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Legislator > Daniel Bonham
State Senator
Daniel Bonham
(R) - Oregon
Oregon Senate District 26
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
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Capitol Office
900 Court St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1726
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB463 | Relating to reporting on the soundness of the state's Insurance Fund; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to reporting on the soundness of the state’s Insurance Fund; and declaring an emergency. | Passed |
| SB777 | Relating to the depredation of livestock. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the State DOA to change the methods used to determine wolf attack loss grants. The Act requires counties to report to the DOA and the DOA to report to the legislature on payments made. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Digest: The Act provides that payments for injury to livestock or working dogs must be based on fair market value and other factors. The Act caps payments. The Act removes payment for lost live- stock. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Provides that compensation for injury to livestock or working dogs under the wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program must be based on fair market value and other factors. Caps compensation at $25,000 per animal. Removes the provision authorizing compensation for missing livestock. Directs the State Department of Agriculture to modify the methodology under which participating counties award grants for wolf depredation compensation. Establishes reporting requirements for counties and for the department to report to the Legislative Assembly on financial assistance provided under the program. | Crossed Over |
| SB920 | Relating to Oregon State University Extension Service oversight of behavioral health promotion; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Oregon State University Extension Service oversight of behavioral health promotion; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | Crossed Over |
| 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. | Passed |
| HB3478 | Relating to dispensing nonretail fuel; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to dispensing nonretail fuel; creating new provisions; amending ORS 480.341, 480.345, 480.350 and 480.375; repealing ORS 480.355 and 480.360; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1005 | Relating to swiping driver licenses. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a private entity may swipe a driver’s license to confirm a person’s age, regardless of how old the person looks. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Provides that when offering a service with age restrictions, a private entity is allowed to swipe a driver’s license to verify a person’s age, regardless of how old the person looks. | Crossed Over |
| SB1011 | Relating to Public Law 280; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Public Law 280; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2540 | Relating to medical out-of-pocket costs. | AN ACT Relating to medical out-of-pocket costs. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2425 | Relating to ensuring that forced labor is not used for electric products that public bodies procure; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Sets up a task force to look at who is supplying the goods and services that public bodies in this state buy and to make sure that the products don’t involve forced labor or child labor. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.8). Digest: Tells a public body that buys electric cars or solar panels that it needs proof from the vendor that no forced labor was used in producing the car or panel. Specifies penalties for lying about the proof. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.8). Requires public bodies that procure electric vehicles and solar photovoltaic energy systems to re- ceive before entering a contract for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system a certifica- tion from the manufacturer, distributor, vendor or supplier that the production, assembly, transportation or sale of the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system did not use or involve forced labor or oppressive child labor. Requires probative evidence to accompany the certification. Provides that a person that supplies a certification that is false, materially misleading, illegitimate, untruthful, forged or substantially inaccurate is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 or half of the price the public body paid for the electric vehicle or solar photovoltaic energy system. Sub- jects the public body to similar penalties for knowingly or intentionally accepting a certification that the public body knows is false, materially misleading, illegitimate, untruthful, forged or substantially inaccurate. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. Establishes the Task Force on Ethical Procurement with 11 members appointed by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Governor. Requires the task force to devise methods for verifying the identities of manufacturers, dis- tributors, vendors or suppliers of products that public bodies procure in this state and en- suring that the public bodies do not procure products for which production, assembly, transportation or sale used or involved forced labor or oppressive child labor. Specifies methods by which the task force may carry out the task force’s purpose. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Crossed Over |
| SB761 | Relating to the Walla Walla basin. | AN ACT Relating to the Walla Walla basin. | Passed |
| 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 |
| SCR22 | Commending the 2024 University of Oregon Ducks football team. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the UO Ducks football team. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.9). Commends the 2024 University of Oregon Ducks football team for their outstanding season. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR21 | Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Multnomah Falls Lodge. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the lodge at Multnomah Falls. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Multnomah Falls Lodge. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1206 | Relating to funding to improve access to health care. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells DCBS to study funding to improve access to health care and report back. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study funding to improve access to health care. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legisla- tive Assembly related to health care no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| HCR30 | Recognizing and honoring Friends of Timberline for five decades of service to the historic Timberline Lodge. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Pays respect to Friends of Timberline for five decades of service to Timberline Lodge. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Recognizes and honors Friends of Timberline for five decades of exceptional service in preserv- ing and celebrating the historic Timberline Lodge. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1210 | 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 tells ODOT to get rid of some debts. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Requires the Department of Transportation to forgive certain indebtedness. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| HB2184 | Relating to transportation. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the State Treasurer to issue bonds over two biennia to fund a new bridge. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.1). Directs the State Treasurer to issue general obligation bonds for the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge replacement project in the biennia beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2027. | In Committee |
| SB1174 | Relating to the Board of Licensed Dietitians and Nutritionists; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes some changes to the laws about licensed dietitians. The Act also makes a new profession called a licensed nutritionist. The Act says a person may not provide medical nutrition therapy if the person does not have a license. The Act also says that a person may not use some titles or abbreviations if the person does not have a license. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Digest: The Act makes some changes to the laws about licensed dietitians. The Act also makes a new profession called a licensed nutritionist. The Act says a person may not practice dietetics or nu- trition if the person does not have a license, and that a person may not use some titles or abbreviations if the person does not have a license. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4). Directs the Health Licensing Office to issue a nutritionist license to engage in the practice of nutrition to a qualified applicant. Changes the requirements to qualify for a dietitian license to engage in the practice of dietetics . Defines “medical nutrition therapy,” the “practice of dietetics” and the “practice of nutrition.” Changes the name of the Board of Licensed Dietitians to the Board of Licensed Dietitians and Nutritionists. Allows a licensed dietitian and a licensed nutritionist to provide services via telehealth. Prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of dietetics or the practice of nutrition providing medical nutrition therapy , or from using specified titles and abbreviations, without a license. Makes exceptions to the licensure requirement. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| HB3944 | Relating to wildfire; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act repeals laws related to the building code, laws making areas less at risk for wildfire, laws about fire protection for certain lands and a map of wildfire hazard. The Act makes changes related to helping with defensible space. The Act makes changes related to certain areas near forests. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Repeals provisions related to building code standards for wildfire hazard mitigation, defensible space requirements, fire protection for lands outside forest protection districts and the wildfire hazard map. Makes changes related to defensible space. Makes changes related to the wildland-urban interface. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB999 | Relating to farmworker camps. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would change a definition with respect to laws about farmworker camps. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Modifies the definition of “farmworker camp” so that the relevant statutes apply to farmworker camps specifically in connection with workers who work on a seasonal or temporary basis. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| SB964 | Relating to the definition of postal indicator for ballot envelopes. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act defines a postmark for ballot envelopes. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Defines “postal indicator” as an official mark stamped on an envelope by the United States Postal Service for purposes of determining the date or time at which a ballot was mailed. | In Committee |
| SB1054 | Relating to video feeds of ballot tallying. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that county clerks must provide a live video feed of ballot counting. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Requires each county clerk in this state to provide a live video feed to be made available to the public through the Internet of rooms in which ballots are tallied and official ballot drop sites. Re- quires each county clerk to cause the live video feed to be recorded and made available to the public through the Internet for at least two years following the election at which the live video feed was provided. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| SJR30 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to initiative petition signatures. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Demands at least 8% of those who voted in the last election for a Governor to sign an IM petition. Demands at least 10% of those who voted in the last election for a Governor to sign a petition to amend the Constitution. Demands that the signatures must come from among all con- gressional districts. Takes effect only if the people vote for it at the next general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require petition signatures for initiative laws to contain at least eight percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected divided equally among the congressional districts of this state. Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require petition signatures for initiative amendments to the Oregon Constitution to contain at least ten percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected divided equally among the congressional districts of this state. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| 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 |
| SB1044 | Relating to employment; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes new laws regarding meal periods. The Act takes effect when the Gover- nor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.7). Clarifies for purposes of state wage and hour laws that “work time” does not include meal pe- riods. Provides that an employer who violates rules adopted by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries regarding meal periods is liable to the employee in an amount determined by the commissioner in rule. Specifies that the amount owed is a penalty and is not considered wages or compensation. Clarifies the circumstances under which a shortened meal period would not con- stitute a violation of the meal period requirements. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| SB538 | Relating to in-home care for minor children with disabilities; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act requires ODHS to pay parents to provide in-home care for minor children with disabilities. The Act requires ODHS to seek out all means to get federal matching funds from CMS to pay for the care. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.4). Requires the Department of Human Services to pay parents to provide attendant care services for children with developmental disabilities who have very high behavioral health or medical needs. Directs the department to seek any federal funding available for attendant care services no later than January 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB634 | Relating to the use of hydroelectric energy to comply with a renewable portfolio standard; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Specifies that hydropower may be used to comply with an RPS. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Specifies that electricity generated by a hydroelectric facility or other equipment that generates electricity through use of hydroelectric energy may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB635 | Relating to a study on the feasibility of developing nuclear energy generation in this state; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act tells OSU to study and make a report on nuclear energy. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Directs Oregon State University to conduct a feasibility study on nuclear energy generation in this state. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB382 | 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 all pharmacy drug sale receipts not taxed by the corporate activity tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Exempts receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by all licensed retail pharmacies from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| SB676 | Relating to veterans' loans for acquisition of real property. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans ad- vanced under the veterans’ home and farm loan program. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Limits the interest rate to no more than the prime rate plus one percent for loans advanced under the veterans’ home and farm loan program. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for deposit in the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, to be used to advance loans to qualified veterans for the acquisition of farms and homes. | In Committee |
| SB381 | Relating to exempt amount under corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Raises the exempt amount and the filing threshold for the CAT. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Increases the exempt amount and the filing threshold for purposes of the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB1107 | Relating to parenting time in family law proceedings. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that there is a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Creates a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child. Requires clear and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption. | In Committee |
| SB1105 | Relating to a child support debit card. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the DOJ to adopt by rule a process for requiring the use of a monitored debit card for spending child support payments. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Directs the child support administrator to adopt rules requiring that child support awards be distributed to a debit card and that the spending of child support payments be limited and monitored by the obligor and obligee for compliance. | In Committee |
| SB1106 | Relating to mental health therapy for children in family law proceedings. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act requires the court to order that a child who is at least five years old and the subject of a parenting time proceeding receive mental health care. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires the court in a parenting time proceeding to order that the child who is the subject of the proceeding receive mental health therapy if the child is at least 5 years old but less than 18 years old. | In Committee |
| SB1104 | Relating to accountability for child welfare employees. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a court shall order the return of a child taken into protective custody if the court finds that there is not clear and convincing evidence to support keeping the child from home. The Act also says that a DHS employee who does not return a child as ordered by the court has kidnapped the child. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.5). Increases the standard of proof necessary to retain a child in protective custody after removal from the child’s parent or guardian. Expands the crime of kidnapping in the second degree to include circumstances when an em- ployee of the Department of Human Services fails to comply with a court order to return a child taken into protective custody to the child’s parent or guardian. | In Committee |
| HB3683 | Relating to interstate bridges. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a commission to make a new bridge over the Columbia River is a public body for the OTCA. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Provides that a commission formed by local governments to replace a bridge crossing the Columbia River is a public body for purposes of the Oregon Tort Claims Act. | In Committee |
| SB1101 | Relating to cancellation of voter registration. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a county clerk must cancel a voter’s registration as required by fed- eral law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires a county clerk to cancel a voter registration in accordance with the requirements of the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993. | In Committee |
| SB641 | Relating to land rights of People's Republic of China in this state. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act stops China or Chinese companies from getting farmland. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Prohibits China or entities under the jurisdiction of China from buying or leasing farmlands. | In Committee |
| SB377 | Relating to exemption of health care receipts from corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes payments received for health care services not taxed by the corporate activity tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Exempts from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax reimbursements for certain health care services, including care provided to medical assistance recipients and to Medicare re- cipients. Exempts receipts from medications administered or dispensed in a clinical setting other than a hospital. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB668 | Relating to tuition benefits connected to disabled veterans; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act allows Oregon veterans who are 80 percent disabled not to have to pay costs for certain college classes. The Act includes the spouse and child of those disabled veterans. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veterans who are Oregon res- idents and are 80 percent or more disabled, and the spouse and child of disabled veterans, to have tuition waived for enrollment in a vocational program or an associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master’s degree program at community colleges, public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University. Prohibits the reduction of the amount of tuition that is waived by the amount of scholarships, grants or other aid a qualified student receives. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| HB3579 | Relating to tolling. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says the OTC must get elector approval before the OTC imposes a toll on a highway. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Provides that tolling proposed by the Oregon Transportation Commission must be approved by electors before implementation. | In Committee |
| SB1042 | Relating to traffic offenses. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says police officers may stop a driver for failing to use lights or not using the lights that the law requires. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.7). Repeals the prohibition on police officers initiating traffic stops based solely on specified traffic violations related to vehicle lighting requirements. | In Committee |
| SB1052 | Relating to employment; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make changes to laws regarding paid employment benefits. The Act takes effect 91 days following sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5). Directs the Director of the Employment Department to reimburse a worker leasing company for any employer contribution payments made by the worker leasing company if the Department of Re- venue determines pursuant to an amended combined quarterly report that a refund is due. Applies to payments of contributions by a worker leasing company on behalf of a client employer on or after January 1, 2023. Provides that a worker leasing company is not responsible for paying employer contribution amounts on behalf of client employers that employ fewer than 25 employees. Establishes the method by which the Employment Department shall determine the number of employees employed by the employer for purposes of determining liability for such contributions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB1041 | Relating to persons arrested for fentanyl crimes; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells police to notify ICE when arresting a person for some drug crimes and limits pretrial release. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.6). Directs an arresting officer to notify federal immigration authorities when the officer arrests a person for delivery or manufacture of fentanyl. Limits pretrial release until the notification has oc- curred. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB1053 | Relating to persons authorized to observe vote tallying. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that county clerks must permit certain people to observe ballot counts. The Act requires that those people must be allowed to watch certain procedures. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Requires each county clerk to permit authorized persons to observe the receiving and counting of votes. Requires that, at a minimum, authorized persons must be permitted to observe any signa- ture verification procedure. | In Committee |
| SB1040 | Relating to pretrial incarceration; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act limits pretrial release for people charged with some drug crimes. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.4). Limits pretrial release of defendants charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance involving a substantial quantity to security release. Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to reimburse counties for the costs of pretrial incarceration of such persons. Appropriates moneys to the department for the re- imbursement. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB1043 | Relating to the crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act restores a crime to the way the crime was before HB 3164 (2021). (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Modifies the crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer. Adds re- fusing to obey a lawful order as a way of committing the crime. Removes the prohibition on ar- resting or charging a person with the crime if the person is arrested or charged with another offense for the same conduct. | In Committee |
| SB622 | Relating to employment subject to unemployment insurance taxes; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make it so that employers do not have to pay unemployment taxes on the wages of noncitizens who work here on H-2A visas. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Exempts employers of noncitizens in agricultural labor who are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits from liability for contributions related to that labor. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB615 | Relating to permanent physical injury. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a way to charge and sentence a person who causes permanent injury to another. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Establishes a procedure for charging an aggravated version of certain assault and attempted murder offenses when the defendant causes permanent physical injury to the victim during the commission of the crime. Provides that if the defendant is convicted of the aggravated offense, the court shall sentence the defendant to 300 months’ imprisonment. Authorizes the court to impose a lesser sentence in certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| SB648 | Relating to conforming estate tax to federal basic exclusion amount; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would match the estate tax exemption to the federal amount. (Flesch Readabil- ity Score: 67.7). Provides that, for the estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026, Oregon estate tax is not due unless the value of the Oregon taxable estate exceeds $13.61 million. Raises the threshold for the filing of an estate tax return to a gross estate valued at more than $13.61 million. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB665 | Relating to monetary penalties. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that public bodies may not keep money from certain fines or civil penalties. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires public bodies to transfer moneys deriving from certain fines and civil penalties to the General Fund for general governmental purposes. | In Committee |
| SB380 | Relating to exemptions from estate tax; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes a new exemption against Oregon estate tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Provides for an additional exemption against Oregon estate tax. Phases out the availability of the exemption based on the size of the estate. Applies to the estates of all decedents who die on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB13 | Relating to educational requirements of professional licensing boards; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says that a board that issues job licenses must let a person who wants one to show job experience instead of schooling if the license needs a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB998 | Relating to the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act makes the Governor choose the head of DEQ and makes the Senate approve the choice. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.0). Removes authority to appoint the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality from the Environmental Quality Commission and provides appointment authority to the Governor. Makes appointment subject to Senate confirmation. | In Committee |
| HB3466 | Relating to tolling on Interstate 205. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that the OCT may not toll I-205. (Flesch Readability Score: 100). Prohibits the Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing a toll on Interstate 205. | In Committee |
| HJR14 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to disqualification of members of the Legislative Assembly. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure removes the language that would disqualify a member of the LA for being absent 10 or more times. The measure requires voter approval. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to remove the provision that disqualifies a member of the Legislative Assembly from holding office for the term following the election after the member’s current term is completed if the member fails to attend 10 or more legislative floor ses- sions without permission or excuse. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB388 | Relating to the Oregon Health Policy Board. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the Oregon Health Policy Board to report on the success of Oregon’s co- ordinated health care model. The Act makes changes to the membership, powers and duties of the board. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to produce and provide to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health by December 31, 2026, a comprehensive report regarding the success in achieving the aims of the Oregon Integrated and Coordinated Health Care Delivery System. Modifies the membership of the board and specifies duties of the chairperson of the board. In- creases oversight and supervision responsibilities of the board over the Oregon Health Authority. Requires the board to submit an agency request budget for the board. Puts the Health Evidence Review Commission under the auspices of the board. | In Committee |
| SB379 | Relating to an exemption for pharmacy receipts under the corporate activity tax. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes certain pharmacy drug sale receipts not taxed by the corporate activity tax for all tax years. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Removes the sunset on the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by certain pharmacies. | In Committee |
| SB644 | Relating to auditing the Oregon Food Bank; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells a legislative group to audit the state food bank for political spending. The Act ends at the start of 2027. The Act starts when signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Establishes the Oregon Food Bank Audit Committee as a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly. Directs the committee to cause an audit to be performed of Oregon Food Bank financial transactions occurring during a specified period, and to identify those transactions that directly or indirectly relate to political campaign activity or political issue activity. Directs the committee to report on audit findings to the Legislative Assembly on or before November 15, 2025. Requires the membership of the committee to consist of an equal number of majority party and minority party members from the Senate and an equal number of majority party and minority party members from the House of Representatives. Provides that a quorum of the committee consists of a majority of members from the House and a majority of members from the Senate. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB651 | Relating to the Secretary of State's business registry functions. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells the Secretary of State to study how to make it easier for a business to file papers in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). Requires the Secretary of State to study methods for reducing the paperwork filing burden on businesses in this state. Directs the Secretary of State to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | In Committee |
| SB965 | Relating to ballots. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a person may not deliver the ballot of another person. The Act has exceptions. The Act imposes specified fines for a violation. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Prohibits an individual from collecting and returning a ballot of another individual, subject to specified exceptions. Imposes a fine of $2,500 per ballot for a person other than an individual that illegally collects and returns the ballot of an individual and a fine of $500 per ballot for an individual who illegally collects and returns the ballot of a different individual. | In Committee |
| SB924 | Relating to the forensic testing of controlled substances; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act directs the Department of State Police to study ways to speed up forensic drug testing. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Requires the Department of State Police to study ways to expedite forensic testing of controlled substances. Directs the department to submit findings to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly not later than January 31, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SJR32 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to natural gas. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Provides for a right to access and use natural gas as an energy source. Requires voter approval. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to provide that every person in Oregon shall have a right to access and use natural gas as an energy source. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB925 | Relating to tolling on Interstate 205. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that the OTC may not toll I-205. (Flesch Readability Score: 100). Prohibits the Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing a toll on Interstate 205. | In Committee |
| SB895 | Relating to administrative rules. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that an agency has to come before a committee to talk about a rule if 10 members request it in writing. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Requires an agency, upon the written request of 10 members of the Legislative Assembly ob- jecting to a rule, to appear before an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly for a hearing on the rule. | In Committee |
| SB889 | Relating to pretrial incarceration. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act limits pretrial release for people charged with some crimes. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Limits pretrial release of defendants charged with a felony or Class A misdemeanor to security release. Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to reimburse counties for the costs of pretrial incarceration of persons charged with felonies. Appropriates moneys to the department for the reimbursement. | In Committee |
| SJM9 | Urging the President, the United States Secretary of the Interior and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to direct federal agencies to be as aggressive as possible in preventing, mitigating and suppressing wildfires on federal lands. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Asks the U.S. President and the heads of two federal agencies to do all that they can to help prevent, mitigate and suppress wildfires in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Urges the President, the United States Secretary of the Interior and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to direct federal agencies to be as aggressive as possible in preventing, mitigating and suppressing wildfires on federal lands. | In Committee |
| SB918 | Relating to health education curriculum. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires health classes to cover from conception to birth. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Requires course instruction provided as part of a health education curriculum to include infor- mation about human development from conception to birth. | In Committee |
| SB919 | Relating to graduation requirements; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires a student to meet standards in reading, writing and math before getting a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires a student to demonstrate proficiency in specified Essential Learning Skills prior to the student being awarded a high school diploma or a modified diploma. Applies to diplomas awarded on or after January 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB917 | Relating to the labeling of items that contain marijuana. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that marijuana items and stores have to warn people that the use of marijuana by a person who is pregnant might cause danger. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Requires a marijuana retailer and a medical marijuana dispensary to post warning signs re- garding the consumption or use of marijuana during pregnancy. Requires marijuana items and inhalant delivery systems that contain an industrial-hemp derived vapor item to include in labeling that consumption or use of marijuana during pregnancy may be dangerous. | In Committee |
| SB636 | Relating to payment for use of the roads by electric motor vehicles. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would require the Department of Transportation to study the creation of a road usage charge to ensure that electric and hybrid vehicles pay their fair share for the wear they cause to Oregon highways. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Requires the Department of Transportation to study the creation of a road usage charge to en- sure that electric and hybrid motor vehicles pay their equitable share for the wear they cause to the highways in Oregon. Directs the department to submit a report of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to transportation no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets January 2, 2027. | In Committee |
| SB626 | Relating to encouraging child sexual abuse; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act expands three crimes to include digitally-created images. The Act goes into ef- fect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Expands the crimes of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree, second degree and third degree to include visual depictions of child abuse that are computer-generated. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB637 | Relating to the transfer to the State Highway Fund of charges imposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of motor vehicle fuel. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act says that fees from programs to reduce greenhouse gases from motor vehicle fuel must go to the State Highway Fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). Requires state agencies that administer programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of motor vehicle fuel to deposit fees, assessments or other charges imposed pursuant to the program in the State Highway Fund. Directs the Governor to include in the Governor’s budget an estimate of the amounts to be transferred in the coming biennium and recommendations for alternative revenue sources. | In Committee |
| SB617 | Relating to crime. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a finding that a crime constitutes DV is not an element of the crime, and changes when a person is GEI. The Act also changes the meaning of a term and enhances a sentence for some crimes involving children. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9). Provides that an admission or a finding that a crime constitutes domestic violence is not an el- ement of the crime for merger purposes. Modifies when a person is guilty except for insanity. Modifies the meaning of “sexually explicit conduct” for certain crimes involving children. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify invasion of personal privacy in the first degree as a crime category 8 on the sentencing guidelines grid when the victim is a minor. | In Committee |
| SB618 | Relating to participation in athletic competitions according to biological sex; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells school districts to designate sports by gender. The Act forbids males from playing in female sports. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex. Prohibits biological males from participating in athletic competitions or extracur- ricular sports designated for biological females. Provides causes of action for students and school districts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB670 | Relating to possession of controlled substances; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act restores the offense level of the crime of drug possession to what it was before Ballot Measure 110. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.2). Restores, for possession of a controlled substance crimes, the offense level each crime had prior to the enactment of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020 (Ballot Measure 110 (2020)). Punishes by a maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or 30 days’ imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both, depending upon the scheduling of the controlled substance. Punishes by five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, or ten years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, in specified circumstances. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB628 | Relating to informed consent. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that a doctor or PA has to try to get informed consent from a patient to send the patient to the ER or to another doctor or PA. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Requires a physician or physician associate to attempt to obtain a patient’s informed consent for dismissal to seek emergency medical treatment or for transfer of care to another physician or physician associate. | In Committee |
| SB762 | Relating to the repeal of the corporate activity tax; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would repeal the CAT. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Repeals the corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB629 | Relating to the Oregon Medical Board. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that the OMB has to look at a reasonable person standard when it says what unprofessional conduct is. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct. | In Committee |
| SB677 | Relating to the provision of menstrual products in schools; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Removes male bathrooms and public charter school bathrooms from the list of places where menstrual products must be provided. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Removes the requirement that menstrual products be provided in public charter schools and in bathrooms designated for males. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB746 | Relating to the use of outside counsel by the Department of Justice; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells DOJ to make a yearly report on the use of outside counsel to defend state agencies. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Directs the Department of Justice to report annually to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary on the use of outside counsel to defend state agencies in lawsuits. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB612 | Relating to undocumented individuals. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes the DOC create a list of each undocumented individual who has been charged with or convicted of a crime in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Directs the Department of Corrections to establish and update a list of each undocumented in- dividual who has been charged with or convicted of a crime in this state and each crime for which an undocumented individual has been charged or convicted. | In Committee |
| SJM6 | Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require the federal government to operate under a balanced budget wherein federal government expenditures do not exceed federal government revenues. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure asks Congress to draft and ask states to o.k. a change to the U.S. Consti- tution to require a balanced federal budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Urges Congress to propose for state ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to require the federal government to operate under a balanced budget wherein federal government expenditures do not exceed federal government revenues. | In Committee |
| SB620 | Relating to settlement agreements entered into by the Department of Justice. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the AG to report each year on settlement agreements entered into by DOJ that make the state pay more than $4 million. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Requires the Attorney General to report annually to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary on settlement agreements entered into by the Department of Jus- tice that require the state to pay over $4 million. | In Committee |
| SB659 | Relating to waiver of tuition. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act keeps a tuition waiver from being reduced by other aid amounts. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Prohibits the amount of tuition that is waived for qualified students from being reduced by the amount of specified student aid received by the qualified students. | In Committee |
| SB664 | Relating to gravity separation mines. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act says that mines that use air, water or froth to remove metal from ore are gravity separation mines. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Provides that mines solely using gravity separation shall be deemed gravity separation mines. Modifies the definition of “gravity separation” to include froth flotation. | In Committee |
| SB640 | Relating to crime victims who are under 18 years of age. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes when minors are the victims of some crimes. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.9). Modifies the types of familial relationships involved in a manner of committing rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree. Adds a manner of committing unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree when there is a specified familial relationship between the defendant and the victim. Provides that sexual abuse in the second degree is a level eight offense on the sentencing guidelines when there is a specified familial relationship between the defendant and the victim. Increases the victim age below which assault and strangulation constitute felony offenses. | In Committee |
| SB669 | Relating to procedures for the reduction of educator staff; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make a school district prioritize the length of time teaching when choosing which teachers to keep. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires a school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to prioritize seniority when determining which teachers to retain. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| HB2185 | Relating to enrollment in virtual public charter schools; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Removes the cap of the percent of students who can attend a virtual public charter school. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student’s resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district. Removes the requirement that a school district that does not give approval for enrollment in a virtual public charter school not sponsored by the school district must provide information about other online options available to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB616 | Relating to preservation of trees for housing development. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act stops a city from limiting home building for tree preservation. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 60.7). Prohibits a local government from conditioning the development or use of property for needed housing based on the retention of trees. Provides exceptions. Sunsets January 1, 2036. | In Committee |
| SB645 | 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. | In Committee |
| SB678 | Relating to wildfire; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act undoes changes in law by Senate Bill 762 (2021). The changes concern how to class wildfire risk. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Undoes wildfire protection provisions adopted in Senate Bill 762 (2021). Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB619 | Relating to executive clemency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes how the Governor may grant pardons and take similar actions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Requires that all executive clemency actions by the Governor be initiated by application and follow specified procedures. | In Committee |
| SJR25 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to education budgets. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure would make the legislature pass the schools budget early in each long session. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require the Legislative Assembly, in each odd-numbered year regular session, to appropriate moneys to fund public education in the first 80 days of the session and before passing any other budget measure. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SJR27 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the right to carry concealed firearms. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Resolves to amend the Oregon Constitution to add a right to carry concealed firearms. Sends the change to voters to approve or reject. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution establishing a right to carry concealed firearms. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB650 | Relating to a specially assessed value for the residences of seniors; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would grant a specially assessed property tax value for the homes of people who are at least 65 years old. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.1). Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, a specially assessed value for the owner-occupied primary residences of individuals who are at least 65 years of age. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SJR21 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to redistricting. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Amends the Constitution to create a body that draws district maps. Refers the amend- ment to a vote of the people at the next general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution establishing a Citizens Redistricting Com- mission to adopt redistricting maps for the Senate, House of Representatives and United States House of Representatives. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB633 | Relating to enrollment in virtual public charter schools; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Removes the cap of the percent of students who can attend a virtual public charter school. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student’s resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district. Removes the requirement that a school district that does not give approval for enrollment in a virtual public charter school not sponsored by the school district must provide information about other online options available to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB663 | Relating to fees. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that agencies may not charge fees. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3). Prohibits state agencies from charging fees. | In Committee |
| SB647 | Relating to virtual public charter school enrollment. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Increases the cap for students who want to attend a virtual public charter school. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Increases to five percent the cap on the percentage of students from school districts who may attend certain virtual public charter schools without the approval of the school district. | In Committee |
| SB656 | Relating to energy; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Creates an income tax credit for a person who makes energy in Oregon. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 63.4). Creates an income tax credit for energy production in Oregon. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Establishes the Task Force on Free-Market Energy Production. Directs the task force to review existing laws related to energy production in Oregon to determine how to ensure all forms of energy production are regulated equally, based on scientific analysis of risks and rewards posed by each form of energy production. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB674 | Relating to the Columbia River. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River at a certain rate. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.2). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River at a total rate and duty of two percent of average annual flow. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River. | In Committee |
| SB384 | Relating to abortion. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells doctors to provide a child born alive with a level of care based on the child’s gestational age, even if the child was born after an attempt to abort the child. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Requires health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion. Requires a health care prac- titioner to ensure that a child born alive is transported to a hospital. Creates a crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by a maximum of five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows a specified person to bring a civil action for damages and equitable relief against a health care practitioner for failure to exercise the proper degree of care. Directs the court to award attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff. Allows the court to order identity or personally identifiable information of plaintiff protected from disclosure. Defines “individual” for purposes of statute laws of this state to include an infant born alive. | In Committee |
| SJR26 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to sessions of the Legislative Assembly. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure asks voters to get rid of the short sessions of the legislature. The measure asks voters to say yes or no at the next general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to eliminate even-numbered year regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout this state. | In Committee |
| SB653 | Relating to the abolishment of the Department of Education. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Creates a task force to study the end of ODE. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). Establishes the Task Force to Abolish the Department of Education. Directs the task force to study and make recommendations related to the abolishment of the Department of Education. Sunsets the task force on January 2, 2027. | In Committee |
| SJR20 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to executive clemency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Resolution says that more than half of the Senate has to ok a reprieve, commutation or pardon. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require approval by a majority of the Senate of any reprieve, commutation or pardon. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SJR23 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution expanding the scope of the term "bills for raising revenue." | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure would make the scope of the term “bills for raising revenue” in the Oregon Constitution more broad, for the purpose of 3/5 vote. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to expand the scope of the term “bills for raising revenue” for a supermajority vote requirement. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB662 | Relating to a tax credit for political contributions; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes a bigger amount for the tax credit that is allowed for gifts of money to political parties or to people who run for office. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3). Increases the maximum allowable amount of political contribution personal income tax credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2028. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB627 | Relating to vehicle registration. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act states that vehicles remain registered until the owner changes. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 75.5). Provides that vehicle registration for most vehicles will be ownership registration and owners must pay a one-time fee instead of a biennial fee. Preserves permanent registration for certain ve- hicles and proportional registration for other vehicles. Eliminates offenses related to failing to renew vehicle registration. | In Committee |
| SB654 | Relating to the development of student vocational skills. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows school districts to use students for work in district. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Authorizes district school boards to establish a policy to encourage students to develop voca- tional skills by performing maintenance tasks for school districts. | In Committee |
| SB673 | Relating to the Columbia River. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River in eastern Oregon. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River for use in eastern Oregon. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River. | In Committee |
| SB657 | Relating to school district budget expenditures; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires a school district board to pay teachers of certain subjects at least half of the school district budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Requires school district boards to ensure that a specified percentage of expenditures of the school district are paid as compensation to teachers of core academic subjects or manual skills. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB672 | Relating to prohibiting gender-affirming care at correctional facilities. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act prohibits DOC, OYA or OHA from paying for certain health care for people in custody. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Prohibits the Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority or Oregon Health Authority from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in the cus- tody of a correctional facility in this state. | In Committee |
| SB661 | Relating to social studies standards; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Stops the review of social studies standards by the State Board of Education. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Repeals the directive to the State Board of Education to review social studies standards. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB639 | Relating to low forest fuel load levels on state forestland. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the State Forester to manage state forests in a manner that keeps fuel load levels low. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Requires the State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels. | In Committee |
| SB631 | Relating to instruction on the prevention of sex trafficking of children; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells school district boards to teach about how to put a stop to sex trafficking when teaching about how to put a stop to sexual abuse. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.8). Directs each school district board to adopt a child sexual abuse prevention instructional pro- gram that addresses sex trafficking of children. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB646 | Relating to school access. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows resident students of this state to attend any public school of this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Allows a student who is a resident of this state to attend any public school of this state. Requires a student to receive consent from a district school board to attend the schools of the school district if the student is a nonresident student. Requires the district school board to give consent, with limited exceptions. Prohibits school districts from charging tuition or entering into contracts for admission of non- resident students. Removes the cap on the percentage of students from school districts who may attend certain virtual public charter schools. | In Committee |
| SB386 | Relating to the crime of patronizing a trafficked child. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates the new crime of patronizing a trafficked child. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Creates the crime of patronizing a trafficked child. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both, if the victim is a child under 18 years of age. Punishes by a maximum of five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if the conviction is based on a law enforcement officer posing as a child under 18 years of age. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify the offense as a person felony in specified crime categories. Excludes certain evidence of past behavior of an alleged victim or witness in a prosecution for patronizing a trafficked child. Authorizes an ex parte order for the interception of communications when probable cause for patronizing a trafficked child exists. Adds the crime of patronizing a trafficked child to the definition of “sex crime” for purposes of sex offender reporting. Adds the crime of patronizing a trafficked child to the list of crimes constituting racketeering activity. Adds allowing a child to patronize a trafficked child to the definition of child abuse. Repeals the crime of purchasing sex with a minor. | In Committee |
| SB652 | Relating to reading instruction; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB625 | Relating to the repeal of provisions related to requirements for agricultural overtime; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act repeals laws related to overtime pay for agricultural workers who work more than the maximum hour limit in one week. The Act takes effect 91 days following sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Repeals provisions requiring employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers who work in excess of the maximum allowable hours. Repeals provisions related to the refundable income or corporate excise tax credit allowed to employers for the excess amount of wages paid as overtime pay for agricultural workers. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB623 | Relating to the offense of attempting to elude a police officer. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act increases crime seriousness for the crime of attempting to elude a police officer. The Act states the OCJC must make sentence longer than the OCJC has it now. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.3). Increases sentencing guidelines for felony attempting to elude a police officer. | In Committee |
| SB649 | Relating to estate tax; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would repeal the estate tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). Provides that the Oregon estate tax is imposed only on the estates of decedents dying on or before January 1, 2025. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SJR14 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the legislative districts of Senators. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure asks voters to change the number of Senators in the Oregon Senate from 30 to 36 with each Senator from a county. The measure asks voters to say yes or no to this change at the next general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.2). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to increase the number of Senators serving in Legislative Assembly to 36 and to modify Senate legislative districts to be coterminous with county boundaries. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| HB2186 | Relating to public charter school eligibility for grants from the Student Investment Account; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows virtual public charter schools to receive a SIA grant. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Allows virtual public charter schools to be eligible for grants distributed from the Student In- vestment Account. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SB614 | Relating to inherently dangerous sporting activities; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act lets a person offering some dangerous sports make a patron sign a release of claims. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Allows an operator offering or providing facilities for an inherently dangerous sporting activity to require a patron to provide an anticipatory release from certain claims for liability, including claims arising out of the negligence of the operator and claims for unreasonable conditions created by the operator. Provides that the release is not unconscionable. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| 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. | In Committee |
| SB378 | Relating to charges for senior citizens to use areas under the jurisdiction of the State Parks and Recreation Department. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make the SPRC allow senior citizens living in Oregon to use state parks at no cost. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Directs the State Parks and Recreation Commission to adopt rules authorizing persons 65 years or older who reside in Oregon to use any state park, individual campsite or day use fee area without charge. | In Committee |
| SJR18 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to declarations of emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure proposes new limits on the Governor’s power to declare emergencies. The limits would go to a vote of the people. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to place durational and other limitations on declarations of emergency by the Governor. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SJR19 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to executive clemency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Resolution says that more than half of the Senate has to ok a pardon or commu- tation. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require approval by a majority of the Senate of any pardon or commutation. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SJR7 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the declaration of an emergency in legislative bills. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires a two-thirds majority of the members of the House and the Senate to pass bills that take effect early. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote in fa- vor in each chamber of the Legislative Assembly to pass bills declaring an emergency. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB638 | Relating to small forestland owners. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says some persons may cut trees without following certain laws. The Act says that the laws apply again after the trees are cut. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.4). Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees. Specifies that reforestation requirements apply after the trees have been har- vested. Allows the State Board of Forestry to adopt rules. | In Committee |
| SB660 | Relating to the expenditure of state moneys based on the amount that is attributable to a student; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires state moneys received by a district or school to be used for the student for which the moneys are received. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7). Requires each school district, education service district and public charter school to ensure that state moneys received by the district or school are used to educate the student for which the mon- eys are received. First applies to the 2026-2027 school year. Takes effect July 1, 2026. | In Committee |
| SB632 | Relating to public charter school eligibility for grants from the Student Investment Account; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows virtual public charter schools to receive a SIA grant. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Allows virtual public charter schools to be eligible for grants distributed from the Student In- vestment Account. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| SJR24 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to educational choice. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows a parent to choose the school that the parent’s child attends. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to establish the right of a parent to choose the school that the parent’s child attends. Requires the establishment of school choice accounts for parents who choose nonpublic educa- tion. Allows parents who choose nonpublic education to pay for expenses incurred in relation to the education of a child with moneys from a school choice account. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SJR22 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to a property tax relief program for the owner-occupied primary residences of certain seniors. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure would direct the legislature to pass laws to provide a property tax break for the homes of seniors. It takes effect only if the people vote for it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.3). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution directing the Legislative Assembly to enact a property tax relief program for the owner-occupied primary residences of certain seniors. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | In Committee |
| SB675 | Relating to interest on unpaid property taxes; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would lower the interest rate on unpaid property taxes to one-half of one per- cent per month. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Lowers the interest rate imposed on unpaid property taxes to one-half of one percent per month. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB642 | Relating to state financial administration. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to the State Police for rape kit testing. (Flesch Readability Score: 88.9). Appropriates moneys to the Department of State Police for the purpose of reducing the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits. | In Committee |
| SB666 | Relating to abortion restrictions; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act places limits and duties on health care providers who perform abortions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Prohibits an abortion unless a health care provider first determines the probable gestational age of the unborn child, except in the case of a medical emergency. Defines “abortion” and “health care provider.” Prohibits the abortion of an unborn child with a probable gestational age of 15 or more weeks, except in the case of a medical emergency, rape or incest. Requires that an abortion of an unborn child with probable gestational age of 15 or more weeks be performed or induced in specified facilities and with specific safeguards in place. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care provider for violations. Requires a health care provider who performs or induces, or attempts to perform or induce, an abortion to file a report with the Oregon Health Authority. Re- quires the authority to publish annually statistics relating to abortion. Allows specified persons to bring a cause of action for actual and punitive damages and injunctive relief against a health care provider for violations. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB624 | Relating to recipients of public moneys; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that groups that get money from the state must report on how they spent the money and on any political contributions they made. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Requires certain recipients of grant or loan moneys distributed by state agencies to submit an- nual reports to committees of the Legislative Assembly. Directs state agencies to notify recipients of the requirements of the Act. Requires persons required to file reports under the Act to disclose amounts and recipients of political contributions made within a specified time frame. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | In Committee |
| SB671 | Relating to duties of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Ends the OGEC. Tells certain heads of government to study how to do the work of the OGEC and report to the legislature. Tells the OGEC to make a plan for local governments to do the work of the OGEC and report to the legislature. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Dissolves the Oregon Government Ethics Commission as of July 2, 2027. Requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and Attorney General to conduct studies and report to the Legislative Assembly on how each entity would supervise identified public officials and ensure that those public officials comply with all legal requirements currently overseen by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. Requires the Oregon Government Ethics Commission to develop a plan and report to the Leg- islative Assembly on the most efficient manner of making each local government and local service district responsible for ensuring that public officials affiliated with the local government or local service district comply with all legal requirements currently overseen by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. | In Committee |
| SB630 | Relating to scholarships for use at participating nonpublic schools. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows some students to receive money to pay for a nonpublic school. (Flesch Readabil- ity Score: 67.7). Establishes the Educational Scholarship Program for the purpose of assisting eligible students to pay for costs of attendance at certain nonpublic schools. Prescribes requirements of the program. | In Committee |
| SB621 | Relating to approval of state agency fees by Legislative Assembly; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that new fees or increased fees that an agency adopts have to be approved by the Legislative Assembly. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Provides that new or increased fees adopted by state agencies do not become effective unless approved by the Legislative Assembly by law. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | In Committee |
| SB643 | Relating to residential tenancies. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act allows landlords to end tenancies and raise rents without limit. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 67.7). Allows landlords to terminate month-to-month residential tenancies without cause. Repeals lim- its on increases to rent. | In Committee |
| SB613 | Relating to the repeal of certain provisions related to pay equity; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act repeals certain provisions from the pay equity law. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Modifies pay equity requirements for employers. Removes certain provisions relating to obli- gations, rights and remedies under pay equity laws. Makes conforming amendments. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | In Committee |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB463 | Relating to reporting on the soundness of the state's Insurance Fund; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| SB871 | Relating to alcohol; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| HB2385 | Relating to restrictions on 340B covered entities; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| HB2385 | Relating to restrictions on 340B covered entities; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Motion to substitute Minority Report | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| SB1166 | Relating to transportation network companies; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments and requesting referral to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Engrossed.) | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| HB3789 | Relating to union misrepresentation. | Senate Third Reading | 05/28/2025 | Nay |
| HB3789 | Relating to union misrepresentation. | Senate Motion to substitute Minority Report | 05/28/2025 | Yea |
| SB139 | Relating to infectious waste. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3144 | Relating to dwellings. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB3042 | Relating to Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2236 | Relating to employment; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB551 | Relating to plastic waste. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB2975 | Relating to crimes constituting domestic violence; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3027 | Relating to injunctions regarding career school regulatory violations. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB3007 | Relating to accommodations for students diagnosed with a brain injury; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3342 | Relating to water; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB3372 | Relating to exempt uses of water. | Senate Third Reading | 05/27/2025 | Nay |
| SB1099 | Relating to use of real property for education; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5501 | Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB5032 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB5529 | Relating to the financial administration of the Land Use Board of Appeals; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB5017 | Relating to the financial administration of the State Library; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB5008 | Relating to the financial administration of the Employment Relations Board; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB5546 | Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB5519 | Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB5524 | Relating to the financial administration of specified boards; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB5013 | Relating to the financial administration of the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB5019 | Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB5518 | Relating to the financial administration of the State Department of Energy; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB5023 | Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon State Board of Nursing; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB5027 | Relating to the financial administration of the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB5547 | Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB5513 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Justice; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB5033 | Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB2556 | Relating to Portland State University designation. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Absent |
| SB98 | Relating to court processes; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB5507 | Relating to the financial administration of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB5504 | Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Department of Aviation; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB5512 | Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Board of Dentistry; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB5508 | Relating to the financial administration of the Columbia River Gorge Commission; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| HB2931 | Relating to the interstate bridge replacement program. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| HB2425 | Relating to ensuring that forced labor is not used for electric products that public bodies procure; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill. Requesting referral to Ways and Means | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB5540 | Relating to the financial administration of the State Board of Tax Practitioners; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB3167 | Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB5532 | Relating to the financial administration of specified boards; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB5544 | Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/22/2025 | Nay |
| HCR25 | Recognizing and honoring Carol Rulla for her remarkable contributions to Gresham and to the people of this state. | Senate Final Reading | 05/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB2944 | Relating to penalties for failure to comply with certain requirements under the laws governing public employee collective bargaining. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB3190 | Relating to historic property special assessment; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2078 | Relating to property tax exemption for multiunit rental housing; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2211 | Relating to dental subcontractors; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2119 | Relating to standing in the Oregon Tax Court. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2594 | Relating to dental laboratories; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2307 | Relating to fluorescent lamps purchased by school districts; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2344 | Relating to the World War II memorial located in the Capitol Mall. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HCR3 | Recognizing and honoring Dr. Brian Druker for his leadership and service. | Senate Committee Do adopt | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2668 | Relating to search and rescue. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2269 | Relating to the Oregon State Capitol Foundation; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2074 | Relating to property tax exemption for vertical housing development projects; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2916 | Relating to the Fire Policy Committee. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2013 | Relating to mental health treatment providers. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2460 | Relating to local courts; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2559 | Relating to veterans. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2789 | Relating to services provided by registered nurses; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB3232 | Relating to exemption of property owned by a limited equity cooperative; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2077 | Relating to property tax exemption for nonprofit corporation low income housing; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HCR8 | Recognizing and honoring Vicki and Jerry Berger for their leadership and service to the people of Oregon. | Senate Committee Do adopt | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HCR24 | In memoriam: Hendrik Pieter "Henk" Pander. | Senate Committee Do adopt | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB3768 | Relating to Nowruz Day; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2008 | Relating to consumer protection. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HCR29 | In memoriam: David Todd Meyer. | Senate Committee Do adopt | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB3910 | Relating to domestic water supply district authority; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HCR34 | Designating Vietnamese American Remembrance Day. | Senate Committee Do adopt | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HCR35 | In memoriam: Former Speaker of the House Philip Lang, 1929-2024. | Senate Committee Do adopt | 05/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB2698 | Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Nay |
| HB2957 | Relating to time limitations associated with violations over which the Bureau of Labor and Industries has enforcement authority; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| SB146 | Relating to trust property. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB2563 | Relating to explanations required in connection with premium increases upon renewals of certain insurance policies; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill | 05/20/2025 | Nay |
| HB3083 | Relating to school safety. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB2942 | Relating to reimbursement of pharmacy services; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB3024 | Relating to the reduction of unemployment benefits due to disqualification; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Committee Do pass | 05/20/2025 | Nay |
| HB3218 | Relating to school attendance. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| SB485 | Relating to estate tax; prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB2948 | Relating to schools. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB2695 | Relating to duties of the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Nay |
| SB536 | Relating to medical examiners. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB3449 | Relating to a pilot program to provide support to foster child students; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| HB3761 | Relating to art therapy; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Nay |
| HB3921 | Relating to urban growth boundaries; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Yea |
| SB1198 | Relating to inhalant delivery systems. | Senate Third Reading | 05/20/2025 | Nay |
| HB2530 | Relating to school buses. | Senate Third Reading | 05/19/2025 | Nay |
| HB2930 | Relating to conflict of interest requirements. | Senate Committee Do pass | 05/19/2025 | Yea |
| SB733 | Relating to dogs harming livestock. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 05/19/2025 | Nay |
| HB2932 | Relating to exceptions to prohibited use of official position or office. | Senate Committee Do pass | 05/19/2025 | Yea |
| HB2586 | Relating to nonresident tuition exemption for asylum seekers; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 05/19/2025 | Nay |
| HB3560 | Relating to the siting of child care facilities. | Senate Third Reading | 05/19/2025 | Yea |
| HB3605 | Relating to unlawful practices in home solicitation sales; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 05/19/2025 | Nay |
| HB3643 | Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass | 05/19/2025 | Yea |
| SB1180 | Relating to ballot measures. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments and requesting referral to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Engrossed.) | 05/19/2025 | Yea |
| 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. | Senate Committee Be adopted with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 05/19/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Oregon Joint Conduct Committee | Alternate | 4 |
| Detail | Oregon Joint Legislative Administration Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Oregon Joint Legislative Audits Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Oregon Joint Legislative Counsel Committee | 2 | |
| Detail | Oregon Joint Legislative Policy and Research Committee | 2 | |
| Detail | Oregon Joint Ways and Means Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Conduct Committee | Alternate | 4 |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Labor and Business Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Rules Committees | Vice Chair | 2 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Oregon Senate District 26 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 01/09/2023 | |
| OR | Oregon House District 59 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 11/20/2017 | 01/16/2024 |