---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to veterans' recognition plates."
description: "Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue qualifying owners veterans' recognition registration plates for use on mopeds and motorcycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Oregon SB 159 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "Mark Meek"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14aa4e9e-5971-4175-89de-34038bcd56b0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB159"
source_hash: "27a9e17dd9bdb65bf14971986580f6975eace748de4f3ff956157a03f1452434"
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 159 (2025R1) — Relating to veterans' recognition plates.

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue qualifying owners veterans' recognition registration plates for use on mopeds and motorcycles.

## 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/SB159/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB159/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Mark Meek — primary (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2025-02-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-24T22:58:09+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.
- **2025-02-24T22:58:10+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-01T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-07T16:03:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T18:43:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:26:44+00:00** Carried over to 04-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-09T19:26:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-10T19:11:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T22:04:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T17:31:11+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-15T17:13:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19T19:37:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-21T17:14:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T00:03:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T22:01:42+00:00** Chapter 165, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T22:13:28+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/14aa4e9e-5971-4175-89de-34038bcd56b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).