This Act prohibits the sale of new clothes washers that do not have a filter for small fibers, starting in 2030. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Prohibits the sale of new clothes washers that are not equipped with a microfiber filtration system, beginning January 1, 2030.

Tells the HECC to study college learning. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education. Directs the commission to submit findings to interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education not later than September 15, 2026.

The Act makes new laws with respect to BOLI. The Act takes effect 91 days after adjournment sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.4). [Digest: The Act tells BOLI to study matters related to the laws that BOLI enforces. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).] [Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to laws over which the bureau has enforcement authority. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Establishes the Employer Assistance Division within the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Provides that discussion communications made in the course of or in connection with a discussion between an employer and the Employer Assistance Division are confidential. Provides exceptions to the confidentiality requirement. Prohibits the bureau from imposing a penalty on an employer that proves the employer's reliance on discussion communications in taking any good faith action. Permits the bureau to issue advisory opinions in certain circumstances. Permits the bureau to enter into interagency agreements with state agencies to receive certain business information. Permits the bureau to enter into a settlement with respect to any violation of a provision of law over which the bureau has jurisdiction. Provides that the bureau may settle a matter through conference, mediation, conciliation, persuasion or other alternative dispute resolution processes. Establishes confidentiality requirements for communications made during the course of or in connection with settlement discussions held through the bureau's alternative dispute resolution processes. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act requires CCOs to contract with providers of services to which there is limited access. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires coordinated care organizations to contract with providers outside of a particular geographic area when the area has limited access to a medical assistance care or service. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to identify the medical assistance care or services to which there is limited access. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act limits the number of records that a higher learning school may keep on a teaching employee. The Act allows a teaching employee to respond to the contents of a record. The Act allows a higher learning school to use only allowed files. The Act allows a teaching employee to sue the higher learning school for not following the law about records. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.9). Restricts the number of personnel records concerning faculty members that a community college may maintain. Provides that a faculty member may respond to information in a personnel record. Prohibits a community college or public university from basing an evaluation of a faculty member on information from personnel records other than authorized personnel records. Permits a faculty member to bring an action for damages or other equitable relief against a public university community college or individuals who participate in an evaluation in violation of the prohibition. Becomes operative January 1, 2027.

Bans a power or gas company from including in its rates certain costs or expenses. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Prohibits an electric or gas company from recovering from ratepayers costs or expenses associated with advertising, political influence activity, litigation, penalties or fines and certain compensation. Directs the Public Utility Commission to limit the amount that an electric or gas company may recover from ratepayers for costs and expenses incurred by the electric or gas company in preparing for, attending, participating in or appealing a contested proceeding conducted before the commission. Requires an electric or gas company to submit an annual report to the commission that includes an itemized list of all costs and expenses incurred by the electric or gas company that are nonrecoverable from ratepayers. Imposes civil penalties for violations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act changes theft crimes to address porch pirates and retail theft. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.8). Creates a new way of committing the crime of theft in the second degree when the theft occurs from a dwelling or within the curtilage of a residence. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates two new ways of committing the crime of theft in the first degree when the theft occurs from a dwelling or within the curtilage of a residence. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to rank theft in the first degree at specified crime category levels. Creates a new way of committing the crime of aggravated theft in the first degree when the theft occurs from a dwelling or within the curtilage of a residence. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Modifies and creates two new ways of committing the crime of organized retail theft. Increases the penalties for organized retail theft if the person possesses a firearm during the commission of the offense or has two or more prior convictions. Punishes by a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment, $375,000 fine, or both. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to rank organized retail theft at specified crime category levels.

The Act allows ports to charge for the costs of removing sediment. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Authorizes ports to assess public bodies for a portion of the costs of removing sediment from port waters.

The Act makes this state join a compact to let occupational therapists from other states work in this state. The Act also makes this state join a compact to let audiologists and speech-language pathologists from other states work in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Enacts the interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Permits the Occupational Therapy Licensure Board to disclose specified information to the Occupational Therapy Compact Commission. Exempts individuals authorized to work as occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants under compact privilege from the requirement to obtain a license from the board and from restrictions on the use of titles. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the compact. Enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. Permits the State Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to disclose specified information to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission. Exempts individuals practicing audiology or speech-language pathology under the compact from the requirement to obtain a license from the board. Allows the board to use moneys to meet financial obligations imposed on this state as a result of participation in the compact. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act says that plant-based foods are misbranded if their labels imply that they are made of meat or eggs. The Act tells an agency to try to exclude certain plant-based foods from federal nutrition programs. The Act tells agencies not to purchase certain plant-based foods. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.8). Provides that a manufactured-protein food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from meat is misbranded unless the food product contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from meat. Provides that a fabricated-egg food product that bears a label suggesting that the food product is made from eggs is misbranded unless the food product contains text disclosing that the food product is not made from eggs. Instructs the Department of Human Services to request a waiver that excludes manufactured-protein food products and fabricated-egg food products from eligibility under federal nutrition programs. Instructs the State Board of Education and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to separately adopt rules to prohibit the purchasing of manufactured-protein food products and fabricated-egg food products.

Makes ODVA update the World War II memorial as needed and keep a learning tool. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to keep the World War II memorial located in the Capitol Mall up to date and maintain an educational tool as part of the memorial.

The Act says that an entity that is not a human may not call itself a nurse or similar title. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3). Prohibits a nonhuman entity from using [the title "nurse" or other similar titles] specified nursing titles and abbreviations.

The Act changes the process for setting aside offense convictions and dismissals and contempt findings. The Act makes some of the same changes for setting aside GEI judgments. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). Modifies the process for setting aside convictions, dismissals, contempt of court findings and guilty except for insanity judgments. Increases the waiting period for setting aside certain types of contempt of court findings. Modifies when the court is required to hold a hearing on and grant motions to set aside. Requires that the court enter an order within 120 days of granting a motion to set aside. Specifies a process for when a person has outstanding financial obligations and authorizes the court to waive such obligations under specified circumstances. Provides that the required time period prior to filing the motion, during which the person is required to have no convictions, applies to motions to set aside convictions and certain arrests, charges and citations only. Provides that the dismissal of a traffic violation citation may not be set aside. Directs the Judicial Department to annually submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary concerning motions to set aside.

The Act tells OHA and CCOs to change the rate at which hospitals are reimbursed for certain psychiatric services. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse hospitals for inpatient psychiatric services provided to medical assistance recipients at rates no less than the reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation provided by the Oregon State Hospital.

The Act creates a new program to encourage beginning farmers and ranchers and creates a new fund for the program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). [Digest: The Act creates a new program to encourage beginning farmers and ranchers. The Act creates a new fund for the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.3).] Establishes a beginning farmer and rancher incentive program in the State Department of Agriculture. Requires the department to establish types of incentives to provide to beginning farmers and ranchers. Establishes the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Incentive Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the department for purposes of the incentive program. Appropriates moneys for deposit into the fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.