l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3935

Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the first degree.

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 creates new crimes about initiating a false report. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.3). Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the first degree. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Creates the crime of initiating a false report in the second degree. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Renames the crime of initiating a false report to initiating a false report in the third degree. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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

13 co-sponsors

Paul Evans, Kevin Mannix, Alek Skarlatos, Gregory Smith, Virgle Osborne, Lucetta Elmer, Court Boice, David Gomberg, E. Werner Reschke, Emily McIntire, Mark Owens, Ed Diehl, Annessa Hartman

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Mike McLane, David Brock Smith, Suzanne Weber

    Its course

    March 18 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 action4 actions on 3 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 18 to Jun 27 · stopped101 days

    Waiting for a committeeMar 18 to Mar 180 days

    JudiciaryMar 18 to Jun 27 · stopped101 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 Mar 18 – Jun 27

    1. Mar 18Introduced
    2. Sent to Judiciary
    3. Apr 8Heard in Judiciary
    4. Jun 27Died when the session ended
    All 4 actions, as published
    1. Mar 18First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Mar 18Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
    3. Apr 8Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    4. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives