l9n/ Oregon

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1577

Directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to study additional automatic voter registration programs and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules on or before October 1, 2026.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on March 7, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act tells LPRO to study more options for AVR and to tell the Legislature what they found out before the 2027 session. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act allows people to register to vote when they apply for college. The Act tells the DOR to provide the SOS with records related to voter registration. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).</i>] [<i>Extends automatic voter registration to applicants for admission to public institutions of higher education. Requires the Department of Revenue to provide the Secretary of State with records containing information related to voter registration.</i>] <b>Directs the Legislative Policy and Research Director to study additional automatic voter registration programs and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules on or before October 1, 2026. <b>Takes effect on the 91st day following sine die.</b>

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

3 co-sponsors

Jeff Golden, Kayse Jama, Deb Patterson

In the House of Representatives

8 co-sponsors

Janelle Bynum, Farrah Chaichi, Mark Gamba, Ken Helm, Zach Hudson, Hai Pham, Khanh Pham, Lisa Reynolds

Its course

February 5 to March 7, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 7 · stopped31 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 5 to Feb 50 days

Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World AffairsFeb 5 to Feb 1914 days

Ways and MeansFeb 19 to Mar 7 · stopped17 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 19

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 7

  1. Feb 5Introduced
  2. Sent to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
  3. Feb 13Heard in Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
  4. Feb 15Heard in Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
  5. Feb 19Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Mar 7Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 5Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 5Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs, then Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Feb 13Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Feb 15Work Session held.Senate
  5. Feb 19Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  6. Feb 19Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  7. Mar 7In committee upon adjournment.Senate