Oregon Senate Bill 593

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Judiciary, then Housing and Development.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act would repeal the law that set a state standard for city and county laws that govern the use of public property by the homeless. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of violations of such laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to the regulation of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Mark Meek [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Judiciary, then Housing and Development.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB593
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB593/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84788