The Act tells the DOJ to adopt by rule a process for requiring the use of a monitored debit card for spending child support payments. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Directs the child support administrator to adopt rules requiring that child support awards be distributed to a debit card and that the spending of child support payments be limited and monitored by the obligor and obligee for compliance.

The Act makes the Task Force on Law Libraries and tells the task force to make a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 89.8). Establishes the Task Force on Law Libraries and directs the task force to report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly no later than December 15, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

This Act tells DAS to give a grant to the Chintimini Wildlife Center. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to award a grant to the Chintimini Wildlife Center. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Directs ODE to study methods for improving the safety of the schools of this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving safety in the public schools of this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.

The Act makes the standard deduction that is for the payers of personal income tax bigger. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Increases the Oregon standard deduction allowed for personal income taxpayers. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act says that Cherriots and others should work together to assess if it is possible to have a rail streetcar system in the City of Salem. Cherriots must give a report about what the group finds out. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.5). Requires Cherriots to collaborate with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Quality, local community members, economists and business leaders to study the feasibility of establishing a rail streetcar system in the City of Salem. Directs Cherriots to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to transportation not later than January 1, 2027. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Cherriots for the study. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Bans the recoupment of certain costs if the costs are from the fault of a utility. Makes an electric company make a report on any fire event that is caused by a power line. Allows the report to be used as evidence. Specifies the economic damages allowed for property damage caused by a wildfire. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Prohibits the recovery from customers of certain costs and expenses that a public utility incurs as a result of negligence or a higher degree of fault on the part of the public utility. Requires an investor-owned electric utility to provide an incident report to the Department of the State Fire Marshal and the State Forestry Department whenever a fire-related incident occurs that is caused by the utility's electric power line and to provide a copy of the incident report to the Public Utility Commission. Provides that the incident report may be used as evidence. Specifies the recoverable economic damages allowed for damage or injury to property caused by a wildfire. Allows the use of other objectively verifiable information to determine fair market value.

The Act makes changes to the law that allows agreements among persons that use ground water. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Makes certain changes related to voluntary agreements among ground water users.

This Act creates the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Establishes the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. Directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment no later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act allows an agency to approve a Deschutes water bank pilot program. The Act sunsets the pilot program. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Authorizes the Water Resources Commission to approve a Deschutes River water bank pilot program. Establishes certain requirements for the pilot program. Increases Water Resources Department expenditure limitation authority to fund the pilot program. Sunsets the pilot program on January 2, 2034.

The Act tells an agency to study the decline of ground water levels. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). Directs the Water Resources Department to study the decline of ground water levels. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to water not later than September 15, 2026.

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.

The Act tells LPRO to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). [Digest: The Act tells the SOS to give the legislature a list of each IM petition that may be on the next general election ballot. The Act provides for a process for the legislature to hold public hearings on those petitions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7).] Requires the [Secretary of State] Legislative Policy and Research Director to submit to the Legislative Assembly, by [November] December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a list of each prospective statewide initiative petition that has been filed for the next general election. Requires the submission to include the text, ballot title and total number of signatures gathered for each prospective petition. [Requires the secretary to provide updates during the first week of December, January and February.] Permits legislative leadership to request impartial analyses and summaries [by nonpartisan legislative staff] for each prospective petition provided by the [secretary] director. [Requires nonpartisan legislative staff to provide legislative leadership with impartial analyses of the policy, fiscal and revenue impacts and legality for each prospective petition as requested by legislative leadership.] [Requires legislative leadership to use the analyses from nonpartisan staff to determine whether the state would benefit from holding public hearings on one or more prospective petitions during the even-year session.].

This Act makes remainder lands into legal units of land. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Makes remainder lands created by the lawful carve-out of lands by a recorded instrument into lawful units of land.

This Act requires LCDC to amend its rules relating to urban reserves. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to amend its rules relating to urban reserves. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.