Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3768: Relating to Nowruz Day; and declaring an emergency.
Status: Chaptered, July 25, 2025
Digest: The Act makes March 21 of each year Nowruz Day in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Designates March 21 of each year as Nowruz Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 12, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 3768 Sponsored by Representatives CHAICHI, JAVADI, TRAN; Representatives HARTMAN, NGUYEN H, Senators JAMA, MANNING JR CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to Nowruz Day; and declaring an emergency. Whereas Nowruz, the Persian New Year, originated over 3,000 years ago in the Iranian religion of Zoroastrianism; and Whereas Nowruz, meaning "new day," marks the first day of spring, symbolizing renewal through the rebirth of nature, promoting peace and solidarity across communities and celebrating all that has come before through rituals and shared meals; and Whereas Nowruz is marked by the presentation of the Haft-seen table, a traditional arrangement of seven symbolic items with names starting with the letter "s," including seer (garlic, symbolizing health), sabzeh (sprouts, symbolizing rebirth), seeb (apple, symbolizing beauty), serkeh (vinegar, symbolizing age), senjed (dried oleaster fruit, symbolizing love), samanu (wheat paste, symbolizing sweetness of life) and somagh (sumac, symbolizing patience); and Whereas Nowruz is rooted in the traditions of the Iranian peoples, but it has spread to countries in the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, the Balkans, throughout Asia and all across the world; and Whereas Nowruz transcends borders and unifies peoples of diverse ethnicities, cultures, languages and religions and it is celebrated by countless immigrants living in Oregon; and Whereas in a time of continuing strife in Iran and throughout the …
Sponsors
- Farrah Chaichi (D, 35) · primary sponsor
- Cyrus Javadi (R, 32) · primary sponsor
- Thuy Tran (D, 45) · primary sponsor
- Annessa Hartman (D, 40)
- Kayse Jama (D, 24)
- Hoa Nguyen (D, 48)
- Manning Jr., James (D, 7)
Latest actions
- : Chapter 394, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 24, 2025.
- : Governor signed.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed.
- : Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. (June 12, 2025): 22 yea, 6 nay, passed
- SRULES Committee Vote (May 21, 2025): 3 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Third reading. Carried by Chaichi. Passed. (April 8, 2025): 55 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HRULES Committee Vote (March 31, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB3768?
- HB3768 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to Nowruz Day; and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB3768 do?
- Digest: The Act makes March 21 of each year Nowruz Day in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Designates March 21 of each year as Nowruz Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
- What is the status of HB3768?
- Chaptered as of July 25, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 394, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 24, 2025. (July 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3768?
- Farrah Chaichi (D, 35), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3768?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3768
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