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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to party membership registration requirements; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases the party registration requirement to be a major political party in this state from five percent to 10 percent. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3908"
citation: "Oregon HB 3908 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad807ad6-8ded-40b0-8495-2c7c16fe8ff2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3908"
source_hash: "f64b640c8515bcd6d6089adb0f4cf04983bc7ba235cb38d0caaa16366dd20964"
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 3908 (2025R1) — Relating to party membership registration requirements; and declaring an emergency.
Increases the party registration requirement to be a major political party in this state from five percent to 10 percent. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Minority Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3908/House%20Minority%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3908/Introduced)
3. **Minority Report A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3908/Minority%20Report%20A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3908/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed. — **22–35** (fail) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **19–9** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. — **31–26** (pass) · lower
## 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-04T16:55:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-04T16:55:54+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09T19:12:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-10T18:19:16+00:00** Motion to substitute Minority Report for Committee Report failed.
- **2025-06-10T18:32:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11T15:21:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11T18:02:50+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T18:33:15+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Chaichi, Nguyen D.
- **2025-06-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-19T16:38:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19T19:05:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-20T20:53:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-20T20:54:22+00:00** Robinson declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2025-06-23T22:20:07+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T15:35:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00** Chapter 514, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad807ad6-8ded-40b0-8495-2c7c16fe8ff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).