Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 198)

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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB671

Introduced
1/13/25  
Ends the OGEC. Tells certain heads of government to study how to do the work of the OGEC and report to the legislature. Tells the OGEC to make a plan for local governments to do the work of the OGEC and report to the legislature. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Dissolves the Oregon Government Ethics Commission as of July 2, 2027. Requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and Attorney General to conduct studies and report to the Legislative Assembly on how each entity would supervise identified public officials and ensure that those public officials comply with all legal requirements currently overseen by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. Requires the Oregon Government Ethics Commission to develop a plan and report to the Legislative Assembly on the most efficient manner of making each local government and local service district responsible for ensuring that public officials affiliated with the local government or local service district comply with all legal requirements currently overseen by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB674

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River at a certain rate. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.2). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River at a total rate and duty of two percent of average annual flow. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB750

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act tells DAS to make a pilot project to pay employees of OSP biweekly and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish a pilot project to pay employees of the Department of State Police biweekly. Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to general government no later than September 15, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2905

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act lets a law enforcement unit sponsor a reserve officer to train as a police officer. The Act lets the officer pay with cash or G.I. Bill money. The Act tells DPSST to look at the effects of the Act and make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.0). Authorizes reserve officers sponsored by a law enforcement unit to pay for training as police with cash and G.I. Bill education benefits. Requires the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to increase training class sizes by up to 25 percent as necessary to train sponsored reserve officers. Requires a reserve officer to remain with the law enforcement unit for at least three years after certification and allows the department to suspend or revoke certification if the reserve officer fails to comply. Requires the department to conduct a study of the impact of the measure on state and local public safety budgets and recruitment and maintenance of public safety and to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public safety. Sunsets on January 2, 2032.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB3045

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Engrossed
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
6/9/25  
Enrolled
6/16/25  
Passed
6/26/25  
Chaptered
7/25/25  
The Act lets the State Board of Pharmacy make a person who might be in trouble with the board take a test. (Flesch Readability Score: 84.5). Authorizes the State Board of Pharmacy to require a person under investigation by the board to undergo a mental, physical, chemical dependency or competency evaluation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2420

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act would have Business Oregon study the funding of sports in this state. The Act would require a report of the findings to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.2). Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study sports funding in Oregon. Directs the department to submit its findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2331

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act tells parents they cannot give someone else the rights to make decisions on behalf of a child who is in the care or custody of DHS. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.6). Limits the right of a parent to delegate parental rights over a child who is in the care or custody of the Department of Human Services.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2547

Introduced
1/13/25  
Makes new rules about fire safety systems in public buildings. Sets penalties. Takes effect on the 91st day after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). Requires the owner of a public building to periodically conduct inspections and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems in the public building. Specifies qualifications for inspectors. Requires an inspector to issue a certificate of compliance if the public building complies with the applicable standards or to issue a deficiency report if the public building does not comply. Specifies a time period within which the public building owner must return the public building to compliance. Directs a building owner that receives public moneys for the purpose of replacing or repairing fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems to require a contractor to provide certain benefits to workers in connection with an installation or repair of equipment that fails an inspection or test or is otherwise deficient. Punishes violation of the Act with a civil penalty equivalent to five cents for each square foot of occupied space in the public building. Authorizes additional civil penalties for a continuing failure to comply. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2510

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
The Act tells the DAS to study benefit packages for school employees. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study the benefit packages available to school employees and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB3163

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act would let counties opt to grant a specially assessed property tax value for the homes of people who are at least 62 years old. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.5). Allows counties to adopt an ordinance or resolution that provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, a specially assessed value for the owner-occupied primary residences of individuals who are at least 62 years of age. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB2977

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
Report Pass
6/18/25  
Engrossed
6/23/25  
Refer
6/24/25  
The Act increases a tax on short-term lodging. The Act changes the name of a subaccount related to wildlife. The Act lists how moneys from the increase must be distributed. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). [Digest: The Act increases a tax on short-term lodging. The Act changes the name of a subaccount related to wildlife. The Act says that moneys from the increase in the tax must be put in a subaccount. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.1).] Increases the state transient lodging tax. Changes the name of the Oregon Conservation Strategy Subaccount to the Recovering Oregon's Wildlife Fund Subaccount. [Transfers moneys attributable to the increase of the state transient lodging tax to the Recovering Oregon's Wildlife Fund Subaccount.] Specifies how moneys attributable to the increase are to be distributed. Applies the transient lodging tax increase to transient lodging charges occurring on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB748

Introduced
1/13/25  
The Act would allow drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment in certain cases. The Act would make the Employment Department pay for the tests, not the claimant. The Act would disqualify a claimant who fails a drug test until the claimant requalifies and passes another drug test. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Authorizes the Employment Department to require drug testing for an initial claim for unemployment benefits if the claimant was fired by the claimant's most recent employer for unlawful drug use or suitable work is available for the claimant only in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. Provides that the cost of the tests must be paid by the department and not by the claimant. Disqualifies a claimant who fails a drug test from benefits until the claimant requalifies and passes another drug test.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB102

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
3/6/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  
Refer
3/13/25  
Report Pass
5/5/25  
Enrolled
5/8/25  
Passed
5/19/25  
Chaptered
6/6/25  
The Act makes changes to laws about home loans and lender collateral. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Provides that a court may not stay or prohibit a Federal Home Loan Bank from exercising rights to collateral pledged by an insurer-member that is subject to a delinquency proceeding. Requires a receiver to comply with provisions of this Act with respect to claims against the insurer-member. Requires a Federal Home Loan Bank that exercises a right to collateral to repurchase any outstanding capital stock that exceeds the amount of Federal Home Loan Bank stock that the insurer-member must hold as a minimum investment, subject to certain determinations. Prohibits a receiver from voiding the transfer of, or obligation to transfer, moneys or property under the terms of a Federal Home Loan Bank security agreement. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB823

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Engrossed
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Report Pass
5/15/25  
Enrolled
5/20/25  
Passed
5/28/25  
Chaptered
6/6/25  
The Act authorizes ODEM to buy or contract for certain goods. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Authorizes the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to purchase or contract for certain materials, supplies and equipment.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB293

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
The Act tells the DOC to do or not to do some things regarding medical care for adults in custody. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7). [Digest: The Act tells the Department of Corrections to study health care for adults in custody. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).] [Requires the Department of Corrections to study health care for adults in custody. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.] Requires the Department of Corrections to provide certain medical care to adults in custody, document the reasons for any denial or refusal of medical care to adults in custody and refrain from considering the remaining duration of incarceration for adults in custody in determining medical care.