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Public hearing on HB 3588: bill would study business registration rules after USPS change affecting co‑working addresses
Summary
Lawmakers held a public hearing on HB 3588 after witnesses from multiple co‑working spaces said a USPS change reclassifying shared‑mail services as CMRAs has prevented legitimate small businesses from using coworking addresses to register in Oregon.
Representative Rob Noss opened the public hearing for House Bill 3,588 and said the bill (an amendment was pending) would address an unintended conflict between U.S. Postal Service rule changes and Oregon business registration rules. Noss described a constituent whose co‑working facility began to be classified as a CMRA after a USPS definition change, and who then could not complete Secretary of State business registrations using the co‑working address.
Noss explained that Oregon law was tightened in 2017 to prohibit businesses from registering with a CMRA address to prevent fraudulent shell companies. Because the Postal Service broadened the CMRA definition in 2023,…
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