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Legislator > Mark Meek
State Senator
Mark Meek
(D) - Oregon
Oregon Senate District 20
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
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Capitol Office
900 Court St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1720
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB3136 | Relating to composition of planning commissions. | AN ACT Relating to composition of planning commissions; amending ORS 215.030 and 227.030. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3546 | Relating to large energy use facilities; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to large energy use facilities; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3522 | Relating to evictions of squatters. | AN ACT Relating to evictions of squatters; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 90.100, 105.115, 105.126 and 105.130. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3643 | Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the topic of youth suicide does not receive the elevation and attention it deserves; and Whereas youth suicide has impacted far too many communities and families throughout our beautiful state; and Whereas the warning signs of youth suicide often go unnoticed or unrecognized; and Whereas shame, stigma and a lack of knowledge are barriers to seeking professional mental health support; and Whereas 20 percent of all high school students have reported having serious thoughts about suicide; and Whereas in Oregon, 38 percent of high school juniors reported feeling so sad or hopeless they stopped normal activities; and Whereas 109 Oregon youths died by suicide in 2022; and Whereas in 2022, Oregon had the 12th highest youth suicide rate in the nation; and Whereas according to Mental Health America, Oregon ranks last in the nation in balancing the prevalence of youth mental illness with access to care; and Whereas suicide remains the second leading cause of death in the nation among people aged 5 to 24; and Whereas Oregon must remain dedicated to ending the prevalence of youth suicide; and Whereas the young lives we have lost to suicide live on in our hearts and memories; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| SB300 | Relating to private security services; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to private security services; amending ORS 181A.840; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3525 | Relating to exempt wells that supply ground water for domestic purposes. | AN ACT Relating to exempt wells that supply ground water for domestic purposes. | Passed |
| SB1047 | Relating to access to resources for development in Curry County; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to access to resources for development in Curry County; and declaring an emergency. | Passed |
| SB1168 | Relating to per-visit compensation for home health care entities. | AN ACT Relating to per-visit compensation for home health care entities; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 652.260. | Passed |
| HB3654 | Relating to matching grants for cities; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would set a maximum percent required for matching grants made by the state to small cities for capital projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for capital construction and municipal infrastructure. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3099 | Relating to economic development districts; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would give funds to the twelve economic development districts in this state so they can get federal matching grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Allocates lottery moneys for distribution to the economic development districts in Oregon to be used to receive federal matching grants awarded by the United States Economic Development Ad- ministration. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | 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 |
| HB2958 | Relating to earned income tax credits; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act modifies the earned income tax credit and extends the sunset for the credit. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit. Provides that a credit is available to all adults, including childless adults, over 18. Provides that the credit may be paid quarterly, in ad- vance, and is not subject to garnishment. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Extends the sunset for the credit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | 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 |
| HB2410 | Relating to a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project; providing that this Act shall be referred to the people for their approval or rejection. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows EFSC to approve a power plant demo project that uses one or more small mod- ular reactors. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Allows the Energy Facility Siting Council to issue a site certificate for a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project in Umatilla County. Requires the demonstration project to use microgrid enabling technologies such that the project can be isolated from the electric grid and support community energy resilience. Requires the council to consult with each interested federally recognized Indian tribe with tribal lands located in Umatilla County on an applica- tion for a site certificate for a demonstration project. Directs the State Department of Energy , in cooperation with certain state agencies, to pre- pare a report on statutes, rules, requirements or orders that may be applicable to a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project, and statutes and rules that may need to be adopted or modified to enable the Energy Facility Siting Council to provide oversight of a demonstration project. Directs the department to submit the report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than one year after the Act takes effect December 15, 2026 . Establishes the Umatilla County SMR Demonstration Project Report Fund. Refers the Act to the people of Umatilla County for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | Dead |
| SB611 | Relating to public assistance; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates the Food for All Oregonians Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Establishes the Food for All Oregonians Program in the Department of Human Services to pro- vide nutrition assistance to residents of children residing in this state who are six years of age or under and who would qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but for their immigration status. Requires the department to implement the program by January 1, 2027, and conduct statewide outreach, education and engagement to maximize enrollment in the program. Requires the department to convene an advisory group to recommend metrics to evaluate the success of the department in treating all applicants for and recipients of public assistance in a welcoming manner and with respect, courtesy, fairness and dignity. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB926 | Relating to wildfires resulting from the fault of an electric company; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Bans the recoupment of certain costs that a power company incurs from claims based on a wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that an electric company incurs if a court or jury finds that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Prohibits an electric company from paying or distributing dividends, income, interest or profits or paying, distributing or repurchasing stock or other ownership interest to any person or individual with an ownership or beneficial interest in the electric company if the electric company owes any debt on an outstanding judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Sets the rate of interest on the judgment at nine percent per annum to accrue from the date the wildfire was ignited if a plaintiff establishes that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Provides that an electric company is liable for all taxes that may be owed by a prevailing party on a judgment that the electric company has not satisfied by January 1, 2026, for a judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Requires an electric company to request that the Public Utility Commission open an in- vestigation if the electric company owes more than a certain amount of debt on an out- standing judgment or judgments that are based on a wildfire that resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company and the electric company plans to make a payment, distribution or repurchase related to dividends, income, interest, profits, stock or other ownership interest. Directs the commission to suspend the payment, distribution or repurchase during the investigation and allows the commission to issue a final order that imposes restrictions, requirements or conditions. Allows a plaintiff to file motions in a civil action based on a wildfire caused by an electric company to require the electric company to file a security or bond if the electric company has been found to be liable to other plaintiffs for damages, losses or other harms resulting from the same wildfire, to have prejudgment interest accrue from the date the wildfire caused damages, losses or other harm and for a supplemental judgment for any additional tax liabilities that the plaintiff may owe on the underlying final judgment. Requires an electric company to apply for a wildfire safety certification. Directs the commission to issue a certification if the applicant is implementing a wildfire protection plan and meets certain requirements. Provides that a certification establishes that the applicant has implemented wildfire policies and practices consistent with wildfire safety standards. Provides that a certification does not establish immunity against claims for damages re- sulting from a wildfire. Directs the commission to commission a study to examine issues related to catastrophic wildfire risk and recovery and develop scenarios for a balanced solution. Directs the com- mission to provide an interim report on the study’s findings and recommendations to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy and environment during the 2026 regular session and provide recommendations for a stakeholder process to follow the final study report. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3576 | Relating to funding for deflection programs; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tasks the OCJC with creating a formula for giving grant funds to counties for deflection programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Transfers to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission the responsibility to develop a formula for the distribution of grant funds to counties for deflection programs. Prescribes the factors that the formula must take into account. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | 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 |
| SB780 | Relating to allocations to the County Fair Account. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act concerns a limit on moneys put in the County Fair Account. The Act removes the limit. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.2). Removes the annual limit of $1.53 million, adjusted for inflation, on allocations from the Ad- ministrative Services Economic Development Fund to the County Fair Account. | Dead |
| HB3650 | Relating to the Latino Health System Task Force; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates the Latino Health System Task Force. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Establishes the Latino Health System Task Force. Prescribes the task force’s membership and duties. Directs the task force to report to the Legislative Assembly no later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB1118 | Relating to tolling highways; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that the OTC may not toll I-5 or I-205 but provides an exception for the I-5 bridge project. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.8). Prohibits the Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing a toll on Interstate 205 or Interstate 5. Provides an exception for the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project. Repeals the re- quirement that the commission assess tolls on Interstate 205 and Interstate 5. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB2254 | Relating to wages. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes laws about unpaid wages for workers who work on construction projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Makes an owner and a direct contractor jointly and severally liable in a civil action for any unpaid wages owed to the unrepresented employees of the direct contractor and subcontractors at any tier. Provides the statute of limitations for actions regarding recovery for unpaid and overtime wages. Requires subcontractors to provide certain payroll records and other information to the owner or the direct contractor, upon request. Permits the owner and the direct contractor to withhold payment to a subcontractor in certain circumstances. | Dead |
| SB1117 | Relating to a performance audit of the Department of Transportation; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the Division of Audits to do a performance audit of ODOT. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 65.7). Directs the Division of Audits to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Transpor- tation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1038 | Relating to standards of time. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act, for the part of the state in the Pacific Time Zone, stops the one-hour change of time in the spring and fall of each year and keeps the zone at standard time year-round if CA and WA states do the same within 10 years. The Act, for the part of the state in the Pacific Time Zone, permits the one-hour change of time to remain at daylight saving time year-round if Congress au- thorizes it and if CA and WA states have daylight saving time year-round, within 10 years. The Act keeps the part of the state in the Mountain Time Zone unchanged. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2). Maintains current time standards in Oregon unless certain conditions are met. For the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if California and Washington make the same change within the next 10 years. Restores current time standards if California and Washington do not make the standard time change within 10 years. Alternatively, for the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on daylight saving time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if Congress enacts a law authorizing states to elect year-round daylight saving time and if California and Washington establish daylight saving time as the standard of time year-round. Restores current time standards if Congress fails to authorize daylight saving time or if California and Washington do not make daylight saving time their year-round standard of time within 10 years. Provides that standards of time in the Mountain Time Zone portion of Oregon remain unchanged. | Dead |
| HB2304 | Relating to fairs; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act addresses how lottery money is allocated to the County Fair Account. The Act allocates lottery money to the State Fair Council. The Act tells an agency to create a master plan for county fair building. The Act gives money related to the master plan. The Act allows the issuance of bonds for an emergency and evacuee center. The Act gives money to DAS for the Union County Fairgrounds. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Digest: The Act addresses how lottery money is allocated to the County Fair Account. The Act allocates lottery money to the State Fair Council. The Act tells an agency to create a master plan for county fair building. The Act gives money related to the master plan. The Act allows the issuance of bonds for an emergency and evacuee center. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allo- cated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account. Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report a master plan for county fairground capital construction. Specifies content and procedural requirements for the re- port. Appropriates moneys to the department out of the General Fund for consultant services related to the report. Authorizes the issuance of bonds under Article XI-Q of the Oregon Constitution to support the use of the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center as a regional emergency and evacuee center. Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for water and sewer improvements to the Union County Fairgrounds. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3191 | Relating to support of cultural organizations. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would appropriate funds to support the arts and culture in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Appropriates moneys to support arts and cultural organizations in Oregon. | Dead |
| HB3584 | Relating to prostitution; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a person must be at least 18 years of age to commit the crime of prostitution. The Act also allows protective custody for kids in some cases. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.7). Provides that a person must be 18 years of age or older in order for the person to commit the crime of prostitution. Authorizes the taking of a child into protective custody when the child has engaged in or is at risk of engaging in a commercial sex act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3192 | Relating to newborn bloodspot screening. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to the OHA to test newborns for five specific diseases. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of screening newborns for five specific diseases under the Northwest Regional Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program. | Dead |
| HB3140 | Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that an operator can make a person who does recreation release the op- erator from some types of claims. Tells OBDD to study issues for the recreation industry and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Provides that an operator may require a person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence. Directs the Oregon Business Development Department, with the assistance of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to study issues facing the recreation industry and report to a committee of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment no later than September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys for study. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3934 | Relating to a deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for Oregon estate tax; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would let a surviving spouse claim the unused amount of the first spouse’s es- tate tax exclusion. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Allows an exclusion from the Oregon taxable estate of a surviving spouse for the unused portion of exclusion that applied to the prior deceased spouse of the decedent. Applies to estates of decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. 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 |
| HB2676 | Relating to an interstate dental professionals compact; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes Oregon join a compact to let dentists and dental hygienists from other states work in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Enacts the interstate Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Permits the Oregon Board of Dentistry to disclose specified information to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Commis- sion. Exempts individuals authorized by compact privilege from requirement to obtain licensure from the board to practice as a dentist or dental hygienist. Allows the board to use moneys to meet fi- nancial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the compact. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2959 | Relating to infertility; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes some health insurance cover some fertility treatments. The Act tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatments and report back to the committee on health. The Act makes it an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the in- terim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3773 | Relating to veterans. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Adds persons who work with veterans as a new type of traditional health workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt by rule qualification criteria for veteran-specific personal health navigators as an additional category of traditional health workers. | 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 |
| SB927 | Relating to renewable energy. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Creates a tax credit for the amount paid for transmission services for solar or wind power or power storage. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Creates an income or corporate excise tax credit for the amount paid by an owner of an eligible generation facility for transmission services. Directs that the amount paid, for purposes of the tax credit, shall be calculated as the sum of amounts paid by the owner to the Bonneville Power Ad- ministration or an electric utility for up to 600 megawatts of the eligible generation facility’s nameplate capacity and to other parties. Requires a taxpayer to first receive a final written certification from the State Depart- ment of Energy to claim the tax credit. Allows a taxpayer to apply for a preliminary certi- fication of an eligible generation facility prior to, during or after construction of the facility. Applies to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026 , and to eligible generation facili- ties first placed in service on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032 . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB596 | Relating to veterans' recognition registration plates. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says some veterans may ask ODOT to waive the surcharge for the vet- eran plate. Gives money to ODOT to cover the costs. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.3). Digest: The Act says a person who qualifies for a veteran car plate may ask ODOT to waive the surcharge for the plate. Gives money to ODOT to cover the costs. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). Provides that a person veteran with a disability is eligible for a veterans’ recognition regis- tration plate and may request a waiver of the surcharge imposed for the plate. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation to cover the waivers. | Dead |
| HB3189 | Relating to the Oregon Arts Commission; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives some funds to the OAC. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of the Oregon Arts Commission. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development De- partment for the purposes of distribution to the Oregon Arts Commission for grants to cer- tain organizations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB2991 | Relating to services for assisting low-income individuals with tax navigation; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives moneys to an agency to fund help for low-income people with their taxes. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Appropriates moneys to be used for funding outreach regarding federal earned income tax credits and other tax benefits and to provide tax navigation and preparation to low-income individ- uals. 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 |
| 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 |
| SB479 | Relating to sewage disposal system permits; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act says that DEQ may not find that a sewer is available to a property unless it is less than 200 feet from the property. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from determining, for purposes of issuing a sewage disposal construction permit, that a community or area-wide sewerage system is available unless the sewerage system is within 200 feet of the property to be served. Sunsets January 2, 2031. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB737 | Relating to middle housing land division; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act gives more neighbors notice of middle housing land divisions and adds content to the notice. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Expands the radius for giving notices of proposed middle housing land division and requires additional content in the notices. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB590 | Relating to long term care. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells ODHS to study long term care. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Requires the Department of Human Services to study long term care. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | 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 |
| HB3094 | Relating to drug treatment; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes changes to drug treatment funding and oversight. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.3). Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to provide grants and funding for drug treat- ment and other related services. Transfers the duties of the Oversight and Accountability Council to the commission. Modifies the Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection Program. Provides that the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission makes funding decisions on grant recipients based on recommendations from the Improving People’s Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports and Services Grant Review Committee. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB299 | Relating to highways; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells ODOT to come up with ideas to reduce traffic on I-5 and I-205 and find a way to pay for the ideas and not use tolls. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Directs the Department of Transportation to create a corridor plan to reduce traffic on Inter- state 5 and Interstate 205 between Portland and Vancouver, Washington. Directs the department to also develop a financing plan to implement the mitigation measures without imposing tolls. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB93 | Relating to tax incentives for financial institution lending in rural areas; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes a new tax subtraction for banks that loan for rural farms, houses or boats. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Creates an Oregon tax subtraction for interest received by financial institutions from loans made for the purchase or improvement of agricultural real estate, rural residences and coastal fishing boats. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Exempts from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax interest received by fi- nancial institutions from loans made for the purchase or improvement of agricultural real estate, rural residences and coastal fishing boats. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB425 | Relating to fees charged for use of a payment card. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says that a merchant cannot charge a fee to use a credit card or debit card if the mer- chant does not accept cash. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8). Prohibits a merchant from charging or collecting a fee for a person’s use of a credit card or debit card in payment for goods or services if the merchant does not accept payment for the goods or services in cash. | Dead |
| HB2956 | Relating to adult foster homes. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a pilot program to allow certain adult foster homes to care for up to 7 adults. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Digest: The Act tells ODHS to study adult foster homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Requires the Department of Human Services to study adult foster homes. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Requires the Department of Human Services to administer a pilot program to allow up to 30 adult foster homes meeting specified requirements to care for up to seven residents. Requires the department to compile data and report on the results of the pilot program to the Legislative Assembly. Directs the department to discontinue enrolling new adult foster homes into the pilot program beginning September 15, 2028. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2039. | 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 |
| SB87 | Relating to the authority of agencies that regulate building safety in this state. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Lets a state agency agree with a local agency how to share duties for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Sets higher fines for not obeying the building code. Lets the state agency that governs contractors keep more of the money it collects as fines for breaking the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Permits the Construction Contractors Board to retain a higher percentage of the proceeds of civil penalties the Construction Contractors Board imposes. Raises the amount of a civil penalty that the Department of Consumer and Business Ser- vices may impose for a violation of the state building code from $5,000 per violation to $7,500. | Dead |
| SB160 | Relating to transportation taxes; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would end the tax on wages that funds statewide transportation uses. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Repeals the state payroll tax on wages imposed to finance transportation investments and im- provements and maintain existing public transportation services. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB158 | Relating to charges in lieu of security deposit. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act lets landlords charge a fee in lieu of a security deposit. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Allows a landlord and a tenant to agree to a recurring charge in lieu of a security deposit. Es- tablishes requirements of an agreement. | Dead |
| SB732 | Relating to executive appointments. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the Governor to pick a new head of some agencies within three months after the Senate fails to confirm the reappointment of the head. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Directs the Governor to appoint a new head of certain agencies within three months after the Senate fails to confirm the reappointment of the head of the agency. | Dead |
| SB592 | Relating to the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would have DLCD study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area of Clackamas County. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| SB429 | Relating to firearms; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act requires gun dealers to wait 72 hours from the time of asking for a background check, and to have the approval number from the check, before giving a firearm or certain unfin- ished firearm parts to a buyer. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 64.7). Prohibits a gun dealer from transferring a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver until 72 hours have elapsed from the time the gun dealer requested a criminal background check, and the gun dealer has received the background check approval number from the Department of State Police. Provides that a gun dealer who has the approval number and allows the required time period to elapse before transfer has immunity from civil liability for use of the transferred firearm or unfin- ished frame or receiver by the purchaser. Takes effect on the 91st day following sine die. | Dead |
| SB593 | Relating to the regulation of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would repeal the law that set a state standard for city and county laws that govern the use of public property by the homeless. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Repeals the statute enacted by House Bill 3115 (2021) that established objective reasonableness as a statewide standard for city and county laws regulating the use of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness, as the basis for a cause of action for injunctive and declaratory relief to challenge such laws and as an affirmative defense in the prosecution of vio- lations of such laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB481 | Relating to earned income access services; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says that a person must get a license to provide earned income access services in this state. Says what the person must do to get the license and how a state agency can decide whether to issue the license. Says what the person can and cannot do in providing the services. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.4). Requires a license to provide earned income access services in this state. Specifies procedures for applying for a license, the contents of an application and criteria under which the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may issue a license. Specifies requirements that a licensee or service provider must meet and prohibitions on certain actions. Imposes a civil penalty of not more than $2,500 for each violation of a provision of the Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB591 | Relating to the long term care facility assessment. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Oregon’s long term care facility assessment. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 64.9). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| SB589 | Relating to adult foster homes. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells ODHS to study adult foster homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Requires the Department of Human Services to study adult foster homes. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| SB301 | Relating to boats. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the State Marine Board to study boat safety. The Act tells the board to make a report on the results of the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 86.2). Requires the State Marine Board to study issues related to the safe operation of motorboats. Directs the board to submit findings to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative As- sembly not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| SB480 | Relating to contract terms for point of sale systems. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells a state agency to study point of sale systems. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study contract terms for point of sale systems. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legis- lative Assembly related to commerce not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| SB298 | Relating to tax incentives for energy development; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would have LRO study tax incentives for energy development, storage and transmission in this state. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 69.5). Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study tax incentives for energy development, stor- age and transmission in Oregon. Directs the officer to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2447 | Relating to boats. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the State Marine Board to study boat safety. The Act tells the board to make a report on the results of the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 86.2). Requires the State Marine Board to study issues related to the safe operation of motorboats. Directs the board to submit findings to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative As- sembly not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| HB2574 | Relating to the Willamette Falls Locks Authority; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act changes Willamette Falls Locks Authority laws and says that bonds can be issued. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Modifies provisions related to finances, public contracting authority and composition of Willamette Falls Locks Authority. Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds and directs that the net proceeds be distributed to the authority. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB707 | Relating to exemption of prescription drug sales; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes certain rural pharmacy drug sale receipts not taxed by the CAT. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Expands the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax to include critical access pharmacies. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB602 | Relating to state agency relations with nonprofit organizations. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Sets up a body to talk to state agencies about how to make grants and buy goods and services for the state from not for profit organizations. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Digest: The Act sets policies for the state to use for awards of grants and public contracts to certain recipients. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Advisory Council within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services . Specifies the membership of the council and requires the council to review the state’s consult with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and with employ- ees of state agencies that make grants to or enter into public contracts with nonprofit or- ganizations concerning granting and procurement processes as applied to nonprofit organizations . Provides that the council shall also identify and recommend updates to statutes and admin- istrative rule to improve grant making and contracting processes with nonprofit organiza- tions, evaluate and recommend whether to create a centralized database to manage grant making and report to the Legislative Assembly. Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Partnership Fund to fund the council. Specifies requirements for grant agreements and public contracts into which state agencies en- ter with nonprofit organizations. Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create a centralized database for use in managing the state’s grants to nonprofit organizations. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB585 | Relating to public employee retirement. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells PERB to look at retirement and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Requires the Public Employees Retirement Board to study retirement. Directs 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 |
| HB2383 | Relating to mass transit districts. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act defines “transit security officers.” The Act says the officers may give tickets to folks who do not follow mass transit district’s rules. The Act says the officers may use body cameras to record when they are on the job. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). Authorizes the general manager of a mass transit district to appoint transit security officers to aid in the enforcement of mass transit ordinances. Defines “transit security officer.” Provides that a transit security officer may wear a video camera on the person’s body that re- cords the officer’s interactions with members of the public while the officer is on duty. Expands public records exemption for law enforcement officers of video recordings resulting from the opera- tion of a video camera worn upon the officer’s person to include transit security officers. | Dead |
| HB2791 | Relating to workers' compensation. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make changes to provisions of workers’ comp law that deal with the timing of a worker’s claim and the worker’s engagement in training. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Allows a worker to receive permanent disability payments and complete the appeal of a notice of closure while engaged in training. Allows the redetermination of a worker’s permanent total dis- ability compensation after ceasing to engage in training. Allows a worker to postpone the selection of a training program and engagement in the program until after claim closure becomes final. | Dead |
| HB3433 | Relating to beverage containers for wine; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act adds wine bottles to the Bottle Bill and makes other changes to the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.8). Adds wine bottles to the Bottle Bill, operative July 1, 2026. Modifies provisions of the Bottle Bill applicable to wine containers. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB947 | Relating to the national guard. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Changes the term “militia” in the state statutes to “National Guard.” (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Digest: Changes the term “militia” in the state statutes to “national guard.” (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Modifies terminology by changing statutory references to “militia” to “national guard.” “Na- tional Guard.” Removes “unorganized militia.” | Dead |
| SB297 | Relating to the Department of Transportation; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to ODOT for right of way health and safety. (Flesch Readability Score: 89.0). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for right of way health and safety. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3432 | Relating to the redemption of beverage containers at wineries. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act lets wineries refuse to redeem cans and bottles not sold at the winery. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Permits a winery to refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of beverage containers not sold at the winery. | 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 |
| SB478 | Relating to duties of boards of education of community college districts; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act adds new duties to boards of community colleges. The Act declares an emer- gency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Revises the duties of boards of education of community college districts. Requires the boards to approve a community college’s membership in a state or national association. Permits the board to provide stipends to members of the board. Requires the members of the board to have an official electronic mail address that is posted on the website maintained by the community college. Requires the board to include an additional voting member of the board who is a full-time student at the community college. Requires the board to report to the Legislative Assembly on the board’s com- pliance with the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3526 | Relating to exempt wells that supply water for domestic purposes. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act says that a buyer of real estate may sue the seller if the seller does not give the buyer well test results. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.7). Establishes a cause of action for a buyer in a real estate transaction if the seller fails to provide the results of required well tests. Modifies well testing requirements to require that a seller provide a copy of well test results to the Department of Environmental Quality. Modifies the form of the seller’s property disclosure statement. | 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 |
| SB946 | Relating to funding the operations of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would let the duty-related costs of the head of BOLI be paid out of the Workers’ Benefit Fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Authorizes the payment out of the Workers’ Benefit Fund of the expenses of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in carrying out the commissioner’s statutory duties. | Dead |
| HB3627 | Relating to funding for disabled veterans; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates the Disabled Veterans Assistance Fund. The Act tells a state agency to give money from the fund to disabled veterans for some purposes. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.2). Establishes the Disabled Veterans Assistance Fund. Requires the Department of Veterans’ Af- fairs to provide grants to disabled veterans for accessibility resources at residences inhabited by the veteran if the residence is owned by the veteran or a family member of the veteran. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB969 | Relating to the permitting of energy facilities. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Removes EFSC power over a project that makes clean power or is a power line, is only on U.S. lands and is reviewed under NEPA. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the person seeking federal approval for the facility to meet certain requirements. | Dead |
| SJM8 | Requesting the FTC and the NIST to coordinate on a repair score for consumer electronic devices. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Asks the FTC and the NIST to create a score system that ranks for consumers how easy or hard it is to repair tech devices. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Requests that the Federal Trade Commission and the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology coordinate on and provide to manufacturers of electronic devices voluntary criteria for a one through ten repair score that may be displayed to consumers at the point of sale. | Dead |
| SB941 | Relating to the supply of land to build homes and grow businesses. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act requires DLCD to study the supply of land to build homes and grow businesses. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the supply of land to build homes and grow businesses and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026. | Dead |
| SB86 | Relating to multiemployer sick time policies; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act clarifies the law with respect to the sick time provided under certain benefit plans. The Act takes effect 91 days following adjournment sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.2). Provides clarification regarding multiemployer exceptions from state laws governing sick leave. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SJM10 | Urging the President, the Executive Director of the Maritime Administration and Congress to purchase the SS United States, designate it as a National Historic Landmark, restore it and name it the flagship of our nation. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Asks the President, the MARAD and Congress to buy a certain ship, make it an official U.S. landmark, fix it up and call it the official flagship of the U.S. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Urges the President of the United States, the Executive Director of the Maritime Administration of the United States Department of Transportation and the Congress of the United States to pur- chase the SS United States from Okaloosa County, Florida, using funds transferred from the United States Department of Defense, designate it as a National Historic Landmark national landmark , restore it to its full working condition and name it the official flagship of our nation. | Dead |
| HB3751 | Relating to compensation for services performed in connection with a claim for a veteran's benefit; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says that a person may not get money or an item of value for helping another person get a veteran’s benefit except as federal or state law allows. Gives a person a right to sue another person for breaking the law. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4). Prohibits receiving compensation for performing certain services for or on behalf of an applicant or a claimant for a veteran’s benefit except as provided in applicable federal or state law. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB587 | Relating to an income tax subtraction for amounts received in wildfire litigation; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Exempts awards from and legal fees paid in wildfire suits from corporate excise and in- come tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates Oregon corporate excise and income tax subtractions for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows a taxpayer to amend a return to claim a refund for earliest tax year in which subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2026, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | 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 |
| HB2745 | Relating to benefit payments during employer compliance investigations; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would set the time by which benefits would have to be paid to a worker when the employer is being investigated for not complying with workers’ comp law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Provides the timeline for payment of temporary disability compensation during an investigation of the compliance of the worker’s employer with workers’ compensation law. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3107 | Relating to Department of Environmental Quality regulatory processes; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act changes the way DEQ can agree to make a regulatory process work better or faster. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Modifies the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with regulated entities to expedite or enhance a regulatory process. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to establish standards to guide the department in the exercise of the department’s authority. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB759 | Relating to the funding of infrastructure projects. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon look at how to use a loan loss reserve fund for infrastructure work by underserved communities in this state. The Act would require a report of the study be sent to the legislature. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the use of a loan loss reserve fund to support infrastructure improvement projects by underserved communities in Oregon and submit a report to the legislature by September 15, 2026. | Dead |
| HB3925 | Relating to the Sunrise Corridor; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells DAS to give a grant to Clackamas County to improve the Sunrise Corridor. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to issue a grant to Clackamas County for infrastructure improvements in the Sunrise Corridor. Allocates lottery revenues to the department for the grant. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3435 | Relating to school meals; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes school meals available at no cost. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Phases in the requirement that school districts offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of household income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast ac- cessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. Provides exceptions. Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources. Directs the Department of Education to apply for statewide participation in federal programs and projects that expand the availability of free or reduced price meals. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education from the General Fund for the purposes of paying any costs owed by parents or guardians for costs previously incurred for a reimbursable meal and assisting school districts in purchasing or upgrading equipment necessary to comply with the expanded provision of free lunches and breakfasts. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| SB1006 | Relating to legislative measure introduction; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act states that measures must be asked for by members or committees of the House and the Senate and cannot be asked for by state agencies or officials. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Directs all state agencies, statewide elected officials and other entities to seek legislative changes only through legislative measures requested and introduced by members and committees of the Legislative Assembly. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1196 | Relating to recreation. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the LRO to study ways to raise money for recreation activities. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study means for raising dedicated revenue to sup- port recreation activities in Oregon. Directs the Legislative Revenue Officer to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue not later than December 1, 2026. | 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 |
| HB2845 | Relating to veterans; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes many changes to ODVA laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Digest: Makes ODVA create more positions and hire staff. Makes ODVA create pilot programs on suicide prevention and workforce training. Makes ODOT accept an ID issued by USDOD or USDVA. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires an appropriation to Declares that it is the goal of the Legislative Assembly to fund the Department of Veterans’ Affairs from the General Fund to be in an amount that is not less than $10,000,000 , from the General Fund, in 2015 dollars, adjusted for inflation. Requires the Director of Veterans’ Affairs to add additional full-time positions within the de- partment. Creates in the department the position of Veterans Employment Coordinator. Allows the director to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor. Requires the director and deputy director to be a veteran who has received a discharge or release under other than dishonorable conditions. Allows the director to appoint a deputy director, subject to approval by the Governor. Directs the department to develop and implement one or more pilot programs for suicide pre- vention and workforce training and preparation. Allows moneys in the Veterans’ Services Fund to be used for the pilot programs. Requires the Department of Transportation to accept, for issuing a driver license, an identification card issued by the United States Department of Defense or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the director to distribute moneys appropriated for county veterans’ service offi- cer programs on a quarterly basis. Directs the department to provide a report on the quarterly distribution process. Changes who is allowed to request county veteran discharge records. Increases from $5,000 to $10,000, the cap on the individual grant amount that is allowed under the Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program. Directs the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to work with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and the Judicial Department to develop a plan for establishing and maintaining a veterans’ court in each county or judicial district. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| SB3 | Relating to transportation; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells DAS to lower some car and truck taxes. This must happen if the HCAS report says that cars or trucks are paying more than their fair share for the use of the roads and the legislature does not pass a bill to fix the imbalance within 120 days of getting the report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.4). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to decrease either the weight-mile tax or vehicle fuel taxes if the highway cost allocation study indicates that a vehicle class is paying more than its fair share for the use of the highways in the state and the Legislative Assembly does not enact a measure within 120 days of the Joint Committee on Transportation receiving a report on the study to correct the imbalance. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2735 | Relating to individual development accounts. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act raises the cap on total tax credits allowed for IDA donations. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 63.4). Increases the aggregate amount of tax credits allowed to taxpayers in a tax year for donations for individual development accounts. Aligns the date by which donations must be made to qualify for a credit with the underlying sunset date for the credit. | Dead |
| SB688 | Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. | AN ACT Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. | 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 |
| HB3100 | Relating to a unified trade strategy for Oregon; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would give lottery funds to Business Oregon to craft a trade strategy for this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Allocates lottery funds to the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a unified trade strategy for Oregon in collaboration with the Port of Portland, the Oregon Tourism Commis- sion, the State Department of Agriculture and other stakeholders. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB3792 | Relating to consumer protection for utility ratepayers. | AN ACT Relating to consumer protection for utility ratepayers; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 757.698. | Passed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HCR40 | Recognizing the Portland Trail Blazers. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the Portland Trail Blazers and urges the owners to keep the team in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Recognizes the Portland Trail Blazers for their economic and cultural contributions to the State of Oregon. Urges the team’s owners to keep the team in this state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2059 | Relating to adult behavioral health facilities; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to adult behavioral health facilities; and declaring an emergency. | Passed |
| HB2725 | Relating to the inclusion of ports in strategic investment program agreements; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to the inclusion of ports in strategic investment program agreements; creating new pro- visions; amending ORS 285C.600 and 285C.609; and prescribing an effective date. | Passed |
| SB968 | Relating to deductions from employee wages. | AN ACT Relating to deductions from employee wages; creating new provisions; and repealing ORS 292.063. | 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 |
| HB3932 | Relating to protecting beavers. | AN ACT Relating to protecting beavers. Whereas beavers play an important role in improving water quality and temporary water stor- age, in helping remove pollutants and sediments and in regulating water temperature to ensure continuity of municipal water supplies and stream flows during drought for agricultural use and in improving the quality, connectivity and abundance of fish and wildlife habitat; and Whereas beavers play a significant role in decreasing the risks of wildfire; and Whereas the beaver is a keystone species that serves as nature’s engineer and beavers’ habitat can provide refugia, stimulate the recovery of other species and foster resilience; now, therefore, | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB3167 | Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events. | AN ACT Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 646A.115. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2748 | Relating to the use of nursing titles. | AN ACT Relating to the use of nursing titles. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3137 | Relating to real estate professionals. | AN ACT Relating to real estate professionals; creating new provisions; amending ORS 696.010, 696.020, 696.022, 696.026, 696.030, 696.125, 696.130, 696.174, 696.182, 696.200, 696.241, 696.245, 696.280, 696.290, 696.294, 696.301, 696.310, 696.315, 696.320, 696.365, 696.385, 696.445, 696.710, 696.800, 696.815, 696.822 and 696.990; and repealing sections 14 and 18, chapter 39, Oregon Laws 2025 (Enrolled House Bill 2373). | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3929 | Relating to the wellness of public safety workers. | AN ACT Relating to the wellness of public safety workers; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 181A.835. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB547 | Relating to Oregon Native Plant Appreciation Month; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Oregon Native Plant Appreciation Month; and declaring an emergency. Whereas Oregon has more than 4,700 plant species that grow in the wild without cultivation, 72.5 percent of which are native to this state and more than 115 of which are endemic to and only grow in this state; and Whereas native plants in Oregon are those that have established in the landscape independently from direct or indirect human intervention, including those that are new to science or that existed prior to European arrival, and that have adapted to and evolved in the local environment; and Whereas Oregon’s native plants provide unique environmental, economic and cultural value to this state, including forming the foundation of this state’s food chain and providing food to our na- tive animals, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects; and Whereas Oregon’s native plants are essential to this state’s healthy, diverse and sustainable ecosystems and help create and maintain clean air and water and stable soil; and Whereas Oregon’s native plants are well established in the ecosystems of this state and have very little potential to become invasive pests in our wild and natural areas, thus requiring minimal fertilizer, soil amendment, water and pesticide to maintain; and Whereas Oregon currently contends with over 1,300 wild non-native plants, including more than 150 invasive species (including noxious weeds) growing in our wild and natural areas; and Whereas noxious weeds displace and compete with native and desirable economic plants, nega- tively affect agricultural and forest economies, impact natural resources such as fish and wildlife and overall watershed health, threaten cultural resources and first foods and can contribute to ex- treme wildfire behavior; and Whereas The Oregon Biodiversity Information Center ranks 633 of Oregon’s native vascular plants as uncommon, threatened, vulnerable, imperiled or critically imperiled in this state; and Whereas Oregon’s native plants attract beneficial insects like butterflies, ladybugs and bumblebees, which help fight agricultural pests and pollinate food crops, thus boosting the economy of this state; and Whereas many of Oregon’s native plants improve soil health by increasing the diversity of soil microbes and helping the soil absorb and store water through their deep root systems; and Whereas Oregon’s Native American tribes have lived and thrived by their knowledge of native plants, which have provided them with food, clothing, shelter, dyes, tools, medicine and fuel for centuries; and Whereas the Oregon grape has been Oregon’s state flower since 1899, and was used by indigenous tribes for medicine, food and dyes; and Enrolled Senate Bill 547 (SB 547-A) Whereas the Douglas fir has been Oregon’s state tree since 1939, and was used by tribes such as the Nuxalk and Quinault for torches, structures, fuel, tools, caulking and medicine; and Whereas Oregon’s native plants are a major part of this state’s natural heritage, providing countless aesthetic, cultural, economic and ecological benefits; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1098 | Relating to access to materials in schools; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to access to materials in schools; creating new provisions; amending ORS 336.082, 337.075, 337.141 and 337.260; 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 |
| SB1005 | Relating to swiping driver licenses. | AN ACT Relating to swiping driver licenses; amending ORS 807.750. | Passed |
| SCR28 | In memoriam: Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and service of Chuck Mawhinney. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Charles Benjamin “Chuck” Mawhinney, 1949-2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2680 | Relating to certifications required for work with fenestration systems in public buildings; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to certifications required for work with fenestration systems in public buildings; and pre- scribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3532 | Relating to offensive names; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to offensive names; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3007 | Relating to accommodations for students diagnosed with a brain injury; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to accommodations for students diagnosed with a brain injury; creating new provisions; amending ORS 336.495; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB974 | Relating to the timeline for reviewing land use applications for housing; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to the timeline for reviewing land use applications for housing; creating new provisions; amending ORS 197.830 and 197.835; and prescribing an effective date. | 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 |
| SB426 | Relating to wages. | AN ACT Relating to wages. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB485 | Relating to estate tax; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to estate tax; creating new provisions; amending ORS 118.145; and prescribing an effective date. | Passed |
| SB777 | Relating to the depredation of livestock. | AN ACT Relating to the depredation of livestock; amending ORS 610.150. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB550 | Relating to a right to repair consumer equipment. | AN ACT Relating to a right to repair consumer equipment; amending sections 1, 2, 4 and 6, chapter 69, Oregon Laws 2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB586 | Relating to termination of tenancy due to sale of dwelling unit; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to termination of tenancy due to sale of dwelling unit; amending ORS 90.427 and 105.124; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2975 | Relating to crimes constituting domestic violence; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to crimes constituting domestic violence; creating new provisions; amending ORS 161.067; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2698 | Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the majority of Oregonians consider homeownership as a priority; and Whereas family economic well-being does not come solely from income, spending or consump- tion, but instead requires savings, investment and the accumulation of assets; and Whereas it is appropriate for the state to institute an asset-based antipoverty strategy; and Whereas Oregonians struggle to attain homeownership due to chronic underproduction of housing units across this state, low housing inventory and vacancy rates, rapidly increasing housing costs and limited public investment in homeownership programs; and Whereas homeownership provides households, and especially households of limited means, the opportunity to build personal and generational wealth; and Whereas there exist substantial disparities in the rates of homeownership among many commu- nities of color, other marginalized communities and white communities; and Whereas homeownership rate disparities are currently greater than at any time since the pas- sage of the federal Fair Housing Act and exist in part due to policies at all levels of government which, explicitly or in effect, excluded many marginalized communities from homeownership oppor- tunities; and Whereas disparities in homeownership rates are one of the primary drivers of the existing racial wealth gap in the United States; and Whereas increasing homeownership among communities of color is a sound and sustainable strategy to reduce the existing racial wealth gap in this state; and Whereas nationally, home equity is attributable to more than 50 percent of the estimated net worth of Black and Hispanic households and more than 80 percent of the estimated net worth of low-income households; and Whereas homeownership provides households with increased housing stability, especially during periods of financial or economic downturn; and Whereas homeownership is attributable to higher rates of civic and social engagement; and Whereas homeownership contributes to improved physical and mental health outcomes; and Whereas homeownership diminishes household reliance on public assistance; and Whereas children of homeowners, and especially children of low-income homeowners, achieve higher rates of high school graduation and college attendance; and Whereas according to data from the 2023 American Community Survey, the homeownership rate in Oregon in 2023 was 63.4 percent; now, therefore, Enrolled House Bill 2698 (HB 2698-A) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3920 | Relating to waiver of tuition for certain qualified students; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to waiver of tuition for certain qualified students; amending ORS 350.285; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3187 | Relating to age-based employment discrimination; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to age-based employment discrimination; amending ORS 654.062 and 659A.030; and pre- scribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB549 | Relating to complex rehabilitation technology. | AN ACT Relating to complex rehabilitation technology. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3190 | Relating to historic property special assessment; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to historic property special assessment; creating new provisions; amending ORS 93.040, 215.213, 215.283, 358.475, 358.480, 358.487, 358.490, 358.495, 358.499, 358.500, 358.505, 358.509, 358.515, 358.525, 358.528, 358.543, 358.545 and 447.145 and section 2, chapter 50, Oregon Laws 2022; repealing ORS 358.511, 358.540 and 358.541; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1099 | Relating to use of real property for education; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to use of real property for education; amending ORS 215.441 and 227.500; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2799 | Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants. | AN ACT Relating to litigation costs for prevailing claimants; amending ORS 656.386. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2299 | Relating to the unlawful dissemination of intimate images. | AN ACT Relating to the unlawful dissemination of intimate images; amending ORS 163.472. | 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 |
| SCR30 | Designates April 10, 2025, as Purple Up! Day for Month of the Military Child. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Names a day in April 2025 Purple Up! Day for Month of the Military Child in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Designates April 10, 2025, as Purple Up! Day for Month of the Military Child. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB599 | Relating to immigration status discrimination in real estate transactions; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to immigration status discrimination in real estate transactions; creating new provisions; amending ORS 90.303; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1032 | Relating to aerosol dusters that contain 1,1-Difluoroethane. | AN ACT Relating to aerosol dusters that contain 1,1-Difluoroethane. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3814 | Relating to seafood processors; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to seafood processors; and prescribing an effective date. | 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 |
| SB1011 | Relating to Public Law 280; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Public Law 280; and declaring an emergency. | 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 |
| SB973 | Relating to publicly supported housing; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to publicly supported housing; creating new provisions; amending ORS 456.259 and 456.262 and section 10, chapter 56, Oregon Laws 2021; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB159 | Relating to veterans' recognition plates. | AN ACT Relating to veterans’ recognition plates; amending ORS 805.105. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR11 | Recognizing and honoring the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the growth and the goals of NCSL on the 50th anniversary of its founding. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Recognizes and honors the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2373 | Relating to timeshare sales agents; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to timeshare sales agents; creating new provisions; amending ORS 696.010, 696.020, 696.022, 696.026, 696.030, 696.125, 696.130, 696.174, 696.241, 696.270, 696.280, 696.294, 696.301, 696.310, 696.320, 696.365 and 696.710; 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 |
| HB2007 | Relating to summer learning; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to summer learning; creating new provisions; amending section 2, chapter 6, Oregon Laws 2024; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR13 | In memoriam: Former state Representative Theodore Ralph Groener. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of Ralph Groener. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Former state Representative Theodore Ralph Groener, 1941-2022. | 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 |
| HCR23 | Recognizing and honoring Oregon civilians who served the United States on Wake Island during World War II. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors certain Oregonians who were not members of the armed forces for their World War II service. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Recognizes and honors Oregon civilians who served the United States on Wake Island during World War II. Commends individuals who have increased public awareness of the service and sacrifice of these civilians. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR2 | Declaring a commitment to the health and safety of firefighters and to finding an urgent solution to the problem of firefighting personal protective gear that contains cancer-causing chemicals. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Declares the urgent need to find safer gear for firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Declares a commitment to the health and safety of firefighters and to finding an urgent solution to the problem of firefighting personal protective gear that contains cancer-causing chemicals. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR9 | In memoriam: Secretary of State and former state Representative Dennis Michael Richardson. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Pays respect to the life and memory of Dennis Richardson. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). In memoriam: Secretary of State and former state Representative Dennis Michael Richardson, 1949-2019. | 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Absent |
| HB3970 | Relating to youth homelessness; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Oregon Senate District 20 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/09/2023 | |
| OR | Oregon House District 40 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/09/2017 | 08/09/2024 |