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Committee Hears Bill to Extend Timeframe, Require Online Corrections for Defamation Claims
Summary
House Bill 3564 would extend the statutory period to demand a retraction from 20 to 60 days, permit email notice and require publishers to link or correct archived online material; sponsors said the changes update a statute first enacted in 1955 to reflect digital media and reduce long-term misinformation risk.
The House Committee on Judiciary held a public hearing March 18 on House Bill 3564, which would update the state’s statutory process for demanding retraction or correction of written defamatory statements.
Rep. Darren Harvick, the bill sponsor, described HB 3564 as modernizing a statute first enacted in 1955 and noted the only prior amendment (ORS 31.215) occurred in 1991 to add certified mail. The bill would clarify that civil actions for defamation can arise from printed or electronic publications, extend the deadline for a defamed person to demand a retraction from 20 to 60 days, allow email…
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