Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3948: Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; prescribing an effective date.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: The Act makes it a worse crime to fly a drone over a correctional facility. The Act says that the court can take away the drone upon conviction. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.7). Increases the penalty for operating an unmanned aircraft system over a critical infrastructure facility that is a correctional facility or youth correction facility. Makes the crime punishable by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Provides that, upon conviction, the court shall order that the unmanned aircraft system be forfeited. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; creating new provisions; amending ORS 837.372; and prescribing an effective date.
From the introduced text, March 19, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; creating new provisions; amending ORS 837.372; and prescribing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 837.372 is amended to read: 837.372. (1) As used in this section, "critical infrastructure facility" means any of the following facilities, if completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders, or if marked with a sign conspicuously posted on the property that indicates that entry is (b) An electrical power generating facility, substation, switching station or electrical control center; (c) A chemical, polymer or rubber manufacturing facility; (d) A water intake structure, water treatment facility, wastewater treatment plant or pump station; (e) A natural gas compressor station; (f) A liquid natural gas terminal or storage facility; (g) A telecommunications central switching office; (h) A port, railroad switching yard, trucking terminal or other freight transportation facility; (i) A gas processing plant, including a plant used in the processing, treatment or fractionation of natural gas; (j) A transmission facility used by a federally licensed radio or television station; (k) A steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc furnace to make steel; (L) A dam that is classified as a high hazard by the Water Resources Department; (m) Any portion …
Sponsors
- Rick Lewis (R, 18) · primary sponsor
- Anthony Broadman (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- Jeff Helfrich (R, 52) · primary sponsor
- Court Boice (R, 1)
- Shelly Boshart Davis (R, 15)
- Vikki Breese-Iverson (R, 59)
- Edwin Diehl (R, 17)
- Christine Drazan (R, 51)
- Darcey Edwards (R, 31)
- Darin Harbick (R, 12)
- Barbara Levy (R, 58)
- Virgle Osborne (R, 2)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Public Hearing held.
- : Referred to Judiciary.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Subjects: Judiciary
Common questions
- What is HB3948?
- HB3948 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; prescribing an effective date.
- What does HB3948 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; creating new provisions; amending ORS 837.372; and prescribing an effective date.
- What is the status of HB3948?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3948?
- Rick Lewis (R, 18), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3948?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3948
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