---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to informing others of their rights."
description: "Provides that certain laws establishing crimes do not apply to the act of informing another person of the other person's civil or constitutional rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 1191"
citation: "Oregon SB 1191 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Willy Chotzen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-20T18:48:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4758dc3-91ae-426b-9744-c3608a754b32"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1191"
source_hash: "b59fa5322ce4bb25d053ebfd55918dc10f5010ce95a732df9794e283da62e021"
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 1191 (2025R1) — Relating to informing others of their rights.

Provides that certain laws establishing crimes do not apply to the act of informing another person of the other person's civil or constitutional rights.

## 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/SB1191/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1191/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1191/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27900)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1191/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. — **32–19** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Willy Chotzen — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20T18:48:59+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T20:06:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-02T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-11T17:16:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T17:18:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:25:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16T18:02:10+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-14T22:22:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19T20:27:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 20, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-20T19:51:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21T22:13:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-22T17:22:34+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T20:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T23:00:17+00:00** Chapter 246, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T23:05:17+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/a4758dc3-91ae-426b-9744-c3608a754b32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).