The Act would tell DAS to study community water systems. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study community water systems. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to water no later than September 15, 2026.

Tells public higher learning schools not to charge tuition and fees larger than the resident rate for those linked to the armed forces. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

The Act gives money to ODOT to improve a stretch of Powell Blvd. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of improving a portion of Southeast Powell Boulevard.

The Act says that courts may not defer to a state agency's thinking about a law or rule. The Act says that courts have to use an interpretation that limits agency power and favors people's liberty. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). Provides that courts may not defer to an agency's interpretation of a statute or rule. Directs courts to exercise doubt in favor of an interpretation that limits agency power and maximizes individual liberty.

Makes the OMD do a study on military spouses and submit a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires the Oregon Military Department to study military spouses. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to veterans not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

The Act tells the OSU Extension Service to oversee a project to improve mental health and SUD services in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service to oversee a project to accelerate the promotion of behavioral health in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Tells colleges to give course credit to an incoming student who took part in certain programs while the student was in high school. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires a public institution of higher education to award academic credit when an enrolled student completed a high school class or participated in a high school program that offered learning and experiences comparable to an introductory communications, public speaking or argumentation course offered at the institution. Requires the institution to award two or four academic credits to each student who participated in specified programs affiliated with national organizations. Prohibits an institution from requiring certain students to take an introductory communications, public speaking or argumentation course offered at the institution as a prerequisite for taking more advanced courses at the institution.

The Act makes a new tax credit for teacher expenses. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.2). Creates an income tax credit for the unreimbursed expenses of certain public school teachers and adjunct instructors. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2031. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

This Act says that an agency may loan money to a port for shipyard repairs. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8). [Digest: This Act requires OBDD to study shipyards. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.8).] [Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study needed investments in shipyards. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Authorizes the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority to approve a loan to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay for shipyard repairs. Allocates moneys from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund for the purpose of making the loan.

Bans the recoupment of certain costs that a power company incurs from claims based on a wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that an electric company incurs if a court or jury finds that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company. [Prohibits an electric company from paying or distributing dividends, income, interest or profits or paying, distributing or repurchasing stock or other ownership interest to any person or individual with an ownership or beneficial interest in the electric company if the electric company owes any debt on an outstanding judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.] [Sets the rate of interest on the judgment at nine percent per annum to accrue from the date the wildfire was ignited if a plaintiff establishes that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.] [Provides that an electric company is liable for all taxes that may be owed by a prevailing party on a judgment that the electric company has not satisfied by January 1, 2026, for a judgment that is based on a finding by a court or jury that a wildfire resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company.] Requires an electric company to request that the Public Utility Commission open an investigation if the electric company owes more than a certain amount of debt on an outstanding judgment or judgments that are based on a wildfire that resulted from the negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the electric company and the electric company plans to make a payment, distribution or repurchase related to dividends, income, interest, profits, stock or other ownership interest. Directs the commission to suspend the payment, distribution or repurchase during the investigation and allows the commission to issue a final order that imposes restrictions, requirements or conditions. Allows a plaintiff to file motions in a civil action based on a wildfire caused by an electric company to require the electric company to file a security or bond if the electric company has been found to be liable to other plaintiffs for damages, losses or other harms resulting from the same wildfire, to have prejudgment interest accrue from the date the wildfire caused damages, losses or other harm and for a supplemental judgment for any additional tax liabilities that the plaintiff may owe on the underlying final judgment. Requires an electric company to apply for a wildfire safety certification. Directs the commission to issue a certification if the applicant is implementing a wildfire protection plan and meets certain requirements. Provides that a certification establishes that the applicant has implemented wildfire policies and practices consistent with wildfire safety standards. Provides that a certification does not establish immunity against claims for damages resulting from a wildfire. Directs the commission to commission a study to examine issues related to catastrophic wildfire risk and recovery and develop scenarios for a balanced solution. Directs the commission to provide an interim report on the study's findings and recommendations to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy and environment during the 2026 regular session and provide recommendations for a stakeholder process to follow the final study report. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act raises the age when a person may receive some gender-affirming treatments to 18 years of age. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Prohibits physicians from performing irreversible gender reassignment surgery on a minor. Creates exceptions.

The Act tells ODEM to run a grant program to support and expand certain volunteer programs in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to develop and implement a grant program, in consultation with the OregonServes Commission, to support and expand community volunteer programs related to emergency management in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act changes some requirements for a person who wants to be allowed to grow marijuana or psilocybin. The Act states that the person must tell the OHA or the OLCC where the person plans to grow, process or produce the marijuana or psilocybin and who owns the site that the person plans to use. The Act specifies some cases when the OHA or the OLCC cannot give permission to the person. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.2). Requires an applicant for a license to manufacture psilocybin to submit to the Oregon Health Authority information regarding the ownership and location of the premises to be licensed or for which a license will be renewed. Prohibits the authority from issuing or renewing a license in specified circumstances. Requires an applicant for a license to produce or process marijuana to submit to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission information regarding the ownership and location of the premises to be licensed or for which a license will be renewed. Prohibits the commission from issuing or renewing a license in specified circumstances. Requires an applicant for a medical marijuana grow site or medical marijuana processing site registration to submit to the authority information regarding the ownership and location of the premises to be registered or for which a registration is being renewed. Prohibits the authority from issuing or renewing a registration in specified circumstances. Allows the authority to release certain information about a marijuana grow site to a county for purposes of verifying ownership of a premises for which a marijuana grow site registration may be issued or renewed. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act makes changes to the Oregon Foster Child Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Child Sibling Bill of Rights. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6). Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act tells OLCC to look at alcohol delivery. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study alcohol delivery. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.