SB 470 Oregon Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to recordings of occupants of transient lodging; and prescribing an effective date.

Summary
] [ 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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Jun 9, 2025
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What changed between versions

A-Engrossed Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 9, 2025
MODERATE
This bill was finalized from its A-Engrossed version to Enrolled status, adding full sponsor lists, chapter formatting, and a new effective date section. The core privacy protections for transient lodging occupants remain substantively unchanged, though the enrolled version includes additional definitions for 'public view' and clarifies the scope of 'transient lodging' to include various dwelling types.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on protecting occupants of transient lodging from unauthorized visual or audio recordings in private spaces, with no substantive changes to the core privacy protections.
TECHNICAL

Added full list of sponsors (Senators and Representatives) and formatted the document as an Enrolled bill with chapter designation.

Removed the editor's summary digest and explanatory notes about boldfaced and italicized text that were present in the A-Engrossed version.

TIMELINE

Added Section 2 specifying the bill takes effect on the 91st day after the 2025 regular session adjourns sine die.

DEFINITION

Added new definition for 'public view' and expanded the definition of 'transient lodging' to include houses, cabins, condominiums, and apartment units used for temporary occupancy.

Modified the definition of 'nudity' to include 'female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola' instead of 'Female breasts below the point immediately above the top of the areola' (singular vs plural phrasing).

Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2025 · House May 29, 2025

How they voted

290
Passed
Total votes 29
Mar 25, 2025
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Jun 9, 2025
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Chotzen. Passed.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary.
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed.
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary.
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors

Sponsors