This Act makes cities adopt local rental standards, which may include rent control. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Requires each city with a population of less than 200,000 to establish local standards to promote housing stability no later than July 1, 2027. Allows adoption of rent control through local standards adopted under this Act or by cities with a population of 200,000 or greater. Requires review of local standards at least every 10 years. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Says that a company that gives work to people with disabilities must use people with disabilities for at least 50 percent of the work hours that go into making goods or doing services. Says what must happen if a public agency ends a contract for goods or services and a new company takes over. Says that the new contract must have a health plan as good as or better than the health plan in the old contract. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.3). [Digest: Says that a company that gives work to people with disabilities must use people with disabilities for at least 50 percent of the work hours that go into making goods or doing services. Says what must happen if a public agency ends a contract for goods or services and a new company takes over. Says that the new contract must have a health plan as good as or better than the health plan in the old contract. Says the new contract can do this by joining a labor union's health plan or giving benefits as good as those in the Oregon Health Plan. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0).] Requires that qualified nonprofit agencies for individuals with disabilities employ individuals with disabilities for not less than 50 percent of the work hours of direct labor required for manufacturing or providing products or services. Requires that a service provider that enters into a contract with a public agency to provide goods or services after the public agency terminated or declined to renew a previous contract with a different service provider must reimburse individuals with disabilities who were employed under the previous contract for amounts the individuals with disabilities paid for continuation coverage and must in the new contract provide health benefits that are as favorable as, or more favorable than, the health benefits available under the previous contract. [Permits the successor service provider to provide health benefits through enrollment in a health plan that a labor organization maintains or to provide health benefits that are as favorable as, or more favorable than, the benefits available under the Oregon Health Plan.] Requires the new contract to provide the health benefits at the first opportunity in which employee enrollment in the new employer's benefit plan becomes available, but not later than one year after the effective date of the new contract. Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to confirm that a public agency or qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities has included the provisions required in the Act in any new contract with a successor service provider. Permits the department to require amendment of the new contract to incorporate the required provisions and to impose a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day in which the parties to the new contract fail to incorporate the required provisions.

This Act says that projects that convert farmland to wetlands must be approved by a local government. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Requires local government approval of a project to create, enhance or restore wetlands if the project would convert lands used for agricultural purposes to wetlands.

The Act gives money to ODE to provide grants to schools for child care before and after school hours. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.0). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for distribution to schools for the purpose of providing child care before and after school hours. Directs the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to child care no later than June 30, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Tells the State Treasurer to create a program to offer loans to small businesses that cannot operate at their usual levels during an emergency. Sets out how a business will qualify for a loan. Allows bonds to fund the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Directs the State Treasurer to develop and implement a small business support loan program that aids in supporting the economic activities of small businesses during times in which small businesses cannot conduct business activities at an ordinary or customary level because of a statewide or regional emergency or other significant disruption of business activity. Specifies the structure and funding for the program and describes features that the program must include. Specifies eligibility for small business support loans. Authorizes the State Treasurer to issue bonds to fund the program. Establishes the Small Business Support Loan Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act would tell the Oregon Health Authority to study public health. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study public health. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public health no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

Tells a state agency to see if it is possible to get discounts on home loans for putting in renewable energy systems. Shows examples of the kinds of systems the agency should look into. Tells the agency to report back its findings to the legislature. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study the feasibility of providing discounted mortgage loans to home buyers who install energy generation improvements capable of providing electricity to a local utility. Directs the department to submit findings to interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy resources not later than September 15, 2026.

This Act tells ODVA to start a pilot program to give help to veterans in the construction industry. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support and business creation assistance to veterans in the construction and construction materials industries. Permits the department to use moneys in the Veterans' Services Fund to develop, implement and maintain the pilot programs. Requires a report to the Legislative Assembly regarding the status of the pilot programs by September 15, 2026. Sunsets pilot programs on December 31, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

The Act would set up a task force to study ways to prevent real property title fraud. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.0). Creates the Task Force on Real Property Title Fraud Prevention to study methods for preventing title fraud upon transfers of real property. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Makes changes to the formula used for deciding how much state money each school district receives. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Removes the cap on the amounts distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students who are eligible for special education as children with disabilities. Allows for an additional weight for students who are homeless for purposes of calculating distributions of State School Fund moneys to school districts. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Allows a project to partake in the community solar program that is five megawatts or less. Allows a project and its subscribers to be in different service areas of the state. Sets a cap on the total capacity of the program and raises the cap over time. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Allows a community solar project with a nameplate capacity of five megawatts or less to participate in the community solar program. Allows a community solar project and its subscribers to be located in different electric company service territories. Establishes, beginning in 2026, an initial cap on the total generating capacity of the community solar projects participating in the program at no less than 4.5 percent of an electric company's system peak in the calendar year 2016. Increases the cap by an additional 2 percent each year up to 14.5 percent beginning in 2031 and each subsequent year. Directs the Public Utility Commission to adopt a schedule establishing penalties that may be imposed on an electric company for unreasonably delaying the interconnection process for a community solar project.

The Act would change the constitutional property tax laws that deal with maximum assessed value and local option taxes. It takes effect only if the people vote for it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). Proposes amendments to the Oregon Constitution providing that, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, maximum assessed value shall be reassessed upon the sale of property, the ratio of maximum assessed value to real market value of property may not be less than 0.75, and the maximum number of years for which a local option tax may be passed are extended and the tax is not subject to compression under Ballot Measure 5 (1990). Refers the proposed amendments to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

This Act allows certain farm cafes in Lane County. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.9). Establishes standards for establishment of farm cafes on lands in Lane County zoned for exclusive farm use. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to review a land use compatibility statement before licensing a farm cafe. Authorizes the authority to revoke, deny or suspend a license upon certain violations of land use conditions.

The Act allows the State Fire Marshal to recover costs from persons who start fires. The Act allows certain actions related to cost recovery. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2). Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to seek cost recovery for the actual cost of fire abatement. Authorizes the Attorney General to take certain actions to investigate liability for the actual cost of fire abatement, upon request by the State Fire Marshal. Authorizes deputy state fire marshals to take certain actions to preserve evidence and investigate liability for the actual cost of fire abatement.

The Act would restore the prior version of the law for the removal of homeless camps that was on the books before recent changes. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Repeals the changes made by House Bill 3124 (2021) to the statutes governing local removal of homeless individuals from established camping sites. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.