Oregon · Senate Bill 744 · 2025 Regular Session

Requires the petitioner in an intestate estate to make a reasonable effort to find persons of a higher priority of appointment before the court may…

  1. Introduced Jan 13, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 17, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

The Act makes a person asking the probate court to do a thing to try to find and give notice to certain people. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8). Requires the petitioner in an intestate estate to make a reasonable effort to find persons of a higher priority of appointment before the court may appoint a personal representative.

Read the full official title (29 words)

Requires the petitioner in an intestate estate to make a reasonable effort to find persons of a higher priority of appointment before the court may appoint a personal representative.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary. · Senate Judiciary
  3. CommitteePublic Hearing held. · Senate Judiciary
  4. SenateIn committee upon adjournment.

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Oregon's official records (api.oregonlegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.