OREGON  LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS OFFENSE LAWS

CRIMINAL LAWS RELATED TO OREGON LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS

   ORS 162.455 Interfering with legislative operations.

Any person not a member of the Legislative Assembly who engages in conduct in or near the legislative chambers of either house or in or near any meeting of a joint, standing, interim or special committee of either house, wherever held, with the intention of interrupting, disrupting or otherwise interfering with the orderly conduct of business therein, or who gains or seeks to gain access to the chambers or meeting in such manner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [1971 c.276 §1]

   ORS 162.465 Unlawful legislative lobbying.

  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful legislative lobbying if, having an interest in the passage or defeat of a measure being considered by either house of the Legislative Assembly of this state, as either an agent or principal, the person knowingly attempts to influence a member of the assembly in relation to the measure without first disclosing completely to the member the true interest of the person therein, or that of the principal of the person and the person’s own agency therein.

   (2) Unlawful legislative lobbying is a Class B misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §213]