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State Senator
Jeff Golden
(D) - Oregon
Oregon Senate District 03
In Office - Started: 01/14/2019
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Capitol Office
900 Court St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1703
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB2900 | Relating to teachers. | AN ACT Relating to teachers; amending ORS 342.815. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3546 | Relating to large energy use facilities; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to large energy use facilities; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB224 | Relating to addresses of individuals associated with candidate campaign committees. | AN ACT Relating to addresses of individuals associated with candidate campaign committees; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 260.057. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3131 | Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Establishes a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3209 | Relating to motor vehicles; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act adds extra fees to the registration fees and of some vehicles, like campers or motor homes, and an extra fee for RV trip permits. The money taken in from this fee would go into a new fund. This fund would help the Department of Transportation pay for towing and getting rid of abandoned RVs. The new extra fees will last 10 years. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.0). Imposes a surcharge on certain vehicle registration fees and recreational vehicle trip permits. Transfers proceeds of the surcharge to the Abandoned Recreational Vehicle Account. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide reimbursements for the costs of towing and disposing of abandoned recreational vehicles. Sunsets new surcharges after 10 years. | Dead |
| HB3212 | Relating to pharmacy benefits. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes changes to the rules for PBMs and prescription drug benefits. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Creates additional rules and requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and a policy or cer- tificate of health insurance or other contract providing for the reimbursement of the cost of a pre- scription drug. | Dead |
| HB3008 | Relating to investments in the child care workforce. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives more money to different agencies for investment in the child care workforce. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Appropriates moneys to fund child care workforce investments. | Dead |
| SB478 | Relating to duties of boards of education of community college districts; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act adds new duties to boards of community colleges. The Act declares an emer- gency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Revises the duties of boards of education of community college districts. Requires the boards to approve a community college’s membership in a state or national association. Permits the board to provide stipends to members of the board. Requires the members of the board to have an official electronic mail address that is posted on the website maintained by the community college. Requires the board to include an additional voting member of the board who is a full-time student at the community college. Requires the board to report to the Legislative Assembly on the board’s com- pliance with the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB602 | Relating to state agency relations with nonprofit organizations. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Sets up a body to talk to state agencies about how to make grants and buy goods and services for the state from not for profit organizations. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Digest: The Act sets policies for the state to use for awards of grants and public contracts to certain recipients. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Advisory Council within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services . Specifies the membership of the council and requires the council to review the state’s consult with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and with employ- ees of state agencies that make grants to or enter into public contracts with nonprofit or- ganizations concerning granting and procurement processes as applied to nonprofit organizations . Provides that the council shall also identify and recommend updates to statutes and admin- istrative rule to improve grant making and contracting processes with nonprofit organiza- tions, evaluate and recommend whether to create a centralized database to manage grant making and report to the Legislative Assembly. Establishes the Nonprofit Organization Partnership Fund to fund the council. Specifies requirements for grant agreements and public contracts into which state agencies en- ter with nonprofit organizations. Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create a centralized database for use in managing the state’s grants to nonprofit organizations. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB530 | Relating to regional health equity coalitions; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes changes to a law about groups that work on health equity. (Flesch Readability Score: 83.8). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adjust for inflation the amount of any grant awarded to a regional health equity coalition. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HJM10 | Requesting the United States Department of Energy and the United States Congress to support the Bonneville Power Administration in providing cleaner, more affordable and reliable energy in the Pacific Northwest. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Asks DOE and Congress to urge BPA to make cleaner, cheaper energy that everyone in the Pacific Northwest can count on. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requests the United States Department of Energy and the United States Congress to support the Bonneville Power Administration in providing cleaner, more affordable and more reliable energy to all consumers in the Pacific Northwest. | Dead |
| HB3894 | Relating to wind energy; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that the State Forester can lease forest lands for wind energy facilities. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Allows the State Forester to lease forestlands for the purpose of siting energy facilities that use wind energy. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3767 | Relating to local rent control; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act allows cities or counties to impose rent control. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Repeals the prohibition on local rent control. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SJR34 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to wildfire funding. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure suggests a change to the Constitution to make a fund for wildfires. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to create a fund to be expended for wildfire prevention, suppression or management. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | Dead |
| SB1177 | Relating to use of surplus revenues for wildfire funding; declaring an emergency; providing for revenue estimate modification that requires approval by a two-thirds majority. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes the kicker estimate to fund help against wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Increases the amount of the estimate of revenues that will be received from General Fund re- venue sources other than corporate income and excise taxes for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023. Requires that the difference between the amount actually collected and the amount estimated after the close of the 2023 regular session be transferred to the Oregon Wildfire Mitigation and Adapta- tion Fund. Establishes the Oregon Wildfire Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, with interest earned by the fund to be used for wildfire mitigation and community adaptation to wildfire risk. Provides for the return to taxpayers of surplus revenue over the adjusted estimate amount if the constitu- tional threshold is exceeded. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3765 | Relating to investments. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the State Treasurer and OIC to take steps to use ESG factors in invest- ment decisions. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.0). Requires the State Treasurer and Oregon Investment Council to implement a system to perform ESG analyses of current and proposed investments, assign personnel to oversee the system and issue an annual report on actions taken pursuant to the system. Prohibits investments in entities that are determined by an international body to have violated international law. | Dead |
| SB1164 | Relating to documents issued by the Department of Transportation. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says a person can ask ODOT to add a note on their driver license, permit or ID card. The note will let police officers know that the person has a disability that makes it hard to communicate with the officer. To do this, the person will need to fill out a form and get a doctor or other listed health professional to confirm the disability. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Provides that a person may request that the Department of Transportation include on the person’s driver license, driver permit or identification card the fact that the person has a disability that interferes with the person’s ability to effectively communicate with a police officer. Requires the person to submit an application to the department and have a health care professional verify the disability. | Dead |
| HB2133 | Relating to children with hearing impairments; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act makes a program to assess and track the language development milestones of kids that are deaf or hard of hearing. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a program to assess, monitor and track the language developmental milestones of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Estab- lishes an advisory committee to advise on the creation of the program. Directs the Department of Education to publish an annual report on language and literacy de- velopmental milestones of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1167 | Relating to funding to develop successful children; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to DELC to give to entities for the development of suc- cessful children in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to entities for the development of successful children in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Ser- vices Department of Early Learning and Care for distribution to seven entities to support the development of successful children in this state. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB3129 | Relating to the behavioral health workforce; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a behavioral health workforce fund for higher learning. The Act pro- vides for the purposes and uses of moneys in the fund. Declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.4). Establishes the Higher Education Behavioral Health Workforce Expansion Fund. Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to distribute moneys from the fund to community col- leges and public and private universities in this state for purposes of expanding the training, em- ployment and retention of behavioral health professionals. Appropriates moneys to the fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SJM10 | Urging the President, the Executive Director of the Maritime Administration and Congress to purchase the SS United States, designate it as a National Historic Landmark, restore it and name it the flagship of our nation. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Asks the President, the MARAD and Congress to buy a certain ship, make it an official U.S. landmark, fix it up and call it the official flagship of the U.S. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Urges the President of the United States, the Executive Director of the Maritime Administration of the United States Department of Transportation and the Congress of the United States to pur- chase the SS United States from Okaloosa County, Florida, using funds transferred from the United States Department of Defense, designate it as a National Historic Landmark national landmark , restore it to its full working condition and name it the official flagship of our nation. | Dead |
| SB1187 | Relating to greenhouse gas emissions; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to serve as the lead agency of an interagency team. Requires the department to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse gas emissions. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to issue cost recovery demand notices to en- tities determined to be responsible for the costs of climate change. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1006 | Relating to legislative measure introduction; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act states that measures must be asked for by members or committees of the House and the Senate and cannot be asked for by state agencies or officials. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Directs all state agencies, statewide elected officials and other entities to seek legislative changes only through legislative measures requested and introduced by members and committees of the Legislative Assembly. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1038 | Relating to standards of time. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act, for the part of the state in the Pacific Time Zone, stops the one-hour change of time in the spring and fall of each year and keeps the zone at standard time year-round if CA and WA states do the same within 10 years. The Act, for the part of the state in the Pacific Time Zone, permits the one-hour change of time to remain at daylight saving time year-round if Congress au- thorizes it and if CA and WA states have daylight saving time year-round, within 10 years. The Act keeps the part of the state in the Mountain Time Zone unchanged. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2). Maintains current time standards in Oregon unless certain conditions are met. For the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if California and Washington make the same change within the next 10 years. Restores current time standards if California and Washington do not make the standard time change within 10 years. Alternatively, for the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on daylight saving time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if Congress enacts a law authorizing states to elect year-round daylight saving time and if California and Washington establish daylight saving time as the standard of time year-round. Restores current time standards if Congress fails to authorize daylight saving time or if California and Washington do not make daylight saving time their year-round standard of time within 10 years. Provides that standards of time in the Mountain Time Zone portion of Oregon remain unchanged. | Dead |
| HB3899 | Relating to requirements that apply to persons that process consumer personal data. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Changes some of the laws that apply to the use of personal data of consumers. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Lowers the thresholds above which, in applicable circumstances, controllers are subject to reg- ulation in processing consumers’ personal data. Prohibits controllers from processing sensitive data for the purposes of targeted advertising or profiling a consumer in furtherance of decisions that produce legal effects or effects of similar significance. Prohibits a controller from selling sensitive data for any reason. | Dead |
| HB3192 | Relating to newborn bloodspot screening. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to the OHA to test newborns for five specific diseases. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of screening newborns for five specific diseases under the Northwest Regional Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program. | Dead |
| HB3628 | Relating to the Oregon Electric Transmission Authority; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Creates a public body to fund, build, upgrade, own and carry out transmission projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Establishes the Oregon Electric Transmission Authority as an independent public corporation. Provides that the authority shall support the expansion of electric transmission capacity in this state by financing, developing, constructing, upgrading, owning and operating electric transmission infrastructure. Directs the authority to identify and establish electric transmission corridors with statewide significance. Authorizes the authority to finance transmission projects by issuing revenue bonds and collecting payments from the users of the authority’s transmission facilities. Establishes the Tribal Advisory Council on Electric Transmission. Directs the authority to submit an annual report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy on the authority’s activities and operations for the preceding year. Limits the authority’s annual operating budget to no more than $2 million. Provides for the collection of a nonbypassable charge from large industrial electricity customers to fund the authority’s operating budget. Sunsets January 2, 2032. Requires the State Department of Energy to conduct a review of the authority and submit a report to the committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy for the Legislative Assembly’s consideration to extend the sunset date. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB702 | Relating to public health; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes the law for some products containing tobacco or nicotine. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Digest: The Act bans the sale of flavored products with tobacco or nicotine. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or offering to sell flavored inhalant delivery system products or flavored tobacco products in this state , except from premises established as a store by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and licensed by the Department of Revenue or authorized by a local government . Defines “flavored inhalant delivery system product” and “flavored tobacco product.” Prohibits distributing, offering or providing, without compensation, any tobacco product or inhalant delivery system. Requires any sale of cigarettes, inhalant delivery systems or smokeless tobacco products to oc- cur at licensed premises. Authorizes local governments to adopt regulations that are stricter than state law on the sale of inhalant delivery system products or tobacco products. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB1102 | Relating to energy. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes ODOE do a study on energy and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 65.7). Requires the State Department of Energy to study energy. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| HB2958 | Relating to earned income tax credits; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act modifies the earned income tax credit and extends the sunset for the credit. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit. Provides that a credit is available to all adults, including childless adults, over 18. Provides that the credit may be paid quarterly, in ad- vance, and is not subject to garnishment. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Extends the sunset for the credit. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2991 | Relating to services for assisting low-income individuals with tax navigation; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives moneys to an agency to fund help for low-income people with their taxes. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Appropriates moneys to be used for funding outreach regarding federal earned income tax credits and other tax benefits and to provide tax navigation and preparation to low-income individ- uals. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB3477 | Relating to climate change; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act changes the state’s goals to reduce greenhouse gases and changes the term “global warming” to “climate change” in some laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). Modifies state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Replaces the term “global warming” with “climate change” in provisions related to the Oregon Climate Action Commission. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB2966 | Relating to a public finance task force; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a task force to study public financing options. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Establishes the State Public Finance Task Force. Directs the task force to study and make recommendations regarding public banking and other public financing options. Requires the task force to submit a report to a committee of the Legislative Assembly by September 1, 2027 De- cember 31, 2026 . Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB2979 | Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to groups to help produce and distribute food. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.8). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Ser- vices for distribution to various entities for food production and distribution. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| SB127 | Relating to the funding of programs concerning wildfire. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells an agency to study funding for programs about wildfire. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Directs the State Forestry Department to study funding for wildfire-related programs. Directs the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026. | Dead |
| SB229 | Relating to housing for vulnerable populations. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHCS to give funds to Bridge Meadows to grow its multigenerational housing model in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to distribute funds to Bridge Meadows for specified purposes. Directs the department to oversee the use of funds. Directs the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing annually for five consecutive years. Sunsets January 2, 2031. | Dead |
| HB3194 | Relating to farmworker camps. | AN ACT Relating to farmworker camps; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 658.805. | Passed |
| SB226 | Relating to justice of the peace districts. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act removes the law that stops a county from making a justice of the peace district that includes parts of some cities. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Removes provisions prohibiting a county court or board of county commissioners from estab- lishing a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat or city in which a circuit court regularly holds court. | Dead |
| SCR9 | 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. | Dead |
| HB2679 | Relating to neonicotinoid pesticides; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act puts limits on the use of pesticides that have some neonicotinoids in them. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Directs the State Department of Agriculture to classify certain pesticides containing neonicotinoids as restricted-use. Prohibits application of restricted-use neonicotinoid pesticides on residential landscapes, subject to certain exceptions. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB679 | Relating to harms associated with climate change; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that parties that made greenhouse gas are strictly liable for damages due to climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Provides that parties that have caused a certain amount of greenhouse gas emissions are strictly liable to harmed parties for damages incurred as a result of extreme weather attributable to climate change or a climate disaster. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB682 | Relating to greenhouse gas emissions; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environ- mental Quality. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Requires the State Treasurer to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse gas emis- sions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SJR5 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to voter registration. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure amends the Constitution. The measure lets voters register on the day of an election. The amendment goes to the people to approve or reject at the next election. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require voters to be registered by the day of an election. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next general election. | Dead |
| HB3149 | Relating to state moneys for school districts impacted by wildfires; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows state moneys to be spent for school districts that were impacted by wildfires for one more school year. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Digest: Allows state moneys to be spent for school districts that were impacted by wildfires for four more school years. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2). Allows for additional distributions of state moneys to wildfire-impacted school districts for an additional four school years school year . Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| SB572 | Relating to the Oregon Racial Justice Act. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a new court process when a person can prove a criminal case is based on race. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.1). Creates a process for challenging a charge, finding of guilt, conviction or sentence, by filing a motion in the trial court or a petition for post-conviction relief, based on evidence that the con- viction or sentence was sought, obtained or imposed based on race, ethnicity or national origin. Applies retroactively to specified cases beginning January 1, 2027. | Dead |
| SJR28 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to a clean, safe and healthy environment. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This JR proposes a change to the constitution to create a right to a clean, safe and healthy environment. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to establish a fundamental right to a clean, safe and healthy environment. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout this state. | Dead |
| SB732 | Relating to executive appointments. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the Governor to pick a new head of some agencies within three months after the Senate fails to confirm the reappointment of the head. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Directs the Governor to appoint a new head of certain agencies within three months after the Senate fails to confirm the reappointment of the head of the agency. | Dead |
| SB128 | Relating to the transmission of electric power. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes the PUC do a study on electric power and submit a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Requires the Public Utility Commission to study electric power. Directs the commission to sub- mit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| SB680 | Relating to greenwashing; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says that a person may not claim a good effect on the environment from the person or the person’s products or services if the claim is not true. Says that a violation is a bad practice under the UTPA and that the person can get sued for $200 for the violation. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudu- lent. Specifies what constitutes a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent environmental marketing claim or net zero claim or reputational advertising. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Prac- tices Act and subjects the violator to statutory damages of $200 if a plaintiff can prove exposure to the claim or advertising and that the plaintiff purchased a product or service from the person based on the claim or advertising. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB611 | Relating to public assistance; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates the Food for All Oregonians Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Establishes the Food for All Oregonians Program in the Department of Human Services to pro- vide nutrition assistance to residents of children residing in this state who are six years of age or under and who would qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program but for their immigration status. Requires the department to implement the program by January 1, 2027, and conduct statewide outreach, education and engagement to maximize enrollment in the program. Requires the department to convene an advisory group to recommend metrics to evaluate the success of the department in treating all applicants for and recipients of public assistance in a welcoming manner and with respect, courtesy, fairness and dignity. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3174 | Relating to driving while under the influence of intoxicants; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Increases ADSS fee. Says that money in the IDPF may be spent on more things DUII related for indigent defendants. Says that those who do not live in this state may get treatment out of state. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.2). Increases the fee paid for alcohol and drug screening specialists. Expands uses of moneys in the Intoxicated Driver Program Fund for indigent defendants. Pro- vides some limitations. Allows an individual who is not a resident of Oregon to complete a treatment program out of state. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB683 | Relating to primary care physicians; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHA to conduct a count of primary care physicians in this state who are in active practice. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to conduct a study every two years to count the number of licensed and actively practicing primary care physicians in this state. Directs the authority to submit a report to the Legislative Assembly and make the report publicly available. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| 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. | Dead |
| SB427 | Relating to water transfers. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act prohibits certain changes related to water that will reduce the flow of streams. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Prohibits certain proposed changes related to the appropriation or use of water that will result in the diminishment of streamflow. | Dead |
| SB681 | Relating to a moratorium on private investments by the State Treasurer in fossil fuel dominant funds. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act says that for five years, the State Treasurer can’t invest in private funds that deal heavily in fossil fuels. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7). Prohibits the State Treasurer from renewing investments in or making new investments in a private market fund if the managers of the fund have stated an intention to invest in fossil fuels, subject to fiduciary duties. Sunsets on January 2, 2031. | Dead |
| HB3165 | Relating to state moneys for school districts impacted by wildfires; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows more state moneys to be spent for school districts that were impacted by wildfires. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Transfers moneys from amounts retained in the Fund for Student Success to the School Stabili- zation Subaccount for Wildfire-impacted School Districts and increases the expenditure limitation for payment of grants-in-aid, program costs and purchased services for the Department of Education for the 2023-2025 biennium for the purpose of awarding grants to school districts impacted by wildfires. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB330 | Relating to the placement of utility lines. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Directs the PUC to adopt standards to require that power lines be placed underground. Provides for exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Directs the Public Utility Commission to adopt standards requiring the underground placement of electric power lines. Provides for exceptions. | Dead |
| SB688 | Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. | AN ACT Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. | Passed |
| SJR29 | Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to the authority of the Legislative Assembly to conduct business. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The measure asks voters to change how many members of the legislature are needed for it to meet, from 2/3 of members to 1/2 of members plus one. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.5). Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a majority of each house of the Legislative Assembly to be present to conduct business. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | Dead |
| SB62 | Relating to consumer engagement in the behavioral health care system; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates new programs for increasing consumers’ voice in the mental health care system. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop, implement and administer a program to sup- port consumer engagement efforts aimed at increasing and optimizing consumer involvement in planning and decision-making surrounding the access to, and delivery of, behavioral health services in this state. Requires coordinated care organizations to contribute $1 per member per month toward the consumer engagement program. Requires the authority to administer a pilot program in eastern Oregon to develop an innovative model for providing residential treatment to young adults experiencing early psychosis in conjunc- tion with a substance use disorder. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2036. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB329 | Relating to reusable beverage containers. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act tells a cooperative and retail stores to expand the use of reusable cans or bottles. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Requires a distributor cooperative to implement a managed system for reusable beverage con- tainers that achieves certain sales and return rates. Requires certain beverage container dealers to provide shelf space for reusable beverage con- tainers. | Dead |
| SB545 | Relating to an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes a new tax credit for volunteer firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Establishes an income tax credit for volunteer firefighters. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB747 | Relating to the application of fertilizer. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells certain persons to report the use of fertilizer on farmland. The Act allows agencies to take certain actions about the reports. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires persons with ownership interests in at least 200 acres of irrigated land used for agri- culture to annually report information about fertilizer application to the State Department of Agri- culture. Authorizes the department and the Department of Environmental Quality to take certain actions related to the information. Directs the State Department of Agriculture to report on the information to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to agriculture on or before September 15 of each odd-numbered year. Authorizes the imposition of civil penalties for a violation. | Dead |
| HB3489 | Relating to forestry; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority; 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: The Act would impose a new severance tax on timber harvested from public or private forestland. The Act would repeal all current forest product harvest taxes. The Act would get rid of a lot surcharge, the Emergency Fire Cost Committee and the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund. The Act would make changes related to the cost of fire protection in forest protection districts. The Act would be referred for a vote at next year’s general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1). Imposes a severance tax on owners of timber harvested from public or private forestland. Im- poses the tax at rates determined under brackets according to the acreage of forestland held in common ownership, multiplied by the pond value of timber at the time of harvest. Repeals forest products harvest taxes. Abolishes a lot surcharge. Makes changes related to the cost of fire protection provided within forest protection districts. Abolishes the Emergency Fire Cost Committee and the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund. Refers the Act to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election. | Dead |
| SB528 | Relating to regional health equity coalitions; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives moneys to an agency to help fund groups that work on health equity. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5). Appropriates moneys to be used for regional health equity coalitions. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB3580 | Relating to eelgrass resources in state waters; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act creates the Task Force on Eelgrass Resources. (Flesch Readability Score: 94.3). Establishes the Task Force on Eelgrass Resources. Provides duties of the task force and directs the task force to submit a report to the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB1166 | Relating to transportation network companies; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would create new laws for transportation network companies. The Act would take effect on July 1 of this year. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.3). Requires transportation network companies to pay minimum compensation rates to drivers. Directs transportation network companies to establish written policies concerning account deacti- vations and provides requirements for such policies. Requires that such policies include an appeals process that meets certain minimum requirements by which drivers may appeal an account deactivation. Prohibits transportation network companies from issuing an account deactivation absent just cause. Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to contract with a nonprofit organization to operate a driver resource center. Establishes minimum paid sick time requirements for transportation network companies. Requires transportation network companies to provide dispatched trip information and receipt information to drivers and passengers. Imposes recordkeeping requirements for transportation network companies and requires the companies to compile data to submit reports to the bureau. Directs the bureau to report to the Legis- lative Assembly on the information received from the transportation network companies . Establishes the Task Force on the Ensuring Meaningful Access to Benefits for Transportation Network Company Drivers. Requires transportation network companies to comply with notice requirements to apprise drivers of certain information regarding the rights and protections afforded to drivers. Provides the Bureau of Labor and Industries with enforcement authority over the provisions of the Act. Provides remedies for drivers alleging unlawful practices. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB2006 | Relating to legislative measures. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act limits the number of measure requests that may be made of LC during long regular sessions to stated numbers. The Act sets forth exceptions to those limits. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 69.5). Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 15 the number of legislative measures that a committee of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Leg- islative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 400 the number of legislative measures that the Governor and state agencies under the authority of the Governor may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Provides exceptions. Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that other statewide elected officials may ask the Legislative Coun- sel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. Limits to 100 the number of legislative measures that the Judicial Department may ask the Legis- lative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd- numbered year. | Dead |
| HB3654 | Relating to matching grants for cities; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would set a maximum percent required for matching grants made by the state to small cities for capital projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for capital construction and municipal infrastructure. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB926 | Relating to wildfires resulting from the fault of an electric company; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Bans the recoupment of certain costs that a power company incurs from claims based on a wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that an electric company incurs if a court or jury finds that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Prohibits an electric company from paying or distributing dividends, income, interest or profits or paying, distributing or repurchasing stock or other ownership interest to any person or individual with an ownership or beneficial interest in the electric company if the electric company owes any debt on an outstanding judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Sets the rate of interest on the judgment at nine percent per annum to accrue from the date the wildfire was ignited if a plaintiff establishes that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Provides that an electric company is liable for all taxes that may be owed by a prevailing party on a judgment that the electric company has not satisfied by January 1, 2026, for a judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. Requires an electric company to request that the Public Utility Commission open an in- vestigation if the electric company owes more than a certain amount of debt on an out- standing judgment or judgments that are based on a wildfire that resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company and the electric company plans to make a payment, distribution or repurchase related to dividends, income, interest, profits, stock or other ownership interest. Directs the commission to suspend the payment, distribution or repurchase during the investigation and allows the commission to issue a final order that imposes restrictions, requirements or conditions. Allows a plaintiff to file motions in a civil action based on a wildfire caused by an electric company to require the electric company to file a security or bond if the electric company has been found to be liable to other plaintiffs for damages, losses or other harms resulting from the same wildfire, to have prejudgment interest accrue from the date the wildfire caused damages, losses or other harm and for a supplemental judgment for any additional tax liabilities that the plaintiff may owe on the underlying final judgment. Requires an electric company to apply for a wildfire safety certification. Directs the commission to issue a certification if the applicant is implementing a wildfire protection plan and meets certain requirements. Provides that a certification establishes that the applicant has implemented wildfire policies and practices consistent with wildfire safety standards. Provides that a certification does not establish immunity against claims for damages re- sulting from a wildfire. Directs the commission to commission a study to examine issues related to catastrophic wildfire risk and recovery and develop scenarios for a balanced solution. Directs the com- mission to provide an interim report on the study’s findings and recommendations to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy and environment during the 2026 regular session and provide recommendations for a stakeholder process to follow the final study report. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB2977 | Relating to funding to support species conservation; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act increases a tax on short-term lodging. The Act changes the name of a subaccount related to wildlife. The Act lists how moneys from the increase must be distrib- uted. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Digest: The Act increases a tax on short-term lodging. The Act changes the name of a subaccount related to wildlife. The Act says that moneys from the increase in the tax must be put in a subaccount. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.1). Increases the state transient lodging tax. Changes the name of the Oregon Conservation Strat- egy Subaccount to the Recovering Oregon’s Wildlife Fund Subaccount. Transfers moneys attributable to the increase of the state transient lodging tax to the Recovering Oregon’s Wildlife Fund Subaccount. Specifies how moneys attributable to the increase are to be distributed. Applies the transient lodging tax increase to transient lodging charges occurring on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3954 | Relating to the Oregon National Guard. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells the AG to not allow a person or unit of the guard to be called into active service except for certain reasons. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Prohibits the Adjutant General from assisting or allowing the United States Department of De- fense or any branch thereof to communicate with any individual or unit of the Oregon National Guard for purposes of calling the individual or unit into active service unless the active service is for a certain listed reason. Prohibits the Adjutant General from allowing an individual or unit of the Oregon National Guard to be called into active service if the call into active service results in the Oregon National Guard being incapable of responding to a statewide emergency. Directs that an Adjutant General be immediately dismissed for violations of the Act. | Dead |
| HB2945 | Relating to zero-emission school buses; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act makes new goals and laws for buying zero-emission school buses. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Establishes the state policy on the purchase of new zero-emission school buses. Directs the De- partment of Environmental Quality to adopt rules to require the purchase of new zero-emission school buses in certain areas. Requires the purchase of new zero-emission school buses if the price is equal to a comparable school bus that is not zero-emission. Directs the department to provide technical and financial assistance to school bus fleet owners. Establishes the Zero-Emission School Bus Assistance Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2980 | Relating to wildlife. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells ODFW to set up a Wildlife Stewardship Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a Wildlife Stewardship Program. Directs the department to administer a grant program to support licensed wildlife rehabilitation centers. Appropriates moneys to the department, out of the General Fund, for purposes of the grant program. | Dead |
| SB686 | Relating to civic information. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires a covered platform to have an agreement in order to access the online content of a news provider. Creates a group for civic information to give grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Digest: Makes online platforms pay online news providers and a group for civic information. Creates a group for civic information to give grants. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0). Requires online platforms to pay moneys to digital journalism providers and the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Allows an online platform to use an arbitration process to determine the percentage of an online platform’s advertising revenue to be remitted to digital journalism providers. Prohibits a covered platform from accessing for an Oregon audience the online content of a digital journalism provider without an agreement. Specifies requirements that an agreement must meet. Creates a private cause of action that a digital journalism provider may bring against a covered platform if the covered platform accesses for an Oregon audience the online content of the digital journalism provider without an agreement or fails to comply with an agree- ment. Allows for the recovery of the greater of statutory or actual damages, and for punitive damages. Bars a cause of action if the covered platform is participating in arbitration or in com- pliance with a final arbitration order, judgment or settlement agreement. Bars a cause of action for access that occurs between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2027, if the covered platform elects to pay a certain sum amount. Allows a covered platform or group of digital journalism providers to initiate an arbi- tration process to determine a percentage of the covered platform’s advertising revenue to be remitted to the digital journalism providers. Requires online platforms to report annually certain information about compensation paid to digital journalism providers. Establishes the Oregon Civic Information Consortium. Directs the consortium to award grants for applicants that seek to improve civic information. | Dead |
| HB3179 | Relating to public utilities; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to public utilities; creating new provisions; amending ORS 757.210, 757.215, 757.457 and 757.461; and declaring an emergency. | Passed |
| HB3932 | Relating to protecting beavers. | AN ACT Relating to protecting beavers. Whereas beavers play an important role in improving water quality and temporary water stor- age, in helping remove pollutants and sediments and in regulating water temperature to ensure continuity of municipal water supplies and stream flows during drought for agricultural use and in improving the quality, connectivity and abundance of fish and wildlife habitat; and Whereas beavers play a significant role in decreasing the risks of wildfire; and Whereas the beaver is a keystone species that serves as nature’s engineer and beavers’ habitat can provide refugia, stimulate the recovery of other species and foster resilience; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3054 | Relating to residential tenancies for a space in a facility; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to residential tenancies for a space in a facility; amending ORS 90.324, 90.545, 90.600 and 90.680; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2321 | Relating to ballot measures addressing property taxes; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to ballot measures addressing property taxes; and prescribing an effective date. | Passed |
| HB2982 | Relating to small watercraft. | AN ACT Relating to small watercraft; amending ORS 830.575, 830.624, 830.627 and 830.790. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3336 | Relating to electric transmission systems; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to electric transmission systems; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3167 | Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events. | AN ACT Relating to regulating sales of admission tickets to entertainment events; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 646A.115. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2947 | Relating to a study of PFAS in biosolids applied to land; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to a study of PFAS in biosolids applied to land; and declaring an emergency. | Passed |
| HB3681 | Relating to energy facilities. | AN ACT Relating to energy facilities; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 469.370, 469.401, 469.403, 469.405 and 758.015. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB726 | Relating to landfill emissions monitoring; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to landfill emissions monitoring; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB685 | Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1098 | Relating to access to materials in schools; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to access to materials in schools; creating new provisions; amending ORS 336.082, 337.075, 337.141 and 337.260; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB550 | Relating to a right to repair consumer equipment. | AN ACT Relating to a right to repair consumer equipment; amending sections 1, 2, 4 and 6, chapter 69, Oregon Laws 2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB777 | Relating to the depredation of livestock. | AN ACT Relating to the depredation of livestock; amending ORS 610.150. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB426 | Relating to wages. | AN ACT Relating to wages. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB952 | Relating to vacancies in the United States Senate. | AN ACT Relating to vacancies in the United States Senate; amending ORS 188.120. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB430 | Relating to disclosures required in connection with online transactions. | AN ACT Relating to disclosures required in connection with online transactions; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 646.608. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB549 | Relating to complex rehabilitation technology. | AN ACT Relating to complex rehabilitation technology. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2019 | Relating to Oregon Adoption Day; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Oregon Adoption Day; and declaring an emergency. Whereas every child deserves a happy childhood and a permanent, nurturing and loving family; and Whereas every day, families are strengthened and expanded when committed and dedicated in- dividuals make an important difference in the life of a child through adoption; and Whereas nearly a quarter of individuals in the United States have considered adoption, but many individuals have misperceptions about the process of adopting children; and Whereas it is essential that national, state and local governments strive to make it easier for more children to find safe and caring homes and to ensure that adoptive families have the support they need; and Whereas National Adoption Day currently raises awareness of children in foster care, but it is equally important that we celebrate individuals of all ages who are adoptees and honor all families that have been built through adoption; and Whereas an annual statewide day of celebration in Oregon will recognize the bonds of love shared by adoptive families across this state and celebrate the thousands of adoptive families who have opened their hearts to provide safe and caring homes; and Whereas bringing awareness to adoption through an annual statewide day of celebration will encourage more Oregonians to consider growing their families through adoption; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2134 | Relating to termination of fixed term residential tenancies. | AN ACT Relating to termination of fixed term residential tenancies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR29 | In memoriam: William D. (Bill) Thorndike, Jr., 1953-2025. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Pays respect to the life and memory of Bill Thorndike. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Recognizes Bill Thorndike (1953-2025) for his service and commitment to the people of the State of Oregon. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3232 | Relating to exemption of property owned by a limited equity cooperative; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to exemption of property owned by a limited equity cooperative; creating new provisions; amending ORS 307.520; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR31 | Commending the Legislative Commission on Indian Services on its 50th anniversary. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors LCIS for 50 years of service to the State of Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Commends the Legislative Commission on Indian Services on its 50th anniversary. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1032 | Relating to aerosol dusters that contain 1,1-Difluoroethane. | AN ACT Relating to aerosol dusters that contain 1,1-Difluoroethane. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB599 | Relating to immigration status discrimination in real estate transactions; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to immigration status discrimination in real estate transactions; creating new provisions; amending ORS 90.303; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB548 | Relating to marriage. | AN ACT Relating to marriage; amending ORS 106.010, 106.041, 106.050, 106.100, 109.056, 125.315, 419B.376 and 419C.558; and repealing ORS 106.060. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2256 | Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes. | AN ACT Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes; amending ORS 92.018 and 92.990. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB588 | Relating to disability benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to disability benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System; creating new pro- visions; amending ORS 238.320, 238.325, 238.340, 238A.155 and 238A.235; and declaring an emer- gency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HB3141 | Relating to Oregon Farmer and Rancher Day; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Oregon Farmer and Rancher Day; and declaring an emergency. Whereas from the fertile Willamette Valley to the rolling hills of Eastern Oregon, farmers and ranchers are the heart and soul of agriculture in Oregon; and Whereas rain or shine, drought or frost, Oregon’s hardworking farmers and ranchers rise to the challenge, shepherding the land, the livestock and the natural resources in their charge to provide the food, fiber and fuel that Oregonians, and indeed all Americans, rely on every single day; and Whereas Oregon farmers and ranchers remain optimistic, innovative and adaptable in an un- predictable, ever-changing world, using climate-smart agricultural practices to increase sustainability, protect and conserve natural resources and ensure that the soil they toil in will be healthy, fertile and ripe with possibility for the future; and Whereas Oregon farmers and ranchers’ unparalleled pride for their product has elevated the status of this state’s great agricultural products across the country and around the globe, and that commitment to quality leads consumers throughout the United States and beyond to seek out Oregon-grown blackberries, blueberries, hazelnuts, peppermint, cranberries, rhubarb, grass seed and countless other crops; and Whereas Oregon’s agricultural industry is truly homegrown, with 96 percent of the more than 35,000 farms and ranches in Oregon being family-owned and operated, 1,247 of which have remained in the same family for over a century and 47 of which have been in operation for 150 years or more; and Whereas Oregon’s farmers and ranchers are business owners, marketers, agronomists, climate scientists, mechanics, breeding specialists, pest experts, purchasing officers, market forecasters, water administrators, accountants, human resources leads, risk analysts, partners, parents and leaders in their communities; and Whereas Oregon’s farmers and ranchers are an indispensable part of the fabric that binds to- gether the people of the State of Oregon; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJM2 | Urging Congress to enact legislation alleviating the funding crisis in the Crime Victims Fund. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Urges Congress to pass a law about crime victims. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Urges Congress to enact legislation alleviating the funding crisis in the Crime Victims Fund. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR17 | Recognizing and honoring Cambodian Americans in Oregon and the United States and all those lost in the Cambodian Genocide. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors Cambodian Americans who live in Oregon and the U.S. and all of the lives that have been lost in war and conflict in that part of Asia. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5). Recognizes and honors Cambodian Americans in Oregon and the United States and all those lost in the Cambodian Genocide. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR9 | In memoriam: Secretary of State and former state Representative Dennis Michael Richardson. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Pays respect to the life and memory of Dennis Richardson. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). In memoriam: Secretary of State and former state Representative Dennis Michael Richardson, 1949-2019. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB3145 | Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB243 | Relating to firearms; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB230 | Relating to the Veterans Dental Program; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB690 | Relating to perinatal public health; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SCR1 | Adjourning sine die the 2025 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly. | Senate Final Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5506 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2316 | Relating to lands designated for housing; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3031 | Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2688 | Relating to the application of a prevailing rate of wage to off-site custom work for use in public works; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Nay |
| HB2548 | Relating to labor standards for agricultural workers; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB844 | Relating to public health. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5505 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB5006 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2411 | Relating to industrial development. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2087 | Relating to revenue; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2087 | Relating to revenue; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB476 | Relating to professional workforce; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5530 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB163 | Relating to parentage; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5531 | Relating to lottery bonds; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB960 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3544 | Relating to water. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3794 | Relating to municipal solid waste; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB1125 | Relating to unmanned aircraft systems. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SCR34 | Establishing limitations and deadlines for legislative measures for the 2026 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly, and providing certain labor negotiation procedures. | Senate Final Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB5015 | Relating to the financial administration of the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3199 | Relating to school attendance; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB824 | Relating to health insurance. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2614 | Relating to the Oregon Public Defense Commission; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Repassed | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3525 | Relating to exempt wells that supply ground water for domestic purposes. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3630 | Relating to estate tax treatment of natural resource property; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Nay |
| HB3644 | Relating to a statewide shelter program; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3687 | Relating to majority vote thresholds for local charters; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3792 | Relating to consumer protection for utility ratepayers. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3824 | Relating to physical therapy; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3940 | Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3970 | Relating to youth homelessness; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2005 | Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2803 | Relating to fees concerning water; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB5541 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Relating to the economic development information of businesses; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2725 | Relating to the inclusion of ports in strategic investment program agreements; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3194 | Relating to farmworker camps. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB5016 | Relating to the financial administration of legislative branch agencies; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB236 | Relating to controlled substances; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB736 | Relating to investigations of child abuse involving the child's parent; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Motion to Table | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2808 | Relating to fees concerning wells; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2977 | Relating to funding to support species conservation; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3064 | Relating to health care coverage beginning at perimenopause. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3148 | Relating to the availability of residential telecommunication services for low-income customers; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2508 | Relating to student data; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3040 | Relating to early literacy. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB842 | Relating to health care facilities; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2271 | Relating to employer taxes. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB875 | Relating to the rights of children in care; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Repassed | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3294 | Relating to staffing plans for health care provider entities; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3321 | Relating to primary prevention of substance use. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3349 | Relating to fire protection; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3525 | Relating to exempt wells that supply ground water for domestic purposes. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng bill. (Printed C-Eng.) | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3589 | Relating to housing. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3630 | Relating to estate tax treatment of natural resource property; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Committee Do pass | 06/25/2025 | Nay |
| HB3865 | Relating to telephone solicitations. | Senate Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3940 | Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | Senate Committee Do pass the B-Eng bill | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3954 | Relating to the Oregon National Guard. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3970 | Relating to youth homelessness; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2573 | Relating to emergency medical services for residents in long term care settings; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3243 | Relating to billing for ground ambulance services. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2138 | Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2066 | Relating to microgrids; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2065 | Relating to the interconnection process; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2059 | Relating to adult behavioral health facilities; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB51 | Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3179 | Relating to public utilities; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3069 | Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3037 | Relating to state grants awarded by the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB686 | Relating to civic information. | Senate Motion to Rerefer | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB686 | Relating to civic information. | Senate Motion to Reconsider | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB686 | Relating to civic information. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2685 | Relating to cytomegalovirus; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2555 | Relating to sentencing; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2929 | Relating to substance use; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2337 | Relating to preferences for small businesses in public procurement; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2024 | Relating to the behavioral health workforce; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB5025 | Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Health Authority; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB684 | Relating to housing; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2712 | Relating to the Judicial Department; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB5011 | Relating to the financial administration of the Housing and Community Services Department; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3687 | Relating to majority vote thresholds for local charters; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3865 | Relating to telephone solicitations. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3942 | Relating to an expedited licensure process for health care facilities. | Senate Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HCR40 | Recognizing the Portland Trail Blazers. | Senate Final Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2342 | Relating to fees concerning wildlife; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB2658 | Relating to conditions of development. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB688 | Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB2728 | Relating to member data under the Public Employees Retirement System; and prescribing an effective date. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB5543 | Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB5515 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB5037 | Relating to the financial administration of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB296 | Relating to hospital discharge challenges; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB95 | Relating to judicial positions; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Third Reading | 06/23/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Oregon Joint Conduct Committee | Alternate | 6 |
| Detail | Oregon Joint Emergency Board Interim Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Conduct Committee | Alternate | 6 |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Energy and Environment Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Oregon Senate Rules Committees | 3 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Oregon Senate District 03 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/14/2019 |