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Kathleen Taylor
(D) - Oregon
Oregon Senate District 21
In Office - Started: 01/09/2017

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SB916 Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute. AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 657.010, 657.153, 657.176, 657.200, 657.202, 657.310, 657.317 and 657.400. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB224 Relating to addresses of individuals associated with candidate campaign committees. AN ACT Relating to addresses of individuals associated with candidate campaign committees; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 260.057. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3145 Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. AN ACT Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. Passed
HB2548 Relating to labor standards for agricultural workers; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to labor standards for agricultural workers; and declaring an emergency. Passed
HB3210 Relating to funding the manufacture of electric vehicles in Oregon; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would give federal funds marked for small business to Lit Motors, Inc., to fund its making of electric vehicles in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to distribute moneys available through the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative to Lit Motors, Inc., to fund the manufacture of electric vehicles in Oregon, with attendant economic benefits. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
HB2233 Relating to public safety; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would provide money for legal help to adults in custody at one prison in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish a program to provide legal ser- vices to assist adults in custody who are serving sentences at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facil- ity. Directs the commission to grant funds to the Oregon Justice Resource Center for purposes of the program. Directs the commission and center to evaluate the program and report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to corrections no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets December 31, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
HB3580 Relating to eelgrass resources in state waters; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act creates the Task Force on Eelgrass Resources. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3). Establishes the Task Force on Eelgrass Resources. Provides duties of the task force and directs the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
HB3194 Relating to farmworker camps. AN ACT Relating to farmworker camps; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 658.805. Passed
SB702 Relating to public health; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes the law for some products containing tobacco or nicotine. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Digest: The Act bans the sale of flavored products with tobacco or nicotine. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or offering to sell flavored inhalant delivery system products or flavored tobacco products in this state , except from premises established as a store by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and licensed by the Department of Revenue or authorized by a local government . Defines “flavored inhalant delivery system product” and “flavored tobacco product.” Prohibits distributing, offering or providing, without compensation, any tobacco product or inhalant delivery system. Requires any sale of cigarettes, inhalant delivery systems or smokeless tobacco products to oc- cur at licensed premises. Authorizes local governments to adopt regulations that are stricter than state law on the sale of inhalant delivery system products or tobacco products. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB442 Relating to services for COFA citizens; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates the COFA Shared Services Office. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.3). Establishes the COFA Shared Services Office to assist COFA citizens in applying for and ac- cessing benefits and services. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB20 Relating to employed individuals with disabilities; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a new program for people with disabilities to have a job and also get Medicaid. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Requires the Department of Human Services to administer a program to provide medical as- sistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to the individuals’ income or re- sources. Allows consideration of income when determining cost-sharing for the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
HB3131 Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Establishes a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB903 Relating to the payment of certain bonuses under the pay equity requirements. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act requires BOLI to study certain issues about pay equity. The Act requires BOLI to submit a report by a certain date. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues regarding the payment of certain bonuses under the pay equity law. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Dead
SB747 Relating to the application of fertilizer. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells certain persons to report the use of fertilizer on farmland. The Act allows agencies to take certain actions about the reports. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires persons with ownership interests in at least 200 acres of irrigated land used for agri- culture to annually report information about fertilizer application to the State Department of Agri- culture. Authorizes the department and the Department of Environmental Quality to take certain actions related to the information. Directs the State Department of Agriculture to report on the information to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture on or before September 15 of each odd-numbered year. Authorizes the imposition of civil penalties for a violation. Dead
SB1010 Relating to protected labor relations activities. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells BOLI to study and report on certain protected activities. The Act tells BOLI to submit a report on the findings by a certain date. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues related to safeguarding protected labor relations activities. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Dead
HB3235 Relating to a grant program to support accelerated mortgages for first-time home buyers; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells a state agency to give money to people who support home buyers to build equity in their homes more quickly. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to give a grant to an organization to support first-time home buyers that purchase residential property to build equity ownership in the residential property through reduced interest rate loans and accelerated loan terms. Specifies qual- ifications for loan recipients. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. Dead
HB3420 Relating to funding for talented and gifted educational programs; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Transfers money from the State School Fund for use on TAG education. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 74.8). Requires the Department of Education to transfer from the State School Fund to the Talented and Gifted Education Account an amount that equals one percent of the total amount available to school districts as general purpose grants. Establishes the Talented and Gifted Education Account. Prescribes the distribution of the ac- count. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. Dead
HB3434 Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would repeal the law that denies benefits to a person who is unemployed due to an active labor dispute. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not dis- qualified for any week that the individual’s unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the individual’s place of employment. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB901 Relating to residence requirements for women upon release from a Department of Corrections institution. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would tell the DOC to study residence requirements. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Requires the Department of Corrections to study residence requirements for women upon re- lease from a Department of Corrections institution. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. Dead
SB1020 Relating to inhalant delivery system producer responsibility; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act says that inhalant delivery systems must have a refund value. Makers of those systems must carry out a plan to collect and dispose of them. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Requires producers of inhalant delivery systems to join an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility organization and implement an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility pro- gram for the collection and disposal of inhalant delivery systems. Establishes a refund value for inhalant delivery systems sold in this state. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce the requirements of the Act. Establishes the Inhalant Delivery System Producer Responsibility Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB537 Relating to violence in health care settings. AN ACT Relating to violence in health care settings; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 441.096, 654.062, 654.182, 654.412, 654.414 and 654.416. Passed
HB2938 Relating to the payment of wages upon termination. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make changes to laws regarding penalty wages. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Permits a collective bargaining agreement to prescribe due dates for the payment of wages upon termination that do not require interpretation. Provides that penalty wages may be imposed against employers who fail to pay such wages by the prescribed due date. Dead
SB682 Relating to greenhouse gas emissions; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environ- mental Quality. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Requires the State Treasurer to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse gas emis- sions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB902 Relating to age qualifications for retirement under the Public Employees Retirement System. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells PERB to look at the age of retirement and make a report. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 84.4). Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study age qualifications for retirement. Di- rects the board to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to general government not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Dead
SB933 Relating to reports on talented and gifted children. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires ODE to prepare state report cards about school districts’ TAG students. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Requires school districts to submit specified information to the Department of Education related to talented and gifted children. Directs the department to issue annual district and state report cards based on the submitted information. Dead
SB900 Relating to laws concerning job-protected leave from work. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OED to study issues related to job-protected time off from work. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Requires the Employment Department to study issues related to laws concerning job-protected leave from work. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legis- lative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Dead
SB229 Relating to housing for vulnerable populations. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHCS to give funds to Bridge Meadows to grow its multigenerational housing model in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to distribute funds to Bridge Meadows for specified purposes. Directs the department to oversee the use of funds. Directs the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing annually for five consecutive years. Sunsets January 2, 2031. Dead
SB161 Relating to funding for local health workforce development activities; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHA to give grants for local health workforce development activities. The Act takes effect 91 days following sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to certain recipients for certain workforce development activities. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB223 Relating to seismic rehabilitation memorial plaques for schools; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act directs the OBDD to make and give plaques to schools. The plaques honor Senator Peter Courtney’s support of funding seismic safety for schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Digest: The Act directs ODE to design and give plaques to schools that have benefited from Sen- ator Peter Courtney’s support of funding seismic safety for schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.1). Directs the Department of Education Oregon Business Development Department to design create and distribute memorial plaques to schools in honor of Senator Peter Courtney’s contributions in supporting seismic rehabilitation funding. Directs recipients to display plaques at the front entrance in a location that is easily visible to visitors to the school . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB680 Relating to greenwashing; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says that a person may not claim a good effect on the environment from the person or the person’s products or services if the claim is not true. Says that a violation is a bad practice under the UTPA and that the person can get sued for $200 for the violation. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudu- lent. Specifies what constitutes a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent environmental marketing claim or net zero claim or reputational advertising. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Prac- tices Act and subjects the violator to statutory damages of $200 if a plaintiff can prove exposure to the claim or advertising and that the plaintiff purchased a product or service from the person based on the claim or advertising. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB704 Relating to worker classification. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes new laws for state agencies to determine the employment status of workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Directs those agencies that administer certain state laws to use specific criteria to determine whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor and to cooperate in adopting rules to facilitate consistency in the application of the statutory provisions concerning independent con- tractors and the provisions of the Act. Creates a rebuttable presumption that an individual who performs work for remuneration for a hiring entity is an employee when the employment status of the individual is at issue. Dead
HB2552 Relating to violence in health care settings; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates new laws for workplace violence prevention in health care settings. The Act takes effect 91 days following sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities. Requires subject entities to compile data concerning incidents of workplace violence and submit reports to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Requires certain health care employers and home care settings to take certain actions to protect workers against risks of violence and other safety-related risks. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop and administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities for workplace violence prevention efforts. Establishes a timeline within which the authority must begin distributing funds to approved grant applicants. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB705 Relating to temporary total disability. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would add to workers’ comp law a floor of pay per week for temporary total disability that the worker must get. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Provides an alternative weekly minimum amount of workers’ compensation benefits for tempo- rary total disability. Dead
SB706 Relating to wages; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act requires DAS to study methods to detect paycheck errors. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study methods for detecting paycheck errors. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legis- lative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
HB3838 Relating to the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make new laws about a workforce standards board for some workers in the home and community-based services sector. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. Requires the board to take certain actions before adopting proposed minimum standards. Directs certain state agencies to conduct a fiscal impact analysis to determine whether a proposed minimum standard will increase the fiscal obligations of the state, including an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates. Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be rati- fied by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect. Requires the board to report to the Legislative Assembly and to the Governor the in- crease in funding needed to implement the standard. Provides that a rule establishing a minimum standard may not take effect before the Legislative Assembly has appropriated funding and the board has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, if applicable. Permits the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct investigations, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, obtain evidence and take testimony to make determinations regarding im- plementation and compliance with the minimum standards established by the board. Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. Clarifies that relief may be sought for alleged violations no sooner than 90 days after a rule establishing a minimum standard takes effect. Requires the board to conduct a biennial quadrennial comprehensive review, including a labor market analysis to inform the board’s decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community- based services workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers. Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium. Requires the online registry administered by the Department of Human Services to in- clude workers from the home and community-based services workforce. Requires that any public hearing conducted by the board be accessible through electronic or virtual means, if possible. Dead
SB1140 Relating to English-only policies in the workplace. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes laws about English-only rules in the workplace. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Prohibits employers from imposing requirements that employees speak only English in the workplace unless the employer can demonstrate that the requirement is justified by business neces- sity and applicable only in limited circumstances. Requires employers to provide notice to employ- ees. Dead
SB1180 Relating to ballot measures. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells LPRO to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Digest: The Act tells the SOS to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold public hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). Requires the Secretary of State Legislative Policy and Research Director to submit to the Legislative Assembly, by November December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a list of each pro- spective statewide initiative petition that has been filed for the next general election. Requires the submission to include the text, ballot title and total number of signatures gathered for each pro- spective petition. Requires the secretary to provide updates during the first week of December, Janu- ary and February. Permits legislative leadership to request impartial analyses and summaries by nonpartisan leg- islative staff for each prospective petition provided by the secretary director . Requires nonparti- san legislative staff to provide legislative leadership with impartial analyses of the policy, fiscal and revenue impacts and legality for each prospective petition as requested by legislative leadership. Requires legislative leadership to use the analyses from nonpartisan staff to determine whether the state would benefit from holding public hearings on one or more prospective petitions during the even-year session. Dead
HB3581 Relating to sex crime statutes of limitation; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act removes the statute of limitations for most felony sex crimes. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.7). Removes the statute of limitations for most felony sex crimes. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB681 Relating to a moratorium on private investments by the State Treasurer in fossil fuel dominant funds. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that for five years, the State Treasurer can’t invest in private funds that deal heavily in fossil fuels. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7). Prohibits the State Treasurer from renewing investments in or making new investments in a private market fund if the managers of the fund have stated an intention to invest in fossil fuels, subject to fiduciary duties. Sunsets on January 2, 2031. Dead
HB3129 Relating to the behavioral health workforce; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a behavioral health workforce fund for higher learning. The Act pro- vides for the purposes and uses of moneys in the fund. Declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.4). Establishes the Higher Education Behavioral Health Workforce Expansion Fund. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to distribute moneys from the fund to community col- leges and public and private universities in this state for purposes of expanding the training, em- ployment and retention of behavioral health professionals. Appropriates moneys to the fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB1138 Relating to the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make new laws about a workforce standards board for some workers in the home and community-based services sector. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be ratified by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect. Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. Requires the board to conduct a biennial comprehensive review, including a labor market anal- ysis to inform the board’s decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community-based ser- vices workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers. Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium. Dead
SB1198 Relating to inhalant delivery systems. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes the law for the packaging of vapes to protect the health of minors. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5). Makes it unlawful to distribute, sell or allow to be sold an inhalant delivery system that is packaged inconsistent with rules adopted by the Oregon Health Authority that are tailored judi- ciously to the specific purpose of protecting minors from the negative health effects of unlawfully using inhalant delivery systems. Dead
HB3182 Relating to aid to students in higher education; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells the HECC to give money to fund basic needs for higher learning students. Creates a task force on student housing to study student housing needs. Directs the HECC to provide grants to certain organizations that help low-income college students with housing. Declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4). Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer a grant program to fund basic needs programming. Appropriates moneys to the commission to establish the program and award grants for basic needs programming. Sunsets the grant program on January 2, 2027. Establishes the Task Force on Student Housing to review and make recommendations on policy changes regarding barriers that students in higher education face in accessing affordable housing. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to nonprofit organiza- tions that provide affordable housing support to low-income students in higher education in this state. Appropriates moneys to the commission for purposes of awarding the grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB1139 Relating to noncompetition agreements. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes changes to laws regarding noncompetes. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Makes requirements for noncompetition agreements applicable to agreements regarding solic- itation of employer’s employees or customers. Provides an administrative remedy for employees alleging violation of requirements applicable to noncompetition agreements. Dead
HB3477 Relating to climate change; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act changes the state’s goals to reduce greenhouse gases and changes the term “global warming” to “climate change” in some laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). Modifies state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Replaces the term “global warming” with “climate change” in provisions related to the Oregon Climate Action Commission. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SB1119 Relating to immigration-related employment activities. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act stops employers from doing certain things at work with respect to immigration. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Prohibits employers from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices. Dead
HB3079 Relating to youth homelessness. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells DHS to submit some plans to the Legislative Assembly about homeless youth and it makes changes to who can get help with housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Requires the Department of Human Services to update its 2022 estimate of costs to implement youth experiencing homelessness programs. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Housing and Community Services Department to study options for allocating 30 percent of their respective budgets in the 2027-2029 biennium toward reducing the number of youth aging into adult homelessness. Directs the Department of Human Services to submit findings to the interim commit- tees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing and human services not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Expands eligibility for emergency housing. Dead
HB2901 Relating to newborn safety devices. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act allows a parent to leave a newborn in a safety device if the device meets cer- tain standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Modifies the safe haven law to allow a parent to anonymously leave an infant in a newborn safety device. Allows an authorized facility to install a newborn safety device. Prescribes standards for newborn safety devices. Dead
HB3196 Relating to state finance; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to DOJ for purposes related to VOCA grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Digest: The Act gives money to DOJ to backfill reductions in VOCA grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice to backfill reductions in for purposes re- lated to federal Victims of Crime Act grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
HB3881 Relating to workforce requirements for public improvements constructed by educational institutions; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Adds some schools to what counts as a “qualifying agency” so that a requirement to use apprentices in school construction projects will apply to those schools. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Adds school districts , education service districts and public charter schools that apply for and receive a matching fund grant from the Department of Education to the definition of “quali- fying agency” for the purpose of applying apprenticeship requirements in connection with con- structing public improvement projects. Specifies demonstrations that contractors must make to a qualifying agency as part of the qualifying agency’s responsibility determination. Specifies exemptions for contractors that enter into project labor agreements with school districts Provides that school districts that are qualifying agencies must retain in the school district general fund the amount of any reduction in payment to a contractor as a consequence of the contractor’s failure to meet apprenticeship requirements . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB1187 Relating to greenhouse gas emissions; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to serve as the lead agency of an interagency team. Requires the department to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse gas emissions. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to issue cost recovery demand notices to en- tities determined to be responsible for the costs of climate change. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SJR28 Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to a clean, safe and healthy environment. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This JR proposes a change to the constitution to create a right to a clean, safe and healthy environment. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to establish a fundamental right to a clean, safe and healthy environment. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout this state. Dead
HB2980 Relating to wildlife. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells ODFW to set up a Wildlife Stewardship Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a Wildlife Stewardship Program. Directs the department to administer a grant program to support licensed wildlife rehabilitation centers. Appropriates moneys to the department, out of the General Fund, for purposes of the grant program. Dead
HB3183 Relating to the Open Educational Resources Program; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to HECC for purposes of the OER Program. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.8). Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of the Open Educational Resources Program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Dead
SCR32 Reaffirming the State of Oregon's commitment to its relationship with the People's Republic of China. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the ways Oregon and China have worked together over the years. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Reaffirms the State of Oregon’s commitment to its relationship with the People’s Republic of China. Dead
HB2979 Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to groups to help produce and distribute food. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.8). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Ser- vices for distribution to various entities for food production and distribution. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. Dead
HB3314 Relating to harmful algal blooms; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act gives money to DAS to give to the Human Access Project to mitigate harmful algal blooms. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Digest: This Act gives money to HECC to give to OSU to mitigate harmful algal blooms. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Oregon State University the Human Access Project for harmful algal bloom mitigation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB684 Relating to housing; and prescribing an effective date. AN ACT Relating to housing; creating new provisions; amending ORS 307.092, 456.055, 456.120, 456.153, 456.548 and 456.620; and prescribing an effective date. Passed
HB2679 Relating to neonicotinoid pesticides; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act puts limits on the use of pesticides that have some neonicotinoids in them. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Directs the State Department of Agriculture to classify certain pesticides containing neonicotinoids as restricted-use. Prohibits application of restricted-use neonicotinoid pesticides on residential landscapes, subject to certain exceptions. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
SB225 Relating to taxable income exemption for military taxpayers; prescribing an effective date. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Exempts from state income tax up to $17,500 in federal retirement pay or pension that is received for service in the Armed Forces by a person who is 63 years of age or older. The Act applies to tax years that start on or after January 1, 2025. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Digest: Exempts from state income tax up to $17,500 received by a person 62 years of age or younger as retirement pay or pension for service in the Armed Forces. The Act applies to tax years that start on or after January 1, 2025. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 61.6). Exempts from state income tax up to $17,500 in federal retirement pay or pension received for service in the Armed Forces of the United States for a taxpayer who is receiving federal retirement pay or pension for service in the Armed Forces of the United States and who has not attained 63 years of age before the close of the taxable year for which a return is filed . Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Dead
HB3365 Relating to climate change instruction in public schools. AN ACT Relating to climate change instruction in public schools; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 329.045. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB968 Relating to deductions from employee wages. AN ACT Relating to deductions from employee wages; creating new provisions; and repealing ORS 292.063. Passed
HB3179 Relating to public utilities; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to public utilities; creating new provisions; amending ORS 757.210, 757.215, 757.457 and 757.461; and declaring an emergency. Passed
HB3582 Relating to statutes of limitation; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to statutes of limitation; creating new provisions; amending ORS 12.117 and 12.118; and declaring an emergency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1137 Relating to autologous breast reconstruction. AN ACT Relating to autologous breast reconstruction; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 743B.001. Passed
HB2964 Relating to affordable housing; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to affordable housing; and declaring an emergency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3054 Relating to residential tenancies for a space in a facility; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to residential tenancies for a space in a facility; amending ORS 90.324, 90.545, 90.600 and 90.680; and declaring an emergency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3819 Relating to the State Board of Massage Therapists; and prescribing an effective date. AN ACT Relating to the State Board of Massage Therapists; creating new provisions; amending ORS 419B.005, 687.011, 687.031, 687.081, 687.122, 687.250 and 687.991; and prescribing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB685 Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB584 Relating to Oregon Truffle Month; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to Oregon Truffle Month; and declaring an emergency. Whereas Oregon is recognized as one of the top five truffle regions in the world, and Oregon truffles are among the world’s preeminent culinary delicacies; and Whereas truffles are a form of mycorrhizal fungus that develops underground in symbiotic as- sociation with the roots of trees, and truffles are the “fruit” of these fungi; and Whereas Oregon is home to four native truffle species that are recognized for their culinary value: the Oregon Winter White Truffle (Tuber oregonense), the Oregon Spring White Truffle (Tuber gibbosum), the Oregon Black Truffle (Leucangium cascadiense) and the Oregon Brown Truffle (Kalapuya brunnea); and Whereas Oregon truffles provide an economic incentive to keep forests standing, delivering ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, wildlife migration corridors and many other benefits to the natural and aesthetic environment, while ensuring sustainable annual income for landowners; and Whereas February marks the peak of Oregon truffle season, drawing thousands of people from around the country and the world, who visit Oregon’s rural areas where truffles are found, benefit- ing local communities; now, therefore, Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB951 Relating to the practice of health care; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to the practice of health care; creating new provisions; amending ORS 58.375 and 58.376; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the State of Oregon since 1947 has recognized that a conflict exists between the eco- nomic imperatives of for-profit corporations and other business entities and the need for patient- centered medical care; and Whereas an Oregon Supreme Court decision banned corporations from owning medical practices, practicing medicine or employing physicians for that reason; and Whereas many business entities have sought to circumvent the ban through complex ownership structures, contracting practices and other means, particularly in recent years; and Whereas the State of Oregon must protect the health, safety and welfare of residents of this state by responding to initiatives that threaten to usurp or have the effect of usurping the medical judgment of physicians and other practitioners in this state in favor of cost-cutting and profit- making, often at the expense of and in opposition to the best interests of patients; and Whereas some business entities have sought to silence criticism of their operations and man- agement practices through nondisclosure, noncompetition and nondisparagement agreements and other devices that stifle reporting of and accountability for these operations and practices; and Whereas to protect the best interests of patients in this state, and enable medical practitioners to exercise medical judgment free from interference from those who are not licensed to practice medicine in this state, the Legislative Assembly must prohibit business entities from practicing medicine or employing actively practicing physicians and other practitioners and using noncompe- tition agreements, nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement agreements to restrict reason- able and honest criticism; now, therefore, Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB934 Relating to the identification of talented and gifted children. AN ACT Relating to the identification of talented and gifted children; amending ORS 343.407. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3605 Relating to unlawful practices in home solicitation sales; and prescribing an effective date. AN ACT Relating to unlawful practices in home solicitation sales; amending ORS 83.990 and 646.608; and prescribing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR31 Commending the Legislative Commission on Indian Services on its 50th anniversary. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors LCIS for 50 years of service to the State of Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Commends the Legislative Commission on Indian Services on its 50th anniversary. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB588 Relating to disability benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to disability benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System; creating new pro- visions; amending ORS 238.320, 238.325, 238.340, 238A.155 and 238A.235; and declaring an emer- gency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB548 Relating to marriage. AN ACT Relating to marriage; amending ORS 106.010, 106.041, 106.050, 106.100, 109.056, 125.315, 419B.376 and 419C.558; and repealing ORS 106.060. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1148 Relating to disability income insurance policies. AN ACT Relating to disability income insurance policies; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 743B.260. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2256 Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes. AN ACT Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes; amending ORS 92.018 and 92.990. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3178 Relating to conditions for financing a transaction involving a motor vehicle. AN ACT Relating to conditions for financing a transaction involving a motor vehicle; creating new pro- visions; and amending ORS 646.608 and 646A.090. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB905 Relating to the accessibility of information under a Healthy and Safe Schools Plan. AN ACT Relating to the accessibility of information under a Healthy and Safe Schools Plan; amending ORS 332.334. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB906 Relating to transparency concerning employer deductions from wages. AN ACT Relating to transparency concerning employer deductions from wages; amending ORS 652.610 and 652.900. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB904 Relating to self-insured employers. AN ACT Relating to self-insured employers; amending ORS 656.407 and 656.430. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2541 Relating to rights of certain agricultural workers to express milk in the workplace; and declaring an emergency. AN ACT Relating to rights of certain agricultural workers to express milk in the workplace; amending ORS 653.077; and declaring an emergency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SCR10 In memoriam: Senate President Peter Courtney, 1943-2024. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of Peter Courtney. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). In memoriam: Senate President Peter Courtney, 1943-2024. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJM2 Urging Congress to enact legislation alleviating the funding crisis in the Crime Victims Fund. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Urges Congress to pass a law about crime victims. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Urges Congress to enact legislation alleviating the funding crisis in the Crime Victims Fund. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
HB3145 Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB243 Relating to firearms; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SB230 Relating to the Veterans Dental Program; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SB690 Relating to perinatal public health; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SCR1 Adjourning sine die the 2025 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly. Senate Final Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB5506 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB2316 Relating to lands designated for housing; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB3031 Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB2688 Relating to the application of a prevailing rate of wage to off-site custom work for use in public works; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB2548 Relating to labor standards for agricultural workers; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB844 Relating to public health. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SB5505 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB5006 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB2411 Relating to industrial development. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB2087 Relating to revenue; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB476 Relating to professional workforce; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SB5530 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB163 Relating to parentage; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SB5531 Relating to lottery bonds; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB960 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB3544 Relating to water. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB3794 Relating to municipal solid waste; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
SB1125 Relating to unmanned aircraft systems. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/27/2025 Yea
SCR34 Establishing limitations and deadlines for legislative measures for the 2026 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly, and providing certain labor negotiation procedures. Senate Final Reading 06/27/2025 Yea
HB5015 Relating to the financial administration of the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3199 Relating to school attendance; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
SB824 Relating to health insurance. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB2614 Relating to the Oregon Public Defense Commission; and declaring an emergency. Senate Repassed 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3525 Relating to exempt wells that supply ground water for domestic purposes. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3630 Relating to estate tax treatment of natural resource property; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Nay
HB3644 Relating to a statewide shelter program; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3687 Relating to majority vote thresholds for local charters; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Nay
HB3792 Relating to consumer protection for utility ratepayers. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3824 Relating to physical therapy; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3940 Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB3970 Relating to youth homelessness; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB2005 Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/26/2025 Yea
HB2803 Relating to fees concerning water; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
SB5541 Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB2351 Relating to the economic development information of businesses; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB2725 Relating to the inclusion of ports in strategic investment program agreements; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3194 Relating to farmworker camps. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB5016 Relating to the financial administration of legislative branch agencies; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
SB236 Relating to controlled substances; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading in Concurrence 06/25/2025 Yea
SB736 Relating to investigations of child abuse involving the child's parent; and declaring an emergency. Senate Motion to Table 06/25/2025 Yea
HB2808 Relating to fees concerning wells; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3064 Relating to health care coverage beginning at perimenopause. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3148 Relating to the availability of residential telecommunication services for low-income customers; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB2508 Relating to student data; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3040 Relating to early literacy. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
SB842 Relating to health care facilities; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB2271 Relating to employer taxes. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
SB875 Relating to the rights of children in care; and declaring an emergency. Senate Repassed 06/25/2025 Nay
HB3294 Relating to staffing plans for health care provider entities; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3321 Relating to primary prevention of substance use. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3349 Relating to fire protection; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3589 Relating to housing. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB3865 Relating to telephone solicitations. Senate Third Reading 06/25/2025 Yea
HB2573 Relating to emergency medical services for residents in long term care settings; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB3243 Relating to billing for ground ambulance services. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2138 Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2066 Relating to microgrids; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2065 Relating to the interconnection process; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2059 Relating to adult behavioral health facilities; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
SB51 Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB3179 Relating to public utilities; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB3069 Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB3037 Relating to state grants awarded by the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
SB686 Relating to civic information. Senate Motion to Rerefer 06/24/2025 Yea
SB686 Relating to civic information. Senate Motion to Reconsider 06/24/2025 Yea
SB686 Relating to civic information. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2685 Relating to cytomegalovirus; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2555 Relating to sentencing; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2271 Relating to employer taxes. Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2929 Relating to substance use; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2337 Relating to preferences for small businesses in public procurement; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2024 Relating to the behavioral health workforce; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB5025 Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Health Authority; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
SB684 Relating to housing; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2712 Relating to the Judicial Department; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB5011 Relating to the financial administration of the Housing and Community Services Department; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB3865 Relating to telephone solicitations. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB3942 Relating to an expedited licensure process for health care facilities. Senate Third Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HCR40 Recognizing the Portland Trail Blazers. Senate Final Reading 06/24/2025 Yea
HB2342 Relating to fees concerning wildlife; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
HB2658 Relating to conditions of development. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB688 Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
HB2728 Relating to member data under the Public Employees Retirement System; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB5543 Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB5515 Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
HB5037 Relating to the financial administration of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB296 Relating to hospital discharge challenges; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
HB2351 Relating to the economic development information of businesses; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Committee Do pass the B-Eng bill 06/23/2025 Yea
HB2725 Relating to the inclusion of ports in strategic investment program agreements; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill 06/23/2025 Yea
SB95 Relating to judicial positions; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB494 Relating to employment of forestry workers; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB807 Relating to the Oregon National Guard; and declaring an emergency. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB136 Relating to developmental disabilities services providers. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
SB598 Relating to step therapy for nonopioids. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
HB2321 Relating to ballot measures addressing property taxes; and prescribing an effective date. Senate Third Reading 06/23/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Oregon Joint Emergency Board Interim Committee 10
Detail Oregon Joint Legislative Audits Committee 4
Detail Oregon Joint Tax Expenditures Committee 5
Detail Oregon Senate Finance and Revenue Committee 5
Detail Oregon Senate Labor and Business Committee Chair 1
Detail Oregon Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee 5
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
OR Oregon Senate District 21 Senate Democrat In Office 01/09/2017
OR Oregon House District 41 House Democrat Out of Office 01/01/2015 01/22/2024