State v. Vallin

Before Walters, Chief Justice, and Balmer, Nakamoto, Flynn, Duncan, Nelson, and Garrett, Justices.**

*414**297Under Article IV, section 33, of the Oregon Constitution, the legislature may not reduce a criminal sentence that was "approved by the people" through the initiative or referendum process by a simple majority vote, but must garner a two-thirds majority in both houses.1 In this certified appeal, we must determine whether that constitutional rule applies to House Bill (H.B.) 3078 (2017), which recently was enacted by a simple majority in the legislature and which reduces certain statutory…