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Judiciary committee advances bill tightening set-aside eligibility after contempt findings related to protection orders
Summary
The committee forwarded House Bill 2492A to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after members debated whether the bill’s five-year set-aside restriction should include elder-abuse protection orders that are primarily financial in nature.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary on May 14 moved House Bill 2492A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after debate over how the bill treats findings of contempt for violations of protection orders, including elder-abuse orders.
House Bill 2492A clarifies when a person may file to set aside a conviction based on a shortened timeline tied to reduced convictions and excludes traffic violations from eligibility. The measure amends ORS 137.225 to allow a person found in contempt for violating a court order related to abuse to apply for an order to set aside the contempt finding five years from the date of the finding or from release from any jail served as part…
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