/94ee2a5d-6455-41ea-8437-6d914af476b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).