Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: Enacted

SB 1125 — Increases the penalties for using an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort.

Last action — Chapter Number Assigned

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced August 08, 2025. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 68% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

<b>Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to use a drone to meddle in an emergency. The Act says that it is a crime to cause death or serious injury by using a drone to meddle in an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to use a drone to meddle in a wildfire emergency. The Act says that it is a crime to cause death or serious injury by using a drone to meddle in an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</i>] Increases the penalties for using an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a [<i>wildfire suppression effort</i>]<b> law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort</b>. Modifies the felony of causing death or serious physical injury using an unmanned aircraft system to include causing death or serious physical injury by causing an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a [<i>wildfire suppression, law enforcement or emergency response effort</i>]<b> law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort</b>.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Chapter Number Assigned

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 90 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (90)

90 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.

Passed 27 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17000
Republican 8201
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 27201
% of votes cast 90%7%0%3%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Sen Smith DB — Yea
Sen Pham — Yea
Anthony Broadman Democrat Yea
Chris Gorsek Democrat Yea
Courtney Neron Misslin Democrat Yea
Deb Patterson Democrat Yea
Floyd Prozanski Democrat Yea
James Manning Jr. Democrat Yea
Janeen Sollman Democrat Yea
Jeff Golden Democrat Yea
Kate Lieber Democrat Yea
Kathleen Taylor Democrat Yea
Kayse Jama Democrat Yea
Lew Frederick Democrat Yea
Lisa Reynolds Democrat Yea
Mark Meek Democrat Yea
Rob Wagner Democrat Yea
Sara Gelser Blouin Democrat Yea
Wlnsvey Campos Democrat Yea
Bruce Starr Republican Yea
Cedric Hayden Republican Yea
Daniel Bonham Republican Yea
Diane Linthicum Republican Nay
Dick Anderson Republican Yea
Fred Girod Republican Yea
Kim Thatcher Republican Not Voting
Mike McLane Republican Yea
Noah Robinson Republican Nay
Suzanne Weber Republican Yea
Todd Nash Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed.

Passed 42 Yea · 1 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 25104
Republican 100012
Unaffiliated 7001
Total 421017
% of votes cast 70%2%0%28%
How each member voted (60)
Member Party Vote
Rep Levy E — Yea
Rep Nguyen H — Not Voting
Rep Smith G — Yea
Rep Levy B — Yea
Rep Nguyen D — Yea
Rep Pham H — Yea
Rep Munoz — Yea
Rep Rieke Smith — Yea
Andrea Valderrama Democrat Yea
Annessa Hartman Democrat Yea
April Dobson Democrat Yea
Ben Bowman Democrat Yea
Dacia Grayber Democrat Yea
David Gomberg Democrat Yea
Farrah Chaichi Democrat Yea
Jason Kropf Democrat Yea
John Lively Democrat Not Voting
Jules Walters Democrat Yea
Julie Fahey Democrat Yea
Ken Helm Democrat Yea
Lisa Fragala Democrat Yea
Mari Watanabe Democrat Yea
Mark Gamba Democrat Not Voting
Nancy Nathanson Democrat Not Voting
Nathan Sosa Democrat Yea
Pam Marsh Democrat Yea
Paul Evans Democrat Yea
Ricki Ruiz Democrat Yea
Rob Nosse Democrat Yea
Sarah McDonald Democrat Yea
Shannon Isadore Democrat Yea
Susan McLain Democrat Not Voting
Tawna Sanchez Democrat Yea
Thuy Tran Democrat Yea
Tom Andersen Democrat Yea
Travis Nelson Democrat Nay
Willy Chotzen Democrat Yea
Zach Hudson Democrat Yea
Alek Skarlatos Republican Yea
Anna Scharf Republican Yea
Boomer Wright Republican Not Voting
Christine Drazan Republican Yea
Court Boice Republican Yea
Cyrus Javadi Republican Yea
Darcey Edwards Republican Yea
Darin Harbick Republican Not Voting
Dwayne Yunker Republican Not Voting
E. Werner Reschke Republican Not Voting
Ed Diehl Republican Not Voting
Emily McIntire Republican Not Voting
Jami Cate Republican Not Voting
Jeffrey Helfrich Republican Not Voting
Kevin Mannix Republican Not Voting
Kim Wallan Republican Not Voting
Lucetta Elmer Republican Yea
Mark Owens Republican Yea
Rick Lewis Republican Yea
Shelly Boshart Davis Republican Not Voting
Vikki Breese-Iverson Republican Not Voting
Virgle Osborne Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed.

Passed 21 Yea · 7 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 15001
Republican 5600
Unaffiliated 1101
Total 21702
% of votes cast 70%23%0%7%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Sen Smith DB — Nay
Sen Woods — Not Voting
Sen Pham — Yea
Anthony Broadman Democrat Yea
Chris Gorsek Democrat Not Voting
Deb Patterson Democrat Yea
Floyd Prozanski Democrat Yea
James Manning Jr. Democrat Yea
Janeen Sollman Democrat Yea
Jeff Golden Democrat Yea
Kate Lieber Democrat Yea
Kathleen Taylor Democrat Yea
Kayse Jama Democrat Yea
Lew Frederick Democrat Yea
Lisa Reynolds Democrat Yea
Mark Meek Democrat Yea
Rob Wagner Democrat Yea
Sara Gelser Blouin Democrat Yea
Wlnsvey Campos Democrat Yea
Bruce Starr Republican Yea
Cedric Hayden Republican Yea
Daniel Bonham Republican Nay
Diane Linthicum Republican Nay
Dick Anderson Republican Nay
Fred Girod Republican Yea
Kim Thatcher Republican Yea
Mike McLane Republican Nay
Noah Robinson Republican Nay
Suzanne Weber Republican Yea
Todd Nash Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1125 do?
<b>Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to use a drone to meddle in an emergency. The Act says that it is a crime to cause death or serious injury by using a drone to meddle in an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to use a drone to meddle in a wildfire emergency. The Act says that it is a crime to cause death or serious injury by using a drone to meddle in an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</i>] Increases the penalties for using an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a [<i>wildfire suppression effort</i>]<b> law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort</b>. Modifies the felony of causing death or serious physical injury using an unmanned aircraft system to include causing death or serious physical injury by causing an unmanned aircraft system to interfere with a [<i>wildfire suppression, law enforcement or emergency response effort</i>]<b> law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue or emergency response effort</b>.
What is the current status of SB 1125?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced August 08, 2025. Enacted.
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