l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2454

Authorizes the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to appoint a Legislative Performance Oversight and Government Accountability Officer and to direct the officer to perform specified duties, including investigating, reviewing activities of and oversight of executive branch agencies, taking in and investigating complaints of members of the public concerning executive branch agency programs, conducting performance audits of executive branch agencies and reporting to the committee on work undertaken by the officer.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act creates an oversight officer position in the legislative branch, and directs the officer to perform audits, look at things agencies do, look at public complaints and report back to the JLAC. The Act tells the officer to do other tasks if told to do so by the JLAC. The Act says the officer is to start duties on 1/1/2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act creates an LAO position and directs the LAO to perform audits and to report findings to the JLAC. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).</i>] Authorizes the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to appoint a Legislative [<i>Audit</i>]<b> Performance Oversight and Government Accountability </b>Officer and to direct the officer to perform specified duties, including investigating, reviewing activities of and oversight of executive branch agencies, taking in and investigating complaints of members of the public concerning executive branch agency programs, conducting performance audits of executive branch agencies and reporting to the committee on work undertaken by the officer. Authorizes the officer to hire necessary staff and to enter into contracts to carry out the functions assigned to the officer. Provides that the duties the officer must perform become operative January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

RulesJan 17 to May 27130 days

Ways and MeansMay 27 to Jun 27 · stopped31 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 27

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 House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Rules
  3. Feb 26Heard in Rules
  4. May 21Heard in Rules
  5. May 27Rules recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Rules with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 26Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. May 21Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. May 27Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. May 27Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives