Oregon Senate Bill 838

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Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-27 - Referred to Judiciary by order of the President.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Lets the state parks agency buy goods and services from small businesses and do ads, printing and education about the state's parks without needing to follow the rules for state contracting. Lets the state parks agency print without needing to follow the rules for state printing. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Exempts the State Parks and Recreation Department from the Public Contracting Code in conducting procurements with emerging small businesses and for specified purposes. Exempts the department from the requirements that apply to state printing for printing and binding the department does for the purposes of communicating with persons who are interested in the state's recreational sites and resources or advertising, promoting or providing education concerning the state's recreational sites and resources. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Relating to State Parks and Recreation Department procurements; prescribing an effective date.

No sponsor information available at this time.

2025-01-23 - Senate - Senate Committee Without recommendation as to passage and request referral to Judiciary (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-27	Senate	Referred to Judiciary by order of the President.
2025-01-27	Senate	Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Judiciary.
2025-01-23	Senate	Work Session held.
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB838
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB838/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85030
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/288074
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85244
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85260
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/288132
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/288205
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85288
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/CommitteeReports/MajorityReport/37384