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Committee approves exemption for Oregon Parks from public contracting code with limits on IT and mapping purchases
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and advanced Senate Bill 838A, which would exempt the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department from the public contracting code for many purchases while preserving procurement controls for information technology, photogrammetric mapping and telecommunications.
The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans on May 22, 2025 adopted a dash‑2 amendment and advanced Senate Bill 838A to the floor with a do pass recommendation, approving an agency-specific exemption from portions of the state public contracting code for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) while retaining procurement requirements for certain technical categories.
LPRO staff told the committee the bill would exempt OPRD from the contracting code except as to surplus property and would create several limited exceptions to the Department of Administrative Services' control of state printing and printing purchases for advertising, promotions and…
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