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Legislator > Ben Bowman
State Representative
Ben Bowman
(D) - Oregon
Oregon House District 25
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
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Capitol office
900 Court St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-1425
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB3522 | Relating to evictions of squatters. | AN ACT Relating to evictions of squatters; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 90.100, 105.115, 105.126 and 105.130. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HB3643 | Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Oregon Youth Suicide Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the topic of youth suicide does not receive the elevation and attention it deserves; and Whereas youth suicide has impacted far too many communities and families throughout our beautiful state; and Whereas the warning signs of youth suicide often go unnoticed or unrecognized; and Whereas shame, stigma and a lack of knowledge are barriers to seeking professional mental health support; and Whereas 20 percent of all high school students have reported having serious thoughts about suicide; and Whereas in Oregon, 38 percent of high school juniors reported feeling so sad or hopeless they stopped normal activities; and Whereas 109 Oregon youths died by suicide in 2022; and Whereas in 2022, Oregon had the 12th highest youth suicide rate in the nation; and Whereas according to Mental Health America, Oregon ranks last in the nation in balancing the prevalence of youth mental illness with access to care; and Whereas suicide remains the second leading cause of death in the nation among people aged 5 to 24; and Whereas Oregon must remain dedicated to ending the prevalence of youth suicide; and Whereas the young lives we have lost to suicide live on in our hearts and memories; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB916 | Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute. | AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 657.010, 657.153, 657.176, 657.200, 657.202, 657.310, 657.317 and 657.400. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3145 | Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. | Passed |
| HB2005 | Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to behavioral health; creating new provisions; amending ORS 127.700, 127.736, 135.748, 161.362, 161.365, 161.370, 161.371, 166.273, 181A.290, 183.635, 197.660, 197.665, 426.005, 426.060, 426.070, 426.072, 426.074, 426.075, 426.090, 426.100, 426.130, 426.133, 426.155, 426.160, 426.180, 426.223, 426.225, 426.228, 426.231, 426.232, 426.233, 426.234, 426.235, 426.236, 426.237, 426.238, 426.241, 426.301, 426.385 and 426.701; repealing ORS 197.670; and declaring an emergency. Whereas Oregon has a high population of individuals who report living with mental illness, and who need mental health and substance use disorder treatment; and Whereas the Oregon Legislative Assembly finds that the increase in fentanyl and methamphet- amine use has led to an increase in individuals who need a higher level of mental health and sub- stance use disorder care; and Whereas the United States and Oregon Constitutions protect the rights of defendants in the criminal justice system and defendants must be mentally fit to proceed in their criminal cases, and if a defendant is not fit to proceed because of a mental illness, the case must be paused until the defendant is restored to fitness; and Whereas there has been a steady increase in the number of individuals in the last several years who are found not fit to proceed, or “unable to aid and assist” in their own defense; and Whereas many of these individuals who are charged with a crime and determined to be unable to aid and assist in their own defense who are referred to the Oregon State Hospital for care are not admitted within seven days, as required by a federal court order; and Whereas the population of individuals admitted to the Oregon State Hospital has shifted to in- creasing numbers of aid and assist patients rather than guilty except for insanity and civilly com- mitted patients; and Whereas increased demand for restoration services for defendants at the Oregon State Hospital has limited the beds available for individuals obtaining treatment through civil commitment; and Whereas ensuring the rights of defendants to timely transportation to a therapeutic setting for restoration treatment will require significant financial investments and strategic initiatives from the state; and Whereas the state must protect the rights of victims of crime and ensure improved public safety; and Whereas public safety improves when individuals can access mental health treatment and ser- vices within the criminal justice system, the Oregon State Hospital and the community; and Whereas protecting the rights of defendants while ensuring public safety requires solutions of many different types and the recognition that one idea will not solve this problem; and Enrolled House Bill 2005 (HB 2005-C) Whereas the three branches of Oregon’s government are committed to ongoing efforts, both in statute and in budget allocations, to solving this ongoing dilemma; and Whereas the Oregon Legislative Assembly has determined that additional treatment capacity is critical to support Oregonians in need of mental health and substance use disorder treatment and has committed increased funding to support additional treatment capacity; and Whereas it is the intention of the Oregon Legislative Assembly to increase support and capacity for individuals needing mental health and substance use disorder care and treatment, and to reduce the delay in admittance experienced by defendants needing restoration services at the Oregon State Hospital; now, therefore, | Passed |
| 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. | AN ACT Relating to the application of a prevailing rate of wage to off-site custom work for use in public works; creating new provisions; amending ORS 279C.800; and prescribing an effective date. | Passed |
| HB2251 | Relating to student use of personal electronic devices. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires school districts to have a policy that does not allow students to use cell phones and similar devices. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Directs school districts to adopt a policy that prohibits the use of student personal electronic devices. | Dead |
| HB3234 | Relating to business practices that reduce access to health care in this state; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Lets the Attorney General look into or sue a health insurer that breaks the law in cer- tain ways. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Authorizes the Attorney General, at the Attorney General’s own initiative, but in consultation and cooperation with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to inves- tigate and bring an action against a health insurer or affiliate of a health insurer in a court of this state to enforce a violation of the antitrust laws of this state, to obtain damages, a civil penalty or restitution, and to enjoin an act or practice that constitutes a monopoly, a business combination in restraint of trade or commerce or a substantial reduction or elimination of competition or compet- itors within a region or market of this state, or that otherwise constitutes an unlawful trade prac- tice. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2756 | Relating to international economic relations; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells the OBDD to establish a trade center for Oregon in Taiwan and Vietnam. The Act allows the OBDD to establish up to five additional trade centers or offices in some other countries. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Digest: The Act tells the OBDD to establish a trade center for Oregon in Taiwan and Vietnam. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to establish the Oregon-Taiwan Trade Center and the Oregon-Vietnam Trade Center. Authorizes the department to establish up to five additional trade centers or offices in countries that the department determines are critical commercial partners. Requires the department to study options to reorganize the agency staff structure for the pur- pose of fostering economic relations and expanding trade between Oregon and the countries in which a trade center is established. Requires the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development no later than September 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | 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 |
| HB3076 | Relating to gun dealer licenses; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates a state gun dealer licensing program administered by the DOJ. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Digest: The Act creates a state gun dealer licensing program administered by the DOJ. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Establishes a state gun dealer licensing program. Requires a license for specified dealers selling firearms, frames, receivers and unfinished frames and receivers beginning January July 1, 2027, or October 15, 2027, for certain federal firearms licensees and for all other dealers, beginning July 1, 2028 . Authorizes the Department of Justice to establish licensing fees. Specifies eligibility criteria for obtaining the license. Directs the department to conduct licensee inspections. Specifies circum- stances that result in license suspension or revocation or the imposition of a civil penalty. Directs the department to adopt rules concerning licensee employee training, the storage of firearms and ammunition by licensees and other security requirements. Requires licensee employee background checks and specifies requirements for recordkeeping. Punishes the selling of a firearm by a dealer without a license by a maximum of five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Directs the de- partment to submit an annual report on the licensing program to the Legislative Assembly. Estab- lishes the Firearm Dealer License Fund. Requires a transferor at a gun show to hold a state license. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice for the licensing program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB957 | Relating to restrictive covenants in health care provider agreements; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would ban noncompetes for certain medical providers. The Act would create exceptions to the ban. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.3). Digest: The Act would ban noncompetes for certain medical providers. The Act would create ex- ceptions to the ban. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.8). Voids noncompetition agreements between a licensed health care provider and another person, with specified exceptions. Applies to noncompetition agreements entered into before, on or after the effective date of the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3100 | Relating to a unified trade strategy for Oregon; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would give lottery funds to Business Oregon to craft a trade strategy for this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Allocates lottery funds to the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a unified trade strategy for Oregon in collaboration with the Port of Portland, the Oregon Tourism Commis- sion, the State Department of Agriculture and other stakeholders. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3199 | Relating to school attendance; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to school attendance; and declaring an emergency. | Passed |
| HB3064 | Relating to health care coverage beginning at perimenopause. | AN ACT Relating to health care coverage beginning at perimenopause; creating new provisions; and amend- ing ORS 243.144 and 243.877. | Passed |
| SB702 | Relating to public health; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act changes the law for some products containing tobacco or nicotine. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Digest: The Act bans the sale of flavored products with tobacco or nicotine. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or offering to sell flavored inhalant delivery system products or flavored tobacco products in this state , except from premises established as a store by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and licensed by the Department of Revenue or authorized by a local government . Defines “flavored inhalant delivery system product” and “flavored tobacco product.” Prohibits distributing, offering or providing, without compensation, any tobacco product or inhalant delivery system. Requires any sale of cigarettes, inhalant delivery systems or smokeless tobacco products to oc- cur at licensed premises. Authorizes local governments to adopt regulations that are stricter than state law on the sale of inhalant delivery system products or tobacco products. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB1212 | Relating to student use of personal electronic devices. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Requires school districts to have a policy that does not allow students to use cell phones and similar devices. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Directs school districts to adopt a policy that prohibits the use of student personal electronic devices. | 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 |
| HB3519 | Relating to a cultural exchange program; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Creates a program to provide for a cultural exchange for students. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Directs the Department of Education to provide oversight of a program that coordinates an in- state and a national cultural exchange for students of this state. Prescribes the requirements of the program. Directs the department to transfer moneys from the Statewide Education Initiatives Ac- count for the program. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB3188 | Relating to guarantees against losses in mortgage loans extended to first-time home buyers; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells a state agency to back home loans that a lender makes to first-time buyers in this state. Says what kinds of loans qualify and how a lender must claim a loss from a loan. Creates a fund to hold moneys for the loan guarantees. (Flesch Readability Score: 88.3). Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services Housing and Community Services Department to establish a program to guarantee against losses in mortgage loans that lenders ex- tend to first-time home buyers. Specifies which mortgage loans qualify for the guarantee and the qualifications and duties of first-time home buyers. Specifies circumstances under which a lender may make a claim and documentation a lender must provide as support for the claim. Establishes the Welcome Home Assistance Program Fund and appropriates moneys in the fund to the department to carry out the purposes of the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB2671 | Relating to highly automated vehicles; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act permits the testing of automated vehicles on highways of this state. Directs ODOT to adopt rules to carry out the Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). Permits the testing of highly automated vehicles on highways of this state under certain cir- cumstances. Prescribes the testing permit application requirements. Directs automated vehicle manufacturers to obtain additional umbrella liability insurance policies prior to testing. Directs the Department of Transportation to adopt rules for the testing of highly automated vehicles on the highways of this state. Permits the department to grant automated vehicle manufacturers that are testing highly automated vehicles exemptions to state equipment requirements. Imposes a civil penalty for testing a highly automated vehicle without a testing permit. Requires automated vehicle manufacturers to provide to the department reports on collisions and necessary disengagements that involve highly automated vehicles. Creates the offense of testing a highly automated vehicle without a testing permit or sticker. Punishes by a maximum fine of $500. Defines “testing operator” to include both an onboard operator and a remote operator of a highly automated vehicle. Requires a testing operator to monitor the operation of a test vehicle at all times and to be prepared to take control of the test vehicle if necessary. Identifies the testing operator as the operator or driver of a highly automated vehicle for purposes of certain provisions. Exempts persons testing highly automated vehicles without an onboard operator on highways of this state from certain provisions of the Oregon Vehicle Code if the manufacturer has a valid testing permit. Directs the department to submit a report on the performance of highly automated vehicle technologies to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to transportation not later than November 15, 2032. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1020 | Relating to inhalant delivery system producer responsibility; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act says that inhalant delivery systems must have a refund value. Makers of those systems must carry out a plan to collect and dispose of them. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Requires producers of inhalant delivery systems to join an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility organization and implement an inhalant delivery system producer responsibility pro- gram for the collection and disposal of inhalant delivery systems. Establishes a refund value for inhalant delivery systems sold in this state. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce the requirements of the Act. Establishes the Inhalant Delivery System Producer Responsibility Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB539 | Relating to fees charged for services provided in hospital-based facilities. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes a hospital or health system report to the OHA on facility fees that are charged or billed for certain patient visits. Requires that patients be given a notice on facility fees that may be charged or billed. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires a hospital or the hospital’s health system to report annually to the Oregon Health Authority certain information regarding facility fees that are charged or billed for patient visits at the hospital’s or health system’s hospital-based facilities. Requires a hospital or the hospital’s health system that charges a facility fee for a patient visit to provide a person notice of the facility fee. Requires a billing statement that includes a facility fee to include certain information. Permits a hospital or the hospital’s health system to charge, bill or collect a facility fee only for services provided on campus or at a facility that includes an emergency department. Prohibits a hospital or the hospital’s health system from charging, billing or collecting a facility fee for certain services. Punishes an action to collect or an attempt to collect a facility fee that is not permitted under the Act as an unlawful collection practice. Permits the Oregon Health Authority to impose a civil penalty for certain violations of the Act. | Dead |
| HB3493 | Relating to political activities in residential tenant facilities; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: This Act stops landlords of mobile and floating home parks from banning political cam- paigns from knocking on doors. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling parks and marinas. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2992 | Relating to student vision; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Directs OHA to have a program to provide eye exams and glasses to certain students. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Digest: Directs ODE and OHA to have a program to provide eye exams and glasses to certain students. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Directs the Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority to jointly the Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Oregon Board of Optometry, to establish and implement a program that provides eye examinations , and pre- scription eyeglasses and related services to students from low-income families. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3434 | Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for employees unemployed due to a labor dispute; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would repeal the law that denies benefits to a person who is unemployed due to an active labor dispute. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Provides that an individual otherwise eligible for unemployment insurance benefits is not dis- qualified for any week that the individual’s unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the individual’s place of employment. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3437 | Relating to public health; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. 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. Defines “flavored inhalant delivery sys- tem 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 |
| HB3225 | Relating to control of a professional corporation organized for the purpose of practicing medicine; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Says what a doctor must do to be among the majority of the directors of, or to hold most of the shares of, a company that is formed to practice medicine. Takes effect 91 days after the ses- sion ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Specifies qualifications for a physician who is among the majority of the shareholders or direc- tors of a professional corporation organized for the purpose of practicing medicine. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3143 | Relating to fostering coexistence with beavers; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act allows agencies to award moneys under a grant program related to living with beavers on private land. The Act directs an agency and a committee to report on the grant program. The Act gives moneys to the agency for the grant program. The Act goes into effect on the 91st day after the 2025 session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.3). Establishes the Landowners Living with Beavers Grant Program Subaccount in the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund. Authorizes the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to award block grants from the subaccount under the Landowners Living with Beavers Grant Program, on recommendations from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee. Directs the department and the committee to jointly report on the grant program to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment on or before Septem- ber 15, 2027. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for deposit in the subaccount for purposes related to the grant program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3227 | Relating to restrictive covenants in employment contracts for medical professionals; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would stop companies that give medical care from telling their workers that they cannot work for someone else, say that the company is bad or speak out about the company’s bad acts. Stops companies from punishing those who speak out. The Act takes effect 91 days after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Voids noncompetition agreements, nondisclosure agreements nondisparagement agreements and nonsolicitation agreements between certain business entities and medical professionals, with speci- fied exceptions, and prohibits the business entities from retaliating against the medical professional for violating the void agreements. Punishes retaliations as an unlawful employment practice. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB2901 | Relating to newborn safety devices. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act allows a parent to leave a newborn in a safety device if the device meets cer- tain standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Modifies the safe haven law to allow a parent to anonymously leave an infant in a newborn safety device. Allows an authorized facility to install a newborn safety device. Prescribes standards for newborn safety devices. | Dead |
| SB609 | Relating to equitable access to health care services. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHA and CCOs to set minimum rates for reimbursing certain health care providers. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes minimum amounts of reimbursement for primary care, optometry, dental care and behavioral health services provided to recipients of medical assistance. | Dead |
| HB3435 | Relating to school meals; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Makes school meals available at no cost. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Phases in the requirement that school districts offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of household income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast ac- cessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. Provides exceptions. Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources. Directs the Department of Education to apply for statewide participation in federal programs and projects that expand the availability of free or reduced price meals. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education from the General Fund for the purposes of paying any costs owed by parents or guardians for costs previously incurred for a reimbursable meal and assisting school districts in purchasing or upgrading equipment necessary to comply with the expanded provision of free lunches and breakfasts. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB3554 | Relating to support for health care providers; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act makes changes intended to help support health care providers. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 64.9). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a primary care provider loan repayment pro- gram to provide loan repayment subsidies to specified primary care providers. Defines “primary care provider.” Directs the authority to establish a primary care incentive program to provide financial incentives to eligible primary care practices. Defines “primary care practice.” Directs the authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible primary care practices to implement or upgrade interoper- ative electronic health records systems. Directs the authority, in collaboration with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to establish develop and implement a centralized online portal for reporting data on health out- come and quality measures. Directs the authority and the department to convene a task force to assist in the development and implementation of the portal. Requires the authority and the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly on the implementation of their progress in developing and implementing the portal. Directs the authority to study past barriers to and potential solutions for establishing a cen- tralized system for health care practitioner credentialing information and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly on the authority’s findings and recommendations. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1039 | Relating to the Oregon Perinatal Collaborative; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates an entity to work toward improving health outcomes for mothers and children. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Creates the Oregon Perinatal Collaborative in the Oregon Health and Science University. De- scribes the collaborative’s responsibilities. 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 |
| HB3838 | Relating to the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make new laws about a workforce standards board for some workers in the home and community-based services sector. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. Requires the board to take certain actions before adopting proposed minimum standards. Directs certain state agencies to conduct a fiscal impact analysis to determine whether a proposed minimum standard will increase the fiscal obligations of the state, including an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates. Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be rati- fied by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect. Requires the board to report to the Legislative Assembly and to the Governor the in- crease in funding needed to implement the standard. Provides that a rule establishing a minimum standard may not take effect before the Legislative Assembly has appropriated funding and the board has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, if applicable. Permits the Bureau of Labor and Industries to conduct investigations, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, obtain evidence and take testimony to make determinations regarding im- plementation and compliance with the minimum standards established by the board. Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. Clarifies that relief may be sought for alleged violations no sooner than 90 days after a rule establishing a minimum standard takes effect. Requires the board to conduct a biennial quadrennial comprehensive review, including a labor market analysis to inform the board’s decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community- based services workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers. Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium. Requires the online registry administered by the Department of Human Services to in- clude workers from the home and community-based services workforce. Requires that any public hearing conducted by the board be accessible through electronic or virtual means, if possible. | Dead |
| HB3104 | Relating to rural community resources; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would have Business Oregon set up a resource center to help rural areas of this state apply for grants and manage grant funds. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or local government association to serve as a statewide rural community re- source center. Requires the center to provide technical assistance to rural jurisdictions to assist them with developing and submitting proposals for public and private awards and to manage funds that are awarded as a result. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3802 | Relating to preschool children with disabilities. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Directs ODE to pay state funds to EI/ECSE providers on a monthly basis. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Requires payment of state funds for early childhood special education and early intervention services be provided as monthly installments. | Dead |
| HB3803 | Relating to government efficiency; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act directs DAS to write workforce plans and work with agencies to carry out those plans. The Act directs DAS to identify uniform terms and functions, and directs agencies to change rules to conform rules to the terms and functions that DAS has identi- fied. The Act makes certain entities that get public funds file reports about the use of those funds. The Act creates a council to look at and seek changes in KPMs. The Act adds to the SOS audit section a team to focus on small public entities or public entities that have not been audited in at least 10 years. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Digest: The Act directs DAS to write workforce plans and work with agencies to carry out those plans. The Act creates a task force to identify uniform terms and functions and directs agencies to change rules to conform rules to the terms and functions the task force has identified. The Act creates a task force to look at and seek changes in KPMs. The Act adds to the SOS audit section teams to focus on small public entities and audits to enhance ROI. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.2). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop enterprise strategic workforce plans and to work with executive department agencies on implementation. Grants the department the authority to require agency-specific plan implementation and grants the department director the authority to exempt specific agencies from planning programs. Establishes the Enterprise Definitions and Standards Task Force and authorizes the task force to adopt Directs the department to develop enterprise-wide definitions and standards that are common among agency functions and to identify dormant or obsolete definitions and standards. Re- quires state agencies to make prospective conforming changes to agency rules. Authorizes the task force department to recommend proposed statutory changes to the Legislative Assembly. Sunsets the task force enterprise-wide definitions and standards effort on January 2, 2030. Establishes reporting requirements for public funds that are distributed by state agencies to private, nonprofit and nongovernmental entities. Provides direction on the use of these reports, and alternative information, to enhance transparency concerning the use of these funds. Establishes the Key Performance Measure Task Force Council to make recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of key performance measures in measuring performance-based outcomes and to achieve other outcomes. Creates the small agency team and the economic impact team specialist team of auditors within the Secretary of State’s Division of Audits and directs that each the team be staffed by at least three auditors. Directs that the small agency team focus on conducting audits of small public entities and that the economic impact team focus on conducting audits to maximize economic returns on investment or public entities that have not been audited in at least 10 years . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| SB1138 | Relating to the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act would make new laws about a workforce standards board for some workers in the home and community-based services sector. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board. Prescribes the duties of the board. Directs the board to establish minimum working standards for the home and community-based services workforce. Requires the board to submit a written report to the Legislative Assembly regarding any adopted standard that is anticipated to impact the state budget. Provides that any such standard must be ratified by the Legislative Assembly before taking effect. Provides remedies for allegations of violations of the minimum standards established by the board. Requires the board to conduct a biennial comprehensive review, including a labor market anal- ysis to inform the board’s decisions to adopt new minimum standards or revise existing standards. Permits the board to establish uniform training standards for the home and community-based ser- vices workforce and to establish a process by rule for certifying worker organizations to provide the training to workers. Requires the board to submit a biennial report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly summarizing the results of the comprehensive review and any actions taken by the board in the prior biennium. | Dead |
| SB1155 | Relating to affordable housing. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells OHCS to start a pilot program to help pregnant people and their families get stable housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to establish a pilot program to assist pregnant persons and their immediate family members in attaining stable housing. Sunsets on January 2, 2028. | Dead |
| HB3799 | Relating to medical treatments with investigational products. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act allows doctors to give some patients novel types of treatment. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 74.8). Creates a method by which a health care practitioner may offer to treat a patient who has a terminal disease or severe chronic disease with an investigational product not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Provides protections, including a waiver of liability, for health care practitioners, health care facilities, professional organizations or associations and manufacturers or distributors of investigational products that comply with the Act. | Dead |
| HB3131 | Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Establishes a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| HB3850 | Relating to human services. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act tells ODHS to study human services. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.3). Requires the Department of Human Services to study human services. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. | Dead |
| HB3592 | Relating to artificial intelligence. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Creates a commission on AI to be a central resource on the use of AI in this state. Directs the DOJ to hire a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Digest: Creates a commission on AI to be a central resource on the use of AI in this state. Directs the SCIO to hire a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Establishes the Oregon Senator Aaron Woods Commission on Artificial Intelligence within the Department of Justice. Establishes the commission’s purpose to serve as a central re- source to monitor the use of artificial intelligence technologies and systems in this state and report on long-term policy implications. Directs the commission to provide an annual report to the Legis- lative Assembly. Allows the commission to make recommendations for legislation, regulations or policies to the Legislative Assembly. Directs the State Chief Information Officer Attorney General to hire a Chief Artificial Intel- ligence Officer to assist the commission in carrying out the commission’s duties. Allows the De- partment of Justice to charge a state or local agency or public body for the commission’s services. | 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 |
| HB3647 | Relating to price displays required for retail fuel dispensing stations. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Tells gas station owners to display the prices they charge for fuel on a sign visible from the street and at each pump. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.4). Requires a person that operates a service station, business or other place for the purpose of retailing and delivering gasoline, diesel or other fuel to display on a sign visible from the street and on a sign visible at or near each dispensing device the prices charged for all grades of gasoline, diesel or other fuel. | Dead |
| HB3881 | Relating to workforce requirements for public improvements constructed by educational institutions; prescribing an effective date. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Adds some schools to what counts as a “qualifying agency” so that a requirement to use apprentices in school construction projects will apply to those schools. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Adds school districts , education service districts and public charter schools that apply for and receive a matching fund grant from the Department of Education to the definition of “quali- fying agency” for the purpose of applying apprenticeship requirements in connection with con- structing public improvement projects. Specifies demonstrations that contractors must make to a qualifying agency as part of the qualifying agency’s responsibility determination. Specifies exemptions for contractors that enter into project labor agreements with school districts Provides that school districts that are qualifying agencies must retain in the school district general fund the amount of any reduction in payment to a contractor as a consequence of the contractor’s failure to meet apprenticeship requirements . Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | Dead |
| HB3180 | Relating to the Washington County Courthouse Replacement Planning Project; declaring an emergency. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act gives funds to OJD for a planning project for the Washington County court- house. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Appropriates moneys to the Judicial Department for the Washington County Courthouse Re- placement Planning Project. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | Dead |
| SB1137 | Relating to autologous breast reconstruction. | AN ACT Relating to autologous breast reconstruction; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 743B.001. | Passed |
| HCR40 | Recognizing the Portland Trail Blazers. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the Portland Trail Blazers and urges the owners to keep the team in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Recognizes the Portland Trail Blazers for their economic and cultural contributions to the State of Oregon. Urges the team’s owners to keep the team in this state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2685 | Relating to cytomegalovirus; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to cytomegalovirus; creating new provisions; amending ORS 433.298 and 433.321; and pre- scribing an effective date. | 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 |
| HB3582 | Relating to statutes of limitation; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to statutes of limitation; creating new provisions; amending ORS 12.117 and 12.118; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2292 | Relating to treatment of human immunodeficiency virus. | AN ACT Relating to treatment of human immunodeficiency virus; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 743B.001 and 743B.425. | Passed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SB450 | Relating to Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day; and declaring an emergency. Whereas Ruby Nell Bridges was born to Abon and Lucille Bridges on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi; and Whereas Ruby was born in the immediate wake of Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled on May 17, 1954, that racial segregation in school was unconstitutional; and Whereas the southern states were vehemently opposed to integration, and when Ruby’s family relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1959, she attended a segregated kindergarten; and Whereas in 1960, Ruby was one of six Black children in Louisiana to pass a test to determine whether they could attend the previously all-white William Frantz Elementary School, and ulti- mately she was the only Black child who chose to attend the school that year; and Whereas Ruby made history on November 14, 1960, when she walked to William Frantz Ele- mentary School flanked by four deputy U.S. marshals, the first Black child in the south to attend a previously all-white school; and Whereas Ruby’s brave walk that day was immortalized by Norman Rockwell in his iconic 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With; and Whereas though Ruby’s life as a student continued to be fraught with blatant racism and threats of violence, she never missed a single day of school; and Whereas Ruby Bridges has been a tireless advocate for change throughout her life, and through the Ruby Bridges Foundation, speaking engagements and her series of children’s books, she contin- ues to strive for an end to racism; and Whereas the United States education system has progressed immensely from that November day 65 years ago, but racism still plagues the school experience for students in Oregon and throughout the United States; and Whereas Salem-Keizer Safe Routes to School honors the impact Ruby Bridges has had on the United States education system through its participation in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, a nationwide day of dialogue for students, families, school staff and community members to confront racism and bullying head on; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB951 | Relating to the practice of health care; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to the practice of health care; creating new provisions; amending ORS 58.375 and 58.376; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the State of Oregon since 1947 has recognized that a conflict exists between the eco- nomic imperatives of for-profit corporations and other business entities and the need for patient- centered medical care; and Whereas an Oregon Supreme Court decision banned corporations from owning medical practices, practicing medicine or employing physicians for that reason; and Whereas many business entities have sought to circumvent the ban through complex ownership structures, contracting practices and other means, particularly in recent years; and Whereas the State of Oregon must protect the health, safety and welfare of residents of this state by responding to initiatives that threaten to usurp or have the effect of usurping the medical judgment of physicians and other practitioners in this state in favor of cost-cutting and profit- making, often at the expense of and in opposition to the best interests of patients; and Whereas some business entities have sought to silence criticism of their operations and man- agement practices through nondisclosure, noncompetition and nondisparagement agreements and other devices that stifle reporting of and accountability for these operations and practices; and Whereas to protect the best interests of patients in this state, and enable medical practitioners to exercise medical judgment free from interference from those who are not licensed to practice medicine in this state, the Legislative Assembly must prohibit business entities from practicing medicine or employing actively practicing physicians and other practitioners and using noncompe- tition agreements, nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement agreements to restrict reason- able and honest criticism; now, therefore, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2008 | Relating to consumer protection. | AN ACT Relating to consumer protection; amending ORS 646A.578. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR36 | In memoriam: Christine Chin Ryan. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of Christine Chin Ryan. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). In memoriam: Christine Chin Ryan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR29 | In memoriam: David Todd Meyer. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of David Meyer. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). In memoriam: David Todd Meyer, 1967-2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR24 | In memoriam: Hendrik Pieter "Henk" Pander. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of Henk Pander. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Hendrik Pieter “Henk” Pander, 1937-2023. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3920 | Relating to waiver of tuition for certain qualified students; and prescribing an effective date. | AN ACT Relating to waiver of tuition for certain qualified students; amending ORS 350.285; and prescribing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3560 | Relating to the siting of child care facilities. | AN ACT Relating to the siting of child care facilities; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 243.560 and 329A.440. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2698 | Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the majority of Oregonians consider homeownership as a priority; and Whereas family economic well-being does not come solely from income, spending or consump- tion, but instead requires savings, investment and the accumulation of assets; and Whereas it is appropriate for the state to institute an asset-based antipoverty strategy; and Whereas Oregonians struggle to attain homeownership due to chronic underproduction of housing units across this state, low housing inventory and vacancy rates, rapidly increasing housing costs and limited public investment in homeownership programs; and Whereas homeownership provides households, and especially households of limited means, the opportunity to build personal and generational wealth; and Whereas there exist substantial disparities in the rates of homeownership among many commu- nities of color, other marginalized communities and white communities; and Whereas homeownership rate disparities are currently greater than at any time since the pas- sage of the federal Fair Housing Act and exist in part due to policies at all levels of government which, explicitly or in effect, excluded many marginalized communities from homeownership oppor- tunities; and Whereas disparities in homeownership rates are one of the primary drivers of the existing racial wealth gap in the United States; and Whereas increasing homeownership among communities of color is a sound and sustainable strategy to reduce the existing racial wealth gap in this state; and Whereas nationally, home equity is attributable to more than 50 percent of the estimated net worth of Black and Hispanic households and more than 80 percent of the estimated net worth of low-income households; and Whereas homeownership provides households with increased housing stability, especially during periods of financial or economic downturn; and Whereas homeownership is attributable to higher rates of civic and social engagement; and Whereas homeownership contributes to improved physical and mental health outcomes; and Whereas homeownership diminishes household reliance on public assistance; and Whereas children of homeowners, and especially children of low-income homeowners, achieve higher rates of high school graduation and college attendance; and Whereas according to data from the 2023 American Community Survey, the homeownership rate in Oregon in 2023 was 63.4 percent; now, therefore, Enrolled House Bill 2698 (HB 2698-A) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB3083 | Relating to school safety. | AN ACT Relating to school safety; amending ORS 336.071. | 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 |
| SCR11 | Recognizing and honoring the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the growth and the goals of NCSL on the 50th anniversary of its founding. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Recognizes and honors the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2978 | Relating to natural resources. | AN ACT Relating to natural resources; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 366.161 and 366.162. | 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 |
| HCR31 | In memoriam: Lyllye Reynolds-Parker. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of a beloved mentor and civil rights leader. (Flesch Read- ability Score: 63.4). In memoriam: Lyllye Reynolds-Parker, 1946-2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR19 | In memoriam: Frank Wayne Smith. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of Frank Wayne Smith. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). In memoriam: Frank Wayne Smith, 1945-2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR13 | In memoriam: Former state Representative Theodore Ralph Groener. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Honors the life and memory of Ralph Groener. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Former state Representative Theodore Ralph Groener, 1941-2022. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2007 | Relating to summer learning; and declaring an emergency. | AN ACT Relating to summer learning; creating new provisions; amending section 2, chapter 6, Oregon Laws 2024; and declaring an emergency. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HCR10 | Recognizing and honoring former Oregon State Representative Roger Martin for his service to this state. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Pays respect to Roger Martin for his service to this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Recognizes and honors former Oregon State Representative Roger Martin (1935-2023) for his service to this state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR2 | Declaring a commitment to the health and safety of firefighters and to finding an urgent solution to the problem of firefighting personal protective gear that contains cancer-causing chemicals. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Declares the urgent need to find safer gear for firefighters. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Declares a commitment to the health and safety of firefighters and to finding an urgent solution to the problem of firefighting personal protective gear that contains cancer-causing chemicals. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR9 | In memoriam: Secretary of State and former state Representative Dennis Michael Richardson. | The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Pays respect to the life and memory of Dennis Richardson. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). In memoriam: Secretary of State and former state Representative Dennis Michael Richardson, 1949-2019. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB2342 | Relating to fees concerning wildlife; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2803 | Relating to fees concerning water; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5541 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5541 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. | House Motion to Reconsider | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SCR1 | Adjourning sine die the 2025 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly. | House Read and Adopted | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5506 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB824 | Relating to health insurance. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3040 | Relating to early literacy. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5505 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB5006 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB842 | Relating to health care facilities; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5530 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB5531 | Relating to lottery bonds; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3402 | Relating to transportation; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB960 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3525 | Relating to exempt wells that supply ground water for domestic purposes. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3544 | Relating to water. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3544 | Relating to water. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng bill, including amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB1047 | Relating to access to resources for development in Curry County; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3824 | Relating to physical therapy; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB1154 | Relating to ground water. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB1173 | Relating to product liability civil actions; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| SB1173 | Relating to product liability civil actions; and prescribing an effective date. | House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB2005 | Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3984 | Relating to wildfires; declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3984 | Relating to wildfires; declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 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. | House Special Order | 06/27/2025 | Yea |
| HB3145 | Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB688 | Relating to performance-based regulation of electric utilities. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2138 | Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB5543 | Relating to the financial administration of the Water Resources Department; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB5515 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB296 | Relating to hospital discharge challenges; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| SB5541 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Nay |
| SB95 | Relating to judicial positions; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| SB230 | Relating to the Veterans Dental Program; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB494 | Relating to employment of forestry workers; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| SB690 | Relating to perinatal public health; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB75 | Relating to wildfire hazard requirements for nonurban dwellings. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| SB51 | Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB807 | Relating to the Oregon National Guard; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3069 | Relating to public safety; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB136 | Relating to developmental disabilities services providers. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| SB598 | Relating to step therapy for nonopioids. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| HB2316 | Relating to lands designated for housing; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3031 | Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | 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. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2614 | Relating to the Oregon Public Defense Commission; and declaring an emergency. | House Repassed | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB844 | Relating to public health. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB844 | Relating to public health. | House Committee Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2411 | Relating to industrial development. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB504 | Relating to bioengineering for the protection of coastal resources. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Absent |
| SB692 | Relating to perinatal services. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2087 | Relating to revenue; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB476 | Relating to professional workforce; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB476 | Relating to professional workforce; and declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB163 | Relating to parentage; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB48 | Relating to housing; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB537 | Relating to violence in health care settings. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB684 | Relating to housing; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB739 | Relating to long term care oversight. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB875 | Relating to the rights of children in care; and declaring an emergency. | House Motion to Table | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB961 | Relating to a sister state committee for Oregon and Ireland. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB976 | Relating to providing animal health care; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB1051 | Relating to the State Forester; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3865 | Relating to telephone solicitations. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB1125 | Relating to unmanned aircraft systems. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB1168 | Relating to per-visit compensation for home health care entities. | House Third Reading | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB3942 | Relating to an expedited licensure process for health care facilities. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HB2005 | Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng bill to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| HCR42 | Expressing the intent of the Legislative Assembly to reduce or phase out taxes enacted in House Bill 2025 (2025). | House Read and Adopted | 06/26/2025 | Yea |
| SB243 | Relating to firearms; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2322 | Relating to economic development; declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB5015 | Relating to the financial administration of the Bureau of Labor and Industries; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3199 | Relating to school attendance; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2548 | Relating to labor standards for agricultural workers; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3794 | Relating to municipal solid waste; and prescribing an effective date. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| SB1125 | Relating to unmanned aircraft systems. | House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB2005 | Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/25/2025 | Yea |
| HB3145 | Relating to factory-produced housing; and prescribing an effective date. | House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5538 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of the State Fire Marshal; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2658 | Relating to conditions of development. | House Third Reading in Concurrence | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB822 | Relating to provider networks. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB83 | Relating to wildfire; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB863 | Relating to cost recovery for fire protection. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2803 | Relating to fees concerning water; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill, including amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed B-Eng.) | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5541 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB75 | Relating to wildfire hazard requirements for nonurban dwellings. | House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5527 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB5016 | Relating to the financial administration of legislative branch agencies; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB236 | Relating to controlled substances; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5537 | Relating to the financial administration of the Secretary of State; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5534 | Relating to the financial administration of the Public Employees Retirement System; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB837 | Relating to a volunteer registry. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5528 | Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Land Conservation and Development; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB5506 | Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. | Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3064 | Relating to health care coverage beginning at perimenopause. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3148 | Relating to the availability of residential telecommunication services for low-income customers; and declaring an emergency. | House Third Reading | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB2316 | Relating to lands designated for housing; and prescribing an effective date. | House Committee Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng bill. (Printed C-Eng.) | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB3031 | Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency. | House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill | 06/24/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Oregon House District 25 | House | Democrat, Independent Party, Working Families | In Office | 01/09/2023 |