republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3604.md

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Bill	Relating to animal rescue entities; and prescribing an effective date.	[<i>Establishes defenses to the crimes of theft and animal abandonment, and immunity for civil liability, for an entity that takes possession, keeps or disposes of a cat as provided by the Act.</i>] <b>Establishes a defense to prosecution for theft, and immunity from civil liability, for an entity that takes possession of, keeps or disposes of a cat as provided in the Act.</b> Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3604	Oregon HB 3604 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Tom Andersen	5	22	4	2025-02-18T19:23:22+00:00	2025-06-11T23:37:45+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/653899ee-4557-455a-be83-07058d3268da	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3604	f0e4101803b2e9a9b797e6b33e30a5776456ff52db5fe247a63bde0b4b1c5dba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3604 (2025R1) — Relating to animal rescue entities; and prescribing an effective date.

[Establishes defenses to the crimes of theft and animal abandonment, and immunity for civil liability, for an entity that takes possession, keeps or disposes of a cat as provided by the Act.] Establishes a defense to prosecution for theft, and immunity from civil liability, for an entity that takes possession of, keeps or disposes of a cat as provided in the Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HJUD Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. — 26–1 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. — 45–8 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tom Andersen — primary (person)
• David Gomberg — 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
• 2025-03-11T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-09T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-15T21:47:37+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-16T17:54:42+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-17T22:37:38+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 21, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-04-21T19:59:47+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 22, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-04-23T01:00:50+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-23T18:10:26+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23T20:35:25+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2025-04-28T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-05-05T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-12T16:44:08+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-12T19:04:00+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-13T19:14:26+00:00 Carried over to 05-14 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-14T19:25:17+00:00 Carried over to 05-15 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-15T19:12:23+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-27T23:56:40+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-11T23:37:45+00:00 Chapter 159, (2025 Laws): effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/653899ee-4557-455a-be83-07058d3268da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).