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House passes measure tightening commercial vehicle rules, lowering some penalties

3117256 · April 24, 2025
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Summary

The Oregon House voted to pass Senate Bill 839, a technical rewrite of commercial-vehicle statutes that expands enforcement to certain medium-weight trucks and reduces some penalties from misdemeanors to traffic violations.

The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 839 on third reading after brief floor remarks that described the measure as a technical alignment of state law with federal standards.

Representative Christine McLean, who presented the bill on the floor, told colleagues the measure revises statutes governing commercial vehicles, expands enforcement to vehicles between 10,001 and 26,000 pounds, clarifies stop-and-submit-to-enforcement…

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