republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3224.md

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Bill	Relating to background checks; and declaring an emergency.	</b> </i>] Requires the Department of Human Services to review the statutes of this state to identify all instances of required background checks[<i>,</i>]<b> under certain statutes and</b> similarities and differences in the different background checks, and report on options to consolidate and reduce the number of different background checks for similar purposes or programs. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026. <b>Requires the department to study options for providing that a person does not need to undergo another background check conducted by a state agency for certain purposes if the person has already passed a background check conducted by a state agency in the previous 12 months. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than June 30, 2026.</b> Sunsets on January 2, 2027. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3224	Oregon HB 3224 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Nancy Nathanson	5	25	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-06-24T02:30:47+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/aea118fb-79dc-4237-b0e0-7d3992a73f6b	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3224	b55cc18d8753e34276123b900e10b28f6250f1baa6007fcd2fc83c2472906b21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3224 (2025R1) — Relating to background checks; and declaring an emergency.

] Requires the Department of Human Services to review the statutes of this state to identify all instances of required background checks[,] under certain statutes and similarities and differences in the different background checks, and report on options to consolidate and reduce the number of different background checks for similar purposes or programs. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026. Requires the department to study options for providing that a person does not need to undergo another background check conducted by a state agency for certain purposes if the person has already passed a background check conducted by a state agency in the previous 12 months. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than June 30, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. 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. HECHS Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. — 55–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
• Courtney Neron Misslin — cosponsor (person)
• Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
• Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
• Lucetta Elmer — 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 Early Childhood and Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-27T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-03T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-09T23:00:33+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-09T23:00:34+00:00 Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
• 2025-04-10T17:57:09+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-14T22:30:17+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-15T20:12:35+00:00 Referred to Human Services. referral-committee
• 2025-05-06T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-05-15T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-20T16:44:18+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-20T18:17:00+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-21T19:19:17+00:00 Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-22T19:23:08+00:00 Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-27T19:17:19+00:00 Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00 Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
• 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.
• 2025-06-03T19:12:42+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-04T18:17:24+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-04T19:32:26+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-06-11T23:16:13+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-24T02:30:47+00:00 Chapter 302, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 11, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aea118fb-79dc-4237-b0e0-7d3992a73f6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).