l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1180

Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to submit to the Legislative Assembly, by December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a list of each prospective statewide initiative petition that has been filed for the next general election.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 tells LPRO to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells the SOS to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold public hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7).</i>] Requires the [<i>Secretary of State</i>] <b>Legislative Policy and Research Director</b> to submit to the Legislative Assembly, by [<i>November</i>] <b>December</b> 1 of each odd-numbered year, a list of each prospective statewide initiative petition that has been filed for the next general election. Requires the submission to include the text, ballot title and total number of signatures gathered for each prospective petition. [<i>Requires the secretary to provide updates during the first week of December, January and February.</i>] Permits legislative leadership to request impartial analyses and summaries [<i>by nonpartisan legislative staff</i>] for each prospective petition provided by the [<i>secretary</i>]<b> director</b>. [<i>Requires nonpartisan legislative staff to provide legislative leadership with impartial analyses of the policy, fiscal and revenue impacts and legality for each prospective petition as requested by legislative leadership.</i>] [<i>Requires legislative leadership to use the analyses from nonpartisan staff to determine whether the state would benefit from holding public hearings on one or more prospective petitions during the even-year session.</i>].

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

James Manning Jr.

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 34 days

RulesMar 3 to May 2785 days

Ways and MeansMay 27 to Jun 27 · stopped31 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate 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 Senate Feb 27 – Jun 27

  1. Feb 27Introduced
  2. Mar 3Sent to Rules
  3. Apr 16Heard in Rules
  4. May 19Heard 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. Feb 27Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Mar 3Referred to Rules.Senate
  3. Apr 16Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. May 19Work Session held.Senate
  5. May 27Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  6. May 27Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate