Oregon 2024 Regular Session All Bills

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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4137

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/14/24  
Engrossed
2/19/24  
Refer
2/19/24  
Report Pass
2/26/24  
Enrolled
2/28/24  
Passed
3/7/24  
Chaptered
3/12/24  
Allows a student who has finished an IB program to not have to meet some requirements for a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules by which a student who has completed an International Baccalaureate program may satisfy certain requirements for a high school diploma in this state.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4095

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Requires a student to meet reading, writing and math standards before getting a diploma. Changes the law for diplomas in 2025. Makes changes to the law when the Governor signs the bill. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1). Requires a student to demonstrate proficiency in specified Essential Learning Skills prior to the student being awarded a high school diploma or a modified diploma. Applies to diplomas awarded on or after January 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1561

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/29/24  
Engrossed
3/4/24  
Refer
3/4/24  
Report Pass
3/5/24  
Enrolled
3/6/24  
Passed
4/4/24  
Chaptered
4/11/24  
This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes the Environmental Restoration Council. Directs the council to establish programs to distribute moneys from the Monsanto settlement. Establishes the Oregon Environmental Restoration Fund. Establishes the State Agency Program Fund. Establishes the Disproportionately Impacted Community Fund. Establishes the Tribal Nation Natural Resource Program Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4160

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/15/24  
Engrossed
2/21/24  
Refer
2/21/24  
Report Pass
2/29/24  
Enrolled
3/5/24  
Passed
3/27/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
Makes change for how long a person is considered a student for an act to be sexual conduct. Changes law on July 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Modifies the length of time by which a person is considered a student for purposes of determining if conduct is prohibited sexual conduct. Takes effect July 1, 2024.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4028

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/23/24  
The Act prohibits drug makers from taking actions that make it hard for a drug store to get certain drugs on behalf of certain types of health care providers or deliver the drugs to the providers. The Act also prohibits drug makers from taking actions that make it hard for drug stores to deliver the drugs to the providers. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.5). [Digest: The Act requires the OHA to study the problems in getting health care in this state and to send a report of its findings to the legislature. The section is repealed on January 2, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9).] [Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study access to health care in this state. Directs the authority to submit its findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2025.] Prohibits drug manufacturers from interfering directly or indirectly with a pharmacy or drug outlet acquiring 340B drugs for or delivering 340B drugs to certain health care providers.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1539

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/19/24  
Refer
2/19/24  
The Act would make grants available for youth sporting events. It takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Directs the [Oregon Tourism Commission] Sport Oregon Foundation to develop[, and coadminister with Sport Oregon,] and administer a program for awarding grants to local government bodies and nonprofit organizations to help fund youth sporting events. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4030

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Requires OGEC to study meetings by public bodies and to submit a report by a stated date. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Requires the Oregon Government Ethics Commission to study public meetings. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to rules not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1595

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/14/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Report Pass
2/29/24  
Engrossed
3/4/24  
Refer
3/4/24  
Report Pass
3/5/24  
Enrolled
3/6/24  
Passed
4/4/24  
Chaptered
4/11/24  
The Act increases some amounts that are protected from debt collectors. The Act changes some laws about bad debt collection methods. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Increases certain exemptions from garnishment and execution. Modifies provisions relating to unfair debt collection practices. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1534

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8). Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4124

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
The Act funds cultural groups in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to distribute to Oregon cultural organizations in response to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organization finances. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1515

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/14/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
2/27/24  
Passed
3/20/24  
Chaptered
3/25/24  
Makes changes to laws related to paid and unpaid family and medical leave. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Directs the Employment Department to collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to identify statutory changes that are needed to require the department and the bureau to perform certain duties. Requires the Employment Department to make certain findings regarding the consideration of implementing programmatic changes and benefits that are paid to certain employees under the paid family and medical leave insurance program and report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2024. Makes changes to the statutory provisions governing paid and unpaid job-protected leave entitlements. Makes technical changes and conforming amendments. Creates an exception from predictive scheduling penalty compensation requirements for employers that are unable to provide an employee with advance notice of scheduling changes that are necessitated by another employee's use of paid or unpaid leave. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1512

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
The Act gives money to the Port of Cascade Locks for the Bridge of the Gods. The money will be used for the bridge's seismic analysis and strengthening project. The Act takes effect as soon as it is passed. (Flesch Readability Score: 83). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for expenses related to the Bridge of the Gods seismic analysis and strengthening project. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4162

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
The Act provides funds for programs to make college more affordable. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). [Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of carrying out Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program.] [Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of the establishment and awarding of grants for basic needs programming at public institutions of higher education.] Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer a grant program to fund basic needs programming. Appropriates moneys to the commission to establish the program and award grants for basic needs programming. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4060

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/12/24  
Refer
2/12/24  
The Act gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. [Establishes] Increases a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4044

Introduced
2/5/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Refer
2/12/24  
Refer
2/12/24  
The Act tells the DEQ to study risks related to toxic inhalation caused by earthquakes. The DEQ must submit a report on its study to the Legislative Assembly by December 1, 2024. The Act takes effect as soon as it is passed. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to study risks and issues relating to earthquake-induced toxic inhalation. Requires the department to submit a report on the study to a committee of the Legislative Assembly by December 1, 2024. Authorizes the department to submit recommendations for legislation to the committee by March 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.