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| Bill | Relating to retaliatory actions for defamation. | </b> </i>] [<i>Provides that a person may not bring an action for defamation against an individual who, without malice, makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination if, at the time of making the communication, the individual has a reasonable belief that sexual assault, harassment or discrimination occurred. Allows the prevailing defendant to recover attorney fees and provides for imposition of remedial sanctions against the plaintiff.</i>] <b>Provides that malice is an element of a defamation claim against an individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against the individual. Allows a defendant in a defamation action regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against an individual to bring a special motion to strike the defamation claim, under certain circumstances.</b> | us/states/or | Oregon Legislative Assembly | 2025R1 | SB 180 | Oregon SB 180 (2025R1) |
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enacted | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 | 2025-06-11T22:55:25+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/6d8003a9-869d-46dc-8f11-3c5f2e351e92 | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB180 | d227b85fbdfd3bc3ff527e372981547bc56e3d32ec74002895a596f46f52933a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Oregon SB 180 (2025R1) — Relating to retaliatory actions for defamation.
] [Provides that a person may not bring an action for defamation against an individual who, without malice, makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination if, at the time of making the communication, the individual has a reasonable belief that sexual assault, harassment or discrimination occurred. Allows the prevailing defendant to recover attorney fees and provides for imposition of remedial sanctions against the plaintiff.] Provides that malice is an element of a defamation claim against an individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against the individual. Allows a defendant in a defamation action regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against an individual to bring a special motion to strike the defamation claim, under certain circumstances.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
- A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- SJUD Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 6–0 (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — 28–0 (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — 56–0 (pass) · lower
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 - 2025-02-27T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-04-14T19:34:21+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-04-16T19:03:10+00:00 Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-04-18T17:51:13+00:00 Referred to Judiciary.
referral-committee - 2025-05-05T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-05-15T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-05-21T21:28:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-05-22T20:00:28+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-05-23T18:08:13+00:00 Carried over to May 27, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- 2025-05-27T19:43:33+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-05-28T21:03:39+00:00 President signed.
passage - 2025-05-29T16:55:41+00:00 Speaker signed.
passage - 2025-06-06T00:24:13+00:00 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2025-06-11T22:41:32+00:00 Chapter 275, 2025 Laws.
- 2025-06-11T22:55:25+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2026.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d8003a9-869d-46dc-8f11-3c5f2e351e92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).