republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3816.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to victims."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Department of Justice to study victims. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Provides for 50 percent of awards of restitution ordered to an insurance carrier to be paid to the Department of Justice for purposes of victim services funding. Allows an insurance carrier to direct the district attorney not to seek restitution for damages incurred by the insurance carrier.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3816"
citation: "Oregon HB 3816 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Kropf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d742984a-7110-431e-b7b3-b03934ce01ef"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3816"
source_hash: "c68e95b94c37ca40e4d6afa32175aeb9a6a86a26a2e438cd2eeae61b95bcef98"
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 3816 (2025R1) — Relating to victims.

</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Department of Justice to study victims. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Provides for 50 percent of awards of restitution ordered to an insurance carrier to be paid to the Department of Justice for purposes of victim services funding. Allows an insurance carrier to direct the district attorney not to seek restitution for damages incurred by the insurance carrier.</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/HB3816/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3816/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3816/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28169)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3816/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Kropf. Passed. — **50–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. — **23–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Kropf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-10T22:30:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T21:44:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kropf. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-19T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-20T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-28T17:01:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-11T18:43:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-12T21:28:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-12T22:42:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-20T20:08:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00** Chapter 360, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d742984a-7110-431e-b7b3-b03934ce01ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).