republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3588.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to business registrations; and declaring an emergency."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Secretary of State to study the effect of requiring physical street addresses for business registrations in light of changes to postal regulations. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business no later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency. Requires the Secretary of State to protect from public disclosure a business entity's physical street address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical address of a commercial mail receiving agency and if the business entity requests the protection. Includes a commercial mail receiving agency within the definitions of principal office, records office address and principal address if the physical street address of a business entity's principal executive office is the same as the physical street address of a commercial mail receiving agency. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3588"
citation: "Oregon HB 3588 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-18T19:23:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9612fcec-7647-4627-8d1e-b5b3cda17ec0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3588"
source_hash: "ba0eac84dcc0c57b81757fb429ad43e1f0c632b150cc514d3fceffe163e70ba6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 3588 (2025R1) — Relating to business registrations; and declaring an emergency.

</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Secretary of State to study the effect of requiring physical street addresses for business registrations in light of changes to postal regulations. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business no later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency. Requires the Secretary of State to protect from public disclosure a business entity's physical street address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical address of a commercial mail receiving agency and if the business entity requests the protection. Includes a commercial mail receiving agency within the definitions of principal office, records office address and principal address if the physical street address of a business entity's principal executive office is the same as the physical street address of a commercial mail receiving agency. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3588/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3588/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3588/A-Engrossed)
4. **HECDSB Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28220)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3588/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rob Nosse — primary (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 Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-14T21:18:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T18:26:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T22:57:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T23:30:35+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-12T16:44:07+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.
- **2025-05-15T19:08:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. 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`
- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 158, (2025 Laws): Effective date May 27, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9612fcec-7647-4627-8d1e-b5b3cda17ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).