l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2469

Establishes a time limit on when a district attorney may submit an indictment to the grand jury on a pending case when a trial date has been scheduled.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act changes some rules for criminal cases. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Establishes a time limit on when a district attorney may submit an indictment to the grand jury on a pending case when a trial date has been scheduled. Authorizes the use of grand jury recordings to challenge the indorsement of an indictment "a true bill." Requires the district attorney to file a motion for admission of evidence seized pursuant to a warrantless search. Authorizes the court to modify the release decision after ordering preventative pretrial detention if circumstances have changed. Authorizes the court to enter a judgment for a Class A violation when a person is convicted of a misdemeanor.

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 action5 actions on 5 days

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

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

JudiciaryJan 17 to Jun 27 · stopped161 days

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 Judiciary
  3. Feb 26Heard in Judiciary
  4. Mar 31Heard in Judiciary
  5. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 5 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 26Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 31Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  5. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives