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Tisha (committee staff) summarized the amendment: under the A2 language, recklessly causing interference is a Class B misdemeanor (escalating to a Class A misdemeanor on subsequent offenses); knowingly or intentionally causing interference is a Class C felony; and knowingly, intentionally or recklessly causing death or serious physical injury by such interference is a Class A felony. The bill also reconciles provisions from related legislation addressing drone interference and emergency-response safety.

Vice Chair Pham moved to adopt the A2 amendment. The committee conducted a roll call and the motion passed; the committee then voted to send SB 1125A, as amended, to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. Committee staff recorded that Representative Court Boyce will carry the bill on the floor.

The committee record notes the amendment and accompanying fiscal analysis describe a minimal fiscal and revenue impact. No substantive policy changes beyond the penalty structure were recorded during the work session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee On Rules 06/25/2025 8:00 AM","oneSentenceSummary","House Rules adopted the A2 amendment to Senate Bill 1125A, increasing penalties for knowingly or recklessly using unmanned aircraft to interfere with firefighting, law enforcement, or other emergency-response efforts and sending the amended bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.","taxTitle","Legislative, Oregon","taxId",17184,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6187417,"Secretary of State warns HB 4024 implementation risks without fixes or more time",2825,1234750,4060035,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5070607-7fbe15b844b16f9f89da8ffda0c2204d&start=1234&end=4060","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5070607-7fbe15b844b16f9f89da8ffda0c2204d/thumbnail_1234750.jpg","/articles/6187417/Oregon/Secretary-of-State-warns-HB-4024-implementation-risks-without-fixes-or-more-time","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6187417-737d5d46992f9ace8c6a8292f968a846/orig.mp4?Expires=1770901066&Signature=j-xNLgZeO5huKGjgQ50Gx870zoiWhYZuZdEyfIIq69d3zHDOD8ip1RcOgcChpfqfN6Hs8TSJVoMU0-YV0NiNApL77I8JV~a5WQYIWTjhZCdRH41koQRmR35qadUHyvH21U95WBjlvHJKvet6-UT1JDg~iuXpcgUck9FVVeaM74zXey6JI-Ch4VsU25zHotAncFgZl-8ApMc-g65lmon4iln8dAmPogmO0TnbjZewFOrRcH~UE1R0c5B1ZDacNq1vyTm5sU~cx9o775pzwIPmDTGlbL1pq-OJQlmL7JGTHoPn9mwPXp7aL8GoLdf5Zft5F30dknKRtHQ2RzmoR76kbA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Secretary of State Tobias Reed told the House Committee on Rules on June 25 that implementation of House Bill 4024 (chapter 9, Oregon Laws 2024) requires legislative fixes or additional time and funding to avoid unintended penalties for ordinary donors and an under-tested, brittle information system.

\"We need more guidance to get this right, and time is short,\" Reed said, explaining that certain networks of connected political entities will share contribution limits and that, under current text, donors could unknowingly exceed combined limits and face penalties with no administrative path to cure the mistake. Reed gave a hypothetical: if an individual gives $3,300 to a candidate and later gives $500 to a separate committee that is in the same network, minimum penalties could start at 200% of the over-limit contribution.

Deputy Secretary Michael Kaplan and the Secretary's staff outlined implementation challenges including competing IT demands across agency divisions, risks from a compressed procurement and development schedule, and the limits of the existing ORESTARS system. \"Comprehensive risk assessment takes time,\" Kaplan said, noting the office's preference for a more deliberate project plan, stakeholder engagement, and procurement to avoid \"duct tape and bubble gum\" solutions.

Advocates and opponents testified in large numbers. Kate Titus of Common Cause urged the committee not to use the dash-5 amendment to indefinitely delay reforms, saying last year's compromise with voters and lawmakers should not be sidelined. Dan Meek of Honest Elections Oregon and Norman Turrell of the League of Women Voters of Oregon both opposed the dash-5 amendment and argued the statutory timelines (contribution limits effective Jan. 1, 2027; disclosure requirements effective Jan. 1, 2028) provide ample runway for rules and systems development. Jason Kafoury, who worked on the 2024 compromise, urged the committee to preserve the enacted timeline and said stakeholders had been negotiating technical fixes for months.

Secretarial staff told the committee that, if the legislature does not adjust the timeline, the office will still implement the law but that doing so would require a substantial supplemental general-fund request in the 2026 session and accept trade-offs in scope, testing, education, or rulemaking. Several legislators pressed for specifics about what would be deferred; staff identified IT procurement, comprehensive testing, broad public education, and additional enforcement capacity as likely areas that would require more funding or delay.

The public record includes written submissions from many civic groups and election-reform advocates and more than 40 registered oral testimonies opposing the dash-5 amendment. The committee did not vote on the amendment during the June 25 hearing; testimony and public comment will be part of the committee's consideration going forward.","Secretary of State Tobias Reed told the House Rules Committee that the statute enacted as House Bill 4024 has ambiguities and an aggressive timeline that risk confusing donors and campaigns, creating enforcement and IT challenges unless the legislature acts to clarify deadlines, definitions, and funding.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6187422,"Committee hears bill to extend product-liability exemption to hospitals",1184,44875,1229735,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5070607-7fbe15b844b16f9f89da8ffda0c2204d&start=44&end=1229","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5070607-7fbe15b844b16f9f89da8ffda0c2204d/thumbnail_44875.jpg","/articles/6187422/Oregon/Committee-hears-bill-to-extend-product-liability-exemption-to-hospitals","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6187422-991919c9511a765e4ced4bdc5ac90d66/orig.mp4?Expires=1770901066&Signature=l6W0Hfu7i-UyvREFf-VE2JmbbrMPJdeeNUXQWVBMMKNxJNZpugc7yQqIo-Ui8zSPOGwu5fEzF54cF5sXfsiHpZUnpelhN-kL9MO-m9eW-JWVypqMO6ScO7nQG2i9xNq-bBvwmI~ZXGFnK6vKRDrIdBEF0~xF8TVYfdH2p3KwUXemJx9El4iTmmADYIcIMFSJ2xH-pQCyGaA8VnKJY1InkrRoV8TgiznEuyrT-XhyONezqpfjYYlyup6dtB5dJA1ZpJheiENlmvynJm7xDwJgM6uwBx8irgBS8dhH6mCYBUgG~nS0IWyJ8-wSaYRPcadb4Sb4tVuqXKVPcMKRxf1M8Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Committee on Rules opened a public hearing June 25 on Senate Bill 1173A, which would exempt health-care facilities, hospital-affiliated clinics, professional corporations formed to practice medicine, and residential care facilities from product-liability claims for products they provide to patients when the entity did not manufacture or design the product or offer it for sale to the public.

Supporters told the committee the bill restores parity between physicians and hospitals after a recent state-court decision. \"Physicians were providing a service. They were not in the retail business when they were providing treatment,\" State Senator Floyd Brzezinski said, describing the exemption physicians have had since 2009 and urging the committee to extend similar protection to hospitals when they are acting in a care role. \"If the pharmacy is being used for just the patients, I submit to you that they should have the exemption. But if the hospital is running a retail...pharmacy that you or I could come in off the street with the prescription and have it filled at the hospital, they should be held accountable just as if you went to a private independent standalone pharmacy,\" Brzezinski said.

Senator Lisa Reynolds, a pediatrician, said the Oregon Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Providence \"made the hospital liable for any defects in the medication or other products it used in the normal care of their patients,\" and that holding hospitals strictly liable for product defects could impose new financial burdens on an already strained health-care system. \"This bill is a modest but meaningful step to bring clarity to a legal ruling,\" Reynolds told the committee.

Mark Bonanno of the Oregon Medical Association summarized the sponsors' intent: the measure would preserve patients' ability to sue for medical negligence while preventing hospitals or clinics from stepping into manufacturers' shoes under strict products-liability law. Robert Mitchell, senior of counsel at K&L Gates for Providence, told the committee the bill \"appropriately distinguishes\" between a hospital's role in providing care and a hospital acting as a retail seller.

Opponents said hospitals already act as sellers and that removing products-liability exposure would reduce incentives to procure the safest products. \"Hospitals are sellers of drugs and products. In fact, they make a lot of money from selling drugs and products,\" said Robert Beatty Walters, an attorney and registered nurse, who cited an example from the Brown case where a hospital charged substantially more for Zofran tablets than retail outlets and raised concerns about device selection and safety incentives.

Disability Rights Oregon submitted testimony urging the committee not to remove product-liability paths for people with disabilities, saying specialized medical equipment and devices are crucial for daily care and that strict-liability remedies provide accountability when equipment fails.

The committee took testimony and heard questions but did not take a vote on SB 1173A during the June 25 meeting. The public hearing included arguments about the line between clinical care and retail activity, whether hospitals should share the physician exemption, and the potential effects on patient safety oversight.

Members of the public and institutional witnesses agreed a clear statutory line between care-provided products and retail sales is central to the sponsors' proposal; testimony identified pharmaceuticals and medical devices as the key categories affected. The hearing record will remain open for written submissions as committee staff and members consider language that would permit an exemption for products provided as part of health-care services but preserve liability when a hospital operates a retail business.","A public hearing on Senate Bill 1173A drew testimony for and against extending an existing products-liability exemption for physicians to hospitals and certain health-care entities after an Oregon Supreme Court decision exposed hospitals to strict products-liability claims.","actionData","errors"]

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