2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance
Chapter 276A - Information Technology
Section 276A.340 - Definitions.
As used in ORS 276A.340 to 276A.344:
(1) "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that is capable, for a given set of human-defined objectives, of making predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments and uses machine- or human-based inputs to:
(a) Perceive real or virtual environments;
(b) Abstract the perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner; and
(c) Use model inference to formulate options for information or action.
(2) "Covered product" means:
(a) Any form of hardware, software or service provided by a covered vendor.
(b) Any hardware, software or service that uses artificial intelligence and the artificial intelligence is developed or owned by a covered vendor.
(3) "Covered vendor" means any of the following corporate entities, or any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor entity of the following corporate entities:
(a) Ant Group Co., Limited.
(b) ByteDance Limited.
(c) Huawei Technologies Company Limited.
(d) Kaspersky Lab.
(e) Tencent Holdings Limited.
(f) ZTE Corporation.
(g) Any other corporate entity designated a covered vendor by the State Chief Information Officer under ORS 276A.344.
(4) "State agency" means any board, commission, department, division, office or other entity of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, except that state government does not include the Secretary of State or State Treasurer.
(5) "State information technology asset" means any form of hardware, software or service for data processing, office automation or telecommunications used directly by a state agency or used to a significant extent by a contractor in the performance of a contract with a state agency. [2023 c.256 §1; 2025 c.396 §1]
