republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-9.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to taking the drive test.	Directs the field offices of the Department of Transportation located in rural counties to prioritize requests for drive tests when the request is from an applicant who lives in rural Oregon or within 50 miles of the field office.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	SB 9	Oregon SB 9 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Bobby Levy Darcey Edwards Gregory Smith Todd Nash	5	17	3	2025-03-04T19:17:37+00:00	2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f889d5f1-589c-4a9d-b396-f52f97689357	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB9	d3992fb52cfd841b67cb2a1799951127d45fa231edaf41cae8ef7797ec3c6649	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 9 (2025R1) — Relating to taking the drive test.

Directs the field offices of the Department of Transportation located in rural counties to prioritize requests for drive tests when the request is from an applicant who lives in rural Oregon or within 50 miles of the field office.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — 52–2 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed. — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 20–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bobby Levy — primary (person)
• Darcey Edwards — primary (person)
• Gregory Smith — primary (person)
• Todd Nash — primary (person)
• Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
• Vikki Breese-Iverson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-04T19:17:37+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-04T20:44:20+00:00 Referred to Transportation. referral-committee
• 2025-04-08T00:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-29T00:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-02T21:37:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-05T18:32:27+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-06T18:52:54+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-07T19:36:14+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-05-09T21:46:01+00:00 Referred to Transportation. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14T22:22:34+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-19T19:28:43+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-21T17:14:04+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-28T20:25:24+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-06T23:00:17+00:00 Chapter 216, 2025 Laws.
• 2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f889d5f1-589c-4a9d-b396-f52f97689357. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).