republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2712.md

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Bill	Relating to the Judicial Department; and declaring an emergency.	Increases the salaries of state court judges. Provides that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has authority to take actions and establish rules that promote judicial accountability and fair and accessible justice services. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2712	Oregon HB 2712 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Gregory Smith Paul Evans	8	23	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-08-13T20:54:04+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/518f71e5-a477-4dbb-807c-9f240da5e989	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2712	498d7bb09ee2e975622842d83a113d460f3d7a343c44e006dce896c3b5fb5668	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2712 (2025R1) — Relating to the Judicial Department; and declaring an emergency.

Increases the salaries of state court judges. Provides that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has authority to take actions and establish rules that promote judicial accountability and fair and accessible justice services. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HJUD Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A5 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — 41–1 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 42–4 (pass) · legislature
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. — 26–3 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gregory Smith — primary (person)
• Paul Evans — primary (person)
• Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
• Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00 Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-31T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-11T18:36:43+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-11T18:36:44+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11T15:31:00+00:00 Work Session cancelled.
• 2025-06-07T23:50:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2025-06-12T15:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-06-12T15:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-19T22:38:04+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-20T18:45:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-23T21:16:51+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-23T22:13:01+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23T23:04:28+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T20:42:48+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-24T22:16:12+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-25T01:14:17+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-26T18:14:38+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-26T22:38:22+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-08-01T01:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-13T20:54:04+00:00 Chapter 613, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 31, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/518f71e5-a477-4dbb-807c-9f240da5e989. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).