Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: Enacted

HB 2492 — Modifies the process for setting aside convictions, dismissals and contempt of court findings and guilty except for insanity judgments.

Last action — Chapter Number Assigned

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced July 07, 2025. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 68% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

<b>Digest: The Act changes the process for a person to set aside offenses and contempt. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells the State Court Administrator to look at courts and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8).</i>] [<i>Requires the State Court Administrator to study courts and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Modifies the process for setting aside convictions, dismissals and contempt of court findings and guilty except for insanity judgments. Increases the waiting period for setting aside certain types of contempt of court findings. Provides that the required time period prior to filing the motion, during which the person is required to have no convictions or specified contempt findings, applies to motions to set aside convictions only. Provides that the dismissal of a traffic violation citation may not be set aside.</b>

Bill Text

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Action History

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Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 90 not signed on · 3 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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Votes

Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed.

Passed 29 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17000
Republican 10001
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 29001
% of votes cast 97%0%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 Yea
Dick Anderson Republican Yea
Fred Girod Republican Yea
Kim Thatcher Republican Yea
Mike McLane Republican Yea
Noah Robinson Republican Yea
Suzanne Weber Republican Yea
Todd Nash Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Third reading. Carried by Kropf. Passed.

Passed 56 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28101
Republican 21001
Unaffiliated 7001
Total 56103
% of votes cast 93%2%0%5%
How each member voted (60)
Member Party Vote
Rep Levy E — Yea
Rep Nguyen H — Not Voting
Rep Smith G — Yea
Rep Neron — Yea
Rep Levy B — Yea
Rep Nguyen D — Yea
Rep Pham H — Yea
Rep Munoz — Yea
Andrea Valderrama Democrat Yea
Annessa Hartman Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Jules Walters Democrat Yea
Julie Fahey Democrat Yea
Ken Helm Democrat Yea
Lisa Fragala Democrat Yea
Mari Watanabe Democrat Yea
Mark Gamba Democrat Yea
Nancy Nathanson Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Tawna Sanchez Democrat Yea
Thuy Tran Democrat Nay
Tom Andersen Democrat Yea
Travis Nelson Democrat Yea
Willy Chotzen Democrat Yea
Zach Hudson Democrat Yea
Alek Skarlatos Republican Yea
Anna Scharf Republican Yea
Boomer Wright Republican Yea
Christine Drazan Republican Not Voting
Court Boice Republican Yea
Cyrus Javadi Republican Yea
Darcey Edwards Republican Yea
Darin Harbick Republican Yea
Dwayne Yunker Republican Yea
E. Werner Reschke Republican Yea
Ed Diehl Republican Yea
Emily McIntire Republican Yea
Jami Cate Republican Yea
Jeffrey Helfrich Republican Yea
Kevin Mannix Republican Yea
Kim Wallan Republican Yea
Lucetta Elmer Republican Yea
Mark Owens Republican Yea
Rick Lewis Republican Yea
Shelly Boshart Davis Republican Yea
Vikki Breese-Iverson Republican Yea
Virgle Osborne Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2492 do?
<b>Digest: The Act changes the process for a person to set aside offenses and contempt. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells the State Court Administrator to look at courts and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8).</i>] [<i>Requires the State Court Administrator to study courts and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Modifies the process for setting aside convictions, dismissals and contempt of court findings and guilty except for insanity judgments. Increases the waiting period for setting aside certain types of contempt of court findings. Provides that the required time period prior to filing the motion, during which the person is required to have no convictions or specified contempt findings, applies to motions to set aside convictions only. Provides that the dismissal of a traffic violation citation may not be set aside.</b>
What is the current status of HB 2492?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced July 07, 2025. Enacted.
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