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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 3532: Relating to offensive names; and declaring an emergency.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 3532 is a bill introduced in the Oregon House on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to offensive names; and declaring an emergency. Primary sponsor: Tawna Sanchez (Democratic), James Manning (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 24, 2025): Chapter 284, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 9, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

</b> </i>] Directs the [<i>Oregon Historical Society</i>] <b>Oregon Geographic Names Board</b>, in consultation with [<i>the Oregon Geographic Names Board,</i>] federally recognized Indian tribes, state and local government leaders, local landowners and other interested parties, to compile a list of [<i>highways and</i>] geographic features in Oregon that bear offensive names. Requires the [<i>society</i>] <b>board</b> to recommend nonoffensive names to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names no later than three years following the effective date of this Act. Sunsets on January 2, 2029. <b>Requires the board to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to history no later than February 1, 2026.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tawna SanchezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse43
James ManningPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Anthony BroadmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Farrah ChaichiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Lisa FragalaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Dacia GrayberCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Annessa HartmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Shannon IsadoreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Mark MeekCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Travis NelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Hai PhamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter 284, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 9, 2025.
  2. Governor signed.
  3. President signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed.
  6. Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
  7. Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
  8. Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
  9. Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
  10. Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
  11. Second reading.
  12. Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source