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Bill Relating to prohibiting defenses based on certain characteristics of the victim. Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree. us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2021 Regular Session SB 704 Oregon SB 704 (2021 Regular Session)
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Floyd Prozanski
Janeen Sollman
Karin Power
Kate Lieber
Marty Wilde
Rob Nosse
Rob Wagner
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Oregon SB 704 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to prohibiting defenses based on certain characteristics of the victim.

Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Heard and Reported Out — 43 (pass) · upper
  • Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — 540 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — 291 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chuck Riley — primary (person)
  • Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
  • Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
  • Karin Power — primary (person)
  • Kate Lieber — primary (person)
  • Marty Wilde — primary (person)
  • Rob Nosse — primary (person)
  • Rob Wagner — primary (person)
  • Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
  • Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
  • Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
  • David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
  • James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
  • Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
  • Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
  • Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
  • Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
  • Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
  • Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
  • Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
  • Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)
  • Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
  • Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-22T16:29:52+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-01-28T01:02:47+00:00 Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing Cancelled.
  • 2021-03-04T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2021-03-25T15:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2021-04-12T15:14:21+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-12T18:22:27+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2021-04-14T19:19:21+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2021-04-14T19:20:21+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
  • 2021-04-15T16:55:18+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-20T22:23:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
  • 2021-05-04T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2021-05-06T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2021-05-11T16:00:40+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-11T18:40:04+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2021-05-12T19:27:08+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 13, 2021 Calendar.
  • 2021-05-13T19:25:25+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2021-05-17T18:03:11+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2021-05-21T15:38:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00 Chapter 84, 2021 Laws.
  • 2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2022.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40435fb3-5c4f-4f55-ae0c-7c1bea88fae1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).