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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to veterans' recognition plates."
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description: "Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue qualifying owners veterans' recognition registration plates for use on mopeds and motorcycles."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2025R1"
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identifier: "SB 159"
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citation: "Oregon SB 159 (2025R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "Mark Meek"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14aa4e9e-5971-4175-89de-34038bcd56b0"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB159"
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source_hash: "27a9e17dd9bdb65bf14971986580f6975eace748de4f3ff956157a03f1452434"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon SB 159 (2025R1) — Relating to veterans' recognition plates.
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Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue qualifying owners veterans' recognition registration plates for use on mopeds and motorcycles.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB159/Introduced)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB159/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
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- Mark Meek — primary (person)
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- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-02-24T22:58:09+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.
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- **2025-02-24T22:58:10+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs by order of the President. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-04-01T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-04-07T16:03:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07T18:43:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08T19:26:44+00:00** Carried over to 04-09 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-04-09T19:26:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-04-10T19:11:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10T22:04:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-15T17:31:11+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-05-15T17:13:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19T19:37:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-21T17:14:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-28T00:03:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-06T22:01:42+00:00** Chapter 165, 2025 Laws.
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- **2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14aa4e9e-5971-4175-89de-34038bcd56b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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