Oregon enacted the nation's oldest statewide sanctuary law, ORS 181A.820, barring state and local agencies from using resources to enforce federal civil immigration law.
Adopted in 1987, ORS 181A.820 prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from using agency money, equipment, or personnel to detect or apprehend persons whose only violation of law is being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws. The 2021 Sanctuary Promise Act (House Bill 3265) expanded the framework, restricting information sharing with federal immigration authorities, banning courthouse arrests for civil immigration purposes, and creating a hotline for reporting violations. ORS 181A.823 and 181A.825 add reporting and enforcement provisions. Voters in 2018 rejected Measure 105, which would have repealed ORS 181A.820, reaffirming statewide sanctuary status.
Agencies that violate sanctuary statutes face civil penalties, mandatory reporting to the Oregon Department of Justice, and potential injunctive relief.
Salem, OR
Salem designates public parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. Those spaces are reserved exclusively for vehicles that are actively charging. Paying t...
Salem, OR
Salem Revised Code Chapter 102 prohibits vehicles from remaining parked on the same public street block for more than 24 consecutive hours. Overnight parking...
Salem, OR
Salem has no city ordinance setting a specific defensible-space distance (e.g., 30 or 100 feet). Tall grass, brush, and dead vegetation can be abated as a pu...
Salem, OR
Salem adopts the Oregon Fire Code (OFC) in SRC Chapter 58, which incorporates OFC Chapter 61 and NFPA 58 standards governing LP-gas and propane storage, hand...
Salem, OR
Salem declares overgrown weeds and tall grass a public nuisance under SRC Chapter 98. Property owners must maintain vegetation to prevent it from becoming a ...
Salem, OR
Salem encourages home composting and offers curbside yard-debris collection. SRC Chapter 47 governs solid waste and yard debris. No permit is required for ba...
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