SB 470

Provides a cause of action for invasion of personal privacy against a transient lodging provider's or transient lodging intermediary's capturing, making, storing, transferring, transmitting or broadcasting, or intentionally permitting another person to make, store, transfer, transmit or broadcast, a visual image or recording or audio of a plaintiff while the plaintiff occupies a private space within transient lodging that is under the transient lodging provider's or transient lodging intermediary's ownership or control.

Status Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors Floyd Prozanski (Democrat) (Chief), James Manning Jr. (Democrat), Tom Andersen (Democrat), Willy Chotzen (Democrat), Annessa Hartman (Democrat), Cyrus Javadi (Republican), Rob Nosse (Democrat), April Dobson (Democrat), Mari Watanabe (Democrat), Jules Walters (Democrat), Mark Gamba (Democrat), Thuy Tran (Democrat), Dacia Grayber (Democrat), Zach Hudson (Democrat), David Gomberg (Democrat), Nancy Nathanson (Democrat), Sarah McDonald (Democrat), Lisa Fragala (Democrat)
Fiscal impact Has minimal fiscal impact
Revenue impact Has minimal revenue impact

Bill Text

Provides a legal cause of action against transient lodging providers who capture, store, or broadcast visual or audio recordings of occupants in private spaces.

Original Bill Text

Sponsors#

Chief Sponsors: Floyd Prozanski

Overview#

Digest: Lets a person sue if someone makes, stores or shows a visual image or recording of the person while the person is in private space in a hotel or like place. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). [Digest: Tells a person that offers, in return for money, a space for others to stay for a short time, and any other person that assists the person to offer the space, that they may not make, store, show or give to another person an audio or video record of a person that stays in the space. Allows the person that stays in the space to sue for violations of the law. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.4).] [Prohibits a transient lodging provider and a transient lodging intermediary from making, storing, transmitting or transferring an audio or video recording of an occupant of transient lodging in any space within the transient lodging in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Punishes violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.] Provides a cause of action for invasion of personal privacy against a transient lodging provider’s or transient lodging intermediary’s capturing, making, storing, transferring, transmitting or broadcasting, or intentionally permitting another person to make, store, transfer, transmit or broadcast, a visual image or recording or audio of a plaintiff while the plaintiff occupies a private space within transient lodging that is under the transient lodging provider’s or transient lodging intermediary’s ownership or control. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Public Testimony

Name Organization Position Date
Bert Krages Lake Oswego Neutral 2025-01-31
Rebecca Gladstone League of Women Voters of Oregon Support 2025-02-03

Legislative History

Date Chamber Action
2025-01-13 S Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-01-17 S Referred to Judiciary.
2025-02-03 S Public Hearing held.
2025-03-12 S Work Session held.
2025-03-19 S Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
2025-03-20 S Second reading.
2025-03-24 S Carried over to 03-25 by unanimous consent.
2025-03-25 S Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed.
2025-03-25 S Gelser Blouin, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
2025-03-27 H First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2025-04-01 H Referred to Judiciary.
2025-04-24 H Public Hearing held.
2025-05-15 H Work Session held.
2025-05-21 H Recommendation: Do pass.
2025-05-22 H Second reading.
2025-05-23 H Carried over to May 27, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
2025-05-27 H Rules suspended. Carried over to May 28, 2025 Calendar.
2025-05-28 H Rules suspended. Carried over to May 29, 2025 Calendar.
2025-05-29 H Third reading. Carried by Chotzen. Passed.
2025-05-30 S President signed.
2025-06-02 H Speaker signed.
2025-06-09 S Governor signed.
2025-06-20 S Chapter 289, 2025 Laws.
2025-06-20 S Effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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