l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3553

Creates the crime of possessing, purchasing, making, delivering or selling a pill press or similar equipment.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Addiction and Community Safety Response 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 drug crime laws related to pill presses and similar equipment. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Creates the crime of possessing, purchasing, making, delivering or selling a pill press or similar equipment. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, a $125,000 fine, or both. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Rick Lewis, Tom Andersen

Its course

February 11 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 RepresentativesFeb 11 to Jun 27 · stopped136 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 11 to Feb 121 day

JudiciaryFeb 12 to Apr 1562 days

Addiction and Community Safety ResponseApr 15 to Jun 27 · stopped73 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 Feb 11 – Jun 27

  1. Feb 11Introduced
  2. Feb 12Sent to Judiciary
  3. Apr 7Heard in Judiciary
  4. Apr 8Heard in Judiciary
  5. Apr 15Judiciary reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Addiction and Community Safety Response
  6. Sent to Addiction and Community Safety Response
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 11First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 12Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
  3. Apr 7Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 15Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Addiction and Community Safety Response.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 15Referred to Addiction and Community Safety Response by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives