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OR SB734
Bill
Status
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sara Gelser Blouin
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AI Summary
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Prohibits specific mechanical restraints on youth, adjudicated youth, and young persons in Oregon detention facilities and youth correction facilities
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Banned restraints include straitjackets, devices attaching individuals to fixed objects (chairs, beds, wall/floor bolts), and body-wrapping devices like blanket wraps
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Prohibits combination restraints (locking shoulder harness with leg restraint and ankle strap) and devices that impair sight, hearing, or speech
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Bans devices causing pain compliance positions, limb/joint hyperextension, breathing interference, or those affixing to the neck or throat
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Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Relating to the use of mechanical restraints on certain young people; declaring an emergency.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025