l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1164

Provides that a person may request that the Department of Transportation include on the person's driver license, driver permit or identification card the fact that the person has a disability that interferes with the person's ability to effectively communicate with a police officer.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Transportation 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 says a person can ask ODOT to add a note on their driver license, permit or ID card. The note will let police officers know that the person has a disability that makes it hard to communicate with the officer. To do this, the person will need to fill out a form and get a doctor or other listed health professional to confirm the disability. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Provides that a person may request that the Department of Transportation include on the person's driver license, driver permit or identification card the fact that the person has a disability that interferes with the person's ability to effectively communicate with a police officer. Requires the person to submit an application to the department and have a health care professional verify the disability.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

February 27 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 34 days

TransportationMar 3 to Jun 27 · stopped116 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 Senate Feb 27 – Jun 27

  1. Feb 27Introduced
  2. Mar 3Sent to Transportation
  3. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Feb 27Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Mar 3Referred to Transportation.Senate
  3. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate