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OR HB3583
Bill
Status
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Annessa Hartman
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AI Summary
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Courts must consider domestic violence as a mitigating factor at sentencing when the defendant was subjected to ongoing domestic violence that significantly contributed to the criminal behavior, and the crime was directed against the abuser
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Defendants who prove these four circumstances by a preponderance of evidence establish "substantial and compelling reasons" for a downward departure from presumptive or mandatory minimum sentences under Oregon Criminal Justice Commission rules
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Allows courts to impose lesser sentences even for serious felonies with mandatory minimums, including murder, manslaughter, assault, kidnapping, rape, robbery, and drug trafficking offenses
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Defendants receiving reduced sentences under this provision become eligible for sentence reductions, temporary leave, work release, and supervised release programs otherwise prohibited for their offense category
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Takes effect on the 91st day after the 2025 legislative session adjourns and applies only to crimes committed on or after that effective date
Legislative Description
Relating to domestic violence survivor defendants; prescribing an effective date; providing for criminal sentence reduction that requires approval by a two-thirds majority.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025